Long weekends. Beach weekends. Vampire weekends. No two weekends are ever the same. But you can rest assured your weekender bag can be—as long as you've got one of these stylish ones designed for the modern adventurer from Keep Pursuing. They're so great you can even use them during the week.
A few new and damn good reasons to hit up South Beach Wine and Food Festival:
1) Marcus Samuelsson's Overtown brunch.
2) Late-night dessert and dancing with Bobby and Sophie Flay.
3) Emeril Lagasse’s clambake.
4) Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Action Bronson's midnight munchies on Española Way.
5) Other stuff.
Pop-ups are good. Pop-ups at the Standard with morning cafecito, afternoon Cuba Libres, random games of Backgammon, general hanging out with friends, trying on Sabah slip-ons and adding some to your closet as a staple... those are better.
The next time you're in Fort Lauderdale and in need of a classic Sidecar, hit Good Spirits. It's a shiny new mid-modern, neighborhood-y tavern with Old Fashioneds, braised short ribs and cheddar grits. Plus, indoor/outdoor seating because Fort Lauderdale.
For the sake of argument, let's assume that it's more fun to have a robot deliver you extra towels and toiletries than some average, human hotel employee. Enter Shelly, the Shelborne's new robot who does all that, plus hands out roses at the door and doesn't awkwardly wait to be tipped.
It's as if Chef Michael Schwartz knew you needed a Sunday brunch with tableside carts bearing savory and sweet dishes like concha (a streusel-topped brioche pastry) and grilled pork belly feijoada. He even anticipated your thirst for shareable, spiked Frescas. That's a thirst of yours, right?
And does a bevy of blue crab and sunset cocktails sweeten the deal? In unrelated news: we talked to the twin comedians, Jason and Randy Sklar, about their hilarious new documentary, Poop Talk, and the best poop jokes of all-time. We also found you what are basically the equivalent of wintertime rollerblades...
