My sister entered into a bicoastal relationship, and as soon as there were 3,000 miles between them, her boyfriend became a wack job. He told her she shouldn’t come to visit on Halloween weekend, because he would be busy with grad school and things (“things” being a dress-up party where he paraded as a “man [...]

There is a very guilty hedge-fund manager who is in such a bind that he has put his most precious items up for auction at Christie’s in London. And when I say “precious items,” I am not referring to the typical pimpish goods like vintage wines, contemporary design chairs, and Picasso paintings. I am talking [...]

Christie’s is one of the oldest and most prestigious fine art auction houses in the world — ostensibly, a place where one might meet a cultivated and interesting man.
I recently popped into their Rockefeller Center headquarters to say hello to a friend during her lunch hour. As I lounged in lobby, I watched an attractive [...]

Online dating has quickly gone from being a sport restricted to social pariahs to being as normal as going to the gym. People just don’t date anymore, unless it involves a web-based screening process involving anonymous usernames.
So I went for it and joined OkCupid, and my first meet-up for drinks was with a guy I [...]

I went to Newport for some beach time, since I am so in need of relaxation given that I don’t have a job, don’t go to school, and don’t even volunteer at some altruistic organization.
Newport, Rhode Island stirs up visions of Gatsby, the Jazz Age of overly large summer houses. Nowadays, Newport arouses images of [...]

While interviewing for a “Booking Editor” position at a start-up magazine last week, I was thrown into a model casting to test my skills. One by one, over thirty male and female models pranced — or crept — into the casting room; several were giddy and outwardly confident, but most were unable to mask their [...]

An adorable American girlfriend of mine has been dating a Frenchie who is, as most Frenchmen are, a little bit effeminate (and a lot mimbo). But this guy wears his silk scarves in such a fashion that makes me think he is quite a closeted homosexual.
Unfortunately, instead of being a sweet boyfriend to this girl–teaching [...]

I met a girlfriend for lunch in the Marché des Enfants Rouges, the most charming covered market in all of Paris. Hidden at the corner amidst the sumptuous Moroccan food vendors and freshly picked strawberries, Au Coin Bio was the perfect place to commiserate over our failed love lives and enjoy a scrumptious salad and vegetarian [...]

Jay McInerney is a New England boy who turned to the cocaine culture of 1980s Manhattan as inspiration for his breakout novel, Bright Lights, Big City. He went from fact-checking at The New Yorker to being part of the “literary brat pack” (along with Bret Easton Ellis), turning his book into a hit Hollywood film, [...]

Heidi Montag is the 23-year-old reality television celebrity who went from sweet and natural Colorado girl to botched and butchered Los Angeles pop star … all in a matter of minutes. She recently underwent 10 different plastic surgery procedures in a day, saying that she wanted to become the “perfect” version of herself.
She’s always indicated [...]