clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Email Scan: Non-Cheesy NYC Memorabilia And A Beach Chair

Racked is no longer publishing. Thank you to everyone who read our work over the years. The archives will remain available here; for new stories, head over to Vox.com, where our staff is covering consumer culture for The Goods by Vox. You can also see what we’re up to by signing up here.

We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, two items of note:

FROM: Thrillist
SUBJECT: Messenger bags from Insiders NY
MESSAGE: Bags, available online, stamped with iconic NYC images.
DISCARDED: "Whether it's sporting a heart symbol or a gratuitous "f*cking", NYC-themed gear tends to unwearable junk," "producing goods far more durable than your Camaro! iron-on," "easy to Imagine slung over a decrepit hippie's shoulder after you've forgotten it on the 6 Train"

FROM: Best Bets Daily
SUBJECT: Beach chair
MESSAGE: An easy to carry, sleek chair from DWR.

Our daily read includes: Best Bets Daily, City, DailyCandy, Flavorpill, Head Butler, Juli B, LuxuryCulture, Lx.Tv, MUG, RareDaily, Refinery29, Splendora, Stylebakery, Stylephile, Thrillist, Urban Baby, UrbanDaddy, UrbanJunkies, VSL, WingmanDaily

FROM: DailyCandy
SUBJECT: Body detoxifiers
MESSAGE: SoulCycle biking studio (117 W 72nd St, 212-787-1300), Sheerin O’kho’s Uptown/Downtown face cream available at Space.NK (99 Greene St, 212-941-4200), and an organic raw food cleanse from Organic Avenue (101 Stanton St, 212-334-4593).

FROM: Juli B
SUBJECT: Restaurants opening in July
MESSAGE: Wakiya, opening mid-July in the Gramercy Park Hotel (2 Lexington Ave at 21st St, 212-920-3300; Gemma, open now in the Bowery Hotel (335 Bowery at E 3rd St, 212-505-9100); Graffiti Food & Wine (224 E 10th St between First and Second Aves, no phone yet) opening late July; Tailor, supposedly opening late July (525 Broome St at Thompson St, no phone); Ronnybrook Dairy, opening late July in the Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Ave at 15th St, 212-741-6455); Centro Vinoteca (74 Seventh Ave South at Bleecker St, 212-376-7470) opening mid-July; and Charolais, opening mid-July (225 Varick St at Clarkson St, 212-727-2775).

FROM: UrbanBaby Daily
SUBJECT: Outdoor film series
MESSAGE: Riverflicks for Kids on Fridays from July 13th through August 24th at 8:30pm in the Hudson River Park (Charles and West Sts), Movies with a View in the Brooklyn Bridge Park on Thursdays at 8:30 through August 23rd, Movies Under the Stars on Wednesdays at 8:15 through August 29th in the Pier A Park (First and Frank Sinatra Drive) in Hoboken, and the HBO Summer Film Festival on Monday nights at 8pm through August 20th in Bryant Park (a note: this series is grown-ups only).