Lloyd Harbor
How to Host Without Looking Like You Tried
The perfect Long Island party should feel inevitable, not engineered. The lighting flatters, the first drink appears before anyone asks, dinner is gen...
THE ARCHIVE
The Scene
Huntington Bay
Long Island Has Entered the Edit
The BF Edit arrives with one foot in the Hamptons, one on the North Shore and a deliberate eye on everything between them. This is not a directory of...
The Benefit Dinner Found Its Personality
Long Island’s 2022 benefit season felt strongest when the cause, the setting and the guest experience finally spoke the same language. Less generic ga...
After-Hours Etiquette, Rewritten
The late-night rules shifted in 2022. The fashionable move was no longer to stay until the lights became accusatory. It was to know when the evening h...
The Return of the Beautiful Arrival
In 2022, the entrance regained its place as a minor Long Island art form. The best arrivals were timed, composed and apparently effortless: one strong...
The Smaller Guest List Won
The most influential Long Island hosts of 2022 stopped measuring success by head count. Twelve interesting people, a table that encouraged movement an...
The Summer Long Island Learned to Dress Again
After two seasons of elastic waistbands and apologetic invitations, Long Island returned to the room in 2022 with sharper shoulders, better shoes and...