Author: Chelsea-Rae Abbate

Rihanna Does it Again with #FentyxPuma

Rihanna Does it Again with #FentyxPuma

Rihanna’s newest collaboration, Fenty x Puma, is an homage to the duality of her personality: luxury meets bad ass. RiRi takes the concept of athleisure to a whole new level, emphasizing the dark undertones reminiscent of her music. The overwhelming quantity of black in the collection prompted Rihanna to describe the line as “If the Addams Family went to the […]

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Roxx Reloaded: A Fan Favorite Gets a Face Lift

Roxx Reloaded: A Fan Favorite Gets a Face Lift

If you’re walking through Midtown East, it is highly possible that you’ll walk right past Sushi Roxx, and outrageous and all around fun restaurant of Real Housewives fame. Don’t let its docile exterior fool you; inside lies a raucous and completely wondrous take on an establishment serving Japanese cuisine. If you’re unfamiliar, all of the servers at Sushi Roxx are […]

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Elevate Your Palate and Your Status with Bordeaux and Caviar

Elevate Your Palate and Your Status with Bordeaux and Caviar

Caviar, a food rich in both price and taste, is normally paired with champagne or vodka, two different beverages that are light and allow the caviar to do the heavy lifting. It was a wonderful experience to enjoy the same buttery richness of caviar with a more substantial glass of wine (or twelve) in hand. John Knierim, the Vice President […]

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Are You Capable of Drinking Like a Grown Up? Here’s Your Guide

Are You Capable of Drinking Like a Grown Up? Here’s Your Guide

  Drink Like a Grown Up is not your typical mixology book. It is an informative and entertaining read, composed by the highly secretive League of Extraordinary Drinkers, who want you to reconsider the way you think about and consume alcohol. Similar to the way you think about where your food comes from, learning more about the origins of your […]

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Four Liquors You Haven’t Heard of (But You Probably Should)

Four Liquors You Haven’t Heard of (But You Probably Should)

Are you tired of ordering the same drink every time you get to a bar simply because you don’t know how to expand your horizons?  Read on to learn how to mix things up, both literally and figuratively. Nolet’s Dry Gin Summertime and the living is…gin and tonic season. If you’re a G&T fan who can’t bear the thought of […]

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Grain-focused Pizzeria in NoMad is a Home Run

Grain-focused Pizzeria in NoMad is a Home Run

PN Wood Fire Pizza is the newest addition to the blossoming food scene north of Madison Square Park. PN stands for Pecore Nere, or black sheep, because this is a place where no one is afraid to stand out. Utilizing ancient grains, which are not refined nor enriched, is a cornerstone of the business model at PN. Each pizza is […]

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The Blood Led Her: A Religious Thriller

The Blood Led Her: A Religious Thriller

Al Campo is trying to avoid falling back into bed with government work when he stumbles across a mystery of his own. After a stint in the Middle East as an FBI consultant, Campo is on his way to a safe house in Pennsylvania when he narrowly misses running over a small girl, and succeeds in hitting a ginger haired […]

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Gallow Green Rolls Out Shakespearean Cocktails + New Pizzas!

Gallow Green Rolls Out Shakespearean Cocktails + New Pizzas!

Perched atop the McKittrick Hotel that is best known for housing the theatrical production Sleep No More is a hidden gem called Gallow Green. Fauna and flora drape themselves across refurbished wooden beams, creating an air of rustic warmth that is not especially common in this part of the city. Executive Chef Pascal Leseach’s new menu features innovative pizzas and […]

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The Torch is Passed: A Harding Family Mystery

The Torch is Passed: A Harding Family Mystery

Andrea Harding has just graduated from Princeton and is preparing to spend her summer traveling through Europe before starting law school at Duke in the fall. She’s just your average twenty-something when a knock at her door in the middle of the night turns her world upside down. Her father, Nicholas, and Uncle Michael have been shot, and New Jersey […]

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Kitchen Sink Packs a Punch in a Delicate Space

Kitchen Sink Packs a Punch in a Delicate Space

Formerly referred to under the umbrella of “upstate New York,” Beacon, a small town in the Hudson River Valley, is undergoing a cultural facelift. A different kind of gentrification is occurring here, one that allows Beacon to shine, embracing its quirkiness and its distinct personality that separates it from the rest of the towns dotting the landscape of this lush […]

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