By Joanna Fantozzi 5/07 5:00pm

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Aboard the Argia out of Mystic, Connecticut.

Not the Hamptons

While the City has plenty to offer in the summer, even die-hard urbanites need to get away from it all sometimes. For New Yorkers looking to put a little luxe into their weekend travel, we selected eight high-end getaways that are just a stone’s throw (or about a three- or four-hour car ride, max) away from the light pollution and subway delays. From waterfront resorts to luxurious spas and chic country towns, even the most discerning New Yorker can discover the perfect retreat, without resorting, so to speak, to the Hamptons. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 8/03/11 10:22am

The Eight-Day Week

Rangel.

The Eight-Day Week: August 3-August 10

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 3

The Ultimate Art Machine

Is the Guggenheim the Shake Shack of museums? Locations, locations, locations! Not content with outposts in the Basque Country and the United Arab Emirates (as well as the now-shuttered Las Vegas outpost, which seems in retrospect a bit of an overreach…to Read More

By Staff 6/15/06 9:12am

Stephen Walt on the Lobby, and Occupation

Commenter Miriam Reik points out a significant hole in my reporting from Newport yesterday:

I wish Weiss had reported the answer given to the Lt. Commander’s question about “how the Palestinians can combat the Israelis’ foreign influence in the United States.” Maybe it wasn’t answered, but it is a key question that needs Read More

By Bruce Feirstein 7/07/03 12:00am

Post-McMansions: The Once And Future Hamptons

As we trundle off on this July Fourth weekend-either to escape from a certain kind of madness, or plunge headlong into it-let us muse, for a moment, about the history of summer resorts in America.

In particular, I’m thinking about a place that was, at one time, the very epicenter of American society.

It Read More

By George Gurley 1/13/03 12:00am

Afternoon of a Golden Girl

Last August, Jan Amory was relaxing at Bailey’s Beach, the rumpled but exclusive country club overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Newport, R.I., when she received a phone call from her broker at Morgan Stanley. He wanted to know what she wanted to do with the $12,000 left in her account.

Twelve thousand dollars?

“I Read More

By Ron Rosenbaum 6/15/98 12:00am

I, the Juror, Versus The 400 Blows

I’m grateful to the Newport International Film Festival for making me a last-minute addition to their otherwise highly distinguished feature film jury panel. I needed to get out of town, and this was my idea of jury duty: five days of watching an array of ambitious and provocative films amid Newport, R.I.’s stately mansions, clambakes, Read More