Chinatown has found its replacement for one of my favorite drinking dens of the past, Double Happiness. This place reminds me of it in style but the concept is entirely different, being fashioned after an apothecary. A requisite of all places that intend to be ‘cool’ its remotely located in a corner of downtown you wouldn’t imagine yourself in the evening searching for a drink. The aesthetics elude to 19th century Parisian absinthe dens (yes, it’s all about absinthe of late) and the artistic misfits who hid in them. The man behind the cocktail menu is Albert Trummer whose resume includes Bouley, Thom’s Bar and Kittichai. Apotheke will have over 500 house cocktails which are divided into sections of apothecary -Pain Relief, Stress Relief, Health & Beauty and Aphrodisiacs. There are also over 1,000 bottles of liquor from around the world. Apotheke lounge is located at 9 Doyers St. (it was once actually an opium den) and I’d anticipate some fashion week after party there since this is a soft opening and they are promoting the place to be fully open by then.
Thrillist informs us today about a website geared for us Americans. Yeah, we’re not the brightest bunch -I refer not to you, of course. Anyway, a new site has launched to put political popularity polls and all progressions of the two candidates in easily digestible pie charts. Now you don’t have to bother with all those annoying things that are always bombarding you, words. They say reading is a basic to making you smarter and as we’ve seen in the past two elections, America as a whole is put off by smart people. Yeah, they’re arrogant and such. No worries -the way things are going, college will be a thing of the past for the average middle class American. Unless you vote correctly this Nov. 4th so will middle class. Let me be more specific -unless you’re so rich that you’re out buying diamonds right now, you’ll be knocked into struggling in the lifestyle of living paycheck to paycheck unable to follow the dreams your forefathers fought for you to have a stab at. The only thing worse than being blatantly manipulated by the government is watching all your neighbors eat it up and vote accordingly out of fear (in this case) of the evil-doers. I need to stop, go to the park on this lovely day and surround myself with puppies and babies cuz I’m about to absolutely go off! If you’re too lazy to read about what’s happening in the election, gain some Perspctv HERE.
Is anyone not into Project Runway as much as they used to be like myself? Firstly, the 9pm time just doesn’t work for me -I preferred 10. Catching the 11p re-run is a great option but you can’t enter to win the $10,000 Bluefly shopping spree and mamma desperately needs that! It’s also becoming too predictable and easy. When I saw the preview show of last season’s show I knew immediately that Christian and Jillian would be at Bryant Park and told Christian to his face halfway through the season that he was definitely going to win actually calling him the next Alexander McQueen. Yeah, I don’t care about his ego inflating -when one is that talented he should be proud. But right now, it’s pretty obvious to me that the final three will be Korto (she’s my favorite, I want her to win), Leanne and either Jerell or Terry. Blayne -lose the Bl and he’s Kayne from season 3, he’ll be auf’d due to lack of taste. Stella -she’ll be auf’d for being a one-note (biker/leather). Joe is going to have a bad week and be auf’d. I’m sorry, is Kenley still in? Oh yes, while her bitchiness is so transparent, her tarty ’50’s style is just going to make Nina barf on her heels one week from a sweetness overdose and she’ll be out.
Now, as for last night -a few amazing looks. As previously noted, I lurves Korto! As soon as I saw Jerell’s full look I was really impressed by the styling and full look with the dramatic ponytail, etc. And I canNOT believe after Leanne’s magical creation no one mentioned Thierry Mugler! If Nina were there she would have -that bubble hip is so Thierry! As fun as it was crashing last season’s finale runway show which will be at NY Fashion Week two weeks from tomorrow, it’s too early in the morning, too long and I just don’t care that much. That’s actually how I feel about the upcoming fashion week entirely but we’ll address that later.
If you were anywhere other than glued to a media device broadcasting live what went down in Denver at the Democratic Convention last night, well, you’ve missed an important history-altering event. By now, you’ve heard about Barack being the official nominee for the Democratic Party in the upcoming election and how Hillary Clinton, in dramatic fashion, suspended roll call to make it happen (not that it wasn’t going to). Although I’ve actually attended many conventions, I’ve never watched the roll call but I knew this one would be interesting considering the division of the democratic delegates between Barack and Hill. Of note was the fact that California with its whopping 440 delegates passed on voting and NJ, New Hampshire and Arkansas (where Hill resided for a considerable portion of her life) united to contribute all their votes to Barack. In an attempt to relate this to style, we wanted to highlight Hill’s mention in her speech two nights ago about the sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits -cute. Hillary is the queen of the pantsuit, as hideous as they may be, I like the fact that she keeps it simple and sticks to business.
As for Michelle Obama, who has the style world obsessed with what she will wear next, her speech the night before Hill’s was amazing. I don’t know how anyone can resist crushing hard on the Obama’s -they are one of the most enchanting couples I’ve ever seen! Don’t miss Barack’s acceptance speech tonight which comes after a week of breathtaking speeches.
The Virgins w/Young Lords tonight at Santos Party House. $10 pre-sale, $12 at the door. Doors at 9p. 100 Lafayette.
If you’re a NYer: ya know how the lower east side was once cool because it was a destination spot pioneered by iconic stores like Alife, Seven, Cherry, DDC Lab & several other boutiques? and ya know how now everyone has taken that ‘coolness’ to mean they need to follow suit? and how long before all the large conglomerate, flavorless corporations moved in, all the cool above-mentioned shops got the eff out in anticipation of the likes of absolute shite which is now American Apparel-ville? well, Shoreditch/East End is the LES of London. If you’re a Londoner: tonight is another ‘celebration’ of generic large conglomerate twats (as you would refer to them) invading the East End making it long-expired from the likeness of ‘cool’.
This sample sale has been somewhat dragging on for a while but prices beginning today will be at their lowest. The S/S and Cruise collections at their second floor showroom originally went on sale around the end of May at 40% off. Then in June at 60% off. This time they are claiming 70% off. Ouch. Looks like the luxury racks are actually getting a first-ever taste of recession reality. Aug 27-30. Wed. 8a-8p, Thur. & Fri. 10:30a-8p and Sat. 11:30a-7p. 453 Broome St. @ Mercer, 2nd Floor. Photo from the sale courtesy of Racked.
This is all we have so far courtesy of a Nitro:licious reader. We are looking forward to seeing more which should trickle onto the web any moment now. This next Go International collection is slated to hit Target stores in October but select items will be available at the Bullseye Bodegas coming to NYC during fashion week we previously told you all about.
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