Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the perfect things to see, shop, taste and experience around the town.
What’s making our luxury list this week? The UES gets one other dose of Danny Meyer deliciousness, a surprising make-over for the Tompkins Square Park basketball courts, and Diane Keaton debuts homeware designs.
The sixth location of Day by day Provisions has just opened on the corner of Madison and 96th, much to the delight of area residents. For the unfamiliar: Day by day Provisions was founded seven years ago by Danny Meyer and Union Square Hospitality Group. It’s billed as an all-day café, and this particular location lives as much as the name, because it is open from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Offerings include BECs and crullers within the morning, followed by made-to-order sandwiches, salads, and the legendary roast chicken throughout the afternoon and evening. DailyProvisionsNYC.com
Tompkins Square Park’s basketball courts have undergone a really colourful transformation due to Glossier, Ghanian multimedia artist Na Chainkua Reindorf, community non-profit Project Blackboard, and the Latest York City Park’s Department. Drab no more — the courts are covered in a daring, colourful work described by the artist as an “unblinking eye that gazes back,” and is very dramatic when seen from above. As background: Glossier became the primary official beauty partner of the WNBA 4 years ago and shot a campaign featuring WNBA players on these very courts (Reindorf has also been featured in a Glossier campaign). The glam latest courts are open to the general public. TompkinsSquarePark.
“[Gilbert] Rohde set Herman Miller on its path as a pioneer of contemporary design and, in doing so, effectively introduced modern furniture design to america,” said Noah Schwarz, Vice President of Product Design for Herman Miller, on the reintroduction of several iconic pieces by the designer, who in 1932 became Herman Miller’s first design director. Rohde became enamored with the abstract art movement, specifically Biomorphism, within the Nineteen Forties, which inspired the curvaceous shapes of his designs. 4 such pieces at the moment are available for the primary time in many years: the 1941 Easy chair and three forms of Paldao occasional tables. Noted Schwarz, “We imagine each designs feel as relevant today as they did 83 years ago.” They’re available each in-store and online at HermanMiller.com.
Tabu is a latest indoor-outdoor restaurant that goals to bring the “jungles of Tulum” to Brooklyn via a menu that “pushes boundaries with modern takes on classic Mexican dishes” with regional influences starting from Mexico City to Oaxaca and beyond. It’s the brainchild of the team behind Artesano (a Peruvian restaurant in TriBeCa), who tapped Kevin Boluarte to be executive chef. Boluarte, who’s Peruvian, boasts extensive experience in each his native and Mexican cuisines, having worked on the Michelin-starred Oxomoco in addition to the acclaimed Peruvian eatery Mission Ceviche. Signature dishes include Cochinita Pibil (slow cooked roasted pork), Aguachile Rojo (with fresh trout and scallops), Duck Carnitas (with mole negro from Oaxaca) and Lamb Tacos. There’s the expected extensive tequila and mescal offerings but additionally agave-based spirits we rarely hear about — Raicilla and Sotol — and signature cocktails including a Mole Old Fashioned and a Fermented Corn Margarita. TabuBK.com
Hudson Grace, a San Francisco-based housewares shop founded in 2012 (and bought by Crate & Barrel in 2019), has just dropped a set with none apart from the actor and director Diane Keaton. The Diane Keaton + Hudson Grace collection comprises over 100 pieces — from bedding to tabletop, scents and pet accessories — in a black and white color palette. It’s not her first go on the interiors rodeo, as she’s deigned lighting and fabric previously, in addition to published two design books House (2012), California Romantica (2007), and The House Pinterest Built (2017). She said the range “has heart and is inspired by items in my home. I need every part from the gathering!” Priced from $18, at HudsonGraceSF.com
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the perfect things to see, shop, taste and experience around the town.
What’s making our luxury list this week? The UES gets one other dose of Danny Meyer deliciousness, a surprising make-over for the Tompkins Square Park basketball courts, and Diane Keaton debuts homeware designs.
The sixth location of Day by day Provisions has just opened on the corner of Madison and 96th, much to the delight of area residents. For the unfamiliar: Day by day Provisions was founded seven years ago by Danny Meyer and Union Square Hospitality Group. It’s billed as an all-day café, and this particular location lives as much as the name, because it is open from 7 a.m. – 9 p.m. Offerings include BECs and crullers within the morning, followed by made-to-order sandwiches, salads, and the legendary roast chicken throughout the afternoon and evening. DailyProvisionsNYC.com
Tompkins Square Park’s basketball courts have undergone a really colourful transformation due to Glossier, Ghanian multimedia artist Na Chainkua Reindorf, community non-profit Project Blackboard, and the Latest York City Park’s Department. Drab no more — the courts are covered in a daring, colourful work described by the artist as an “unblinking eye that gazes back,” and is very dramatic when seen from above. As background: Glossier became the primary official beauty partner of the WNBA 4 years ago and shot a campaign featuring WNBA players on these very courts (Reindorf has also been featured in a Glossier campaign). The glam latest courts are open to the general public. TompkinsSquarePark.
“[Gilbert] Rohde set Herman Miller on its path as a pioneer of contemporary design and, in doing so, effectively introduced modern furniture design to america,” said Noah Schwarz, Vice President of Product Design for Herman Miller, on the reintroduction of several iconic pieces by the designer, who in 1932 became Herman Miller’s first design director. Rohde became enamored with the abstract art movement, specifically Biomorphism, within the Nineteen Forties, which inspired the curvaceous shapes of his designs. 4 such pieces at the moment are available for the primary time in many years: the 1941 Easy chair and three forms of Paldao occasional tables. Noted Schwarz, “We imagine each designs feel as relevant today as they did 83 years ago.” They’re available each in-store and online at HermanMiller.com.
Tabu is a latest indoor-outdoor restaurant that goals to bring the “jungles of Tulum” to Brooklyn via a menu that “pushes boundaries with modern takes on classic Mexican dishes” with regional influences starting from Mexico City to Oaxaca and beyond. It’s the brainchild of the team behind Artesano (a Peruvian restaurant in TriBeCa), who tapped Kevin Boluarte to be executive chef. Boluarte, who’s Peruvian, boasts extensive experience in each his native and Mexican cuisines, having worked on the Michelin-starred Oxomoco in addition to the acclaimed Peruvian eatery Mission Ceviche. Signature dishes include Cochinita Pibil (slow cooked roasted pork), Aguachile Rojo (with fresh trout and scallops), Duck Carnitas (with mole negro from Oaxaca) and Lamb Tacos. There’s the expected extensive tequila and mescal offerings but additionally agave-based spirits we rarely hear about — Raicilla and Sotol — and signature cocktails including a Mole Old Fashioned and a Fermented Corn Margarita. TabuBK.com
Hudson Grace, a San Francisco-based housewares shop founded in 2012 (and bought by Crate & Barrel in 2019), has just dropped a set with none apart from the actor and director Diane Keaton. The Diane Keaton + Hudson Grace collection comprises over 100 pieces — from bedding to tabletop, scents and pet accessories — in a black and white color palette. It’s not her first go on the interiors rodeo, as she’s deigned lighting and fabric previously, in addition to published two design books House (2012), California Romantica (2007), and The House Pinterest Built (2017). She said the range “has heart and is inspired by items in my home. I need every part from the gathering!” Priced from $18, at HudsonGraceSF.com
