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Instead of coconut milk, this drink uses coconut water. Instead of coconut milk, this drink uses coconut water.

Now may be the time to snag one. Now may be the time to snag one.

Behind hidden doors and in private dining rooms, these hotels offer some of the world’s finest omakase experiences. 

Sales for the 26 residences at the 52-story pencil tower at 262 Fifth Avenue will launch later this year. Sales for the 26 residences at the 52-story pencil tower at 262 Fifth Avenue will launch later this year.

The more potent version of the off-roading pickup makes 1,000 hp. The more potent version of the off-roading pickup makes 1,000 hp.

And it’s all in honor of America. And it’s all in honor of America.

The popular rear-wheel-drive pickup has been reinterpreted by Velocity Restorations to boast 460 hp and a price of $349,900. The popular rear-wheel-drive pickup has been reinterpreted by Velocity Restorations to boast 460 hp and a price of $349,900.

«Pa’lante» will officially debut at the Monaco Yacht Show in September. «Pa’lante» will officially debut at the Monaco Yacht Show in September.

Inside the venue making New York fall in love with cane spirits again. 

I hit New York for a bar crawl last week, and the spot on many bartenders’ lips was Echo Lake, the new Williamsburg rum bar from cocktail super couple Chloe Frechette (former spirits journalist) and Paul McGee (formerly of Chicago’s renowned Lost Lake bar). The airy warehouse space they’ve created has tropical touches – rattan lampshades, a fish tank and a plant-filled patio – but it keeps Tiki kitsch at arms’ length.

Instead you can expect cool, clean twists on classic rum drinks that really showcase the spirit: a flinty Seaweed Daiquiri, a grown-up Pina Colada with sherry and lime, and their own take on the Rhum Arrangée, a traditional French Caribbean infusion of spices and fruit, served over pebble ice. The whole thing is stylish and fresh – and conspired to make me fall in love with cane spirits all over again. “Everyone who’s anyone can be spotted on the back patio at Echo Lake,” declared the New York Times this week.  

Possibly even more exciting than Echo Lake, though, is Undercurrent, their candle-lit speakeasy in the cellar, which houses an array of vintage and rare bottlings from the couple’s vast spirits collection. Furnished in burnt-orange chenille and red marble, this by-appointment, 20-seat drinking den lends itself to the spiritous deep-dive, and offers a chance to taste with, and learn from, two of the most personable experts in cocktails and cane spirits.  

“The exciting thing for me is the diversity of rum; it’s made in a huge variety of styles all around the world from Jamaica, Barbados and Cuba, to South Africa and Sicily,» says McGee. «People are using different types of stills, molasses and sugar cane juice, and even heritage sugar cane varieties as they do at Clairin, a collection of rhum agricoles made by a group of micro-distilleries in Haiti.” 

Storied bottles in their vintage rum collection include a 1935 Bacardi Carta Oro, distilled in the days before the Bacardi family was exiled from Cuba by Fidel Castro (worth around $1,200 today). There’s also a 1963 Trader Vic Mai Tai rum, a custom blend created by Tiki godfather Trader Vic for his signature cocktail recipe.  

One of the most spine-tingly moments for me was tasting a British Royal Navy rum bottled in 1955, an era when British sailors were still being issued with a daily ‘tot’ of the stuff. Housed in its original wicker-encased flagon, this treacly blend of Guyanese, Trinidadian, and Barbados rums was rich and savoury, with notes of dark molasses, bitter coffee, mushroom, and cinder toffee.  

Undercurrent also serves a range of vintage amari, which I find often age pretty well (and even those that don’t are worth enjoying for their beautiful old labels). I particularly enjoyed a weathered bottle of the Italian artichoke amaro Cynar from 1970.  

Given the specialness – and often fragile nature – of these spirits, sipping neat is often advised. But there is also the chance to taste some of them mixed in superannuated classics. McGee shook me a Daiquiri with a 1974 bottling of the Puerto Rican rum Don Q (sweetened with golden caster sugar, rather than plain sugar syrup, as is his preference). Or you can have an Old Pal made with 1960s Canadian Club Whiskey, dry vermouth and 1970s Campari.

For ballast, bar snacks include oysters, bread with crab butter and snapper crudo.  

Back in the present day, meanwhile, rum continues to evolve – McGee is particularly excited about those now coming out of Oaxaca, a part of Mexico more commonly associated with mezcal. And he sees real cross-over potential between traditional rhum agricole and Mexican spirits. “We get a lot of people asking for unaged cane juice rhums from places like Martinique, Reunion Island, Gaudaloupe and Haiti. And a lot of rums from Mexico are also distilled from cane juice [rather than molasses].” 

“Rum is often pigeonholed into being a vehicle for escapism – it’s often thought of as ‘exotic’,” adds Frechette, “and we hope to showcase rum in a different context by sharing the real stories of where these spirits come from [because] good rum, like wine, is an agricultural product that reflects the land where the sugar cane is grown, how it’s harvested, how it’s fermented, how and where it’s aged, and more than anything the hard work and expertise of the people who produce it.”  

Whether you’re simply after the ultimate Daiquiri, or a spirited step back in time, this is the place to come.  

Undercurrent and Echo Lake are both located at 357 Grand St., Brooklyn, NY, 11211.  

Sophie Carbonari’s wellness studio might be hard to find, but you’ll struggle to leave. 

When new clients come for an appointment with aesthetician and facialist Sophie Carbonari, 36, she anticipates that they will arrive at her Paris studio slightly confused. Their scenic journey through the Jardin du Palais-Royal and past Daniel Buren’s artwork Les Colonnes de Buren will end at design gallery Theoreme Editions, and Carbonari greets them amid the artwork and objects. 

“Sometimes they’ll question why you enter through a furniture shop, and I say: ‘It’s not IKEA you’re walking through,’” she explains. “I like the word ‘strange’ [to describe it], because there is no reception. You walk through the gallery, and then you come upstairs to my place.” 

Carbonari’s discreet location is ideal for her A-list clientele, which includes Naomi Campbell, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Natalie Portman, and she organizes her calendar so that no two clients will cross paths when coming in or out of the studio. Being spontaneous comes with the job: Clients regularly fly her out for last-minute treatments before events such the Met Gala or Venice Film Festival. Over the last two decades, Carbonari has become renowned for her hands-on technique with the fascia – a layer of connective tissue around muscles – resulting in a glowing, sculpted visage, as well as some added therapeutic benefits. 

“The fascia is a somatic tissue; it’s connected to our stress levels and emotions. How that is represented in the face makes me guess the state of my clients when I touch them,” she says, adapting her practice to help release the tension they may have. 

“I’m not a healer, so I won’t say: ‘You have this and that and this is what you should do.’ But I work on what’s blocking their face and unlock it. It clarifies their mind, then they can work through it. It puts them into meditation mode.” 

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Just as her facials aren’t typical of the genre, likewise Carbonari’s studio isn’t your standard wellness space. She acquired it three years ago from boutique founder Joyce Ma – hugely influential on Hong Kong’s fashion scene, she brought designer labels such as Dries Van Noten and Yohji Yamamoto to the city – who optimized the room for feng shui. For that reason, you’ll find one of Ma’s left-behind crystals in the corner of the studio, untouched to maintain good energy. 

Interiors-wise, Carbonari has kept it minimal, with wood accents liberally applied. The waiting room features two cream bouclé chairs from her downstairs neighbor. Next door, you’ll find a beauty bed covered in earth hue linens with Diptyque Figuier candles nearby. A vanity room adjoins, with perfumes for clients to spritz before they leave. But what entices them to linger is the view. Arched windows allow for abundant light to pour in, revealing a panorama of the surrounding palatial grounds. In spring, you can see roses and magnolias blooming. In the fall, the ground is auburn with fallen leaves.

 “What I love about it is that you can see people but they don’t see you,” she says. “You could spend hours sitting on the windowsill watching; it’s really poetic.”