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The red-and-white, vine-covered Le Sirenuse hotel in Positano, Italy
Family Affair

Le Sirenuse: Succession

The third generation of Sersales is bringing fresh ideas to the legendary Positano hotel.

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?

A corgi’s greatest pleasure in life is pleasing his owner, so training and succeeding in the Westminster agility course is a happy day for Jack.
Pets

Such a hap, hap, happy dog!

Forget Disney, the Westminster sports and agility rings are truly the happiest places on earth.

Wanderlust

Travel: go from “uh oh” to "ahhh"

Next year’s favorite vacation spots booked up already? Deep breaths. You can still have a grand old time.

Famously memorialized as the Amazon Hotel in Sylvia Plath‘s The Bell Jar, the Barbizon also hosted the likes of Grace Kelly and Liza Minnelli, Peggy Noonan, and future First Lady Nancy Reagan. However, by 1980 it was one of only three hotels for women operating in the city. Photo by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times/Redux
New York City

No Boys Allowed: NYC’s Women-Only Hotels

Were they a haven, an escape from male predation, a control of women’s sexuality—or all three?

Travel

The Allure of the Boutique Hotel

Off-the-beaten-track properties offer a more authentic, private, one-of-a-kind experience.

Architecture

Lyford Cay Follies and the Brilliance of Henry Melich

Take gobs of money, eccentric heiresses unfettered by the limitations of society’s conventions, and what do you get? Some of the most fantastical homes in the world.

Two dogs living the high life on a private jet
Trends

Fido’s Fortune: Pets Inherit Millions from Wealthy Owners

At what price happiness? Well, if your pet brings you joy, when you die, that price might be very high indeed.

Palm Beach’s Royal Poinciana Plaza is becoming a hub for Manhattan art powerbrokers, including Sotheby’s and Lehmann Maupin which both have outlets here this season. Image courtesy of Royal Poinciana Plaza
Florida Dispatch

Wall Street South

Post-pandemic Palm Beach feels increasingly like a seaside Manhattan. Just add palm trees and pastels.

Military flags fly in front of the Equestrian Hotel and a statue of Sergeant Reckless, the great American equine war hero.
Equestrian News

Ocala’s Trifecta: Land, Love, and God

What are the odds that a Disney-style Equestrian Center will give Wellington a run for its money?

Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte’s expansive estate on the outskirts of Paris.
Property Porn

GOLDEN HANDCUFFS

What it’s really like to inherit a castle, according to Alexandre de Vogüé, one of the heirs of Vaux-le-Vicomte.

A bartender pours Sippin Santa cocktails at the Miracle on 9th Street pop-up in the East Village. Photo courtesy of Miracle on 9th Street.
Ho Ho Ho

The Best Holiday Pop-Ups

From traditional tree lightings and ice skating to cocktail pop-ups and boozy ice cream to heated pools with a view.

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