Were they a haven, an escape from male predation, a control of women’s sexuality—or all three?
Gardening
Soil: A Love Story
How dirt under our nails brings joy to our hearts.
Food & Drink
Julie Reiner, NYC’s Cocktail Queen
Traditionally, bars have been the province of men. Then came Julie Reiner, breaking the cocktail-glass ceiling.
First Person
Sexual Healing: Do Women Deserve a Happy Ending?
One woman who had enough of a sexless relationship chose a novel way to get her mojo back.
History Lessons
Choosing Your Woman
“If you Want to be Happy for the Rest of Your Life…” Jimmy Soul had nothing on Benjamin Franklin…
DP Books
Excerpt: A Small Affair by Flora Collins
Wanted: Dead or Alive
After Hours
Speakeasies 2023
Sometimes you want to go where absolutely nobody knows your name.
Trends
The Face of 2023
Tighten, brighten, lift.
Manners
Sorry Sorry Sorry
Sometimes, alas, an apology is called for. Even among the best people.
GLAMSQUAD
Botox Comes Home for the Holidays
Two New York beauty services now make house calls—needles, IV drips, and all.
Night Out
Cirque de Sauté
Acrobatics and gourmet dining enter the big tent.
Beauty
The Vampire Breast Lift
A bloody good solution to getting that extra bit of oomph.
The Heartland
Barning Man
Inside the Walton family’s new art and music festival drawing the chic-set to the Ozarks.
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.
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.
Rave On
Burning Man Has Left the Playa
With a two-day Robot Heart bash in Central Park and a Burning Man art installation at Chatsworth House, will the famously counterculture festival finally go mainstream?
After Hours
A LOOK BACK: SECRETS OF A MISTRESS
When it comes to being the “other woman”, has anything really changed since the 1920s?
