Enter Promo Code “PSNOV09” at J. PRESS and receive 25 percent off of their “100% Lambswool Tartan” scarves. Just in case you don’t already own, you know, like twenty. Prints include “Royal Stewart,” “Dress Gordon,” and “Mackenzie,” which reminds us of our uniforms at Greenwich Academy. Not a bad thing!
Month: November 2009
QUEST shared a quote from RICHIE AKIVA (owner of Butter and 1 Oak) with PAGE SIX:
Butter and 1OAK owner Richie Akiva has a Thanksgiving option for friends who stick around the city. “For the past eight years since we opened Butter, we have a tradition where we close the restaurant on Thanksgiving and we cook a huge dinner,” he tells Quest magazine. “Each year it gets bigger and bigger, and we invite anyone who doesn’t have their family here in NYC.” TALKING TURKEY (November 22, 2009)
In the Fall issue of Q, Kipton Cronkite authored an article on DONNA KARAN and her URBAN ZEN FOUNDATION, “a public charity dedicated to promoting patient advocacy and well-being, empowering children, and preserving cultures.” Kipton wrote, “To fashion, DONNA KARAN is Queen. To the evolving medical model, she’s Navigator. Just as her designs revolutionized fashion, …
QUEST was lucky enough to attend a preview of the LIA SOPHIA midnight II collection at The Gramercy Park Hotel at 2 Lexington Ave. The evening was hosted by Elena Kiam and Dani Stahl in the Private Roof Club and Garden, with Fingerprint Communications helping to pull off a great event!
QUEST was invited to a Valentine’s Day Showcase at DYLAN’S CANDY BAR at 1011 Third Ave. TOO, TOO dangerous! Especially with the perfectly-pink egg creams and milkshakes dolloped with whipped cream floating around …
QUEST was invited to a luncheon at ED’S CHOWDER HOUSE, a very new restaurant at The Empire Hotel at 44 W. 63rd St. by chef ED BROWN and China Grill Management. The space is designed by Jeffrey Beers, whose endeavor to bring “Montauk to the heart of Manhattan” is truly successful with pale blues, dark wood, and lots and lots of light.
Nothing beats a Thanksgiving meal with family and friends (especially if someone else does most of the cooking), but sometimes the Holidays can be, well, really busy! Next Thursday, if you’re in the City, get a group together and head over to SWIFTY’S for a wonderful Prix Fixe meal featuring: First Course: Wild Mushroom Barley …