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Summer was made for
Hi-Snaps. I’ve been pouring one into my water bottle for beach days, but I recently unlocked a new level of genius by pairing it with a pouch of
Liquid IV (I prefer the Guava flavor). The combination of THC, CBD, and whatever dark magic constitutes a “hydration multiplier” stopped a creeping hangover dead in its tracks.
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You don’t need to live in Fort Greene or even play tennis to grab one of these rad new
Fort Greene Tennis Association shirts. Made in collaboration with upstart Brooklyn-based sports apparel company
Fielding, proceeds help the non-profit volunteer organization that works with the city and agencies to maintain the courts in Fort Greene Park. So basically a win-win.
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Speaking of maintaining New York things, designer Hector Mosko is back with
a new collection of photos of weed baggies, this time specifically from around the city. Based in Lyon, France,
Mosko has become a dedicated archivist of drug culture, having published
two previous books (and
one even newer one) from his trove of cannabis ephemera. Though this edition is already sold out on his site, you can find remaining copies online or at stores like
Cahier Central and
Printed Matter.
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This isn’t a recipe so much as a quick tip or perhaps a reminder: there’s nothing more delicious on a hot summer day than a bowl of ice cold sweet green grapes dusted with lime zest and maybe even a squeeze of juice.
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As you would imagine, when game and toy companies mark a product as “fun for all” or “ages 3-99” or some seemingly limitless range, it usually means it’s aimed at kids and enjoyed or tolerated by adults. But
SmartGames’ Color Code is legitimately for everyone. I picked up this tile puzzle game for my near-five-year-old on a whim before heading out on a multiweek trip filled with trains and cars and boring downtime, but by the end of the trip, every kid, parent, and grandparent was obsessed with playing it. The concept is pretty straightward: stack the clear acrylic tiles with different shapes on them to recreate the puzzle image. But once you move beyond a few tiles, it becomes increasingly difficult to figure out the correct order of the tiles so that the image perfectly matches. Is it the hardest game in the world? No, but its simplicity is infinitely satisfying. As is going off-book and just building your own little colorful abstract creations for the fun of it. A great gift for kids, a great item to have hanging around the house.
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A friend suggested this show to me and I'm sharing it here before I've even gone, which I know is not how recommendations are supposed to work but also I trust her taste implicitly. Featuring 110 meticulously catalogued contact sheets in lieu of traditional prints,
Hujar:Contact offers an unexpected view of NYC photographer Peter Hujar. Alongside a visual arc of any given shoot—which details caught Hujar’s eye and attention; the movements of the subject—the contact sheets also feature the edit notes and markings that led to his finished images. Hujar is already celebrated for the intimacy and detail of his portraits, which include downtown mainstays like Candy Darling and Andy Warhol, but this perspective brings the narrative of his work to life. On through October 25th at the Morgan Library. (And for those not in the New York area,
check out the book.)
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