Is Mike Alaska the Champ?
Posted in Arts & Events, The City on February 28th, 2010 | 
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Archives for February 2010
Bellini
Until yesterday, the Bellini—a cocktail/nuclear device equal parts Champagne and peach juice—did not appeal to us. We’re more Jack on the rocks types. Then we swaggered into Cipriani at 55 Wall Street, whose owners have gained fame for refusing to serve food critics, and were surprised. We are not saying the fruity cocktail is worth $16 a glass—few cocktails are—just that this drink is pungent and slightly amazing, provided you get it, as we did, freshly-mixed.
Posted in Food & Fashion on February 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Ace In The Hole
Because we are old, we half expected the doormen standing guard to the entrance of the Ace Hotel’s Lobby Bar, to grimly bar us. Located at 20 W. 29th Street, near the corner of Broadway, the space is casually hip, unpretentious, though spectacular–a big room with comfy chairs and couches, and free Wi-Fi—thus the many people hanging out all day (don’t these people work?), driving the nice waiters bonkers. Nestled into that spectacular lobby, are a coffee shop and a [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 16th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Better Than The Superbowl
Someday, we’ll wonder where we were on February 6, 2010, Super Sunday Eve, and we’ll look at this—the 14th Street exit from the 7th Avenue-Broadway IRT express—and feel a trillion times more than when we gaze on Picasso’s Guernica, or listen to Karen Carpenter singing “Close to You.”
Better than Superbowl XLIV
Posted in The City on February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
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We just got back from Vietnam, a country so money-hungry, so capitalistic—Hanoi and Saigon—that we came away with two strong impressions: 1) Because the people are smart, can-do, petite, cheerful and in a charmingly-crazed sort of way, the place struck of as being populated by Asian Reese Witherspoons. And 2) what a stupid waste the war was.
So after reading the Times rave, we were eager to visit the Arts of Ancient Vietnam exhibit at the Asia Society. First off, we [...]
Posted in The City on February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
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$300,000?
The beautiful thing about this country, no matter how un-chic you are, how empty your wallet, the stores on Madison Avenue still buzz you in. So we are walking past 940 Madison Avenue, a former Chase Manhattan bank, transformed by architect Peter Marino into the flagship for designer Bruce Hoeksema’s VBH uber-luxury line of bags and jewelry. Gorgeous place, but spooky. In fact, aside from the five staffers and security guards, VBH is post-Apocalyptic empty. Customer-wise, we are it. Still, we make [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
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