Things to do for March 30, 2016

The Weekender

This Weekend, You Drink Mystery Wine and Ponder Far-Off Places

Weekend’s gonna make you lonesome when it goes.

You’re More of a Don Draper Yourself...
MAD MEN VS. VINYL

You’re More of a Don Draper Yourself...

Both Mad Men and Vinyl take place in New York City, have powerful yet complicated male protagonists, involve copious amounts of sex, drugs and cigarettes... We’ll stop there. They’re similar as hell. Which raises the question: which NYC era would you rather live in? Two of our writers had some strong opinions on the matter.

These Wines, They Have No Labels
WHY LABEL THINGS?

These Wines, They Have No Labels

Sometimes you have a specific wine in mind. Other times you’d be just as happy to jump on Winecrasher, make some basic choices in grape and region, then leave the rest up to fate (knowing you’ll end up with a quality bottle, of course). They’re completely different times.

The Kempt Style Icons Bracket Is Heating Up
PROS AND ICONS

The Kempt Style Icons Bracket Is Heating Up

The Kempt Style Icons Bracket’s Elite Eight had some seriously strong players: Paul Newman, Porfirio Rubirosa, James Dean... But the thing is, there were eight of them. And we had to narrow it down to the Final Four.

Rick Bayless Talks Guacamole
ONE FINE BAYLESS

Rick Bayless Talks Guacamole

We sat down with Rick Bayless, and we asked him about his preferred midnight snacks, the one necessary ingredient for epic guacamole and his favorite cities for Mexican. Great, now you’re craving potato-chorizo tacos...

Re: The Inside of Your Closet
DEAL WITH IT

Re: The Inside of Your Closet

Wittmore: Where Officine Generale, Oliver Spencer and other brands you like are up to 60% off.
Cadet: The essentials: $100 off. Use code “SUIT100.” Have nice things.
Rooney: Code “SPRINGDEAL” will get you 20% off spring items. Codes: still useful.

’90s Hip-Hop and Some Technicolor Travel Porn
THE UD FIVE

’90s Hip-Hop and Some Technicolor Travel Porn

Now, for the UD Five: where we share what we’re most excited to watch, read and binge on this weekend. This week, we’re all about a two-hour tribute to Phife Dawg, the long-awaited Mapplethorpe documentary and staring longingly at oversaturated photos of far-off places. Hey, can you really blame us...

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