Nostalgia buffs (and Larry Ellison's Oracle headquarters) are heading to Tennessee's capital—where it’s not only the chicken that’s hot.
From the Archives
Glorifying the Gigolo
In the 1920s, Americans didn’t know what the term gigolo meant. The Marquis de La Falaise set out to change that.
Paid Post
Planning Makes Perfect
From elegant charity galas to edgy club parties, Alexandra Lind Rose’s Gala Productions has become the go-to event planner for Manhattan’s elites.
New York City
Hey. . . Get A Room!
Whether tantric or quickie, missionary or kinky, here are DP’s hotel recommendations for every kind of assignation.
New York City
Private Clubs: How Much is Too Much?
Is the recent influx of private clubs in Manhattan satisfying the wealthy New Yorker’s inner Anglophilia, or their need to cull the herd . . . or both?
After Hours
Ella Funt In The Room
NYC’s storied first home for drag queens (and kings) is now a spicy French boîte on the Lower East Side.
Cocktails
Party in a can
Event planner to the social set Bronson Van Wyck turns his hand to ready-made mixology.
After Hours
Literary Dive Bars
What inspires a NYC writer? Cheap booze, good gossip, sticky floors—and maybe just a bit of gloom.
Food & Drink
Alvin & Friends
Former model Alvin Clayton is the heart and soul of his New Rochelle restaurant.
Making merry
Raveonomics
The stately home music festival season is in full swing in the UK. But how—and why—do the landed gentry host rural rave-ups in their country piles?
Cheers!
Arnold Palmer: The Taste of Summer
Southern porch and golf course are its natural habitat. But lately, the famed lemon-and-tea beverage has become a city slicker too.
The DP Interview
Playwright/author Matthew Gasda
He is not comfortable with comfort, nor virtue. And in the just-published collection of his plays, he writes about what he fears—for his friends, and for himself.