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The Ultimate Tiered Seafood Platter

What can you do with two martini glasses, packing tape and three serving dishes? Well, if you stick with us, you can make yourself a tiered seafood platter. Or cupcake stand. Either way, you’re going to feel like MacGyver with this entertainment hack. The Grand Seafood Tier There’s little at is as impressive and sets the party tone than a grand seafood tier. Lobster, caviar, king crab, jumbo shrimp cocktail, oysters and clams – yes it is decadence. But…

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Best Of The Best

Art Experiences in New York City

We got the Met, the Whitney, the Guggenheim. It could be a mic drop from there. But those big names are just the tip of the iceberg in New York City’s art scene. This fall, we’re looking at some of the other exhibition spaces that are presenting the best art experiences in NYC. David Zwirner David Zwirner is one of the biggest galleries, not just in New York, but in the entire world. They have locations all over the globe…

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Style

Best of Beauty in NYC

You’ve come off a big summer of travel in which you pretty much made up for lost time over the past two years. But, with all that travel, you could use some maintenance. Here’s your bible for the best beauty treatments in NYC. First, we start on the surface for the best facial, massage, hair cut and color, and nails. Then we dig deeper, moving on to skin practitioners that you’ll wan’t to have on speed dial. Get your glow…

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Celebrity Travel

Jay-Z and Bey Take NYC

When you think of the biggest celebs in New York, there’s tough competition. You’ve got your billionaires, like Bezos, Tisch, Rockefeller. Then you’ve got your celebs; outside of LA, NYC has the highest concentration. But we couldn’t think of anyone bigger than Jay-Z and Bey. This is where to find Bey and Jay in NYC. Hudson Clearwater Restaurant If you’re important enough to get a dinner reservation at Hudson Clearwater, it might bother you when the hostess comes up to…

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FOOD

Caviar Potato Recipe

Sometimes you just want to be decadent. And there are few things more perfect together than caviar and potato. This is the twice-baked potato, inspired by The Nines. But in our version of this caviar potato recipe, we top each potato with 50 grams of caviar, versus The Nines’ 30 grams. Because you’re worth it. Caviar + Potato = Heaven Caviar is having its moment right now on restaurant menus. The Queen Bee herself, Martha Stewart, recently opened her first…

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Destinations

The Best of NYC Restaurants

There’s nothing like the energy of New York after Labor Day weekend. The city is charged and everyone is ready to go. You’re back on your circuit of lunches at Milos, dinner at The Grill, and, if you’re lucky, drinks at the new Aman. The glamour is back in the city, and it’s better than ever. So in honor of the greatest city in the world, we have the best restaurants in NYC, which are reason one million and one…

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New York City

The Nines – A NYC Jazz Club

When a places calls itself The Nines, you expect a spot that is decked out. That’s exactly what The Nines delivers — in the form of a damn sexy NYC jazz club and piano bar. Think of it as the Bemelmans of downtown. If the address looks familiar, it’s because this is the old ACME space. But there’s no trace of Southern food here. Instead, expect extremely attractive people noshing on caviar. Overview The Nines brings back dressing for dinner…

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Founder's Note

Welcome Back New York

As I write this, I’m sadly not back in NYC yet, but there’s no reason to cry for me Argentina. I’m in Corsica for a friend’s wedding, then heading to my favorite hotel for a few days. But my head is back to business, just like the theme of our first September issue: NYC. No matter where I travel, New York will always be the center of my universe. The NYC September Issue There’s nothing like NYC in the month…

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Videos, Cooking Videos

The Original Paloma Recipe

Aspen wasn’t the same this season without the iconic Jimmy’s. Because no matter who you are, ski bum or ski bunny, and regardless of where you went earlier in the night, everyone ended up at Jimmy’s. Besides serving up some of the best cocktails in Aspen, the old Jimmy’s had another little-known accolade. Jimmy’s was the first bar in the U.S. to serve the Paloma, a concoction of fresh grapefruit juice and mezcal. But before you go James Bond and…

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New York City

Tokyo Record Bar

This isn’t a new restaurant, but oldies and goodies need love, too. It’s also a cool concept that pairs your seven-course meal with your favorite song — played on vinyl, no less. That’s legit. The courses can range from caviar sushi to fried monkfish, but all are bites made with care. And even better is the cost of the tasting menu: $65, not $250. Overview Tokyo Record Bar is the sister restaurant of Air’s Champagne Parlor and dinner party concept…

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