NEW YORK TIMES
Nerd alert! On the internet there are tons of cat pictures, but in real life, we have Internet Week. Since 2008, Internet Week began as a City wide celebration of the digital community which includes nearly 200 events from May 14-17. Industry insiders and innovators convene at different locations through out the city at web-focused events to discuss the current trends, history and future of the World Wide Web. Check out these featured events and you might learn something!
MONDAY MAY 14TH
Here's a disturbing story for a Monday:
The usually chirpy Vows section of the New York Times ran an alarming story yesterday about the lengths some weight-obsessed brides are taking to slim down before their big days. According to the paper, a Florida-based doctor is now offering the "K-E diet," a procedure that hooks up patients to nostril-inserted feeding tubes. The wearers will then subsist on an 800 calorie-per-day diet for 10 days with all nutrition coming from the nose piece. What's more? The tube stays in for 10 full days. But who needs to be bothered with food when you've got table assignments on the brain?
This probably goes without saying, but it seems pretty clear who the biggest losers are in this situation.
It's official: Pete Wells is the new restaurant critic for the New York Times. Susan Edgerley, former Editor of the Metropolitan and Career Development sections, will take over Wells' previous post as Dining Editor. The first official review from Wells will hit newsstands in the new year.
Wells, who is picking up the fork that last belonged to Sam Sifton, has been running the Dining section for the past 5 years. Before working for the "Gray Lady", he spent time at Food & Wine and Details.
For a certain brand of food industry professionals and heavily interested gourmands, today was all about guessing and odds. As promised, Sam Sifton (the now former restaurant critic for The New York Times and arguably the most powerful man in the food world) marked his final column for the paper by announcing Per Se as his choice for the top restaurant in New York. Please take a moment to allow the staff at Eleven Madison Park and Daniel to quietly weep.
Hey Ladies (and gentlemen?), contrary to popular belief, there are still single eligible men left. Well, at least according to New York Observer ,who released their '2011 50 Media Power Bachelors' list a couple days ago. If you're like me and you have a predisposition for loving nerds, you will dig this list. It includes well-knowns like Anderson Cooper, Shepard Smith, and the extremely drool-worthy "Brad Pitt of Media," Pete Cashmore of The Mashable. (Who would be my #1 stalking choice if I was still single.) Honorable mentions go to lesser-known cutie patooties, Jeff Bercovici (Forbes), Tyler Hicks (NYT), and Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch).
Nordstrom, the high-end department store, plans to open its new concept store, Treasure & Bond, this Friday, August 19th, 2011 on Broadway between Broome and Grand Streets. Treasure & Bond will house merchandise that falls into the gift and art categories, unlike Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack whose merchandise is mainly clothes, shoes, and accessories.
The New York Times reported that this new space "has a funkier feel than Nordstrom's other stores, with exposed pipes and wooden shipping crates used as display cases". Treasure & Bond will carry goods that the store's manager, Paige Boggs, described to Vogue as purely "awesome". Nordstrom is to "the perfectly coifed cardigan-wearing shopper" as Treasure & Bond is to her funkier "graphic designer younger sister", says the Times.
There's no doubt that Dior has been over shadowed this year by the racist controversy (and subsequent departure) of its lead designer, John Galliano. Many wondered how this would affect the brand in the long term. For FW 11/12 Dior brought us a fantasy inspired catwalk featuring pieces caught somewhere in between Cirque Du Soleil and a birthday cake.
Dior has always pushed the envelope on the wearable factor, but this show may have teetered over the edge. It was not well-received, and NYT's Cathy Horyn went on to say, "All sorts of weird vibes, along with a lack of design leadership, have a way of surfacing in clothes. A runway is like a shrink’s couch; stuff just comes out."
This 4th of July Weekend, if you’re heading out to the Hamptons (and you probably are), be sure to check out Turtle Crossing American Bistro. Reopened just this year, Turtle Crossing is BBQ inspired and uses only fresh, local ingredients. It has also been declared "the best barbeque on Long Island" by the New York Times!
This weekend, the spot is offering special 4th of July deals at the bar. For $7, patrons can enjoy new menu items such as a hot dog Panini with gruyere cheese, chili sauerkraut, and mustard, or Montauk tuna tartare with avocado, sweet onion, and sesame seeds.
Released this morning, the trailer for Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon previews the familial and religious origins of the band's four Nashville-native members - brothers Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill and cousin Matthew Followill - as depicted by the film's director Stephen C. Mitchell.
The documentary follows the Followills' progressive rise to rock 'n' roll fame and their recent, somewhat volatile social position in the media. Including tour footage, southern imagery, interviews with the brothers' parents and the band members themselves, and childhood home videos, Talihina Sky (referring to the town Talihina in Oaklahoma) focuses on the Followills' youth as Christian boys in Tennessee. The film examines how their early years influenced, and continue to influence, their current status as a mainstream rock band.
Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is returning to downtown Miami’s Bicentennial Park for what is probably the most anticipated weekend of the year. Thousands will flock to Miami for Ultra’s first three-day event (formerly only Friday and Saturday) on Friday, March 25, Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27. The growth of the electronic music genre, from the past year alone, is clearly visibile through the expansion of Ultra this year and the growth of its headlining artisits.
Ultra is expecting 150,000 attendees over the span of three days this year, being the world’s first ever major electronic music festival to expand to three days and completely sell out. Being the first major North American music festival of 2011, Ultra Music Festival will no doubt raise the bar and set the standard high for live music everywhere. Spirits are already high in Miami as the stages are being built and the streets are getting crowded.
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