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Some newlyweds are seeking some rest and relaxation after the festivities - with 25 of their nearest and dearest.
Tips for smoothing over any potential party conflicts or awkward moments before they even happen. It's a weekend full of your sorority sisters hobnobbing with future sisters-in-law, your professional friend dancing with your preschool friend, and your distant cousin downing shots with your best friend.
Adding a spectacular or unexpected feature can help a wedding stand out. It doesn't have to break the bank, but it might come close. The first real fight with my fiancé since we began wedding planning last November started with a faux tree - one adorned with tea lights dangling from its big, leafy green branches.
Boite: Merchants' Gate Columbus Circle It's been nearly 20 years since Siberia, a dive bar inside the 50th Street station of the 1 line, left its home in the subway. (It later closed for good.) But now there's a new place to drink near the din of rumbling subterranean public transportation.
Short Stories has a few tales to tell. The multiuse space, which was formerly Wise Men, opened in March and wants to become a Parisian-style brunch spot and a pop-up for rotating restaurants, along with its current incarnation as a late-night bar. It draws an energetic crowd of creative 20-somethings in dressed-up stilettos and oversize hoodies.
Are you a frequent traveller who just needs carry-on, or a shopaholic who can't do without your expandable luggage? There's something for every type of traveller in this list.
Skip the touristy spots and head to the South Beach restaurants Miami locals adore for their food, views and fun vibes.
From abandoned theaters and ghost-friendly hotels to eerie cemeteries, these haunted places in Miami will surely scare you
17 casual, affordable South Beach restaurants that are still nice enough for a night out.
WeightWatchers, Ecommerce
Grilling: totally tasty. Also grilling: kinda intimidating. These goods and gadgets let you have your juicy burgers and eat them too.
Buy Sesame Garlic Grilling Seasoning from the WW Online Store today. One secret to becoming a BBQ boss? The spices. WW Sesame Garlic Grilling Seasoning is the perfect 0-Points® spice to sprinkle on veggies, chicken, and more.
Why You Should Eat Crunchy Snacks If You Want Them First thing's first: If you're looking for an after-lunch crunch or plan to pack a secret stash for the movies, you're not alone. And even better news, there's no need to hold back.
Yes, you can partake in the cheesy, crunchy goodness without all the PersonalPoints™. Here's how.
Time Out NY
Here's a fun game to play at the Springs: How many Hawaiian shirts can you spot in two minutes? On a scorching Saturday afternoon, we saw dinosaurs, palm trees and bright-green polka dots adorning the short-sleeve button-downs of Brooklyn bros at the 1950s Palm Springs-themed bar; one twentysomething went full-on frat star, wearing his completely unbuttoned as he sat solo soaking in the sun.
Eating animals is prosaic in New York City. Home to some of the best steakhouses, burger joints and seafood spots in the country, we consume a lot of meat here.
On a recent Monday afternoon, I walked in on some frisky action at the café Boris & Horton. "I have to leash Horton now because he's breaking the house rules," jokes owner Logan Mikhly about her eight-year-old dog's less than, uh, gentlemanly behavior toward a larger friend (some of the house rules are helpfully posted: mind the hormones and keep it classy).
To explore Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton had to live on floating ice sheets after his ship was trapped and eventually crushed by an ice pack. To get to Banzarbar, a Lower East Side speakeasy inspired by those 20th-century expeditions, one has to wander through a graffiti-tagged alleyway and wait on some floral couches.
1/3 Photograph: Teddy Wolff Pilot 2/3 Photograph: Teddy Wolff Spirit Animal at Pilot 3/3 Photograph: Teddy Wolff Pilot A garbage barge floats by. "You can tell that one's not full because the birds aren't following it," says a server on the anchored boat bar in Brooklyn Bridge Park on a recent Saturday afternoon.
"Do you have a reservation?" asked the hostess standing in the back corner of a nondescript coffeeshop at 10pm on a recent Wednesday night. No, she wasn't guarding the $5 nitro brews; she was bouncing the speakeasy behind her, which she estimated had a 30-minute wait.
In order to get to the Blue Box Cafe, the new restaurant inside Tiffany & Co.'s Fifth Avenue flagship, you have to walk through the store's first-floor maze of black-jacket greeters, eager tourists and crystal-clear cases filled with sparkling rings, amping up your holiday adrenaline and simultaneously making you feel both posh and poor.
"I'm sorry, what?" is the response you get when you mention Barely Disfigured. Named after a 1932 Surrealist poem by Paul Éluard, the cocktail bar's odd moniker is not made any clearer by the sentences etched on its front window: THIS IS NOT A BROTHEL. THERE ARE NO PROSTITUTES AT THIS ADDRESS.
Chef Flynn McGarry's $155-a-head prix fixe dining room is officially open today on the Lower East Side. The L.A.-native, who started hosting dinner parties inside his home at 12 years old, has worked in the Michelin-starred kitchens of Eleven Madison Park in NYC, Alinea in Chicago and Maaemo in Oslo, in addition to running his West Coast pop-up, EUREKA.
It's surprising, to say the least: a Tao Group (Lavo, Marquee) property that is entirely devoid of block-long lines behind a velvet rope or smoke machines blasting hot fog amid flashing strobe lights. At Fishbowl, you'll find a welcoming bouncer, vintage pinball-game decor and a two-story aquarium in the middle of the retrofitted games lounge.
What chef doesn't talk about her passion and craft? But so often that conversation translates into tedious, hard-nosed, by-the-book experiences: omakase replications straight from Tokyo or bolognese exactly the same as so-and-so's Sicilian grandmother's recipe. How refreshing, by contrast, that the dishes at Ferris are built on creativity.
Sushi Ginza Onodera has hooked anyone looking for the city's best sushi restaurant since it splashed onto the scene with its edomaezushi (aged fish sushi) in 2016. The spot earned two Michelin stars this year, an exceptionally rare achievement for a Japanese restaurant in New York City.
If heaven had a scent, it would probably smell a lot like Petee's Pies on the Lower East Side-buttery, cinnamon-y, carb-y. Set on bustling Delancey Street near the entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge, the exterior doesn't scream cozy, but once you step inside the tiny storefront, you're surrounded by both modern and vintage touches, with piled-up antique cookbooks, white tiled walls and potted plants on shelves.
Tucked away on an aggressively average block in the doorman-less part of the Upper East Side, a set of red-velvet ropes leads to a heavy black door. Push past it and descend a narrow, dimly lit staircase that stops at a full-length mirror right before the entrance.
Manhattan's invasion of Brooklyn is no secret: You can now wander off the Kings County side of the L and right into a SoulCycle or a Starbucks. And Elsa is yet another East River stowaway: After shuttering in Alphabet City in 2014, the bar has been reincarnated in Cobble Hill.
The setting doesn't scream tropics: a highway-facing stretch of Atlantic Avenue, sandwiched between Brooklyn Christian Center and a plumbing-supply company. But for its cocktail newcomer Diamond Reef, Attaboy's Michael McIlroy and Sam Ross padded the dimly lit, wood-paneled room with enough potted plants, palm-frond wallpaper and splashes of turquoise that it's easy to forget the barren, traffic-heavy street just outside.
It's rough out there for restaurants. Business is reliant on virality and virality is reliant on Instagram. Hence, Vinnie's Pizzeria on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn is now selling "PIEd Pods," a riff on the Tide Pod challenge. If you haven't heard, it's a really fun game where teens pop Tide pods in their mouths and wait for the poison to ooze out!
If there ever was a bar fit for the Sherman McCoys and Patrick Batemans of New York, this new offering from David Tobias and Eric Adolfsen should technically be it.
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Investing for Kids: How to Save, Invest and Grow Money [Redling, Dylin, Tom, Allison] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Investing for Kids: How to Save, Invest and Grow Money
Secrets of Storytelling: A Creative Writing Workbook for Kids [Rompella, Natalie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Secrets of Storytelling: A Creative Writing Workbook for Kids
Amazon.com: My Kindergarten Reading Workbook: 101 Games and Activities to Support Phonics and Sight Words (My Workbook): 9781647391621: Kiedrowski, Kimberly Ann: Books
Amazon.com: Learn To Write Sight Words: A Workbook for Kids (9781646119240): Lewallen, Hayley: Books
Celebrating Chinese New Year: History, Traditions, and Activities - A Holiday Book for Kids (Holiday Books for Kids) [Chu, Eugenia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Celebrating Chinese New Year: History, Traditions, and Activities - A Holiday Book for Kids (Holiday Books for Kids)
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The Heart Disease Prevention Cookbook: 125 Easy Mediterranean Diet Recipes for a Healthier You [Mussatto MS RD LD, Cheryl] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Heart Disease Prevention Cookbook: 125 Easy Mediterranean Diet Recipes for a Healthier You
Dinosaur Encyclopedia for Kids: The Big Book of Prehistoric Creatures [Blasing, Dinosaur George ] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dinosaur Encyclopedia for Kids: The Big Book of Prehistoric Creatures
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They have dreamy island decor, a healthy dose of fire and enough brightly colored drinks to form a boozy rainbow. So we're wondering: why the heck aren't we going to tiki bars more often? There's certainly no shortage of options.
Everything "cool" about New York City converges in the Lower East Side, the neighborhood that rules nightlife in Manhattan. The area has all the staple elements: grittiness from days gone by, lively crowds of revelers and bars jam-packed on every block.
On a walk down the Bronx's Arthur Avenue you'll spy pedestrians of every age and background ambling in and out of food shops, gossiping on sidewalks and, weather permitting, tucking into slices of pizza on outdoor patios.
Lately, herbivores, carnivores and everyone in between have been flocking to vegetarian and vegan restaurants not only for ethical or health reasons, but also because the food is really, really good. Whether they're dishing out faux meat or serving vegetable-centric plates, NYC's meat-free restaurants are inventive, trendy and-most important-delicious.
Given how closely identified NYC is with its skyline, it's no surprise that the five boroughs are packed with rooftop bars. But not all high-altitude watering holes are created equal: they offer a variety of experiences and cater to different sets of drinkers. Luckily, our rundown will help you sort through the sky-high selections.
Midtown is known for its classic New York City attractions like Times Square and Grand Central Terminal. Find the best bars and cocktails near each neighborhood.
If you want to exercise during your trip to NYC without missing any sightseeing time, skip the hotel treadmill and take a run through the City itself. With spacious parks, greenways and waterfront spaces, the five boroughs can serve as your outdoor gymnasium, complete with views way better than the TV screen over the StairMaster.
In case you haven't heard, Williamsburg is cool. Like, really cool. Celebrities have migrated there, upscale restaurants have opened throughout the neighborhood and the bar scene-long a highlight of the area-has gotten a whole lot more crowded. The density, quality and variety of drinking spots here now rival that of even the most nightlife-rich Manhattan neighborhood.
Some of New York City's best outdoor bars and restaurants are located right on the harbor. NYC is a collection of islands, with the exception of the Bronx, which is attached to the mainland United States-and even that borough features 75 miles of shoreline.
Visit the Manhattan neighborhood for delicious cuisine, high-end design, vibrant outdoor art and quirky shops.
Business Insider
Billy McFarland, 22, was a kid tech whiz who started his first outsourcing company at 13. "I had no friends ... I had my computer," said McFarland, the CEO of Magnises, a credit-card social club for young professionals in New York City.Today the college dropout and entrepreneur, who is also founder and CEO of Spling, an online ad platform, regularly hosts five-course meals and hotel parties for some of the city's young upper crust.
A million-dollar home sounds like a major luxury. But $1 million buys something vastly different in cities around the world.In New York City, for example, where the median home sale price is $1.2 million, a million bucks buys a decent one-bedroom apartment. In Buenos Aires, on the other hand, it buys a four-bedroom pad in a fancy neighborhood.
"Tell me, what is your favorite brand of watches? Your favorite brand of chocolate? Your favorite brand of champagne?"It is with these questions that Alejandro Henao piqued my interest when introducing me to Sisaluna, his direct-order Ecuadorian rose company, which officially launches in the U.S. April 23.
It's National Hamburger Month and we think a proper celebration is in order.To commemorate this all-American holiday, we conducted painstaking journalistic research to figure out the very best burger in every state, from mom-and-pop joints to celebrity-chef restaurants and everything in between.
In an act that further demonstrates the unmatched weirdness of mankind, 1,000 people gathered in Copenhagen to willingly eat 1,000 pieces of ghost chili in an event hosted by Danish entertainer Chili Klaus.The results were immensely entertaining for us and, as it appears, excruciating for them.
Could putting 'Harvard' on your resume actually harm you? Possibly. The Ivy's $11,000 two-course, pre-college program is considered just smoke and mirrors for college admissions, according to some experts. But it's not just Harvard - any of those summer programs that promise a 'real college experience' for eager (and wealthy) high school students aren't all they're cracked up to be.
As First Lady Michelle Obama continues her mission to make our schools a healthier place, the Associated Press decided to go out and see how school lunches in the U.S. stack up against those served around the world.The AP sent photographers to Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America to see what kids in different countries ate for lunch this week.
Copenhagen's Noma was just named the Best Restaurant In The World by the prestigious San Pellegrino's World's 50 Best awards.Food and travel guru Anthony Bourdain is so enamored by the restaurant that he devoted a whole episode of his CNN show, "Parts Unknown," to it.
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We all know smoking can cause serious illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease, but 16.5 percent of women are still doing anyway, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smoking is directly responsible for about 90 percent of lung cancer deaths -- and it gets worse: Women smokers die 14.5 years earlier than non-smoking females, according to the American Lung Association.
Sometimes how he asked is more important than whether you said "yes."
Redbook
The buzzed-about veggie isn’t just for extreme dieting and health-food nuts anymore. These brilliant uses for the leafy green will fill you up and make you feel good.
As much as we'd love to agree with Elle Woods that the rules of hair care are simple and finite, there are plenty of ways you may be harming your precious strands without even knowing it. Here's how to stop the damage.
Next time you and your husband head out for a special night, try one of these trendy styles — you'll feel like you're walking your own red carpet.
These saucy and sexy skivvies will ramp up the romance this Valentine's Day.
While floppy hats and frequent pedis are all good reasons to love summer, let’s be real about the best part of the season: balmy weather finally gives us an airtight excuse to overindulge in our favorite icy treats.
The Frisky
Not that we blame them. "Breaking Bad" has totally transformed Albuquerque from that random city that's spelled weird to the meth capital of the world. What else were the great capitalists of New Mexico supposed to do besides squeeze every last penny from their infamous, regionalized crystal?
Remember the good ol' days of "Dexter"? When the 6′ 4″ Trinity Killer performed his closeted kill rituals and physically abused his family behind closed doors? Or the Ice Truck Killer, who painted his victim's fingernails different colors as a special message to Dexter?
Ever since my sister introduced the Robin Thick song "Blurred Lines" to me all of four days ago, I've been listening to it on repeat for embarrassingly long stretches of my days. It's catchy, fun, and sexy, and I can already envision my drunken self squealing in excitement when I hear it blasted in some yuppie bar this Friday night.
Dust off your guitars and pouf up your bouffants, it's CMT Awards time. And while we certainly love our country tunes, we watch these awards shows with one eye 060613
Taylor Swift: love her or hate her (probably hate her), you have to admit her style has undergone a huge makeover lately. I don't know about you, but whenever 1010
What: Yin Yangs When we wore it: mid to late '90s Why we hate them: We feel like it's a little backwards to use the word "hate" for these stylish messengers of peace. But we will bring up some troubling questions like, why were the literally everywhere? And where did they go?
When meeting people in real life became too much work, we went online to date. When online dating becomes tedious (and it pretty much already has), what's next? We date through apps, obviously. After all, why spend hours combing through various online profiles, when you can just tap a button on your phone?
Dear the movie "Adore," starring Naomi Watts and Robin Wright, Let me start by saying that I'm not here as another social media troll who just wants to make fun of your semi-absurd plot. That would just be too easy. I know that you didn't just turn the satirical "Mother Lover" into a pouty, melodramatic screenplay.
Things I wish I knew in high school: my bra was a clandestine cheating machine. I wore those AAs every single day, but somehow its stealthy secrets eluded my wide-eyed naivety. Alas, "education chiefs" (not sure exactly what those are) in northeast China have outsmarted adolescent girls yet again.
Ah, college. I remember the first day like it happened yesterday. The smell of new paint covering beer-stained dorm room walls. The RAs' stale greetings in matching neon shirts and Sharpie'd name tags. Awkward, passing smiles from strange hallmates trailed by nervous parents. Hellish name games and forced social bonding.
So you've bought the sheets, the desk lamp, the shoe racks, the posters that will fall off after two months, the hangers, the towels, the laptop and the 171708023112