A Canonical List of Rich People Shit: March Edition
Plus: European summer beach reservations are already being locked in, what The Odeon is going to cost you for a full buy-out, and why Monaco rents are sky-rocketing...
Hi from London. I’m a day late with this—I seem to be running out of hours—so you’ll have to forgive me. I’m also still trying to track down an Oswald’s connection, so if any of you are members, speak now.
If you read today’s headline and thought, “March?”—no, that wasn’t a typo. I’m about a week (or, fine, two) late on the monthly list of what everyone was talking about, which many of you have pointed out, so here it is: A Canonical List of Rich People Shit: March Edition.
Here’s what March kept shoving in your face: The Paramount situation is still unresolved, which at this point feels less like a deal and more like a group of very powerful people refusing to be the one who gives in first. In Miami, everyone got fixated on the Open’s $100 caviar hot dog. Not because it was shocking (there are $100 caviar-coated chicken nuggets at the U.S Open), but because it was something new for social media. TSA lines got bad enough that people started making a very straight-faced case for flying private. Amy Griffin’s The Tell is back in the conversation, and Oprah still hasn’t commented. Gwyneth as Belle Burden in Strangers made immediate sense. Admissions decisions came out and New York lost its mind for a few days. INTERVIEW’s “Meet the Finest Boys in Finance” made the rounds. You could tell who wasn’t thrilled (hint: their employers). Love Story went from obsession to backlash, all with one very cringey finale. And Pharrell’s auction house Joopiter sold a $5.55 million dinosaur skeleton, which tracks with the recent run on rich people buying dinosaurs.
What were the things you kept hearing about all month, the ones that kept coming up again and again?
Enough of looking into the past. Today’s newsletter is also firmly rooted in the present (and the future): European summer beach reservations are already being locked in, what The Odeon is going to cost you for a full buy-out, why Monaco rents are sky-rocketing, Augusta’s no-phone rule meets its match in smart glasses, Coachella comes back into the conversation (with shorter food lines and a theory), Richard Caring exits his restaurant empire as Annabel’s enters New York…
