Month: March 2011

Tokyo Girls Collection Goes Livestreaming

While New York Fashion Week is restricted to mainly press, designers, and celebrities (and the occasional six-degrees of seperation), the Tokyo Girls Collection (TGC) is a fashion festival in Japan dedicated to street fashion brands (mostly gal/gyaru but Japanese fashion nonetheless) modelled by the people who wear it. And in addition to press, etc, it is opened to the general public!

This year Google partnered with TGC and is going to stream the entire show live through an official Youtube Channel.

What does this exactly mean? At 2PM in Tokyo (around 1AM Eastern), Youtube will be streaming the entire festival as it happens for 7 hours.  Which means you can pull an all-nighter for the sake of fashion.

So heat up some popcorn, Redbull (or whatever you drink for that caffeine high), and countdown to Tokyo Girls Collection S/S 2011!

Sunday Brunch: Sip Sak

New York City is a very convenient place for anyone who is hungry anytime, anywhere because there is always a slew of restaurants to choose from.

What people may not know is that if you step off the main streets like Broadway, you arrive in the New Yorker’s area of the city: a quieter, residential but still have that urban feel.

With so many restaurants in the area is best to choose based on a roulette method: walk along the street until one strikes your fancy.

It’s a method that’s especially useful when you are unsure of what do about brunch on a late Sunday morning after one last skate around The Pond at Bryant Park.

If you’re wanting brunch, but want something different, Sip Sak should be on your list. Their sage green doors and mirror-framed menus outside will entice you to try their food on impulse.

And it won’t disappoint.

It’s a Turkish restaurant located on the upper part of Midtown along 2nd Avenue.

The menu was pretty simple and explanatory for those unfamiliar with Turkish cuisine. With items like Sahanda Sucuklu Yumurta (eggs with spiced lamb) or Kasarli, Sucuklu Tost (panini with cheese and spiced lamb sausage) you really can’t go wrong. Or if you’re a burger person and want to be a just a little adventurous, try a Lamb Burger.

The Turkish tea was certainly a refresher after being quite comfortable with the taste of English Breakfast or Earl Grey. It was perfectly hot to the touch (just the way I like) and in a cute tulip-shaped cup. The light smoky flavor lifted my tastebuds to imagine drinking in a teahouse at the side of a bazaar.

If you are more of a coffee person, Turkish coffee is very much like a shot of espresso, except much stronger.

The waiters were attentive, and the food arrived as soon as our side of hummus and bread were nothing but crumbs. Although I had an omelette with mushrooms, peppers and onions, it came with home fries and a salad. The price is average for a Manhattan restaurant, but considering it was my first time at Sip Sak, I’ll be sure to be coming back with friends.

(Note: While Turkish cuisine highly favors meat-lovers, Sip Sak does have vegetarian options.)

Sip Sak
928 2nd Ave
New York, NY 10017
Neighborhood: Midtown East
(212) 583-1900

Double Dipping at Crumbs

March is certainly arriving like a lion. Crumbs unveiled two new cupcakes – one for the Cupcake of the Week, and Cupcake of the Month.

This week’s cupcake should definitely go with the phrase “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” I mean how can you go wrong with food that has a smiley face on it? Especially when it’s a vanilla cupcake with chocolate-flavored cream cheese filling. Frosting is vanilla with yellow sanding sugar.

Crumbs was in the mood to honor St. Patrick early. Irish Cream is a coffee soaked cupcake topped with Irish Cream cream frosting, rimmed in chocolate sprinkles, and an espresso-flavored cream rosette. It doesn’t matter if you’re Irish or wearing green, but you’ll definitely feel lucky to have eaten this cupcake.

So skip the coffee and go straight for breakfast with two very delicious cupcakes.

That half hour of Wii Fit can wait until tomorrow.
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(Brooklyn Heights)
109 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
T 718-935-9600

(Garment Center)
1385 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
T 212-764-7100

(Grand Central)
420 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10170
T 212-297-0500

(Broadway)
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
T 212-399-3100

(Bryant Park)
43 West 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
T 212 221 1500

(Lexington Avenue)
1418 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10128
T 212 360 7200

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501 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10022
T 212 750 0515

(The Village)
37 East 8th St
New York, NY 10003
T 212 673 1500

(Third Ave)
880 Third Ave
New York, NY 10022
T 212-355-6500

(Union Square)
124 University Place
New York, NY 10003
T 212 206 8011

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1379 Third Ave
New York, NY 10075
T 212 794 9800

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New York, NY 10024

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New York, NY 10005
T 212 480 7500

(East Hampton, Long Island)
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East Hampton, NY 11937
T 631 329 4883

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11 Wall St
Huntington, NY 11743
T 631 421 4500

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8285 Jericho Turnpike
Woodbury, NY 11797
T 516-224-4542
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