Barbie’s getting snubbed in Palm Beach, too. “Old Palm Beachers snicker as they watch women new to the scene arrive in pink, yes, pink, Rolls-Royces, like a battalion of invading Barbies—a shocking display in a town accustomed to understated wealth,” journalist Daisy Prince wrote last month in a Vanity Fair piece exploring Palm Beach’s “identity … Read more
After an image of a person’s socked foot sneaking into an airplane passenger’s legroom went viral on Reddit, many people weighed in on what they would do if something similar happened to them. The viral post touched off quite a flurry of comments. “Don’t be this person,” user “stefahnia” posted on the “Mildly Infuriating” subreddit, … Read more
Whatever you do, don’t offer them a kiddie menu. All over the Hamptons and Manhattan, tweens and teens are going out to posh restaurants on their own. They’re running up high checks ordering uni and steaks — and sometimes trying to sneak in a pricey bottle of vino — then plunking down mommy and daddy’s … Read more
Maybe New York isn’t so bad after all. Beaches in sunny South Florida are experiencing “the perfect ‘pathogen’ storm” of flesh-eating bacteria that are washing up to shore, according to new research from Florida Atlantic University. It’s happening due to a brown and smelly algae known as sargassum, which is intertwining with plastic marine debris … Read more