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Here's your plan for enjoying live folk music, Southern food, and happy hour at Porchlight. Watch the video 👇

You’ll head to Southern-inspired cocktail bar for live music on Mondays!

Live Music On Monday Nights 

Enjoy relaxing folk music and happy hour specials from 6-9pm at Porchlight in Chelsea, featuring great Southern food and a vibrant atmosphere.

Live Music

✅ Before you go
• You can make a reservation, but it wasn’t necessary! https://resy.com/cities/ny/porchlight-nyc?date=2023-07-23&seats=2

💪 Pro tips
• Live music is from 6-9pm. It’s usually folk-sy and relaxing! 
• Happy Hour is from 3-7pm, and all day Sundays. So the ideal time to get here is 6pm so you can catch the music and get happy hour specials 😁
• In terms of food, I recommend the firecracker chicken! It hits the spot with that habanero honey! 
• Great spot for a date or big groups!

Music Mondays at Porchlight

Feeling melancholy on a Monday? You need live music!

This is your plan to hit up Porchlight on Monday nights for live music.

They have happy hour drink specials, yummy Southern

inspired food, and a great spot to meet up with the crew after work.

So add this to your list of places to hit up whenever you need a Monday night

Here's your plan for enjoying immersive floral and rock ‘n’ roll exhibits in NYC. Watch the video 👇

Immersive date night that’s affordable & stunning 🌸🎶 Choose between flowers and rock ‘n’ roll or do both!

New Immersive Exhibits in NYC 🌸🎶

Head to Artechouse in Chelsea for immersive exhibits like Blooming Wonders and Amplified—where you can explore stunning floral art or dive into rock and roll history.

Immersive Art Exhibit

✅ Before you go
• Get your tickets-
• Blooming wonders ($26.96): https://www.artechouse.com/program/blooming-wonders-nyc/
• Amplified ($42.25): https://www.artechouse.com/program/amplifiednyc/ 
• All sessions are timed and last 60mins

💪 Pro tips
• Definitely get the new Dubai Chocolate Expresso Martini drink it is absolutely delicious 
• Blooming wonders is usually shown in DC and it’s also magical in the NYC location
• Highly recommend dressing in light florals to be one with the flowers 
• Amplified is a 50min show (no looping) and most people sit rather than walk around so definitely head to the bathroom before the show, come early to grab a drink and find a spot you like to enjoy the show before it starts 
• highly recommend Amplified for rock music lovers! 

Head to Artechouse

The iconic Blooming Wonders exhibit is finally showing in New York,

This immersive experience transports you to a gigantic garden

where I definitely felt one with the giant flowers.

like these on the floor where the bar is at,

Highly recommend getting the Dubai chocolate espresso martini.

Don't forget to keep their coasters as they have augmented

reality graphics which you can activate with your phone.

they also have another experience just for you called Amplified,

which highlights the music history and culture of

rock and roll showing rare behind the scenes

and never before seen moments in a 50 minute show.

Take your date to these limited time shows for

your next date night and escape the summer heat!

Here's your plan for learning Uzbek cooking with homemade dumplings and family stories in Borough Park. Watch the video 👇

Uzbek Cooking Class in BK

Join a hands-on Uzbek cooking class in Borough Park with the League of Kitchens, learning authentic recipes and stories from chef Damira. Delicious dumplings and warm hospitality await.

Uzbek Cooking Class

✅ Before you go
• You’ll have to see the schedule of the chefs but here is Damira’s profile. Tix were $165 https://www.leagueofkitchens.com/instructors/uzbek-cooking-with-damira 

💪 Pro tips
•  arrive hungry and open to learning/trying something new :) 

Book with League of Kitchens

League of Kitchens to learn more about Uzbek cuisine.

Retired doctor turned chef Demira welcomed us into her home

to teach us how to make dumplings and other foods,

just like her mother and grandmother and so on.

but don't stress as they send you recipes

with the full measurements before each class.

a recipe is just a recommendation from one chef to

another and in this case from Demirah's grandmother to us.

It was such an amazing Homey experience where she told us sweet stories of cooking

with her family growing up and how she adores cooking with her grandchildren now.

and you could sense that throughout the class.

It's even better that it was such a collaborative,

after we had our dumplings and our salads,

it was time to gather around the table and enjoy

our Uzbeked feasts and hear more stories from Deira.

This was such a rare gem of an experience.

Here's your plan for a quick ferry ride, beach fun, affordable gear, and a creative art project. Watch the video 👇

Enjoy the beach with easy travel and affordable gear + fun art activity!

Beach Getaway in <1 hr by Ferry ⛴️ 🏝️🐚

Take the ferry to Rockaway Beach for a fun, affordable beach day with big waves, beach gear, picnic, and an easy seashell art activity.

Beach Day

✅ Before you go
• Ferry from Wall Street: https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/rockaway/
• Ferry from greenpoint/ LIC: https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/rockaway-rocket/

💪 Pro tips
• our cute tomato towels were $7 and chair was $10 from target!
• bring food! We packed a picnic and was well stocked 
• art materials if you wanna do the art activity - blue and white paint, paintbrush, paper/ small canvas, glue 
• there are ice cream vendors walking around the beach as well! 

Head to Rockaway beach 

This is your sign to plan the perfect beach day and bring a piece of it home.

Did you know you can take the ferry to Rockaway Beach and get there in under an hour?

If you're looking for beach gear like towels and chairs,

we got ours from Target for under $10 each item,

The waves were huge and everyone was having the best time in the water.

I really wanted to make a little art piece that

we could bring home and commemorate the beach day.

So I had this idea to paint the sea and use glue to add sand and seashells.

It's super beginner friendly and I'm literally going to think about this beach

day every time I see our artwork hung up in our home.

We took the ferry back during sunset and the views were amazing.

Save all my tips and share this plan with someone you want to go with!

Here's your plan for experiencing a magical, theatrical show at a fancy Midtown hotel. Watch the video 👇

Magic show at a bougie midtown hotel

Catch Gary Ferrar's mesmerizing magic show 'Nothing Here Is Real' at the historic Algonquin Hotel in Midtown East for a theatrical, mystifying experience.

Magic show

✅ Before you go
• $66 tix here! https://www.ahrealmagic.com/tickets
• grab them early because they always sell out 

💪 Pro tips
• if you print your ticket and get dinner at the hotel you get a free drink 

Head to the Algonquin Hotel

Come with me to a magic show at the beautiful Algonquin Hotel

it was time for Gary Ferrar's magic show.

part out because this magician was mischievous.

but then he would close the loop later on.

It was really well orchestrated and highly theatrical,

He definitely had us all walking away quite mystified and wondering how he did it.

we could see him having his own show in Vegas one day.

he has a show about once a month of the Algonquins,

so definitely try to catch him while he has his residency.