What Happens In Vegas....Comes To Pharfle.
Read about Day 1 of our trip to Vegas in Pharfle Life!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
The pirates voted on how many shares of treasure each pirate would get. The captain got five or six shares to the common pirate’s one; the master’s mate got two; the cabin boy one-half. Skilled tradesmen were well compensated: The carpenter who’d be responsible for fixing any breaches of the hull from cannonballs or storm damage was often paid 150 pieces of eight; the surgeon and his “chest of medicaments” got 250. Men of both professions were so sought after that pirates would sometimes attack merchant ships just to steal away their shipwright or doctor, who was then forced into piracy.
And this one:
The most extraordinary clauses in the [ship’s constitution] were the ones addressing the “recompense and reward each one ought to have that is either wounded or maimed in his body, suffering the loss of any limb, by that voyage.” Each eventuality was priced out:
Loss of a right arm: 600 pieces of eight
Left arm: 500
Right leg: 500
Left leg: 400
Eye: 100
Finger: 100
Some articles even awarded damages for the loss of a pegleg. Prostheses were so hard to come by in the West Indies that a good wooden leg was worth as much as a real one.
This list reminded me of a similar workmen’s comp list we included in Freakonomics, although it was a recent one compiled by the State of Connecticut:
Arm (master): 208 weeks pay
Arm (other): 194 weeks
Leg: 155 weeks
Eye: 157 weeks
Finger (index): 36 weeks
So the left arm of a pirate was worth 16 percent less than his right arm, while the left arm of a Connecticut state worker is worth only 7 percent less. But the Connecticut worker’s legs are worth relatively far less than his arms, although there is no discount on the left leg as there is for the pirate. The big gap is for the eyes. In Connecticut, an eye is worth a leg; on a pirate ship, it was worth just 20 percent of the master leg. A pirate’s finger, meanwhile, had the same relative value to his master arm as a Connecticut state employee’s finger does to his master arm: about 16 percent.
And this one:
The most extraordinary clauses in the [ship’s constitution] were the ones addressing the “recompense and reward each one ought to have that is either wounded or maimed in his body, suffering the loss of any limb, by that voyage.” Each eventuality was priced out:
Loss of a right arm: 600 pieces of eight
Left arm: 500
Right leg: 500
Left leg: 400
Eye: 100
Finger: 100
Some articles even awarded damages for the loss of a pegleg. Prostheses were so hard to come by in the West Indies that a good wooden leg was worth as much as a real one.
This list reminded me of a similar workmen’s comp list we included in Freakonomics, although it was a recent one compiled by the State of Connecticut:
Arm (master): 208 weeks pay
Arm (other): 194 weeks
Leg: 155 weeks
Eye: 157 weeks
Finger (index): 36 weeks
So the left arm of a pirate was worth 16 percent less than his right arm, while the left arm of a Connecticut state worker is worth only 7 percent less. But the Connecticut worker’s legs are worth relatively far less than his arms, although there is no discount on the left leg as there is for the pirate. The big gap is for the eyes. In Connecticut, an eye is worth a leg; on a pirate ship, it was worth just 20 percent of the master leg. A pirate’s finger, meanwhile, had the same relative value to his master arm as a Connecticut state employee’s finger does to his master arm: about 16 percent.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
In the Tezón
Your New Ultra-Premium Tequila
Urban Daddy It's always been your goal to have the best. (Well, except for that weird stretch in the late '90s…but that's another email.)
Which is why we'd like you to meet your new ultra-premium tequila: Tezón. Between the distinct way it's distilled and the ultra-smooth way it goes down, Tezón is blazing a new tequila trail. (It even costs more than the others, so you know it's better.)
Tezón separates itself from the pack—a pack that includes Patrón, they'll have you know—with a distillation process that dates back 500 years. From the birthplace of tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, Tezón workers handpick blue tequila agave from the region's red volcanic soil, then cook it in traditional brick ovens for three days to give it unparalleled flavor. (Most tequilas only cook for one day—and as the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait two more days.)
But the painstakingness doesn't end there. Tezón squeezes the agave juice from the pulp using the much-celebrated Tahona, a gigantic grinding wheel, then slowly distills it twice. The result is a smooth, authentic tequila that can be savored in margaritas or straight up—without any hand licking, lemon sucking or face cringing.
Adios, chaser.
Tezón, click here to go beyond tequila
Your New Ultra-Premium Tequila
Urban Daddy It's always been your goal to have the best. (Well, except for that weird stretch in the late '90s…but that's another email.)
Which is why we'd like you to meet your new ultra-premium tequila: Tezón. Between the distinct way it's distilled and the ultra-smooth way it goes down, Tezón is blazing a new tequila trail. (It even costs more than the others, so you know it's better.)
Tezón separates itself from the pack—a pack that includes Patrón, they'll have you know—with a distillation process that dates back 500 years. From the birthplace of tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, Tezón workers handpick blue tequila agave from the region's red volcanic soil, then cook it in traditional brick ovens for three days to give it unparalleled flavor. (Most tequilas only cook for one day—and as the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait two more days.)
But the painstakingness doesn't end there. Tezón squeezes the agave juice from the pulp using the much-celebrated Tahona, a gigantic grinding wheel, then slowly distills it twice. The result is a smooth, authentic tequila that can be savored in margaritas or straight up—without any hand licking, lemon sucking or face cringing.
Adios, chaser.
Tezón, click here to go beyond tequila
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
The List
Hump This
Drinks: Bomb the Bartender Thursdays
10pm-?, Thursdays at Satsko
245 Eldridge St, between Houston and Prince; 212.358.7773
Thrillist - Bomb the BartenderThis fantastically schizophrenic LES spot bills itself as "home of delicate Asian Fusion cuisine and the Sake-Bomb". Proof of the latter: Thursdays after 10pm, anyone who can take manager Warren "Fastest Gullet in the East" Bayani in a bombing duel drinks free house sake the rest of the night. Before challenging him, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel delicate?" Well, do you, kohai?
Watch your competition in action here
Food: Pamplona
Opens Thu at 37 E 28th St, between Park and Madison; 212.213.2328
Thrillist - PamplonaTomorrow, what was the upscale Urena reopens as a casual bistro serving tapas from northern Spain, traditional cocktails like the red wine/coca-cola Calimocho, and an all-Espagna wine list with vineyards plotted on a wall map -- gratifying for oenophiles, geography buffs, and beauty pageant contestants from the South Carolina and such as.
Preview the menu
Gear: Ghurka Sale
Thru Fri at Soiffer-Haskin: 317 W 33rd St, between 8th and 9th
Thrillist - GhurkaDeep discounts on otherwise absurdly expensive, attorney-friendly leather bags, satchels, and wallets from Ghurka -- named for the Nepalese warriors whose battle cry "Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali!" translates to "Let the Goddess of the bond market recover, so I may go to the Hamptons".
See the merch here
Culture: Visions of Rock
Sep 9-Oct 7 at 401 Projects: 401 West St, at Charles; 212.633.6202
Thrillist - Visions of RockThis photo exhibit features works from rock legends like Perry Farrell, Michael Stipe, the Police's Andy Summers, and...Bryan Adams, who broke in to hang work in the dead of night, and now stands whistling innocently in the corner.
See images that will cut you like a knife here
Food/Drinks: Riverside Oyster Festival
Sat Sep 8 at The Hudson Beach Cafe
103rd St, at Riverside Park; 917.370.3448
Thrillist - Riverside Oyster FestivalHit this all-day, free admission fest and get quaffable mollusks, quaffable Guinness, and three Celtic bands, who'll teach you just how slimy Irish eyes can get.
Get directions here
Thrillist editorial - favorable reviews cannot be bought.
Hump This
Drinks: Bomb the Bartender Thursdays
10pm-?, Thursdays at Satsko
245 Eldridge St, between Houston and Prince; 212.358.7773
Thrillist - Bomb the BartenderThis fantastically schizophrenic LES spot bills itself as "home of delicate Asian Fusion cuisine and the Sake-Bomb". Proof of the latter: Thursdays after 10pm, anyone who can take manager Warren "Fastest Gullet in the East" Bayani in a bombing duel drinks free house sake the rest of the night. Before challenging him, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel delicate?" Well, do you, kohai?
Watch your competition in action here
Food: Pamplona
Opens Thu at 37 E 28th St, between Park and Madison; 212.213.2328
Thrillist - PamplonaTomorrow, what was the upscale Urena reopens as a casual bistro serving tapas from northern Spain, traditional cocktails like the red wine/coca-cola Calimocho, and an all-Espagna wine list with vineyards plotted on a wall map -- gratifying for oenophiles, geography buffs, and beauty pageant contestants from the South Carolina and such as.
Preview the menu
Gear: Ghurka Sale
Thru Fri at Soiffer-Haskin: 317 W 33rd St, between 8th and 9th
Thrillist - GhurkaDeep discounts on otherwise absurdly expensive, attorney-friendly leather bags, satchels, and wallets from Ghurka -- named for the Nepalese warriors whose battle cry "Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali!" translates to "Let the Goddess of the bond market recover, so I may go to the Hamptons".
See the merch here
Culture: Visions of Rock
Sep 9-Oct 7 at 401 Projects: 401 West St, at Charles; 212.633.6202
Thrillist - Visions of RockThis photo exhibit features works from rock legends like Perry Farrell, Michael Stipe, the Police's Andy Summers, and...Bryan Adams, who broke in to hang work in the dead of night, and now stands whistling innocently in the corner.
See images that will cut you like a knife here
Food/Drinks: Riverside Oyster Festival
Sat Sep 8 at The Hudson Beach Cafe
103rd St, at Riverside Park; 917.370.3448
Thrillist - Riverside Oyster FestivalHit this all-day, free admission fest and get quaffable mollusks, quaffable Guinness, and three Celtic bands, who'll teach you just how slimy Irish eyes can get.
Get directions here
Thrillist editorial - favorable reviews cannot be bought.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Nicholas K
Available at Bloomingdale's, Caravan, and Jeneral Store
Chances are, you idolized your hot babysitter's boyfriend: a darkly charismatic man who'd absently tossel your hair, then do wondrous, disturbing things to her in your parents' bed -- but never in your bed, because this man was no scumbag.
You can't be that guy. But you can wear clothes that evoke his legend: Nicholas K, whose fall line's just now hitting stores.
Thrillist - Nic KDone up in an array of stygian hues ranging from black to coal, NK's sharp, slim-cut line manages to conjure the vibe of a brooding, urban marauder -- without cultivating the annoying goth look not popularized by the impossibly hot vampires from Blade. K's gear runs the gamut: narrow-cuffed button-downs, double-breasted, high-collared sweaters, double-zip hoodies, heavy field coats, bomber jackets, and the "Gunner Trenchcoat", perfect for flinging open to reveal your menacing bandolier of...beepers? Legwear includes cement-colored cargo pants and flat-front "city trousers"; everything uses premium materials like silk and wool melton (because there's marauding, and then there's marauding in silk and wool melton).
Be warned: a few pieces are truly dastardly -- suitable only for Snake Plisskin, whose eyepatched travails you once clung desperately to, as the upstairs bedroom bumped and squished with the sounds of your innocence being destroyed.
Browse the dastardly: NicholasK.com
Available at Bloomingdale's, Caravan, and Jeneral Store
Chances are, you idolized your hot babysitter's boyfriend: a darkly charismatic man who'd absently tossel your hair, then do wondrous, disturbing things to her in your parents' bed -- but never in your bed, because this man was no scumbag.
You can't be that guy. But you can wear clothes that evoke his legend: Nicholas K, whose fall line's just now hitting stores.
Thrillist - Nic KDone up in an array of stygian hues ranging from black to coal, NK's sharp, slim-cut line manages to conjure the vibe of a brooding, urban marauder -- without cultivating the annoying goth look not popularized by the impossibly hot vampires from Blade. K's gear runs the gamut: narrow-cuffed button-downs, double-breasted, high-collared sweaters, double-zip hoodies, heavy field coats, bomber jackets, and the "Gunner Trenchcoat", perfect for flinging open to reveal your menacing bandolier of...beepers? Legwear includes cement-colored cargo pants and flat-front "city trousers"; everything uses premium materials like silk and wool melton (because there's marauding, and then there's marauding in silk and wool melton).
Be warned: a few pieces are truly dastardly -- suitable only for Snake Plisskin, whose eyepatched travails you once clung desperately to, as the upstairs bedroom bumped and squished with the sounds of your innocence being destroyed.
Browse the dastardly: NicholasK.com
Thursday, August 30, 2007
The No Chance in Hell Football Special
At Village Pourhouse; 64 3rd Ave at 11th St; 212.979.2337
and Proof; 239 3rd Ave at 20th St; 212.228.4200
Anyone can root for a winner, and anyone can cheer on a scrappy underdog -- but getting behind a team that has no chance in hell takes courage, and beer. Supplying you the beer: The No Chance in Hell Giveaway, at the Village Pourhouse and Proof.
Thrillist - No ChanceOffered all season long, NCHG doles out free suds to anyone willing to support the NCAA's crappiest college programs -- some so beleaguered, they'd resort to using Rick Moranis' "Annexation of Puerto Rico Sneak" of Little Giants "fame". The deal: Each person who walks in flaunting gear from Saturday's least likely victor gets a free pitcher of beer; if a group of five guys don the garb, they sit down with five pitchers, enough to dull the pain of any man not named Brent Musburger. The first four matchups are already decided (if you don't already know which team's favored, Lifetime will be airing Under the Tuscan Sun):
* Sept 1st: East Carolina vs Virginia Tech
* Sept 8th: South Florida vs Auburn
* Sept 15th: Buffalo vs. Penn State
* Sept 22nd: Northwestern vs. Ohio State
You don't have to have graduated from the school -- or even own official gear -- to take advantage of the deal. Because when it comes to a man wearing a beer-rinsed, blue Magic Marker'd Buffalo Bulls shirt, there is no scrappier underdog.
Get your underdog schedule updates here.
At Village Pourhouse; 64 3rd Ave at 11th St; 212.979.2337
and Proof; 239 3rd Ave at 20th St; 212.228.4200
Anyone can root for a winner, and anyone can cheer on a scrappy underdog -- but getting behind a team that has no chance in hell takes courage, and beer. Supplying you the beer: The No Chance in Hell Giveaway, at the Village Pourhouse and Proof.
Thrillist - No ChanceOffered all season long, NCHG doles out free suds to anyone willing to support the NCAA's crappiest college programs -- some so beleaguered, they'd resort to using Rick Moranis' "Annexation of Puerto Rico Sneak" of Little Giants "fame". The deal: Each person who walks in flaunting gear from Saturday's least likely victor gets a free pitcher of beer; if a group of five guys don the garb, they sit down with five pitchers, enough to dull the pain of any man not named Brent Musburger. The first four matchups are already decided (if you don't already know which team's favored, Lifetime will be airing Under the Tuscan Sun):
* Sept 1st: East Carolina vs Virginia Tech
* Sept 8th: South Florida vs Auburn
* Sept 15th: Buffalo vs. Penn State
* Sept 22nd: Northwestern vs. Ohio State
You don't have to have graduated from the school -- or even own official gear -- to take advantage of the deal. Because when it comes to a man wearing a beer-rinsed, blue Magic Marker'd Buffalo Bulls shirt, there is no scrappier underdog.
Get your underdog schedule updates here.
Last summer Friday? Fork it over.
IMPRESS
Deluxe Plastic Cutlery
What: Upgrade your picnic with heavy-duty design elements, like colorful Neo-Baroque forks, knives, and spoons.
Why: It’s fantastic; it’s made of plastic.
When: Whenever you’re looking for a bite.
Where: Online at charlesandmarie.com.
EAT
Market Table
What: New grocer destined to be a classic. Goods from local fishmongers and meatpackers, canned items (reached by rolling ladder), and fresh produce.
Why: The brainchild of Mike Price (The Mermaid Inn), who’s opening an adjoining restaurant.
When: Opens this weekend. Daily, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. (Bring your reusable grocery bags.)
Where: 54 Carmine St., at Bedford St. (212-255-2100).
Tailor Opens
What: Pastry man Sam Mason’s super-over-mega hyped restaurant finally opens this Saturday.
Why: Well, it’s news if you’ve spent all year in Tazmanian exile.
When: Dinner from 5 p.m. every day except Mon.
Where: 525 Broome St., at Thompson St. (212-334-5182).
SEE
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
What: Priceless dialogue revolves around ethics, personal character, consequences, and acceptance in a strangely emotive and poignant doc about a Donkey Kong czar and a lifelong failure-as-underdog.
Why: Not even Christopher Guest could arrange such a strange cast of real life villains, unsuspecting heroes, nerds in anguish, and neglected family members.
When: Check theaters for showtimes.
Where: IFC, 323 Sixth Ave., at W. 3rd St. (212-924-7771); AMC Empire 25, 234 W. 42nd St., b/t Seventh & Eighth Aves. (212-398-3939).
Elegy for the Summer of Love
What: In the ’60s, Alain Dister took his camera and long hair hitchhiking across the country to capture communes and clinics in the age of psychadelica.
Why: So long, summer of love.
When: Thru Sept. 1. Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: Envoy, 131 Chrystie St., b/t Delancey & Broome Sts. (212-226-4555).
BUY
Fashion Yard Sale
What: Gently used vintage and new samples from LaRok to Manolo.
Why: Part of proceeds go to Free Arts NYC.
When: Thurs., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: 250 W. 39th St., b/t Seventh & Eighth Aves., ste. 1701.
IMPRESS
Deluxe Plastic Cutlery
What: Upgrade your picnic with heavy-duty design elements, like colorful Neo-Baroque forks, knives, and spoons.
Why: It’s fantastic; it’s made of plastic.
When: Whenever you’re looking for a bite.
Where: Online at charlesandmarie.com.
EAT
Market Table
What: New grocer destined to be a classic. Goods from local fishmongers and meatpackers, canned items (reached by rolling ladder), and fresh produce.
Why: The brainchild of Mike Price (The Mermaid Inn), who’s opening an adjoining restaurant.
When: Opens this weekend. Daily, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. (Bring your reusable grocery bags.)
Where: 54 Carmine St., at Bedford St. (212-255-2100).
Tailor Opens
What: Pastry man Sam Mason’s super-over-mega hyped restaurant finally opens this Saturday.
Why: Well, it’s news if you’ve spent all year in Tazmanian exile.
When: Dinner from 5 p.m. every day except Mon.
Where: 525 Broome St., at Thompson St. (212-334-5182).
SEE
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
What: Priceless dialogue revolves around ethics, personal character, consequences, and acceptance in a strangely emotive and poignant doc about a Donkey Kong czar and a lifelong failure-as-underdog.
Why: Not even Christopher Guest could arrange such a strange cast of real life villains, unsuspecting heroes, nerds in anguish, and neglected family members.
When: Check theaters for showtimes.
Where: IFC, 323 Sixth Ave., at W. 3rd St. (212-924-7771); AMC Empire 25, 234 W. 42nd St., b/t Seventh & Eighth Aves. (212-398-3939).
Elegy for the Summer of Love
What: In the ’60s, Alain Dister took his camera and long hair hitchhiking across the country to capture communes and clinics in the age of psychadelica.
Why: So long, summer of love.
When: Thru Sept. 1. Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: Envoy, 131 Chrystie St., b/t Delancey & Broome Sts. (212-226-4555).
BUY
Fashion Yard Sale
What: Gently used vintage and new samples from LaRok to Manolo.
Why: Part of proceeds go to Free Arts NYC.
When: Thurs., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: 250 W. 39th St., b/t Seventh & Eighth Aves., ste. 1701.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Stir Wisely
Rare Limes Mellow Your Cocktail
UrbanDaddy - Tanqueray Rangpur Your cocktail could use some more chill, and we don't just mean ice. What about a bit of exotic, Eastern mellowness?
Time to discover the Rangpur lime. Native to India, these rare limes have been softening gin's edges since the days of the British empire. They're tangerine-colored and have the juiciness of an orange, but they have enough lime to give you that much-needed sour kick. And with Tanqueray Rangpur, you don't have to trek out to Gujarat to get your hands on some. After all, colonialism is so last century.
One of the nicer side-effects of adding a little Rangpur is a smoothing of the pricklier parts of a cocktail. Add in the usual Tanqueray botanicals—coriander, bay leaf and ginger—and you've got one of the most mixable gins you've ever tasted. Take it on the rocks, with cranberry, or even more ginger if you need a little kick in the tongue. No matter what you cut your gin with, it'll taste better with a little Rangpur in it. It'll even liven up tonic water, which is more than we thought was possible.
Feeling a little nervous, are we, vodka?
Tanqueray Rangpur, $22, available nationwide
Rare Limes Mellow Your Cocktail
UrbanDaddy - Tanqueray Rangpur Your cocktail could use some more chill, and we don't just mean ice. What about a bit of exotic, Eastern mellowness?
Time to discover the Rangpur lime. Native to India, these rare limes have been softening gin's edges since the days of the British empire. They're tangerine-colored and have the juiciness of an orange, but they have enough lime to give you that much-needed sour kick. And with Tanqueray Rangpur, you don't have to trek out to Gujarat to get your hands on some. After all, colonialism is so last century.
One of the nicer side-effects of adding a little Rangpur is a smoothing of the pricklier parts of a cocktail. Add in the usual Tanqueray botanicals—coriander, bay leaf and ginger—and you've got one of the most mixable gins you've ever tasted. Take it on the rocks, with cranberry, or even more ginger if you need a little kick in the tongue. No matter what you cut your gin with, it'll taste better with a little Rangpur in it. It'll even liven up tonic water, which is more than we thought was possible.
Feeling a little nervous, are we, vodka?
Tanqueray Rangpur, $22, available nationwide
The List
Hump This
Food: Picnick
Battery Park
Thrillist - PicnickSired from the chef-loins of THOR and Room 4 Dessert, these twin Shake-Shack-style kiosks will serve up gourmet lunchables like tuna cibatta, chicken clubs, and pistachio panna cotta. Picnick's also very green: the cutlery's actually made from cornstarch and dissolves after two days (a 48hr wait 'til you can legally pick up your old hobby of feeding forks to seagulls).
Check out the menu
Culture: Guyz Nite opens for Beatalica
Sep 2 at the Highline: 431 W 16th St at 10th Ave; 212.414.5994
Thrillist - Guyz NiteJust in time for Labor Day, the Guyz have quit their day jobs to concentrate on manly tunes like "Cock Block," "Your Mom", and that thunderous paean to John McClane, "Die Hard". Tickets are only $5.98 -- which sounds awesome, 'til you remember that these guys just quit their day jobs.
Your mom's buying tix here
Service: East Village Map of Historic Vice
Thrillist - EV MapCreated by a NY public school teacher, this G-map plots historic haunts of ill repute, like morally corruptive Allen and Chrystie streets (home to prostitutes), politically corruptive St. Marks (Lenny Bruce and Abbie Hoffman), and yarmulke-ly corruptive 2nd Avenue (Hebraic gangsters like Isidore "Jew Murphy" Cohen). Also corruptive: showing schoolchildren where their grandfathers once picked up hookers.
More vintage hookerphilia here
Gear: Valentino & Missoni Sample Sale
Thru Thu at 123 W 18th St, between 6th and 7th
Thrillist - Valentino and MissoniUp to 75% off sweaters, jackets, and panchos from Valentino and Missoni. The former's London Stock Exchange look is best described as "dapper", while the latter's Euro-skiwear stylings are ideal for Alpine vacations when all that dapperness has crushed your soul into a crumpet.
Peep the Valentino and the Missoni collections
Culture: Home Fink's Family Fist of Fury
At Magnetic Field
97 Atlantic Ave, between Henry and Hicks, Bk; 718.834.0069
Home Fink'sWhat was once bi-monthly fun now happens thrice, as Magnetic Field supplements its drunken, Jeopardy-themed "Dick Swizzle's Sudden Death Game Show" with the Family Feud-ish "Home Fink's Family Fist of Fury". Start drinking fast, because no amount of Brooklyn irony can stop Richard Dawson from kissing you on the mouth.
First Fisting is 9/12; Jeopardy info here
Thrillist editorial - favorable reviews cannot be bought.
Allied Info: Coors LightThrillist - Coors Light
Enter the Cold Activated Bottle: a longneck with a special dye on the label that changes color based on how cold the beer is -- technology similar to the Hypercolor shirts that once betrayed your steaming armpits as an adolescent. The result? Majestic mountains that turn blue when your beer's cold, giving you the go-ahead to slake a thirst you'll acquire by having to explain the nuances of "temperature-sensitive dyes" to your uninitiated friends at bars and barbeques.
Hump This
Food: Picnick
Battery Park
Thrillist - PicnickSired from the chef-loins of THOR and Room 4 Dessert, these twin Shake-Shack-style kiosks will serve up gourmet lunchables like tuna cibatta, chicken clubs, and pistachio panna cotta. Picnick's also very green: the cutlery's actually made from cornstarch and dissolves after two days (a 48hr wait 'til you can legally pick up your old hobby of feeding forks to seagulls).
Check out the menu
Culture: Guyz Nite opens for Beatalica
Sep 2 at the Highline: 431 W 16th St at 10th Ave; 212.414.5994
Thrillist - Guyz NiteJust in time for Labor Day, the Guyz have quit their day jobs to concentrate on manly tunes like "Cock Block," "Your Mom", and that thunderous paean to John McClane, "Die Hard". Tickets are only $5.98 -- which sounds awesome, 'til you remember that these guys just quit their day jobs.
Your mom's buying tix here
Service: East Village Map of Historic Vice
Thrillist - EV MapCreated by a NY public school teacher, this G-map plots historic haunts of ill repute, like morally corruptive Allen and Chrystie streets (home to prostitutes), politically corruptive St. Marks (Lenny Bruce and Abbie Hoffman), and yarmulke-ly corruptive 2nd Avenue (Hebraic gangsters like Isidore "Jew Murphy" Cohen). Also corruptive: showing schoolchildren where their grandfathers once picked up hookers.
More vintage hookerphilia here
Gear: Valentino & Missoni Sample Sale
Thru Thu at 123 W 18th St, between 6th and 7th
Thrillist - Valentino and MissoniUp to 75% off sweaters, jackets, and panchos from Valentino and Missoni. The former's London Stock Exchange look is best described as "dapper", while the latter's Euro-skiwear stylings are ideal for Alpine vacations when all that dapperness has crushed your soul into a crumpet.
Peep the Valentino and the Missoni collections
Culture: Home Fink's Family Fist of Fury
At Magnetic Field
97 Atlantic Ave, between Henry and Hicks, Bk; 718.834.0069
Home Fink'sWhat was once bi-monthly fun now happens thrice, as Magnetic Field supplements its drunken, Jeopardy-themed "Dick Swizzle's Sudden Death Game Show" with the Family Feud-ish "Home Fink's Family Fist of Fury". Start drinking fast, because no amount of Brooklyn irony can stop Richard Dawson from kissing you on the mouth.
First Fisting is 9/12; Jeopardy info here
Thrillist editorial - favorable reviews cannot be bought.
Allied Info: Coors LightThrillist - Coors Light
Enter the Cold Activated Bottle: a longneck with a special dye on the label that changes color based on how cold the beer is -- technology similar to the Hypercolor shirts that once betrayed your steaming armpits as an adolescent. The result? Majestic mountains that turn blue when your beer's cold, giving you the go-ahead to slake a thirst you'll acquire by having to explain the nuances of "temperature-sensitive dyes" to your uninitiated friends at bars and barbeques.
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