Lunch at Michael's: Atoosa Rubenstein Using Up That Hearst Expense Account

The mood was downright celebratory among the movers and shakers that filled the busting dining room. An early start to the holiday season? Perhaps, but we couldn’t help but notice the wine was really flowing. The always affable barkeep Dale told us there was also a run on Kir Royales. Today’s toastmaster general and former Time Inc. titan Walter Isaacson raised his glass with companions Time Inc.’s editor-in-chief John Huey and Time‘s managing editor Richard Stengel (We’re guessing all the hoopla was in anticipation of Isaacson’s latest tome on Albert Einstein).