Pamela Gross

''There's nothing that not's better,'' said Pamela Gross, the editorial director of Avenue magazine. ''The economy is better, 9/11 is farther away, people feel safer -- maybe wrongly so.

"There's nothing that not's better," said Pamela Gross, the editorial director of Avenue magazine.

I was lunching with Pamela Gross, the editorial director of Avenue magazine, which is the direct competition of Quest (where I am editor-in-chief).Pamela and I have been friends for years (before any of the current circumstances) and lunch regularly every few weeks, exchanging opinions more than information And observations.She and her husband, media investor Jimmy Finkelstein have a weekend house in Southampton on what used to be a quiet tree shaded lane that leads to the Meadow Club (the private tennis club) and the beach.Like everywhere else, that quiet little street is now referred to by Pamela as a ,highway, and she and her husband live right on a ,main intersection., When people talk about the watering holes of the rich these days, the first thing they mention is the traffic.

Jimmy Finkelstein and Pamela Gross