Hilary Reid

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid

Take a scroll through one of our typical Strategist 100s — be it the Beauty 100, Travel 100, or Wedding Registry 100 — and you’ll find deeply vetted products that we’ve tested and had on our radar for years. For the Strategist Summer Starter Pack, though, we’re doing something a little different.

1 month ago | nymag.com | Arielle Avila |Hilary Reid

Our health writer spoke to dentists, dental hygienists, and otolaryngologists about the best tongue scrapers and brushes for getting rid of bad breath.

1 month ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Joe McKendry A couple weekends ago, I met my cousin for lunch in the West Village. It was a perfectly sunny, almost-80-degree day, so we sat outside, sipped ice coffees, and shared a chopped salad with charred shrimp and avocado. From our table, we watched friend group after friend group meet up on the street and greet each other with exclamations of how amazing! they all looked.

1 month ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid |Kitty Guo

Photo-Illustration: New York Magazine; Photos: Courtesy of the Vendors, Getty In the past eight months, Madison Avenue between 69th and 81st Streets has gotten a face-lift — or at least a dose of Botox: Over a dozen decidedly less capital-U uptown store openings are catering to a younger clientele. Where once stood Pratesi and Cartier are now fashion-Substacker favorites Toteme (829 Madison Ave.) and Khaite (828 Madison Ave.).

2 months ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid |Kitty Guo

Although “not a department store” is spray-painted across its façade, the new 55,000-square-foot Printemps, the first from the 160-year-old French chain to be opened in the U.S., is, for all purposes, a department store (just one that hired a graffiti artist to indicate otherwise). It’s no surprise Printemps wants to avoid the D-word, but opening anything of this magnitude is a big bet.