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? Boucheron makes its Manhattan debut, goop drops a collection of … Read more
Archaeologists discovered ancient gold coins in an unexpected location during a recent excavation in Bulgaria. The five Byzantine coins, which date back to the reign of Justinian the Great, were uncovered by archaeologists digging at a site in the northern Bulgarian village of Debnevo. The excavation was announced by Dr. Stiliyan Ivanov, an associate professor at the … Read more
They went from oui oui to wee-wee. A gorgeous coastal city in France is baring all with a museum exhibit on nudity — which guests can view in the buff themselves, according to The Guardian. A museum in Marseille, France has opened a nudity exhibit that can be viewed naked. AFP via Getty Images The … Read more
At one Waffle House, patrons wait up to six months to get in — and they don’t even get breakfast. Constructed at the site of the first-ever Waffle House, the establishment is located in Decatur, Georgia. However, it’s not a true diner, but a Waffle House Museum with a seriously long wait list. According to Thrillist, … 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? A beloved UK wellness brand opens on Bleecker Street, Todd … Read more
This will brie a gouda time. France’s first cheese museum opened in Paris, right in time for the Olympic Games being held in the City of Light. The Musée du Fromage is billed as “an educational and interactive space for discovering France’s cheesemaking heritage and regions,” according to its website. The Musée du Fromage opened … Read more
Nothing Compares 2 her. A wax figure of the late Sinead O’Connor was unveiled on Thursday — one day before the first anniversary of her death — at a wax museum in her hometown of Dublin, Ireland. A video of the statue, which was placed next to figures of “Star Wars” characters Darth Vader and … Read more
Kareem Rahma just wanted a slice of the pie, but he got burned in the process. In 2018, the New York City comedian wanted to cash in on the success of Instagrammable food-inspired museums in the Big Apple with the immersive Museum of Pizza, but his pie-in-the-sky idea resulted in his “biggest financial failure” that … Read more
The line for the lady’s room is about to get longer. A controversial art exhibit meant for women visitors only — titled “Ladies Lounge” and created by artist Kirsha Kaechele at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) — has hidden the works of Pablo Picasso in the women’s bathroom after a court ruling that it … Read more
It’s the sh—tiest museum in the world. George Frandsen, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of fossilized feces, opened a museum of his findings in Williams, Arizona The aptly-named Poozeum houses thousands of pieces of coprolite — the scientific name of fossilized feces — including one of the world’s largest prehistoric … 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? A celebrity favorite home furnishings shop opens a New York … Read more
A museum in Missouri recently broke a Guinness World Record for hosting the world’s largest gathering of people with underwear on their head. The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, wanted to commemorate “314 Day” this year with flair. As a nod to its town’s area code, 314, the museum hosted an event on March 14 and … Read more
The moment the Dublin Portal, a live outdoor video feed linking Ireland and NYC, was announced on May 8, you could hear the collective shout of eight million New Yorkers: “Uh oh!” Because every single person with a pulse knew what the end result of dropping a barely-monitored, 24/7 Zoom call into the middle of … Read more
Although we still don’t know who he is, we know where to find him. The new Banksy Museum in New York City presents what it claims is “the world’s largest collection” of the globally famous yet anonymous artist’s life-sized murals and other artwork. Or, at least, “magnificent” reproductions of them. The museum opened its doors in … 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? Van Cleef & Arpels makes Fifth Avenue bloom, two new … Read more
Like many people, 25-year-old Jane August needed to find something to do after she was laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I need to leave the house,” she recalled thinking. “I need to feel some cultural enrichment that is not in my bed watching Netflix.” So now, she’s on a mission to visit every museum … Read more
No boys allowed! A pricey exhibit meant for women visitors only — titled “Ladies Lounge” and created by artist Kirsha Kaechele — has led to a formal complaint against Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) after a man was reportedly denied entry to the show. But Kaechele made an appropriate — and memorable … 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? A new see-and-be-seen hotel in Tribeca, the ultimate sexy-surfer men’s … Read more
What about the poster for “Little Miss Sunshine”? LIPPERT This is a daring and exciting poster because of all the negative space. She chose to essentially not use two-thirds of the poster and have it be a bright school bus yellow that’s pushing down on the family, and they’re all composited together into this running … Read more
Welcome to the most exclusive end zone ever, Super Bowl superfans. A new exhibit at The Paley Center for Media features artifacts from the biggest spectacle in American sports –including the stunning Vince Lombardi Trophy and all 57 team rings from each winning squad. The show, “Beyond the Big Game,” highlights more than 150 iconic … Read more