The latest Japanese teahouse to open in Manhattan provides a lesson in ancient matcha rituals. The sensory experience begins with the smell of incense inside Sōrate’s new outpost in the Flatiron District. After that, a tea master prepares and serves the brew, with guests quietly taking in a “meditative ritual to enjoy the visuals and … Read more
It’s not easy being green. Of the nearly 1,000 celebrity caricatures on the walls of iconic theater-district institution Sardi’s, the one pilfered the most, oddly, is Kermit the Frog. “Kermit was stolen three times. And then we screwed him up to the wall,” Johnny Felidi, longtime maître d’ at the 100-year-old eatery, told The Post ahead … Read more
The highly-anticipated opening of famed French luxury retailer Printemps in the Financial District will not only offer the latest haute couture – but also haute cuisine from a Queens-born top chef. Gregory Gourdet returns to New York after spending the past 17 years on the West Coast, winning three James Beard awards for French-inspired fare … Read more
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? Elephants arrive in Meat Packing, Adam Driver is back on … Read more
Kindergarten teachers in a Pennsylvania school district are seeing double this year — as 17 sets of twins entered the school. And they’re all members of the graduating class of 2036. “There’s usually a couple [of] sets here and there, which is not that abnormal,” Morgan Weiser, mother of Ridge Park Elementary twins Mia and … Read more
Biology class must be really confusing in Easthampton, Mass. That is, if the town’s search for their school superintendent is any indication. The whole thing has turned into a farcical endeavor that seems more like a “South Park” episode than an earnest effort to fill a top administrative role. To sum it up: a female … Read more
Sex workers are protesting Amsterdam’s new regulations as the city looks to tone down rambunctious drunken tourism in its infamous red light district. A new curfew this month forces sex work businesses to close their doors at 3 a.m. rather than 6 a.m. — a move the workers say will drastically affect their earnings and … Read more
Television writer and producer Eric Weinberg has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Weinberg was arrested again on Tuesday and later released on $5 million bail, up from his previous bail of $3.225 million. In a press conference on Wednesday, District Attorney George Gascón said … Read more