Is it hot in here or is it just weekend?
Your Perks: 1) Clothes designed by MIT grads and made with the same fabric used by NASA. 2) A couple of battery enhancements for your phone so it’ll live forever. 3) Some trippy surrealist art from a Russian designer. Hang it somewhere nice/strange.
12:30pm: You’re craving Wise Sons pastrami. For the last couple of years, that’s no
problem.
6:30pm: You’re craving Wise Sons pastrami. Last couple of years, that was a huge problem.
Finally, now, Wise Sons is open for dinner. Beer-braised brisket and pastrami burgers are involved.
1:30am: You’re still on your own.
Hey, look, there are seven new styles of sturdy Red Wing boots kicking around that you’ve never seen before. They only exist at Brooks Brothers, and if you stop by today, there’s a whole ceremony happening. Some people find boots pretty important.
Wine alert #1: 4,000 bottles. That’s how many Les Clos has stored away, just waiting for
their moment at a deserving table. That moment is now. Wine is happening.
Wine alert #2: Over on Polk, the newest Belcampo now has beer and wine, too. Nice.
The most important thing about Seedstore’s parties: they’re pretty fun. DJ, drinks, all that. The second-most important thing: in this case, the party coincides with the launch of new stuff from the likes of Filson and Brooklyn Tailors. The third-most import—eh, we’re done ranking things now.
It’s true that there’s Peking duck with caviar on the Golden Week tasting menu at Hakkasan. It’s also true that there’s sea bass in clay pots, and golden macarons. These were not some cruel macaron rumors going around.
