Beverage anyone?
In celebration of New York Fashion Week, we’ve got a treat for you, dear readers. Didn’t get those coveted front row seats? Console yourself with a dose of Upper East Side glam – you could win 2 nights at the iconic, beautifully revamped The Surrey!
It may be April Fool’s Day, but personal freshness is no joke. Take for instance the classic disaster – you’re jogging in the Serengeti, or 3000ft over the Atlantic, or caught short in Balthazar and nature calls, big jobs. What’s a gal to do? You can’t hold on, you can’t carry a bidet in your minaudiere and all too often dry toilet paper simply won’t cover it. In the past you’d just have to hope for the best, and burn your knickers when you got home. But now there‘s no need to set fire to your lingerie, not with Aaah the revolutionary foam that makes dry toilet paper moist, wherever you find yourself.
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This article was first published by The New York Times T Magazine Blog ‘The Moment’.
Become a merry old soul at the King Cole Bar in New York
One of the many jobs charged unto the staff and city resident LUXE editors is to search out the perfect pre-prandial perch to enjoy this liquid divinity in each city that we cover. New York, the home of The Beautiful Drink, is chokka-blocked with great places – personally we are fond of the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis despite being more famed for its Bloody Mary, we love it for its dark atmos and quiet, but upbeat murmuring. But let’s not forget Death & Co and the always excellent Pegu Club or Milk & Honey. But where else around the world should you partake? Here’s a whizzbang round-up of a few other personal faves around the globe…
This article first appeared in The New York Times T Magazine Blog ‘The Moment’
The twist or olive, why not both...
Dear hearts, what is that sound? The tinkle of ice? The thrum and thrall of expectation? Yes, oh yes, and thrice yes. When the Violet Hour comes, and come it always does – as the end of day approaches but night has not quite arrived, now is the time for The Beautiful Drink. Foolish is the creature who partakes at lunchtime, that way madness lies, and probably insider dealing or infidelity, or both. But at six o’clock, or seven if you must, is there a greater joy? For those who don’t drink martinis, it must seem like a ridiculous world – what’s so special about cold gin in a glass, right? In this case you may prefer to get on with that macramé unikini you’ve been promising yourself. But for those in the club, read on…
Eyes Wide Shut
It’s everybody’s nightmare, you’ve crossed fifteen time zones, you made it home with four screaming sprogs, your eyes held up with matchsticks, and now its finally bed time and you’re wide awake. Uh oh. The normal response is to neck three treble gins and a nice big tab of Zopiclone [ed. or watch a Steven Seagal movie – enough to knock a buffalo out with sheer boredom]. But wait, why not put down the gin bottle and reach for your Mp3 or CD player? Those clever boffs at Speed Sleep could have just what you’re looking for – and yes, it comes free from hangover head or cotton mouth….
HOW MUCH excess baggage charge? You have GOT to be *#@king kidding!
The joys of travelling with precious burdens...
Baggage rage, its all the rage!
Ahh, the ever-dulcet tones of a puce-faced Alex at check-in, as Jemima cries softly into her pashmina lightly flecked in baby vom and talcum powder. The lemon-lipped groundstaff stare inanely back at the veritable mountain range luggage and bags of baby gear without which twin precious burdens Sebastian and Solange, now busy filling their nappies, would surely perish. Travel with the fam is often far from glam, or easy, or serene… Until now that is…
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