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Never Mind the Nannies, Drivers are the New Dads

Living on the Upper East Side, one gets accustomed to seeing ridiculous things, from $300 plates of truffle pasta to couture dog collars. But this one was a first. The other evening, I was walking off...

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Dating Tips for Uptown Divorcées: Middle-Aged Millionaires Are Just Not That...

I was at my usual banquette table at Cipriani catching up with my dear friend and fellow gala charity chair, an impossibly blond and glamorous socialite. She looked up, over her grilled salmon and...

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The Emptons: Estates Forsaken as Hamptonites Flee for European Shores

It was opening weekend in the Hamptons. There I was at a Memorial Day party at a stunning manse “on Goldman Pond,” as some now refer to the body of water formerly known as Sagg Pond. Now home to some...

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Rise of the Art Insta-Collectors: Buying Big Names They Don’t Even Love

A number of years back, I attended a dinner in one of New York City’s legendary apartment buildings, hosted by a now-divorced art-collecting couple. I was seated between a mogul’s wife and an actress...

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Billionaire Buzzkill: They’re Ruining the Fun for Mere Millionaires

Observer columnist Richard Kirshenbaum on how the super rich are ruining New York for the merely wealthy.

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Paid Friends: Weary of Genuine Relationships, Rich New Yorkers Hire Stand-Ins

When genuine relationships are too demanding, the decorator (or trainer, or art advisor) will do just fine, writes Observer columnist Richard Kirshenbaum.

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Stressmas Vacation: Trying to Relax Without a Lounge Chair, Dinner...

It had been many years since I’d been to an event at the St. Regis rooftop, the last one being my very own wedding to Dana, oh so many moons ago. It was a balmy afternoon this past October when we...

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Let them Eat Kale: Extreme Dieters Ruining Dinner Parties for Everyone Else

“How can anyone throw a dinner party today?” A noted hostess bewailed the current state of culinary affairs in the drawing room of her regal Park Avenue duplex, in one of the grandest of grand co-op...

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Frozen: The High Cost of High Maintenance

“I can’t imagine having a full-time job, children and being able to get it all done,” the auburn heiress declared as we were in line at a buffet dinner hosted by one of New York’s most beneficent...

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Kid in Rehab? Apartment Just a Rental? Maybe You Just Need Better PR

‘They brag about their real estate but no one’s ever been to their apartment because it’s a rental. There’s nothing wrong with that—but then don’t pass yourself off was a MACHER.’

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Chanel to the Rescue!

Based on our recent visit to St. Tropez, Chanel has become more a symbol of France than the béret. Golden-tanned Bardots wearing short shorts and Chanel everything zip around the cobblestone streets on...

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Million Dollar Babies: Sharks in the Boardroom, Tadpoles at Home

Meet the moguls who make their wives cut their food, clip their nails and pick out their jammies. Such big boys!

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License to Cheat

“In some circles if the man has made so much money, i.e. hundreds of millions, the wife knows she has less leverage and in order to keep the marriage intact she might turn a blind eye to his having...

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