Sublime
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Within a five-block radius of my apartment there are four first-run multiplexes and a dozen thirty-to-fifty-seat revival houses with rotating programs devoted to obscure and well-known actors, directors, and genres. These are the mom-and-pop theaters, willing to proceed with the two o’clock showing of The Honeymoon Killers even if I’m the only one
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“the city” (how every New Jerseyan refers to NYC) to buy wholesale T-shirts in the garment district for their T-shirt store.
Tom Scharpling • It Never Ends: A Memoir with Nice Memories!
hipster coffee shop”
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Everything Good in SoHo and NoHo
In Berlin, Kyoto, and Reykjavík, I searched for coffee shops, and quickly scrolled through Yelp’s list, which was sorted by the cafés’ star rating—a reflection of how much the app’s other users had liked each spot.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
mandolin, a vertically held slicer with various blade settings. They
Anthony Bourdain • Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Taormina, Sicily
Why it's great: Taormina has so many beautiful and authentic shops (all the assortments are colorful and vibrant, straight out of a Dolce and Gabbana color palette). I loved Saro, an ivy-covered shop that's known for its antique handmade laces, Sicilian ceramics, and straw bags—everything is made by Sicilian artisans.
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