FROM PERKS
When it comes to blazers: always trust the Italians. Especially the good people at Gemelli, who fashion their blazers from the finest virgin wool and include elegant details like subtle gold thread windowpanes and paisley silk linings. When it comes to getting you 60% off of those blazers: always trust Perks.
MARKET DAYS
Be your family’s hero by picking up some goods from the new Giovanni Italian Specialties market before heading over for the holiday festivities. Every day, they’re cranking out fresh pasta and focaccia and a bunch of other high-end, imported, Italian deliciousness. Being your own hero also counts.
BAR METHOD
Should you find yourself holiday shopping downtown and needing a respite (which you will be), stop into Bar Struzzo. It’s a new Italian restaurant in the Villa Florence Hotel for tagliatelle bolognese or burgers with a glass of wine. You will need wine.
WAKE AND BAKE
What do you get when you put 11 of the city’s best pastry chefs from the likes of Zuni and Craftsmen & Wolves together to work on a bake sale for charity? A lot of glorious pastries that you’ll be taking home with you, that’s what.
GO EAST
Head to the Dogpatch on Saturday for a holiday sale with over 20 participating vendors. You’ll get gratis mimosas or Bloodys with your meal at the Ramp, you’ll have access to 11 pop-ups at Smokestack and you’ll get up to 90% off framed mirrors at Oberon Design. You’ll also get to be done holiday shopping.
‘TOGA PARTY
Your favorite classy, two-level restaurant in the TL (the Saratoga, of course) is launching their brunch on Sunday. Which means three different types of Bloodys, Billionaire’s Bacon and “Mimosa Donuts” with blood orange and champagne glaze. Also, regular mimosas.
Joe Starkey is the tallest person in the room 90% of the time. He enjoys liquors that aren’t smoky, dive bars that are, and has a vague dread that someone, somewhere might be having more fun than him.
