The Billionaires Social Calendar: May Edition
Plus: A famous $237m house in Key Biscayne, Milan Design Week party monsters, the status symbol drink of NYC teens, ultra-rich divorce math, and more....
As per promised once a month, RPS is back with The Billionaires Social Calendar. May’s edition includes the Met Gala, Milken, Frieze, Cannes, the Italian Open, the French Open, and a few other stops that tend to involve the same people, just in different places.
It’s not presented as a plan, and no one ever really says they’re doing all of it, but once you see it laid out like this, it’s hard to ignore how much overlap there is. Whether that’s intentional or just how the month shakes out, I’ll leave that to you. Are you going to any of this? Did I miss anything? Have any good intel to add? Drop it in the comments — let’s chat!
I’m writing this to you from a plane on London back to New York. I had a better time than I probably should have. Per usual, I didn’t want to leave (do I ever?). This was the first time I didn’t extend my trip, although I’m already planning my next one. The reason I’m telling you this isn’t to bore you, but because I’ve been putting together what is, sincerely, one of the best London guides I think you’re going to read. It’s got everything: restaurants, shopping, insider knowledge and personal anecdotes. The UK is RPS’s second largest audience after the U.S., and some of my most active readers are there. You’re some of my most regular emailers, too. I met so many of you while I was in London. I think (fingers crossed) you’re really going to like it.
But I do need your help with one thing. It’s coming with a London Venn & Now. For new subscribers, if you don’t know what that is, check out a version here and here. I want as many opinions on this as possible. I need what represents old London, things that are no longer cool, have closed, or once defined a certain kind of cliché culture, what represents new London, and what belongs in the middle. A good example someone gave was Tramp. It used to be cool, then it wasn’t, and now it is again, so that goes in the middle. Paid subscribers, hop in the comments (I know you prefer to DM or email me, but don’t be shy), and if you’re not paid but have a strong opinion, send it anyway. I never exclude, I just try to convert you, you know that. The London guide is coming this weekend.
Send tips, complaints, and anything you think I should know to carson@readrps.com. I read everything, even the unhinged ones.
A little housekeeping. The tentative date for the RPS event is June 10. What do we think? Just a reminder, it’s paid subscribers only. If you want to bring a friend, make sure they’re signed up as a paid subscriber by May 1.
Elise Taylor interviewed me for her Vanity Fair story The Curious Case of the Missing Cocaine…Cover , out yesterday. One of my quotes below (and more can be found on the @readrps Instagram).
In today’s letter: Scarface house $237M listing, the status symbol drink of NYC teens, ultra-rich divorce math, an actress to billionaire career pivot that will make your head swivel, Milan Design Week party monsters, Diane Keaton auction at Bonhams, Baldi Beverly Hills price games and more…
