latimes.com – By Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times
Hidden at the back of Bar Marmont, the Chateau Marmont’s exclusive boite, is a lavish private dining room drenched in crimson hues, with a vaulted ceiling papered with vintage ads, a large wooden table and chairs and an attractive smoking patio. Late on a recent Thursday, the drag queen Constance Cooper sits on this patio with style journalist Rose Apodaca and a few other friends, drinking a glass of white wine and playfully discussing the sorry state of the modern young party crowd.