Oh, poop. One of California’s most well-known oyster farms finds itself in a somewhat stinky situation after a sewage leak from a nearby tourist business. Hog Island Oyster Co. in Marshall announced a recall of 200k oysters and temporarily halted farming operations in Marin County’s Tomales Bay after the contamination was discovered. Sign up for … Read more
Oh, poop. One of California’s most well-known oyster farms finds itself in a somewhat stinky situation after a sewage leak from a nearby tourist business. Hog Island Oyster Co. in Marshall announced a voluntary withdraw of 200,000 oysters and temporarily halted farming operations in Marin County’s Tomales Bay after the contamination was discovered. Sign up … Read more
As a New York City kindergarten teacher, riding in style for Sharay Hayes once meant scoring a clean-ish, empty seat on his train ride home to Harlem after a long day in the classroom. But after ditching his low-paying gig with the kids to become one of the boroughs’ most in-demand male escorts — sexually … Read more
Talk about a divine renovation. A long-dormant, 95-year-old house of worship in LA’s sophisticated Silver Lake east side enclave has found salvation as Hotel Lucile — a 25-room boutique hideaway opening its heavy timber doors to guests this week. The hotel is located inside the former Bethany Presbyterian Church — and comes complete with stained-glass … Read more
One of the hottest auditions in New York City isn’t on Broadway — it’s at a luxury gym on Wall Street. Hundreds of the city’s fittest recently descended on the FiDi location of luxury gym chain Life Time, hoping to score a job teaching their workout of choice. Gathered in a dim, sleek lobby, candidates … Read more
NASCAR icon Boris Said is going into overdrive with ambitious new details on his massive $400 million motorsport playground — and he is naming his price for entry into the high-octane Lake Elsinore club. Speaking by phone from Mexico — where he was taking a breather ahead of the Baja 400 off-road desert race where his … Read more
Start your engines Riverside County. NASCAR veteran and road-racing legend Boris Said is behind bombshell plans for “Elsinoring” — a Nürburgring-inspired private motorsports playground near Lake Elsinore where wealthy motorheads can race around a track with 22 turns — then park them at their own luxe “garage villa.” The name is a cheeky, palm-tree-lined homage … Read more
Members-only clubs meet fitness. As wellness experiences replace traditional social gatherings in a growing movement called “daylife,” gyms and fitness studios are leaning into the moment and blending the two. And one wellness mecca is continuing to blur the line between going out and working out with the launch of an exclusive social club that … Read more
American Airlines is adding more premium seats to its Boeing 777-300ER planes used on long-haul routes as US carriers increasingly chase higher-spending travelers. The airline is also phasing out first class on the aircraft, while increasing the number of business-class seats. The carrier, which is expanding its premium offerings to improve profitability, said the first retrofitted aircraft will begin … Read more
Does your car deserve a home as luxe as you do? Arthur Aidala certainly thinks so. The native New Yorker’s been a car nut for most of his life. Making peanuts as an assistant district attorney in the early 1990s, Aidala was forced to move back in with his parents. But with no NYC rent … Read more
Gone are the days of simply shelling out for a commoner’s college tuition. Luxury-loving college students — and their well-funded parents — are flocking to interior decorators like Mississippi’s Shelly Gates, who charge up to $20,000 to transform a cinderblock dorm space into a TikTok-worthy study sanctuary. Gates is a former elementary school teacher who … Read more
One of the world’s newest ultra-luxury hotels is facing a public relations nightmare just days after opening, after allegedly canceling a prominent travel YouTuber’s $6,000-a-night reservation at the last minute, refusing to let him speak to management and calling the police when he showed up to check in. Ryan Walker, who has over 135,000 YouTube … Read more
One person’s trash is another’s treasure. It’s 9:30 pm on a Tuesday outside an undisclosed supermarket on the border of Sutton Place, where a group of 10-15 “Freegans” has gathered for a biweekly “trash tour” to dumpster dive for salvageable food and other goods. Clad in masks and gloves, these urban foragers — who encompass … Read more
It’s the place to shop and be seen. On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, in between sips of overpriced lattes and bites of creamy frozen yogurt and zesty truffle bagels, four Upper East Side high school students gather around an outdoor table to giggle and gossip about who they might run into on their lunch break … Read more
US cosmetics maker Estée Lauder and Spanish perfume group Puig had been finalizing the details of a deal when talks fell apart late on Thursday, preventing a merger that would have created a $40 billion luxury beauty giant. The merged company would have put together brands such as Tom Ford, Clinique and MAC with Carolina Herrera and … Read more
Brooklyn is getting a taste of the luxury summer brand activations typically reserved for the Hamptons or South of France. Sephora Summer Club is launching its first-ever poolside activation, which runs from Friday, May 22, to Labor Day, Sept. 7, blending beauty, hospitality and wellness into an immersive seasonal experience. The first-ever Sephora Summer Club … Read more
Forget the Met Gala — the real fashion moment of the season had four legs, wagging tails, and enough attitude to make Anna Wintour blink twice. On Monday, May 18, New York’s most stylish pups (and their very patient humans) descended on Midtown for the third annual Pet Gala — a full-on canine couture takeover … Read more
Los Angeles is going all in on its Olympic glow-up, with city leaders pushing a staggering $2.6 billion makeover of the aging LA Convention Center (LACC) in a desperate bid to revive a struggling downtown before the 2028 Games. While full construction job won’t be completed until 2029, about 80% will be done by the … Read more
Surf City, USA… just without the ocean. Deep in the California desert, a massive new luxury surf park promising 1,000 artificial waves an hour is officially set to open next summer. DSRT Surf, a sprawling new surf resort in Palm Desert powered by Wavegarden Cove technology, announced it plans to launch in summer 2026 with … Read more
Every major city claims to have the ‘worst dating scene,’ but if you live in Los Angeles, the drag of being single might as well be alleviated over a $25 Strawberry Glaze Erewhon smoothie. Desperate LA singles, fed up with dating apps, are now scouring the aisles of the luxe grocery chain for their happily-ever-after … Read more