The weekend surges ahead in the polls.
Your Perks: 1) A kit that includes all you need to create a picture. With a partner. Sans clothes. 2) Stylish aviators from the stylish Tom Ford. The sun never stood a chance. 3) Sparkling red rubies on necklaces, earrings and bracelets. For her, obviously.
Then: Cafe Con Leche’s dinner concept was called D’Noche. Now: It’s called De Noche Mexicana. Then: You came for all sorts of Latin American goodness. Now: You come specifically for Mexican things like spinach-and-goat-cheese-stuffed chicken, pozole and reposado Old Fashioneds. Then: Yum. Now: Different yum.
What’s a winter mix-off, exactly? Well, it’s where you try one hot and one cold cocktail from some of the city’s best bartenders (Pub Royale, GreenRiver, the Dawson...), eat brick-oven pizza and then vote on who you think crafted the finest drinks. So that’s the answer to that.
A definitive breakdown of stuff going on this weekend at Stock Mfg. Co.:
Online: 20% to 50% off wintry things like waxed-cotton jackets and indigo joggers.
In-store this Saturday: A one-day-only sample sale with gratis beer and discounts of up to
90% off.
Rare yet significant win for “in-store.”
If you have a valentine, head to Randolph Street Market this weekend for a bunch of vintage clothing, gift-worthy ephemera, Bloody Marys and custom love poems typed out on old-timey typewriters. If you don’t have a valentine, just do all of the above with someone you like. Works every time.
Starting Tuesday, the ’30s-era cocktail lounge known as the California Clipper will host a weekly variety revue. What to expect: a rotating cast of burlesque dancers, cabaret singers, contortionists and experts in the art of swordplay. What not to expect: amateurs in the art of swordplay. That would be dangerous.
