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  George Hahn

  

  Upstairs and Downstairs at Clemente Bar

  The New Yorker - Helen Rosner

  A new lounge above Eleven Madison Park offers refined plant-based bites and beverages while leaving fine-dining social hierarchies intact. You’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. The Michelin-star obsessives …

• "Third places can include more traditional settings like places of worship, community and recreation centers, parks, and social clubs, but also encompass bars, gyms, malls, makeshift clubhouses in neighborhoods... third places are great equalizers, spots where regulars of different backgrounds and perspectives can mingle in a location that is comfortable, unpretentious, and low-cost." Love it.

  

  George Hahn

  

  If you want to belong, find a third place

  Vox - Allie Volpe

  Meng Liu spent years ping-ponging around the world looking for community. It was her dream to live in New York City, but after she found it difficult to make friends, Liu moved to Los Angeles, where she faced similar social roadblocks. Loneliness followed her across the globe to Shanghai, where she …

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  George Hahn

  

  Inside the Glorious Return of N.Y.C.’s Late-Night Dining Scene

  Robb Report - Caroline Hatchett

  “It feels great, like we’re getting back to actual New York.” On the first warm night of spring, around 11 p.m., the dining room at Blue Ribbon …

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  George Hahn

  

  The savoir flair of Martin Brûlé

  Financial Times - Alice Cavanagh

  April 14 2024 Jump to comments sectionPrint this page Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For Montreal-born, New York-based interior designer Martin Brûlé, the lines between work and home are necessarily blurred. …

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  George Hahn

  

  Electric Shock

  airmail.news - Jamie Kitman

  Darkness had fallen. And there I was, rolling uptown through fog and rain, out of Chelsea along 12th Avenue in an old Citroën with yellow French …

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  George Hahn

  

  How to master the art of small talk

  Vox - Allie Volpe

  Andy Lowe was not naturally blessed with the gift of gab. But even he, a self-described shy, introverted person, understands its functions. Lowe works at a technology public relations firm where chitchat with clients and journalists is just another part of the job. As a previous user of dating apps …