Maureen OConnor

June 20, 2023

What Happens When You Get So Influential That You’re Bored by Your Own Aesthetic?

Athena Calderone wanted to move, but she had a problem: The home she already had was perfect. Her remodeled Greek-revival townhouse in the neighborhood of Cobble […]
January 2, 2023

The Etiquette Guru Who Broke Up With a Boyfriend Over Text

On the ninth day of filming Netflix’s “Mind Your Manners,” the show’s host, the Shanghai etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho, dumped her on-again-off-again boyfriend of four […]
January 2, 2023

Sara Jane Ho’s ‘Mind Your Manners’ Offers Advice for a Globalized World

On the ninth day of filming Netflix’s “Mind Your Manners,” the show’s host, the Shanghai etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho, dumped her on-again-off-again boyfriend of four […]