The weekend would like a snow cone.
Only on Perks: three exclusive cuts of Wagyu beef, straight from a Texan ranch to your grill, courtesy of D’Artagnan—where Per Se and Thomas Keller also get their meats. Plus, 30% off essential grilling gadgets from Man Law BBQ, and up to 29% off iPod/iPhone chargers made from literary masterpieces.
The haberdashers at Brooks Brothers know that your summer might yet call for a linen this, a seersucker that. Or, of course, a tie with little tiny snails on it. So they’re taking up to 40% off their entire stock in their semiannual sale. Just leave the wool alone.
Yes, there was actually life before Kate Upton. For instance, French icon Brigitte Bardot. The evidence: these 30 photographs (many never before seen) on display at the Sofitel for your perusal as you sip your Bardot-themed cocktail. If only Mlle. Bardot had the Internet.
Sometimes brunch is eggs Benedict and Bloody Marys. Other times—like Saturday at Pearl Dive—it’s endless pots of crawfish, roasted suckling pig, sides and Abita beer, all served family-style. Except the beer.
You take no issue with the Good Humor man, but that doesn’t make him above competition and market forces, either. The kind of market forces that slather all manner of gelato between slices of fresh, eggy brioche bread at Pitango. Besides, you can never have enough dessert sandwich options.
After six beers, you might get a hankering for sushi. And after six courses of sushi, you might want a beer. Solving the problem instantaneously: Sushiko’s first-ever sushi and rare-beer dinner, featuring several beers from Quebec. They’re big in Japan.
