The Routines issue
Throwing Fits, Feed Me, Gumshoe, Oldster, Jolie, How Long Gone, McAtlas, Txikito, [SIC], Wölffer, Brownstone Brooklyn, Pig & Khao, Edy's Grocer, MORE
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CULTURE & LEISURE • Friday Routine
‘Deferred work’
James Harris • co-host • Throwing Fits
Neighborhood you live in: Greenpoint
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
Fridays used to be a decent chance to catch up on life admin tasks, but with unstable summer schedules and a renewed vigor to do more and do better now that the podcast I co-host, Throwing Fits, has migrated to Substack, Fridays are now more about catching up on the week's “deferred work” (a.k.a. the bullshit). Honestly, it's kind of nice to reply to non-pressing emails on Friday, because it maximizes the amount of time before anyone writes back. If I'm lucky, by Monday morning, my email’s been buried, and I never hear from them again.
Any restaurant plans this weekend?
If I go a week without eating Strange Delight's BBQ shrimp or Bernie's vinegar chicken, my therapist knows to break out the extra-strength tissues. Same goes for the bites and bevys at the new Bar Contra and whenever Shy is on the sticks at Mimi. And there's only one place I'll endure waiting on line getting jostled by food content creators and 24-year-old West Villagers who are just there to digitally claim a place and performatively check it off their list: Apollo Bagels. Completely worth it!
How about a little leisure or culture?
I'm trynna see Twisters at some point, preferably in the 4DX format, so Glen Powell can spit on me and I can smell airborne cows. I'm playing a few hours of tennis on Randall's Island, so icing my brittle knees is absolutely in the near future. I'm also hoping to stop by 194 Local's new NYC location, and do some farewell shopping at Chickee's Vintage men's store in Williamsburg (they're not closing, just moving locations soon). And of course, I'll stop by Mildred New York for a perfect haircut and perfect hang with the fellas there, an all-natural antidepressant with a 100% success rate since they opened five years ago.
What was your last great vacation?
Last month, I spent a few gluttonous days in Montreal, which was a terrible time to forget my cholesterol pills, especially when the mayor of the metropolis, artist Dan Climan, was spirit-guiding the feasting. We of course hit Joe Beef, which has come out the other side of some turbulence, and goes as crazy as its OG days. Our meal at Au Pied de Cochon featured the absolute best, most complex seafood tower any of us could ever dream of. And the dinner at Le Violon was the platonic ideal of incredible cheffing and pure joy in the room. Would also highly recommend hitting the spa-on-a-barge Bota Bota and the IRL Ssense store, even if it was a semi-cursed experience.
What’s a recent big-ticket purchase you love?
A brand spankin' new 40 gallon 4500-watt 240-volt electric water heater from Rheem, with a six-year warranty, plus labor and installation costs. My downstairs neighbor's water heater burst when he was away for the weekend, and it ruined his floors/life. Guess that's just karma for being a whiny ass narc, tho.
What product or service do you always recommend?
An at-home Japanese toilet seat will straight up alter your entire existence. (09/06/24)
CULTURE & LEISURE • Friday Routine
Feed me (after naptime)
EMILY SUNDBERG • writer & consultant • Emily Sundberg Worldwide
Neighborhood you work in: Windsor Terrace (or wherever my meetings are)
It’s Friday afternoon, how are you rolling into the weekend?
If I'm lucky I take a nap. I usually go to dinner with friends on Fridays, which means by 7 p.m. my curling iron is plugged in and I'm drinking a Celsius or Red Bull and listening to a Morgan Wallen playlist on Spotify. I wake up early to write my newsletter, so it's hard for me to stay out late. I try to rally on the weekends.
Any restaurant plans this weekend?
On Sunday nights I usually order from Bangkok Degree, but tonight I'm going to Negril, a Caribbean restaurant in Park Slope.
How about a little leisure or culture?
I'm flying to Canouan in the Caribbean tomorrow! But on the weekends I usually enjoy going to the movies alone (it clouds my thoughts if I immediately start discussing a movie with people the second we walk out of the theater). Also, I want to see Cole Escola's play.
Any weekend getaways?
I am not an "escape the city" person, but in the summer it's really nice to go to the beach. I have family on Long Island and in Connecticut. I'm from a town called Centerport, so if you ever want to do a weird Gold Coast roadtrip, I'd suggest checking out the Vanderbilt Museum and planetarium (it used to be the Vanderbilt summer house), getting a cold cheese slice at Little Vincent's in Huntington, and then exploring the Old Westbury Gardens. Another really fun road trip is going up the coast of Connecticut and visiting all the seafood spots — I like Abbott’s in Noank and Ford's Lobster.
What was your last great vacation?
I went to Buenos Aires and Jose Ignacio the other week — it was my first time in South America. It's a long flight, but both cities dissolved the memory of the red eye the moment we got there. I stayed at the Four Seasons in Buenos Aires which was... a Four Seasons. The steak sandwiches, warm wine-filled nights, and sexy tango made for an indulgent (and affordable) escape from New York.
We took a ferry from Buenos Aires to Uruguay to get to Jose Ignacio, where we stayed at Posada Ayana, a ‘70s Brazilian-inspired hotel. They have a James Turrell on site and our daily late-morning breakfasts in front of the pool were one of my favorite parts of the trip. I didn't know what to expect from Jose Ignacio, but I didn't expect to happen upon one of the most impressive museums I've ever been to: MACA, which only just opened in 2022. The trip also included horseback riding on the beach, film screenings — they have a pretty big film festival in the summer — and sunset swims in the ocean. I have a full restaurant and shopping list for both cities if anyone wants but my favorite restaurants in Buenos Aires were Casa Cavia, La Rambla for the sickest steak sandwich of my life, and Anafe. (04/08/24)
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ALEX RAIJ, Txikito, La Vara, Saint Julivert Fisherie
JOEY WÖLFFER, Wölffer Estate Vineyard
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