- Jeremy Abelson
Jeremy Abelson is the President of Urban Hostess, a rental firm that finds housing for recent college graduates. Urban Hostess also creates apartment listing guides to prices and roommate connecting services for new hires at
JP Morgan and otherFortune 500 firms. [ [http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/tapping-that-rental-wellspring-of-college-graduates Tapping that rental wellspring of college graduates - The Real Deal New York Real Estate News ] ] Jeremy is also the founder ofPocket Change (newsletter) , an online newsletter that covers the most expensive goods and services inNew York andLos Angeles . [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764907 'Sugar Mamas' Get a Dating Service : NPR ] ] Jeremy found a spokesman for the site in Richard Nouveau, a handsome, white, affluent, crass, and fictional character. [ [http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/45857/new-york-on-a-million-a-day People of the Web - New York on a Million a Day ] ] Pocket Change uses Nouveau as a tool to make a mockery of the white upper class. Pocket Change has recently been in the public spotlight for a piece on New York City's most expensive Hamburger, a $175 burger at the Wall Street Burger Shoppe. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2047220420080520 New York City now home to $175 hamburger | Oddly Enough | Reuters ] ] [ [http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080622/Jeremy+Abelson+Sells+Sex+and+Wealth Jeremy Abelson Sells Sex and Wealth | Page Six Magazine | The New York Post ] ] Abelson and Pocket Change have been responsible for a number ofNew York City dating events such the Natural Selection Speed Date, pairing wealthy bachelors with beautiful women. Conversely, Jeremy organized an event dubbed "Sugar Momas and Boy Toys" bringing together attractive younger men and wealthy older women. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN3061371020080130 For the mature woman who has everything: a boy toy | Oddly Enough | Reuters ] ] [ [http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/09/07/olderwomen/index.html Older women and younger men: Can it Work? - CNN.com ] ] [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17138397/ Does beauty plus money equal love? - - MSNBC.com ] ] Pocket Change most recently hosted a dating event called Fashion Meets Finance that incorporated a similar theme of bringing wealth and beauty together. [ [http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/05/fashionmeetsfinanace_purifies_1.html Fashion Meets Finance ‘Purifies the Dating Pool’ - The Cut: New York Magazine's Fashion Blog ] ]References
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Pocket Change (newsletter) External links
* [http://www.pocketchangenyc.com] Pocket Change Website
* [http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/45857/new-york-on-a-million-a-day] People of the Web
* [http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080622/Jeremy+Abelson+Sells+Sex+and+Wealth] Page Six Magazine
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764907] Sugar Mamas Dating Service on NPR
* [http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal/09/07/olderwomen/index.htm] Natural Selection Speed Date on CNN
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17138397/] Rich Guys and Hot Girls on MSNBC
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN3061371020080130] Sugar Mamas and Boy Toys on Reuters
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