New York, October 10-16, 2005 – We haven’t even gotten through Paris Hilton’s book, and already our night stands are laden with new knowledge to absorb. Matha Stewart signed copies of her guide for success titled The Martha Rules. We haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet, but we’re sure her formula involves baking, gardening, running a billion dollar company and making curtains. Oh, and don’t get caught.

We met Gloria Estefan hawking her new children’s title, The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog, twice. Once in a bookstore, and again the next day at that giant Toys R Us on Times Square. No habla Ingles? No problema, as Glo published the book en Espanol, too.

We wanted to give Bill Gates a copy of Martha’s rules, because you know, he’s not that successful, but we couldn’t get a word in edgewise when he spoke at Columbia University on Thursday. We didn’t have the heart to tell the students they could save all that tuition and just buy Martha’s book instead.

We were so mesmerized by Angelina Jolie at the United Nations Association dinner at the Waldorf that we didn’t pay much attention to what she was being honored for. Would the U.N. recognize achievement in husband snatching?

On Friday, we stepped into the very posh Union Club on Park Avenue, where a 22,000-piece toy soldier collection is housed. Inside the exquisite library, First Lady Laura Bush gave a Preserve America history teacher of the year award, before heading over to New Jersey to stump for replubicans.