A Grill to Make Grown Men Weep
Earphones that sound like a million dollars! A folding phone that gets the jump on Apple! And an app for tracking oligarchs’ yachts …
A Change of Spirit
Once a retreat for Salvador Dalí, Josephine Baker, and Jean-Paul Belmondo, liquor magnate Paul Ricard’s private island in the South of France has reopened as a luxury resort after a $115 million restoration
A Special Delivery
Tucked away in Caledon, Ontario—Canada’s answer to the Cotswolds—a historic 19th-century post office gets a second life as a tranquil woodland retreat and spa
The Art of Small Things
The best accessories are rarely the expensive ones. They’re the ones that quietly rescue the day—then disappear back into your bag
When the Sky’s Not the Limit
The days of simply getting from point A to point B are so over. Today’s private-jet operators cater to passengers’ every whim, from Alice in Wonderland–themed birthday parties to vitamin water for pets
A Serenissima Escape
The French hotel group Airelles has opened its first hotel in Venice. The highlight? Villa Frollo, a stand-alone 17th-century palazzo within the property that can be rented as a private residence
Letters from Scamelot
In her latest party report, Caroline Calloway flees a poetry reading, crosses paths with an old flame at a Paris Review party, and takes a divorced single dad to the Lower East Side’s buzziest nightclub
The Champagne Fallacy
From terrible cake pairings to the myth of the “special occasion,” our wine columnist argues it’s time to rethink how—and when—we drink sparkling wine
