Lunch: Diane Sawyer, Star Jones & a Shy Carl Bernstein

The scene at 55th & Fifth was bustling as always (although it just wasn’t the same without general manager Steve Millington who has been home sick all week — Get well soon!). We’ve become accustomed to the clubby vibe that has the usual suspects and random celebrity air-kissing and table-hopping between courses in the front room, so it’s always intriguing when a bold-faced name opts out of the media circus for a low profile table in the back.