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WEEKEND | Restaurant Week: Kudeta
Kudeta exudes sophistication and swank from every satin-draped corner. The interior has a New York City nightclub complex; the tables are black, the chairs are black, even the chopsticks are black. The color scheme inside Kudeta’s emanates from a tall glass pyramid in the center of the restaurant, tinted by rays of blue, pink and
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WEEKEND | The Passive Aggressive Smiley
One of the most commonly believed urban myths of the modern age is that it’s impossible to be truly sarcastic online, since sarcasm requires context clues like facial expression and vocal tone to be effective. For instance, to the uninitiated, this tweet: GabrielSaporta Was just shopping & Taylor Swift came on in the store. I
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WEEKEND | What to do with that leftover Halloween candy
As a youngster, the weeks after Halloween were the most glorious: Butterfingers in my packed lunch, Skittles as an afternoon snack, and Snickers for my late-night, under-the-covers munchies. Though my trick-or-treating days are over and I don’t have a sack of candy lying around, I’ve still been coming across random chocolate bars in my suite
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WEEKEND | Restaurant Week: Union League Cafe
The fact that I had to Google what part of the cow “beef cheeks” refers to should tell you I’m not the intended customer for Union League Cafe. But after hanging the old Jansport in the coat check closet, they sat me and my two friends down and gave us the deluxe treatment. My lunch
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