Alice Mason, a renowned Manhattan real estate agent, hosted exclusive black-tie dinner parties for elite guests. These gatherings masked deeper personal secrets, particularly concerning her daughter, Dominique.
The key to my parties is the small tables, Alice once told The New York Times. That way people do not have to talk only to the people on their right or left. They can talk to the whole table.
Dominique, decades later, remembers the party not for its glamour but for the lasting impact it had on her relationship with Alice, marking a permanent rift caused by a guest’s plus-one.
In New York's real estate scene, appearances matter, and Alice Mason built her career on crafting beautiful illusions—this party revealed the cracks beneath her carefully staged life.
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