While we have a great selection of Off hours’ edibles on the site, I still rushed over to Brooklyn Bourne to pick up the last tin of their limited release Cheese Dawg “Pineapple Whip.” Like their other offerings, these solventless, terpene-rich live rosin gummies are as delicious as they are effective. Unsurprisingly, it’s reminiscent of a classic Dole Whip (Verena’s favorite), with a strong pineapple flavor and creamy undertones. If you can find a tin, I recommend picking one up, but don’t let that stop you from trying any of their other products here.
-DW
|
|
After a long break from home scents of all kinds, including candles, I’ve been dipping my toe back into environmental fragrance by lighting a stick of this “Winona Forever” incense by High & Lonely. It smells almost exactly as described—warm, leathery, and woodsy base notes and a light hit of floral at the top—but mostly I love the name.
-VvP
|
|
I’m a sucker for tapestries and an ardent supporter of workers’ rights, so Tabitha Arnold’s new solo show at the ICA Chattanooga is basically tailor-made for me. Consisting of hand-embroidered textiles depicting the notable (and more frequent) labor strikes of recent years, Arnold’s work weaves together modern and historical events, drawing (or stitching) a direct line between the labor movements of yore and those bubbling up today. It’s art that is decidedly current, but feels as if it could just as easily have been created in the 1930s. On through March 8th.
-DW
|
|
Medical dramas, while obviously extremely popular (or at least long-running), can also be controversial. Not everyone wants to relax to the sight of a surgical saw amputating someone’s leg or a Jackson Pollock-style spray of errant bodily fluid. And yet The Pitt is one of the most unexpectedly comforting shows I’ve seen in a while. The season follows a 24-inspired premise—each episode corresponds to an hour in a Pittsburgh hospital emergency room, starting at 7 AM—and stars ER’s Noah Wyle as the ruggedly handsome, extremely competent, and tragically beleaguered chief attending of the titular Pitt. The cases are harrowing in both their realism and duration, but there’s something deeply soothing about watching well-intentioned experts do their best under pulled-from-the-headlines extreme circumstances to help. We all need a reminder that there’s still good in the world.
-VvP
|
|
This album is pure nostalgia for me. Every song tracks to at least one very clear and vivid memory: my dad putting on the new CD he got from HMV; a long, cold car ride through Colorado; a late night in a crummy house with college friends. For me, this album is like that scene in Ratatouille where food critic Anton Ego takes one bite and is instantly transported back to his youth. So, it was a welcome revelation that my preschool-age son also loves this album—or at least tolerates it well. He even requests it by name, although now that I’m writing this, maybe he just likes that it has “tiger” in the title? Anyway, should you be searching for good kids’ music that won’t drive you nuts or if you haven’t listened to this album in quite some time, give it a whirl.
-DW
|
|
Last Sunday, a couple friends and I took ourselves to Flushing for a spa day that didn’t exactly go as planned. While we each walked out of our respective treatments feeling a little bit like Kate McKinnon’s character in SNL’s “Close Encounters” sketch (“Was your service provider also wearing a puffer jacket and smoking cigarettes?”), we debriefed and decompressed over shared plates in the food court of New World Mall. While all the dishes we tried were delicious, the favorite by far was Xian Cuisines Stewed Pork Burger. Not to be confused with Xian Famous Foods, Xian Cuisine (which also goes by Xian Noodles) is a single-location mom and pop stall (#28) in a tucked-away corner of the hall. We tried both the cumin lamb and the stewed pork, and there was no question that pork was the winner. Having also had Xian Famous Foods’ version of both many times before, I promise this one exceeds any expectations those might set, specifically because of the bun, which is a super crispy, hyper-laminated flatbread with the taste and texture of a scallion pancake croissant that was then smashed between a panini press. This pork burger was so good, we each got an additional one to take home. Just make sure to pack up some of their housemade chili oil to go with it.
-VvP |
|
No longer want to receive these emails? Unsubscribe. Gossamer HQ PO Box 310737 615 Clinton Street Brooklyn, New York 11231-9997 |
|
|
|
|
