PICK-A-BAGEL ENTERS POLITICAL ARENA
Mayor Di Blasio sent City Hall reporters a dozen bagels from the BPC Pick-A-Bagel – whole wheat, toasted – after he was slammed by the City Hall press corps and in fact New Yorkers citywide for revealing his usual bagel order. “Here’s a toast to Budget Day. Enjoy! Bill,” read a note with the bagels, left in City Hall’s press room before the mayor’s preliminary budget presentation. –Daily News

COME IN, THE COUCH IS FOR SALE
Surface magazine has a feature on cult-favorite designer Tariq Dixon and his Soho apartment, where he lives and sells the stuff in it (by appointment only). The apartment has a wide range of TRNK Collection pieces, along with a rotating selection of other products from our website.

NEW (LOCAL) CHAIR FOR SOHO REP
Tribecan Victoria Meakin has been named the new chair of Soho Rep, the theater on Walker. Meakin, a tech entrepreneur, succeeds longtime Chair Jon Dembrow, who will now serve as chair emeritus. –Broadway World

MERYL STREEP SELLS HER APARTMENT
Meryl Streep’s digs at 92 Laight (River Lofts) have sold for $15.8 million, down from its 2018 listing of $24.6 million, according to the Wall Street Journal.

ANNA WINTOUR HOSTS AT LOCANDA VERDE
Anna Wintour hosted a dinner to benefit NewYork-Presbyterian’s Youth Anxiety Center at Locanda Verde earlier this month, attended by Vera Wang, Wendi Murdoch (both founding members of the YAC) and Kenneth Cole, among others. –Vogue