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07/15/10
The weekend is longer than you think.
BRAND-NEW PERKS
Courtside with McEnroe, Hingis and Clijsters. Plus: Culinary Adventuring in Napa.
This week, Perks has snagged you courtside VIP seats to a celebrity tennis match on Randall’s Island with
the likes of John McEnroe, Martina Hingis and Kim Clijsters. Also: spend Labor Day weekend in Napa with
Thomas Keller at the French Laundry, and he’ll take you on a culinary whirlwind of catered meals and
demonstrations. Save your appetite.
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- See more on Perks
BALLING
Meatball Shop’s Fantasy BLT
Leave it to the spherical-meat masters at the LES Meatball Shop to intrude on the sanctity of the BLT by
adding another B—as in ball. Order one of their BBLTs and you’ll get cold tomatoes and lettuce
covered in hot bacon and topped with their epically flavorful meatballs. Because sometimes more really is
more.
- 411:
- Available now through Sunday, The Meatball Shop, 84 Stanton St (at Allen), 212-982-8895
SALE-ING
70% Off at Kiki de Montparnasse
As the humidity passes the 90% mark, it’s natural for your thoughts to turn to lighter, more silken
garments, and all the friends in your life you would like to see wearing them. Kiki de Montparnasse wants to
help, with 70% off lingerie, loungewear and accessories. Yes, those kinds of accessories.
- 411:
- Through Aug 4, Kiki de Montparnasse, 79 Greene St (at Spring), 212-965-8150
MODERN TIMES
Charlie Chaplin Film Festival
Friday and through the next three weeks, Film Forum is screening all of the Little Tramp’s features on
original 35mm prints, including classics like Modern Times, The Kid and, naturally, A
King in New York. Also known as The Michael Bloomberg Story.
- 411:
- Jul 16-Aug 3, Charlie Chaplin Festival at Manhattan Film Forum, 209 W Houston St, 212-727-8112
COURTYARD PARTY
Indie Bands and BBQ in SoHo
The courtyard of the Soho Grand has long been your go-to for decadent sun-soaked revelry, and on Saturday
the hotel is firing up the BBQ for a daytime party of burgers, dogs, ice-cold cocktails and notorious
Canadian indie bands. As if there’s any other type of Canadian indie band.
- 411:
- Jul 17, 4-8pm, no cover, Summer Hummer at Soho Grand, 310 W Broadway, 212-965-3000, RSVP here
CAVA CAVA
Endless Mimosas at Macondo
Fresh-squeezed juices are widely recognized as a miracle tonic and cure for that ailment known as Sunday
morning. The true miracle, though, comes when those juices are mixed liberally with cava to make delicately
intoxicating mimosas, and then served to you in an open-bar format. And, as you know, there is little an
open bar can’t cure.
- 411:
- Sat-Sun, 11am-4pm, Macondo, 157 E Houston St, 212-473-9900
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BABBO-LICIOUS Beef Cheek Ravioli at Babbo Like a fine bourbon, ravioli can be far more than meets the eye. So it is with the beef cheek ravioli at Babbo, where pasta triangles are folded around soft threads of beef, drizzled with squab liver gravy and then sprinkled with bits of black truffle. Our advice: pair with bourbon at your discretion. And this is no time for discretion. |
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BASTILLE-ING
French Balling on Imported Sand
Bastille Day was actually yesterday, but you’re not one to let such trivialities as dates and history get
in the way of your bons temps. Especially when a pitched game of pétanque is on the menu,
along with the grilling of merguez and the liberal sipping of Ricard and other French delights. A fine idea,
considering some of our favorite things in life
are French.
- 411:
- Jul 18, 10am-10pm, Bastille Day Festival, Smith Street (between Bergen and Pacific), Brooklyn
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