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Featuring Nasty Canasta and a rotating cast of proper burlesquers, FL's retelling of the immortal Christmas Carol stays faithful, other than "changing the Scrooge character to a woman, his counting house to a strip club, and adding boobs every few minutes", making for a story that's truly dickensian.
From a longtime clothier to the entertainment industry gods, HoS specializes in entirely bespoke suiting/accessories hand-tailored for everyone from Wall St power players to twirly-stached period bartenders. The speakeasy storefront stays open 'til midnight and doubles as a lounge boasting a stocked bar and pool table -- just remember that when it comes to getting fitted, there's no such thing as the untouchables.
From a guy who specializes in tour poster art for the jam set (Matisyahu, Phish...Matchbox 20?), these cotton tees are at their best when instrumental -- a trumpet with bicycle wheels, a robot made of cassette tapes & decks, a gun with a horn for a muzzle, and a saxophone anchor, though in fairness keytar solos were just as responsible for sinking 80s music.
Recently started by a CIA grad, this Hell's Kitchen guided culinary adventure has teamed up with local ethnic gems to craft a special seven-course Thanksgiving line-up of stop-in noshes, including turkey empanadas w/ cranberry salsa from Empanada Mama, slow roasted pumpkin w/ piloncillo from La Rosita, and sweet potato burekas from Gazala Place, so be sure not to have any Syrian-Lebanon mountain food for breakfast.
From a Brooklyn designer/illustrator for the Museum of Natural History's Vertebrate Paleontology dept, each of these varmint skulls is handcrafted from matte porcelain before getting a 23k gold glaze on the teeth, grillz totally befitting that most industrious of woodland rodents: the Old Dirty Beaver.
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