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Anti-Resolutions 2016

Anti-Resolutions Are Just More Fun

You were so close. 361 more days, and all your New Year’s resolutions would’ve remained intact. But alas, now you’re reading this. And soon enough, you’ll scroll below to find five damn-near-irresistible ways to do the exact opposite of what you said you’d do. Oh well, there’s always next year.

Anti-Resolution: Drink a $100 Negroni
RESOLUTION: DRINK LESS

Anti-Resolution: Drink a $100 Negroni

Only 350 bottles of Nolet’s Reserve gin are produced a year. Of those 350, 75 supposedly go directly to Tiger Woods. Of the two allocated to the city of Chicago, one goes to the Bassment. Anyway, they make a $100 Negroni from it, so you should drink that.

Available now, $100, The Bassment, 353 W Hubbard St, 312-386-5778

Anti-Resolution: Drink Your Smoke
RESOLUTION: QUIT SMOKING

Anti-Resolution: Drink Your Smoke

This giant Germain-Robin Craft-Method brandy drink from Bottlefork is served with a cloud of smoke from a Honduran robusto. So it’s not exactly smoking. But it’s not exactly not smoking either. In other words: beats cold turkey.

Available now, $30, Bottlefork, 441 N Clark St, 312-955-1900

Anti-Resolution: Nothing in Moderation
RESOLUTION: EVERYTHING IN MODERATION

Anti-Resolution: Nothing in Moderation

Peruse the menu at bi-level steakhouse Maple & Ash, and you’ll find an option entitled: “I Don’t Give a F*@k.” Once you ask for it, they’ll proceed to bring you food. And bring you food. And bring you food. And... you see the pattern here.

Available now, $145, upstairs at Maple & Ash, 8 W Maple St, 312-944-8888

Anti-Resolution: Buy This Damn Thing
RESOLUTION: MAKE SOUND INVESTMENTS

Anti-Resolution: Buy This Damn Thing

“Affordable.” “Price-conscious.” “Necessary.” These are not the words we’d use to describe your impending purchase of a handcrafted desk chair from Virgin that reclaims the iconic chassis of an actual 1980s Vespa. Which isn’t to say you shouldn’t buy it. You should. Just... look at it.

Anti-Resolution: The Bourbon Bubbler
RESOLUTION: DEVELOP THICKER SKIN

Anti-Resolution: The Bourbon Bubbler

Winter. Chicago. You know the drill...

1) Make sure you have a warm coat.
2) Try to limit your exposure.
3) Go to NoMI for their Bourbon Bubbler—45 minutes of sweet-smelling skin exfoliation to reduce any winter-inflicted roughness.

This actually might be a new drill.

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