The world’s most anonymous street artist is the subject of an ongoing museum experience in New York City opening this month.
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Dinner out is always a welcome gift and it’s an even better one for mothers who stay up to date on New York’s restaurant scene and want to try the ones most in demand. Getting those top tables is tough, though, even if you follow to the second the advice on the booking platform Resy about when reservations drop. (Part of the gift, then, might also be handling the reservation process instead of leaving it to your mom. )
Having an American Express Platinum Card or two others may help through Global Dining Access since American Express owns Resy. Walk-ins for bar seats and lunch instead of dinner can yield results. But the best way to get these reservations is to download the TableOne app which is available for Apple phones (the Android app is due this summer.) The app’s founders Tarek Arafat and Frank Besson developed software that scans reservations platforms’ systems, pings an alert to users immediately when tables open (much faster than Resy’s Notify which might never,) and links to your own Resy account to book it. Whenever you check your TableOne account, you see a lineup of reservations that are available at that moment including many of those regarded as impossible and you can set an alert to find one on certain days and times. (You’ll be given an honest appraisal of your chances of getting it.) The app is also free-a pay what you wish aspect is coming- and it’s due to expand to other cities.
I Sodi The legion of fans of this West Village restaurant that opened in 2008 were hoping that a move around the corner from its original shoebox to a larger space with a garden would make getting a reservation easier. No such luck. Rita Sodi’s love letter to her upbringing on a farm north of Florence spotlighting exemplary ingredients in perfectly executed Tuscan classics such as rabbit roasted in pancetta with rosemary and garlic and a very rich lasagna composed of a dozen thin layers still elicits lines of people waiting on the street for the restaurant’s opening every night.
Via Carota Sodi and wife/fellow chef Jody Williams are partners in this equally in demand Italian restaurant down the street (even more so after Taylor Swift and Bradley Cooper were photographed there) which also takes its woodsy, rustic look from another previous Sodi home, a 17th century villa in the Tuscan hills. (There’s also outdoor dining on the street.) Seemingly simple preparations are elevated here, such as the specialty green salad with five types of greens, Dijon mustard, thyme and honey and Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe along with a large selection of seasonal vegetable dishes and meatier ones such as the hand chopped grassfed steak Svizzerina.
TATIANA, By Kwame Onwuachi An immediate hit since opening in November 2022 and #1 in
The world’s most anonymous street artist is the subject of an ongoing museum experience in New York City opening this month.
At the height of his success, John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil fortune comprised 1.5% of the gross domestic product of the United States, according to the Library of Congress. He was the world's first billionaire, with a net worth of $1.4 billion in 1937 (around $29.5 billion today), and the richest individual in the world at the time, according to Harvard Business School.
The A-listers who traveled to New York this past weekend, gathering for the biggest event of their careers, arrived by car and driver, or on planes surrounded by entourages. They didn’t even carry their own passports, much less pack their kibble or squeaky toys.
JetBlue is doubling down on Puerto Rico, slashing service from New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA), scaling back its winter Europe offerings, and deploying more of its Mint-equipped jets throughout North America.
It’s been 16 years since actress and singer Eden Espinosa has been on Broadway, but now, she’s back in a big way as the lead in the new and highly acclaimed musical “Lempicka.”
I grew up vacationing in a beach town called Nags Head on the Outer Banks, the string of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. My parents did, too — they were high school sweethearts — and their stories about hitchhiking to Nags Head as teenagers in the 1960s and seeing bands like the Drifters perform at the local dance hall were the stuff of legend in my mind. As a kid in the ’80s, I loved climbing the massive sand dunes at nearby Jockey’s Ridge State Park and fishing at Cape Hatteras. So I was excited to learn that this month, Steidl will publish a book of images the photographer Joel Sternfeld took in Nags Head in the summer of 1975. Sternfeld’s weatherworn cottages and roadside snack bars bring back memories real and imagined, and I’ll enjoy reliving them with my mom. The book is currently available for preorder, so, in the meantime, I’m eyeing some other ’70s-inspired gifts for Mother’s Day. Vacation’s Orange Gelée sunscreen is reminiscent of the vintage tanning staple Bain de Soleil, and this portable wine chiller designed in 1978 by Richard Carlson is easy to find on eBay. It fits two bottles of wine. Alternatively, Cann Social Tonic’s zero-proof Roadie pouches, infused with 2 milligrams of THC, travel easily to the beach. And for a nostalgic summer pants set, turn to the Rockaway Beach-based Zingara Vintage. The designer Erin Silvers custom makes her ZingaraTerry loungewear from vintage YSL towels produced in the 1960s and ’70s.
While it might be tempting to shop for a gift with a big wow factor this Mother’s Day, why not spring for something practical—an item your mom will actually use on a regular basis?
Virgin Voyages is finally bringing its adults-only cruises to the New York and Los Angeles markets.
Step aside Caramel Irish Coffee, Snowballs, Rum Eggnog or other cocktails that grace the winter season. Spring has sprung and with it comes a wide array of creative cocktails from some of the finest eating and drinking establishments in New York City. Truth be told you don’t need to be a skilled Big Apple mixologist to make these refreshing drinks. Just whip them up at home for your next social gathering.
Good hotels are in the business of cherishing their guests. Hotels - at the highest end - are all about curation, which makes the products they sell in their shops particularly desirable, whether fashion, furnishings or art. Here are some presents that every mother will love.
That hottest club in town is Cookbook Club! And whether mom is in one right now, thinking or starting one or joining one, these gifts will help her prep for the most delicious social gathering of the 2020s. Prepare to be lauded as the best child (or spouse) of this cookbook club member, because these gifts are perfect.
Fragrance is superb at creating a sense of place - and they are powerful sensory weapons for luxury hotels. Whether it’s a flickering, highly fragranced reminder of a perfect holiday, a signal of a forthcoming trip or an opportunity to dip into a beautifully curated world, these candles will help your mother dream of her next vacation.