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Meet Your 2014 Anti-Resolutions

Today, we discuss anti-resolutions. They’re a lot like normal resolutions, but way better. Because they involve things like spending four figures on a turtleneck for no reason and ordering ice cream in three-gallon quantities for no reason. These are yours, by the way.

Anti: Throw It All at This Hotel Suite
RESOLUTION: SAVE MONEY

Anti: Throw It All at This Hotel Suite

Eight grand is a large sum of money that could significantly add to your savings. Or it could go toward a single night in this 2,600-square-foot hotel suite with gold-colored walls, an oversize spa tub and a wood-paneled study. Scotch accordingly.

Anti: Unless It’s This Alcohol
RESOLUTION: CONSUME LESS ALCOHOL

Anti: Unless It’s This Alcohol

Funny story: this bottle of 1907 Monopole champagne was originally bought by Tsar Nicholas II, but was lost at sea for 82 years after a German submarine attack. Now it’s in a museum. Just kidding, it’s at Mooo and you can buy it. So... better than being in a museum.

$14,000, available at Mooo...., 15 Beacon St, 617-670-2515

Anti: A Turtleneck That Costs $1,495
RESOLUTION: NO MORE TURTLENECKS

Anti: A Turtleneck That Costs $1,495

Sure, 2014 was going to be the year you kicked turtlenecks for good. But then Loro Piana showed up with this thing that both fetches four figures and is made from the hair of baby goats. And it’s called Dolce Vita. Dolce Vita, for God’s sake.

$1,495, available at Loro Piana, 43 Newbury St, 617-236-4999

Anti: Eat Toscanini’s by the Gallon
RESOLUTION: EAT HEALTHY

Anti: Eat Toscanini’s by the Gallon

Small. Medium. Large. Those sizes are great. But so are Toscanini’s Ice Cream’s three-gallon options available in flavors like Bourbon Flake and Coffee Hydrox. Call ahead for them and they shall be so. You’ve got the rest of 2014 to order not-gallons.

Anti: Get into the Famous-Sketch Game
RESOLUTION: ABSTAIN FROM FRIVOLOUS SPENDING

Anti: Get into the Famous-Sketch Game

John Singer Sargent. He’s the guy who painted the ceiling of the Museum of Fine Arts. But before that, he made a sketch of it. And now that sketch is on auction for the price of like four Oldsmobile Achievas. Or one really expensive sketch.

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