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Some stories I like to imagine as perfect cocktails unto themselves: delightful, relaxing, garnished just right. And that is exactly the category of Elise Taylor’s cocaine-cover caper, which takes place at a Manhattan hot spot and features Time Magazine, some rude finance bros, and one persistent, funny restaurateur. What exactly is a cocaine-cover caper, you ask? Read on, bottoms up.

CLAIRE HOWORTH,
DEPUTY EDITOR

Bump in the Night

BY ELISE TAYLOR

At Cecchi’s in Manhattan, a certain vintage-magazine visual took pride of place on the bathroom wall. (Where else should coke-art hang?) Then, it went missing.

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