Look at what Penn Station used to be! Stunning!
Looks like I might be part of the 1% after all…
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Perfect background music for this gloomy day…
Hmmm… 41 places to go in 2011, 4 weeks paid vacation. No problem.
These spots look incredible. I’m already mentally packing.
(from THE NEW YORK TIMES)
I love everything about this. A celeb chef opening a high-end temporary restaurant that is using ebay furniture and kickstarter micro-financing to stay nimble and take risks. Diners will set their own place settings and there will only be one brand of each liquor stocked in the bar. It’s going to be like attending a fabulous dinner party.
Read all about it here.
Mark Bittman, I love you. Demystifying cooking and empowering the world one stir-fry at a time!
Read his healthy and accessible philosophy for eating in 2011 here.
The real Man of the Year: Brian Williams!
Watch him praise the New York Times for “discovering Brooklyn” in 2010. I’ve watched it 3 times today and it’s still hilarious. Thanks to Brooklyn Perry for sending it to me, natch.
I had no idea such a thing as shirt garters existed until this moment. They seem like the perfect old-timey compliment to a perfectly-mixed old-timey cocktail. From now on, I’m going to imagine that my bartender is wearing them every time I order a Manhattan.
Adorable:
“My head guy down at the Patterson House in Nashville, Josh Habiger, said the only thing worse than wearing shirt garters is not wearing them, and I feel that sums the situation up perfectly. They are fussy and annoying. They detach and leak out your pant leg at the most inopportune time. If ratcheted too tight, you feel like a dandy Pinocchio, slightly drunk and walking on the moon. Worst of all, they get you singled out in security lines at the airport. To this day there hasn’t been a T.S.A. employee who hasn’t raised an eyebrow when I explain about the shirt garters, ‘No, really, the armed forces wear them to look shipshape, and they keep your socks up while at the same time keeping your shirt from pooching below your vest.’ Maybe if I quit using the word ‘pooch.’ And ‘shipshape.’ ”
Read the full article here.
Ridiculous. Yet kind of adorable. Ugh, hipsters, how are you still so silly and endearing?! And how am I supposed to resist this earnest explanation of a fashion trend?
“David Matthews, a contributing editor to Deadspin, sees a possible psycho-social imperative behind the trend. “A friend of mine thinks that wearing an N.B.A. jersey is a way of showcasing your masculinity after years of figurative castration brought on by skinny jeans and the like,” he said. “She has a point, but at the same time, it could just be an ironic response to that idea.”
Read the NYT article here
