What's really worth a billionaire's cash these days is someone who will take care of less grandiose but arguably more bothersome tasks, like securing dinner reservations at hard-to-get-into restaurants or finding a way into the most chic Fashion Week show.
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A confidence trickster, aware of the mystique surrounding Kubrick (who was actually quite often photographed, and highly recognisable) was passing himself off as the great director, securing dinners, drinks and sexual favours.
In May 2008 Eved orchestrated a one-week pharmaceutical sales-training retreat for which it arranged transportation for 4,000 reps, secured dinner reservations at 50 restaurants and hired a balloon company, a florist and a ticket broker who corralled seats at a rooftop party across from Wrigley Field in full view of a Cubs game.
Participating households were food secure, ate dinner at home at least three times weekly, had parents who were married or living as domestic partners and not employed in a health-related profession, and resided in New Jersey.
Do actually hire the DJ, secure the rehearsal dinner venue, etc.
You've spent weeks carefully curating your itinerary: a stop at Off The Grid; a mimosa-fueled brunch at Luna Park; a leisurely afternoon at Dolores Park with a scoop of Bi-Right salted caramel along the way; a bike ride through the park -- maybe even a trip to Muir Woods if you can secure the ZipCar; dinner at Delfina, no, Commonwealth.
One weekend while she was on assignment in Alaska with Al Roker, Mr. Cowan, with marriage in mind, secretly flew to Washington and whisked her parents out to dinner to secure their blessing.
The pinnacle of absurdity was reached when Wim Kok, the Dutch prime minister, got wind of the dinner and secured a last-minute invitation too, arriving breathlessly 40 minutes into the meal.
But nothing is abstract; everything is made present, whether it's the cherries on the pillow, the privileged little dinner that Corte secures for himself and which is then snatched away by a hungry man, or the sound of music drifting over a lake at evening while young German soldiers celebrate.
