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arcadiabaytornado · 1 year

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I wish that Max would’ve had the option to warn more people through the week that a tornado was going to destroy the bay. She’s able to warn the homeless woman, which is good, but it would’ve been nice to get that option for more then one character. In fact, I can think of ten characters I think would’ve been cool to tell to evacuate and in what circumstances they could have happened!

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Kate If She Survives The Roof

When you meet Kate in the hospital in episode four, she'll tell Max that her family has invited her home to visit after her attempt. While she wants to see her family, Kate is unsure whether she's ready to talk to them about everything that happened, and many people in town still want to see her. As Max, you can tell her to stay in Arcadia Bay or suggest that she goes home and only talks when ready. If you tell Kate to leave, she's picked up by her Father during the vortex club party and narrowly misses the tornado.

I think it should be easy to tell Kate to leave town after you already saved her, so there’s no circumstances that could lead to Max not even getting the option to warn her.

Warren

After Max reunites with Chloe after her junkyard death, everything goes on as normal with Max convincing Chloe to follow her and give up her plans to take revenge for Rachel. However, what does change is that Max has an opportunity to text Warren to tell him to leave town.

She only gets this choice if you hugged/kissed him in the alternative timeline. If you just left, Max won’t warn him because she’s far more worried about Chloe. However, if you did show Warren platonic or romantic affection you’ll get the chance to text two things. Either “Leave town” or “Watch the weather and tell people to evacuate.”

If you tell him to leave town, he trusts Max’s judgement after all the weird weather and drives out of Arcadia Bay. If you tell him stay and watch the weather, it can be presumed that Warren was one of the first to spot the storm and perished telling people to evacuate.

Brooke and Daniel

For these two you can save them either separately or at one time.

To save them both at once, you'll need to tell Daniel to go to the Vortex Club party and accept Warren's movie invitation. Like in canon, they'll make a date to visit an art gallery, but unlike in-game, they'll leave Arcadia the same night of the Vortex Club party to get to their destination by Saturday.

But what if you don’t want to tell Daniel to attend the party or to accept Warren’s invitation? Well those are valid choices in a choice based game so let’s talk about how you can save them separately.

You can save Daniel if you allowed him to draw your picture and told him not to go to the vortex club party. Daniel will thank Max for being a good friend, and admit that he’s been thinking of taking a break from Arcadia Bay to get away from the bullying. Here Max can either tell him to stick it out in Arcadia Bay to beat the bullies, or encourage him to leave as soon as possible so he doesn’t have to deal with it anymore. If you tell him to leave then he’s long gone by the time the storm hits.

You can save Brooke by declining Warren’s invitation and convincing her to let you fly her drone. At the Vortex Club party she’ll be friendly talking to you since she doesn’t view you as a threat for Warren’s affection. There Max will be able to bring up the strange weather, and Brooke will admit that it scares her because science can’t explain it. Max can then say either “I’m sure it’ll be okay” or “Maybe your guts right.” If you tell Brooke it’ll be fine she’ll thank Max and go back to the party. If you say that her gut is right Max will imply that something is wrong and suggest that Brooke get out while she can. Brooke takes that advice and misses the storm.

Samuel And A Squirrel

If you want Samuel to survive you’ll need to go on a quest.

In episode three on campus, you can find an injured squirrel in the custodial room. Its leg will be hurt, but it's nothing that can't be fixed. If you alert Samuel to the squirrel, you'll get a brief cutscene where Samuel bandages its leg and puts it in a cardboard box to recover. Here he'll thank Max for looking out for his squirrels and admit that this entire week has felt off with the animals dying.

At this point, Max can say either, "I'm glad you're here to look out for them," or "Something feels evil about this week." If you tell Samuel you're glad he's there, he'll say that a part of him will always be on campus. If you tell Samuel something feels evil, he'll agree and say that Max knows more than anyone, so he'll take her word for it. He tells Max he's leaving the bay and assures her that the injured squirrel they saved will travel with him. When Max asks about the rest of the squirrels, Samuel tells her that he gets the sense Arcadia Bay isn’t after the squirrels, but the people that live there.

Alyssa

This one is simple! If protected Alyssa in each episode then you can tell Alyssa “This town is bad luck” at the Vortex Club party. She’ll take this seriously since Max seemed always knew when to protect her, and decide to leave town until Monday.

Evan

You can save Evan by exploring.

While you’re in the school at night during Episode 3, you can find a brochure for an art gallery opening on Saturday in the classroom. If you locate the paper then you can tell Evan about it during Episode 4, and he’ll respond with excitement. He’ll exclaim that he has to go and thank Max for letting him know. Therefore he’s safe from the storm.

Dana

You can save Dana by finding her pregnancy test.

At the Vortex Club she’ll tell Max that everything going on in her life has been a lot lately, and it’s all been overwhelming. Max can either tell her “I’m sure you’ll figure it out” or “Maybe you should take a trip.” If you tell her to take a trip she’ll think that’s a great idea and leave Arcadia Bay. But if you tell her to figure it out or don’t find the test then she’ll stay and die in the storm.

Taylor

To warn Taylor you’ll need to comfort Victoria, be kind to her, and not blame her for Kate’s suicide attempt. If you do that Taylor will view Max as a kind person and be willing to open up to her at the Vortex Club party.

Instead of dancing you’ll find Taylor sitting in a corner looking sad. If you ask her what’s wrong with all the above requirements met she’ll tell you that her Mom is in the hospital again. She’ll say that her Mother told her to stay and enjoy the party, but she’s worried and wants to visit her in the hospital outside Arcadia. As Max you can either tell Taylor to “Enjoy the party” or “Go to your Mom.” Telling Taylor to enjoy the party will end with her cheering up and going to dance. Telling Taylor to go to her Mom will convince her to leave Arcadia Bay.

Justin

During episode four on campus when Chloe talks to Justin, you’ll have the option to tell her to warn him that a storm is coming. Now this is going to be controversial...but this would be based on your Before The Storm choices. I know that Before Storm came out after Life Is Strange, but I’m making a fun post on the internet so let’s just pretend otherwise.

Justin will accept Chloe’s warning if you did the majority of these things in Before The Storm: Tell him to cover his weed smell, purchased weed from Frank, refused to empty your pockets, told Steph that Rachel is single (Because he’s into Rachel.), and did well in the play. You don’t have to do all of these things, just 3/5 of them.

If he accepts Chloe’s warning, Max will ask Chloe what she said and Chloe will jokingly respond “That weed is way better in Portland.” If Chloe’s warning isn’t believed then she’ll tell Max “Justin was a bust.” and leave it at that.

#Life Is Strange #LIS #Before The Storm #Chloe Price #Max Caulfield #justin williams #taylor christensen #Dana Ward #Evan Harris #alyssa anderson #Samuel Taylor #Daniel Decosta #Brooke Scott #warren graham #Kate Marsh

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dalekofchaos · 7 years

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Life Is Strange fancast

My other video game fancasts

Life Is Strange Before The Storm

Assassin’s Creed

Mass Effect

KOTOR

KOTOR II

Resident Evil

Silent Hill

God Of War

Mortal Kombat

Bioshock

Bioshock 2

Bioshock Infinite

Skyrim

Oblivion

Dead Rising

The Wolf Among Us

Telltale’s Batman

Telltale’s Game Of Thrones

Telltale’s The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead The Final Season

Injustice

Red Dead Redemption

LA Noire

Detroit:Become Human

Red Dead Redemption 2

Maisie Williams as Max Caulfield

Halsey as Chloe Price

or Kristen Stewart as Chloe Price

Sydney Sweeney as Rachel Amber

Shailene Woodley as Kate Marsh

or Saoirse Ronan as Kate Marsh

AnnaSophia Robb as Victoria Chase

Dane Dehaan as Nathan Prescott

Tom Holland as Warren Graham

Ellen Wong as Brooke Scott

Cristine Prosperi as Stella Hill

Rico Rodriguez as Daniel DeCosta

Ashley Fink as Alyssa Anderson

Nick Palatas as Justin Williams

Tyler Posey as Trevor Yard

Ross Butler as Luke Parker

Ki Hong Lee as Evan Harris

Lindsey Shaw as Dana Ward

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Juliet Watson

Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Logan Robertson

Justin Prentice as Zachary Riggs

Sophie Turner as Taylor Christensen

Tiffany Espensen as Courtney Wagner

Keiynan Lonsdale as Hayden Jones

Ewan McGregor as William Price

Kristine Sutherland as Joyce Price

David Harbour as David Madsen

Ving Rhames as Raymond Wells

Yvette Nicole Brown as Michelle Grant

Douglas M. Griffin as Samuel Taylor

Charlie Hunnam as Frank Bowers

or Norman Reedus as Frank Bowers

Bryan Cranston as Sean Prescott

Robert Downey Jr as Mark Jefferson

#Life Is Strange #Fancasts #Max Caulfield #Chloe Price #Rachel Amber #Kate Marsh #Victoria Chase #Nathan Prescott #Warren Graham #Joyce Price #David Madsen #Frank Bowers #Mark Jefferson

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agardenandlibrary · 7 years

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Books Read in 2016

Here’s the Goodreads link, for the curious

and here’s my 2015 post

The Breakdown

GOAL: 60 READ: 62

most books read in a month: 10 in December

fewest books read in a month: 1 in October (lol)

Recommended series:

The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger

The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo

Saga by Brian Vaughan

Sandman by Neil Gaiman

Recommended standalones:

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

I read a lot of comics this past year.

I also started and ended the year with a Terry Pratchett book and with the Six of Crows duology which is a fun coincidence.

Best wishes for reading in 2017!

The rest:

January

The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett

The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby (ugh)

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Quiet by Susan Cain

February

Rogue Squadron by Michael Stackpole

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

March

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes

Pearl by Deirdre Riordan Hall

The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan

Snowpiercer, Volume 1 by Jacques Lob

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

April

Saga, Volume 1 by Brian Vaughan

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (re-read)

Saga, Volume 2 by Brian Vaughan

Saga, Volume 3 by Brian Vaughan

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (re-read)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (re-read)

Saga, Volume 4 by Brian Vaughan

Saga, Volume 5 by Brian Vaughan

May

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

Ruined by M.C. Frank

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

The Wrath and The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

June

Soulless by Gail Carriger

The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh

July

Watson & Holmes, a Study in Black by Karl Bollers

East of West, Volume 1 by Jonathan Hickman

Gaslight & Grimm, Steampunk Faerie Tales by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Dogwood Sprocket by Bokerah Brumley

The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace

The Inscription by Pam Binder

Neuromancer by William Gibson

City of Fae by Pippa DeCosta

August

City of Shadows by Pippa DeCosta

Starwings by George Proctor

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

September

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Black Panther: Who is the Black Panther? by Reginald Hudlin

Shadowman, Volume 1 by Justin Jordan

We Awaken by Calista Lynn

October

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (re-read)

November

Black Widow, Volume 1 by Nathan Edmonson

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (re-read)

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (re-read)

December

Ms. Marvel, Volume 1 by Willow Wilson

Changeless by Gail Carriger

Blameless by Gail Carriger

Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero by Travis Beacham

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Robin, The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years by Bill Finger

Daredevil Legends, Volume 1 by Jeph Loeb

Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (re-read)

#books #year in review #book recs #long post #reading

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paulbenedictblog · 4 years

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Fox news Panthers, Bucs ignite unpredictable QB carousel - NFL.com

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Jameis Winston is no longer the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' No. 1 option at quarterback for 2020. Cam Newton is terribly likely essentially the most easy option for the Carolina Panthers, and head coach Matt Rhule knows it.

These were two of the enormous takeaways from a frantic Tuesday of press conferences at the NFL Scouting Combine, which equipped essentially the most easy indication but about how the quarterback carousel will dash in the impending weeks. NFL organizations don't demonstrate all their playing cards in public, nonetheless it be pretty obvious which groups were searching ahead to continuity and which groups were originate for picks.

The Panthers files was once the greatest surprise. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday ahead of Rhule spoke that the Panthers were intent on transferring ahead with Newton as their starter. Effectively being and timing would possibly additionally very well be two big elements why, besides to to Newton's high-shelf talent. Rapoport reported it will additionally very well be months until Newton's foot is sport-ready, which would complicate or stall any alternate market for him. After taking note of Rhule keep in touch, nonetheless, it was once obvious that he evaluated Newton's prior play and was once "unbelievably inflamed" to peep him in his offense.

"I fully want Cam right here. There is without a doubt about that," Rhule acknowledged Tuesday.

These are without issues the strongest comments all offseason from the Panthers group about Newton's sad future. Even though right here's a rebuilding Twelve months for the crew, the mix of Newton's well being, contract, talent and the likely lack of alternate alternate choices makes this a easy resolution. Rhule would possibly maybe nonetheless draft a quarterback to manufacture alongside Newton, then assessment what he desires to accept as true with after 2020. There is itsy-bitsy or no likelihood the Panthers would possibly maybe fetch a extra productive quarterback in free agency or a extra proficient quarterback in the draft.

A month prior to now, the Panthers appeared extra at chance of fetch a quarterback swap than their division opponents in Tampa. After Tuesday, that is clearly no longer the case.

"As a head coach it be a must to come to a resolution 'Is there the next option?' " Bucs coach Bruce Arians acknowledged Tuesday about Winston. "I truly do no longer know who's accessible. [GM Jason] Licht can talk to agents now, so we will fetch out with any luck in 36 or 48 hours."

This quote well encapsulates this DGAF piece of Arians' profession. No longer simplest is he overtly admitting that tampering is on the menu in Indianapolis alongside pricey steaks and minute cocktails, he's additionally entirely happy to point out you which of them quarterbacks he'd rob over his quarterback. Arians was once asked who he'd fetch up the cell phone for.

"Tom Brady. Philip (Rivers) is but any other guy. We'll peep," Arians acknowledged.

It be nonetheless probably that Winston finally ends up back in Tampa with the transition tag and even a two-Twelve months contract, nonetheless Jameis sounds fancy a fallback belief. Arians called Winston an "unknown amount" after 5 years in the league and bemoaned his sloppy December. It be worth wondering if this chatter motivates Winston to hunch in numerous locations, it is no longer forever really indispensable what the Bucs' passion level is.

If Jameis does pass on, one probably touchdown declare would possibly additionally very well be Las Vegas. Raiders fashioned manager Mike Mayock did an even searching job extolling Derek Carr's virtues Tuesday by announcing he ran Jon Gruden's offense "at a high level," while additionally noting they are originate to upgrading each and each set including quarterback. The Chiefs are no longer originate to upgrading quarterback. Neither are the Texans, Cowboys and even Payments. Mayock and Gruden -- who noticeably didn't keep in touch Tuesday -- were far extra definitive about Carr's function as their franchise quarterback a Twelve months prior to now in Indianapolis. I couldn't assist nonetheless peek Mayock declare that pocket presence is one in every of the greatest traits he looks for in a quarterback, and he's undecided if that is a skill you might maybe be taught. That is no longer one in every of Carr's defining traits.

The Titans, fancy the Raiders, are searching at this quarterback market closely without making too stable a dedication to their incumbent starter. Titans GM Jon Robinson acknowledged "we will peep the design in which it goes" with free agent Ryan Tannehill, while coach Mike Vrabel was once entirely happy to keep in touch about his weak buddy Tom Brady. This is in a position to maybe all be posturing for negotiations with Tannehill, nonetheless Vrabel doesn't seem fancy a guy who feels its principal to posture. He was once entirely happy to praise and fetch jokes about his relationship with Brady without ruling out pursuing him. It really does seem that half of a dozen NFL groups are horny in a high-stakes sport of rooster, ready to peep who moves first.

The Broncos, nonetheless, are sitting this one out. Govt John Elway acknowledged he would were occupied with free agents fancy Brady and Rivers in old years, nonetheless 2020 is various thanks to Drew Lock.

"We fetch he can accept as true with it for a prolonged time. Drew is our belief," Elway acknowledged.

Mitchell Trubisky stays the belief in Chicago, too. Given two months to mosey back statements about Trubisky as Chicago's Week 1 starter, GM Ryan Perambulate doubled down on the thought. Coach Matt Nagy intimated there would possibly additionally very well be opponents at the set with a high quality backup, nonetheless Perambulate clearly isn't forever really ready to accept the possibility that his alternate up for Trubisky would possibly maybe elaborate this technology of Bears football.

In fairness to Perambulate, Nagy and each person else who spoke Tuesday, resolution makers are set in a tense declare in Naptown. They don't even know the foundations they'll be running below with the collective bargaining agreement striking in the balance, and so they're factual weeks far off from enacting their offseason visions. They want to fetch files in March, no longer at the podium in February. That's the reason so many coaches and resolution makers maybe envy Invoice Belichick's method to the media at the combine. He doesn't keep in touch in any appreciate.

With all that quarterback enjoyable out of the technique, right here were my other takeaways from Tuesday's press conferences.

1) Franchise tag season is upon us. Elway confirmed that safety Justin Simmons will fetch the tag if the Broncos can't come to a prolonged-duration of time agreement. Bengals coach Zac Taylor acknowledged he was once "very confident" that A.J. Green would possibly maybe be on the crew, which implies that Green is at chance of fetch tagged, too. Chiefs GM Brett Veach made it certain defensive lineman Chris Jones isn't forever really going wherever, so he's at chance of fetch tagged. Pass rusher Matthew Judon will hang to defend set in Baltimore with GM Eric DeCosta optimistic they are going to stamp him to a prolonged-duration of time deal. At worst, Judon is at chance of be tagged. At last, Chargers GM Tom Telesco mentioned the tag as an option for tight terminate Hunter Henry, which is continually a stamp that is exactly how this would hunch down.

2) Taylor received giant files when LSU quarterback Joe Burrow made it certain he's no longer going to tug a vitality play if selected No. 1 total by the Bengals.

"Yeah, I'm no longer gonna no longer play," Burrow acknowledged with the nonchalance of a 23-Twelve months-weak who knows he's extremely factual at what he does and is ready to be rewarded handsomely for it.

3) Jets fashioned manager Joe Douglas did his simplest to tamp down any alternate speculation about safety Jamal Adams, expressing some self assurance they'll fetch Adams a "Jet for lifestyles."

4) Three of football's simplest left tackles can be back subsequent season, ending speculation about retirement. Niners fashioned manager John Lynch acknowledged Joe Staley can be back. The Rams indicated they are terminate to a deal to bring Andrew Whitworth back, and Colts GM Chris Ballard acknowledged that Anthony Castonzo indicated he'll play in 2020. In Castonzo's case, the Colts nonetheless must determine a contract for what would possibly maybe be one in every of the tip tackles on the market.

5) When I asked Giants fashioned manager Dave Gettleman if he expected left take care of Nate Solder to be on his roster subsequent Twelve months, he equipped the verbal equivalent of "humina humina." That is one to peek. Within the meantime, Giants coach Joe Snatch refused to individually title a single participant on his roster so to permit them to know they all hang a orderly slate with him. Even Daniel Jones. Snatch then spent most of his time with the media explaining this protection.

6) Being attentive to Rams fashioned manager Les Snead, it sounded fancy linebacker Cory Littleton is L.A.'s greatest free-agent precedence. Defensive lineman Michael Brockers would possibly additionally very well be the bizarre man out in free agency and edge rusher Dante Fowler Jr. can be viewed as less integral to defend than Littleton.

7) Jaguars fashioned manager Dave Caldwell's comments on Gardner Minshew were valuable. Whereas Caldwell made a pair of cursory certain statements about Prick Foles, Caldwell acknowledged Minshew was once the form of quarterback Jacksonville would possibly maybe "fetch round." Caldwell well-known that Minshew's stats were better than those of any other rookie (fancy Kyler Murray or Daniel Jones, even supposing this rob is up for debate) and that the Jags want a quarterback who can fetch plays off-script. That is no longer Foles' strength. I produce no longer blame the Jaguars for being desirous about Minshew, nonetheless Foles' contract is outwardly unmovable. That makes Caldwell's lifestyles sophisticated in the impending weeks.

8) Caldwell didn't guarantee that Walter Payton Man of the Twelve months Calais Campbell would possibly maybe be back with the crew, indicating that it would possibly probably maybe depend upon how but any other moves play out this offseason.

9) After a pair of years of collecting as noteworthy vitality as probably in Houston, Texans coach/GM Invoice O'Brien is delegating one responsibility: Offensive coordinator Tim Kelly will call plays subsequent season.

10) Falcons fashioned manager Thomas Dimitroff introduced that tight terminate Austin Hooper and linebacker De'Vondre Campbell will hit free agency without unique contracts from the crew, likely that technique they are headed in numerous locations. Hooper is decided to strike it rich, especially if Hunter Henry is kept off the market.

11) After a pair of years of leaping by salary cap hoops to defend his crew together, Eagles fashioned manager Howie Roseman has extra flexibility this offseason. I stumbled on it piquant that he acknowledged he views this season because the originate of a three-Twelve months building direction of in phrases of their roster. Most GMs are alarmed about this Twelve months, whereas Roseman shows the work in phrases of prolonged-range planning. He acknowledged he's no longer taking a peek to supply protection to compensatory picks; he's taking a peek so to add talent. (In other words: Leer big headlines out of Philly this offseason.)

That is it for Tuesday. Tune back on Wednesday to peep which unique quarterbacks are nonetheless buying for esteem.

Apply Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.

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clubofinfo · 6 years

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Expert: The counterattack on those, including Senator Robert Kennedy’s children, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, claiming that Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy involving at least a second gunman, has commenced. The Boston Globe, the traditional hometown newspaper of the Kennedy family, published a clearly misleading piece on May 31, 2018 by Nik DeCosta-Klipa, with the curiously long and loaded title “Bobby Kennedy’s son thinks he was killed by a second shooter. Is there anything to it? Or has RFK, Jr. “launched a whole new generation of conspiracy nuts 50 years later.” Whether DeCosta-Klipa was acting on orders from above to produce such a specious piece or is ignorant of the fundamental research in a case that shouts out conspiracy is a question I cannot answer, although based on his go-to “expert” in his article – Daniel Moldea, whose contradictory disinformation on the case is well known to serious researchers – I would guess the former to be correct. Let me begin with the title, which is marvelously propagandistic and sets the naïve reader’s mind on the intended trajectory. RFK Jr.’s recent claim in The Washington Post of a second shooter and his call therefore for a re-investigation (a redundancy since no genuine official investigation was done; it was a cover-up from the start) is followed by a question: Is there anything to it? This is followed by a headlined quote from Moldea, repeating the CIA created meme about conspiracy nuts: Or has RFK Jr “launched a whole new generation of conspiracy nuts 50 years later.” A question mark for RFK, Jr., while Moldea is allowed an assertion in the title that is not followed by a question mark. Language is the key to effective propaganda, including punctuation. It is a very subtle art, at which our mainstream corporate media are adept. But if you think I am being picky, let me explain further DeCosta-Klipa begins by asserting that “conspiracy theories concerning President John F. Kennedy’s death may be most widely circulated.” Thus the reader is led into this article with the insinuation that, of course, Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK and anyone who questions that is a conspiracy nut. So what about RFK’s murder? As the night follows day, we meet conspiracy nuts here too, courtesy of DeCosta-Klipa who allows Moldea a free hand to spout nonsense. A person not familiar with the research done on this case by the great researcher Lisa Pease and others would assume that Moldea was the expert par excellence on RFK’s assassination, when nothing could be further from the truth. James DiEugenio, Pease’s colleague and an equally brilliant researcher, has surgically dismembered Moldea’s work on the case. So why has DeCosta-Klipa shined the spotlight on Moldea and given him so much space? It is unlikely that he has read Moldea’s 1995 book, The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy, a book about which DiEugenio rightly says: its “every major tenet is highly suspect, whose sourcing is not explicit, whose fairness is, to say the least, one-sided, whose completeness is just not there, whose use of witnesses-like Kaiser and McCowan-is rather lenient….it is a ‘bookshelf’ book that has no intellectual content or substance.” He suggests it was commissioned by the government forces responsible for RFK’s death and the ongoing cover-up. Moldea is allowed full leeway to rant: To claim absurdly that the LAPD messed up and was not involved in the sinister plot and cover-up. To rip Robert Kennedy Jr. with the words “What Bobby Kennedy Jr. has done, he’s launched a whole new generation of conspiracy nuts who are going to believe that Sirhan didn’t do it and somebody else did.” To utter the word conspiracy and conspiracy nuts constantly and to have that word repeated throughout by DeCosta-Klipa, as if he were Moldea’s echo. The word conspiracy is used nine times in a highly pejorative sense. (The conspiracy label was created by the CIA in 1967 to besmirch the name and reputation of anyone questioning the assassination of President Kennedy. CIA agents and assets throughout the mass media were encouraged to use it constantly. Of course, they have.) To preposterously claim that all the eyewitnesses were wrong and that since the autopsy definitively showed Kennedy was shot from the rear at point blank range that he must have turned around so Sirhan, who was standing feet away to the front could shoot him in his back and head. To which, of course, DeCosta-Klipa has no reply, as if it weren’t ridiculous. To falsely claim – lie – that Paul Schrade, an aide to the senator, who was walking behind him and was the first person shot, fell into RFK, pushing him toward Sirhan, when, in fact, Schrade fell backwards feet behind RFK. To absurdly claim that the many bullet holes found in the door frames and wall weren’t bullet holes at all, but in DeCosta-Kipa’s words, paraphrasing Moldea, “were most likely the result of any number of kitchen carts banging into the wall.” Don’t laugh; there’s more. To claim that the man highly suspected of having shot Kennedy from the rear, the security guard Thane Eugene Cesar, is innocent since he told him so. But he doesn’t say that Cesar fled the country and is living somewhere in Asia under Moldea’s protection. To claim the highly suspect police investigator of the shooting, Sirhan, who also falsely asserts that no extra bullets were ever found, is a reliable source, despite extensive evidence to the contrary. And to top it off, DeCosta-Klipa grants Moldea the final words: “I think [RFK Jr.] has been misled, conned, and corrupted by the conspiracy crowd to believe this garbage that the man that murdered his father is innocent.” The truth is the readers of The Boston Globe have been misled, conned, and corrupted by a classic piece of propaganda. It is a disgrace. http://clubof.info/

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hottytoddynews · 6 years

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On Thursday, Feb. 22, the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team will battle Canada for the gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In August of 1997, John Clark, prescient editor at Southwest Airlines’ Spirit Magazine, sent me to Lake Placid to cover the tryouts for the first U.S. Olympic women’s team. It turned out to be a dress rehearsal for the U.S. team’s historic win over Canada at Nagano. I interviewed star players Cammi Granato, Sarah Teuting—who made a crucial save against Canada in 1998—and Shelley Looney, who scored the first goal. All of them were determined to make the team but terrified that teammates would be cut. I was waiting outside the gym when Coach Ben Smith called their names.

U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team tryouts, Lake Placid ice arena, August, 1997. This team went on to win a gold medal at the Nagano Olympics in 1998.

Silence settles over the ice arena at Lake Placid. The practice game is tied and will be decided by a shootout. Somewhere in the shadows Coach Ben Smith sits alone, facing the torturous decision of which players will make the first U.S. Women’s Olympic Hockey team. Fifty-four contestants have been competing, and this, the final scrimmage, has been especially hard-fought.

In a shootout each goalie must defend against five skaters taking one shot apiece. Goalies Sarah Teuting of the Blue team and Sara DeCosta of the White wait at the nets as a single shooter from each team alternately takes off from center ice and attacks, the crisp grinding of blades echoing off the ceiling of the Olympic rink where, in 1980, the U.S. men’s hockey team pulled off a “Miracle on Ice,” defeating the Soviets.

DeCosta and Teuting manage to deflect four shots apiece, but one player scores for each team. With the score tied, a second shootout begins. A Blue team forward skates to center ice. Goalie DeCosta crouches one hundred feet away. Disguising a pulled hamstring, DeCosta guards the net as if nothing is wrong. Seated alone near the rafters, Coach Smith is making notes. A single extraordinary deflection could make all the difference. Two hours from now, the players will meet at the Olympic Training Center where Smith will tell them who has made the team and who will be heading home.

“There has been a lot of hard hitting because people are trying harder,” says Shelley Looney, star forward of the White Team, who did not dress out due to a shoulder injury. “It’s all coming down to the last day.”

Olympic hopefuls Shelley Looney, left, and Kelly O’Leary, at Lake Placid, 1997.

Bright-faced under a black Nike beret, Looney looks more like a dancer than a hockey player. But her smiles belie the tension she and her fellow competitors have been feeling all week. They are on the cusp of history as the first U.S. Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey team, though few would call themselves pioneers.

“There are a lot of older players who paved the way for me,” notes Looney. “If they hadn’t been there, we wouldn’t have come this far.”

When the women hit the ice, they play with unquenchable enthusiasm, voices ringing out with encouragement or warning: “Go deep … go deep … I’m covered!” Every 40 seconds, the front line rotates, and players come hurtling out of the box. This frenzied but rigidly choreographed rotation is part of the spectacle. As time grows short, the competition for the Olympics tryouts has been growing in intensity. Though body-checking is prohibited, the defensemen playing in front of the net vigorously push and shove opponents to clear out the puck. Most of these athletes grew up playing on boys’ teams and are used to hard contact. Yet outside the rink, in street clothes, mascara and earrings, they are indistinguishable from any other group of females their age. What is striking about them is their self-confidence on and off the ice.

To position themselves to play on the inaugural women’s Olympic hockey team, these players have lived out of suitcases for six years and made do on tight budgets. “I wouldn’t have it any other way,” says Looney. “You do think about the future. I mean, my other friends have real jobs. They make a living, but you just take it day by day, month by month. I wouldn’t change anything.”

In the U.S., the first women’s hockey game was played in 1892, featuring women playing men dressed as women. In 1997 there were only about eighty U.S. high school teams, mostly in the northeast and midwest. Women’s ice hockey was still so new that some of Looney’s role models played on the women’s national team with her.

“When I was in high school, Lisa Brown-Miller [30], who is on our team, was playing,” Looney recalls. “I used to go to watch her skate and said to myself, ‘Boy, I hope I can be that good!’ Another one that I skated with was Cammi Granato, when I came out in ‘92. She was a superstar. I can’t believe I’m on the same team with her. As far as being a role model, I can see it happening more and more. When I go home, the little boys and girls come out to watch. When I began playing hockey, I played mostly with boys. It was funny seeing people’s reaction to girls playing: ‘They can shoot, they can skate? Oh my God!’”

In 1993 the International Olympic Committee, together with the International Ice Hockey Federation, voted to include women’s hockey as a medal sport at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. For players like Looney, Granato and Brown-Miller, this was a chance to bring women’s hockey into the spotlight.

Coach Ben Smith gave up a head-coaching position at Northeastern University to coach the U.S. Women’s National Team. All of the players agree that their level of play improved dramatically when he took over. Under his tutelage, the U.S. women won a silver medal at the 1996 Three Nations Cup in Ottawa, Ontario, and took top honors at the 1997 Friendship Cup competition in China.

Smith, a former assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey team at Calgary in 1988, agonizes over the cuts he is being forced to make. Having coached the U.S. Women’s National Team for over a year, he has formed the nucleus for the Olympic team but keeps an open mind. “We’re all alchemists, I guess,” he observes, “trying to get a little of this and a little of that. Stir it and add a little more and see what you’ve got. By December we’ll have to get it down to two goalies and 18 skaters.”

A talented young forward, Danielle Solari of Brown University, skates toward Teuting, keeping the puck on her forehand side until Teuting commits; then she flips a low backhand in and scores for the White Team. Her teammates cheer and noisily drum their sticks on the sides of the arena. The White team wins the shootout by a goal. Smith jots some final notes and reluctantly crosses out this name and that. The players return to the Olympic Training Center to shower and change.

A Boston native, Smith speaks in staccato bursts, as if his thoughts are piling up too fast to give voice to them. An avid golfer and sailor, he is a 1968 graduate of Harvard, where his father, a Massachusetts state senator, was the roommate of John F. Kennedy. What drew him to women’s hockey was their love of the game. “They come to the rink every day with a smile on their faces,” he says with fierce admiration. “There’s a special excitement that comes from the joy of playing a beautiful sport.”

Besides energy and passion, another trait which women bring to hockey, according to Smith, is the ability to relax and unwind. Leaving past mistakes on the ice, he says, could prove crucial during the Olympic games at Nagano: “Their ability to get ready for the next game and not spend time harping on something they no longer control is a pretty good asset.”

The main difference between men’s and women’s hockey is that body-checking is not allowed for women. In place of power hockey, skill and speed are emphasized. Smaller, quicker players have a chance to compete.

From a goalie’s point of view, however, women’s hockey is as demanding as the men’s game. Goalkeeper Erin Whitten ought to know. She made TV network news as the first woman to play on a men’s pro hockey team. “Women’s hockey is really more challenging in some ways,” she says. “We can’t use the body as much as men, and it’s more of a finesse game, a tight-in passing game with a lot of close play around the net. Where men take a shot and crash, women take more shots. There’s tighter play around the net with more people around you. In the men’s game, usually they clear the puck out right away.”

Whitten grew up in Glens Falls, not far from Lake Placid. When the U.S. men’s “Miracle on Ice” victory over the Russians took place in 1980, she was eight years old. Playing outside in the snow, she heard the final score announced on a TV set blaring inside. “Every little kid picks a player and pretends to be him in a fantasy game,” she says. “I pretended I was Jim Craig in street hockey games.” Now her dreams of playing on an Olympic gold medal team are within her grasp. The U.S. women’s team came close to upsetting Canada the previous spring.

“We lost to them by one point in overtime,” Whitten recalls. “We’re right there with them. It’s more of a mental than a physical hurdle. We haven’t hit our peak yet. You have yet to see the best women’s hockey team play.”

Women’s hockey owes a great deal to big brothers who took time to teach younger sisters how to play. The leading scorer on the women’s national team, Cammi Granato, grew up in a hockey-playing family. Her brother, Tony, played with the San Jose Sharks. Before she was in the first grade, Grenato was skating after her brothers, one of whom, Don, taught her how to handle the puck by playing keep-away. “He wouldn’t let up,” she remembers fondly. “He’d try as hard as he could. He’d keep sticking it to me until I got it. He was very hard on me. And by the end of the summer I could take it away and keep it for a little while.”

At ll p.m., Granato and her fellow players silently file into the gymnasium at the Olympic Training Center and take their seats. Coach Smith enters the gym holding a sheet of paper containing the list of the players who have made the cut. All eyes go to the list. Though members of the women’s national team have good reason to believe they’ve been selected, all the players sit hugging each other and rocking back and forth. Even star players like Granato, who have gone through similar selection processes many times, are so nervous they can hardly wait for Smith to finish his preliminary remarks. “We’re thinking, Get on with it!” Granato told me later. “Just tell us who made the team.”

He begins reading the names, starting with the goalies: “Sara DeCosta, Sarah Tueting, Erin Whitten.” As each player’s name is called, she gets up and quietly leaves. The remainder lean forward intently, each waiting to hear her name being called. Smith continues, “Chris Bailey, Colleen Coyne, Sue Merz, Tara Mounsey, Angela Ruggieri…”

“I’m thinking if I don’t hear my name, there’s nothing I can do,” Granato said. “It’s a scary feeling not to have any control. You’re just waiting. And when you hear your name, you’re so relieved that you don’t hear anybody’s name but yours. It’s weird. When everyone walks out, it’s so quiet. You can’t remember who made the team. Nobody wants to look anyone in the eye. The minute you get chosen you’re so relieved, and yet you have this ache in your gut for fear that one of your friends didn’t make it. So at the same time it’s a sad day. Tonight’s the worst it’s ever been because this is so big. It’s the big dream that everybody has.”

When Smith finally calls out Granato’s name, she files out after the others, head bowed, legs weak. The ones who have been cut have not moved, in a state of shock. Smith searches for the words to thank them for participating and somehow lift their spirits. Many are young enough to make the next Olympic team in 2002. Others won’t get that chance.

The following day, representatives of the media gather at the hospitality suite at the Olympic Training Center. Coach Smith comes to the podium to introduce the first U.S. Women’s Olympic team. Struggling to keep his emotions in check, he pays tribute to the girls who did not make the cut. Several times he stops to clear his throat. Outside in the corridor, twenty-five players silently wait to be introduced.

“There are 25 people here that I know are kind of cautiously joyous today,” jokes Smith. “They know what the battle has been like over the last ten days.” He stops and excuses himself, blinking rapidly and regaining control. For a few seconds, there is total silence in the room. “Some of their … excuse me … teammates are on their way home. It’s been very … emotional for all of us. I know you’re going to enjoy meeting this team.”

As Smith calls out the names, the players file through the door. They are wearing navy blue Olympic windbreakers over shirts and slacks, each beaming self-consciously, struggling to suppress their excitement, young and vulnerable yet at the same time confident. DeCosta is on crutches, but her ailing hamstring does not stop her from smiling. The photographers and TV cameramen call for a group picture. The players cluster together, automatically shifting tallest to the back row, everyone laughing when the smaller players are told to kneel in front.

It doesn’t seem to have hit them yet.

They are Olympians.

The U.S. women’s hockey team celebrates their Olympic gold medal win in Nagano in 1998. Photo: IOC Archives.

Larry Wells is a frequent contributor to Hottytoddy.com. This story originally appeared in Southwest Spirit Magazine in February, 1998.

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The 8 Hottest Hotels In New York

Here are eight of New York’s hottest hotels right now. The very best. Hotter than hot. Head to the Big Apple and stay at these amazing destinations that sizzle:

The Crosby Street Hotel — For Country Accents Inside a Modern Delight in the Heart of SoHo

Situated on a quiet cobbled street in the heart of SoHo, The Crosby Street Hotel is the perfect choice for those seeking fresh, contemporary digs in one of New York’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Though each of its 86 bedrooms and suites features floor-to-ceiling warehouse style windows, make sure you book on one of the upper floors if you’re looking to gaze out at lower Manhattan. In addition to The Crosby Bar, the hotel boasts a bevy of extras for guests, including: a private leafy garden, drawing room, fully equipped gym, luxurious 99-seat screening room, and several private event and meeting rooms.

While every aspect of Crosby Street blends tastefulness with comfort, the rooftop bar—one of the more aesthetically pleasing spaces in the area—is perhaps it’s greatest asset. Unlike many other rooftop bars in New York, the CHS outdoor terrace (as it’s called by the hotel) is only eleven stories high. But what it lacks in panorama, it makes up for in cozy views of the surrounding neighborhood. You’ll feel as if you’re at a secret hideout tucked away in downtown Manhattan, which is as much rare as it is wonderful.

What’s more, the rooftop is home to a beautifully appointed urban fruit and vegetable patch, which actually yields produce for some of their favorite menu items. In fact, the quality and freshness of everything served is guaranteed to make a big impression. We recommend the Croque Madame, followed up—of course—with the famous cinnamon sugar-coated Crosby doughnuts. And if you’re in the mood to change up your drink palate, try the hotel’s signature cocktail: The Tiger’s Eye mixes Stolichnaya, Champagne, lemon juice, star anise, pear puree and cinnamon.

And no cosmopolitan hotel is complete these days (in our opinion) without a solid commitment to going green. LEED-certified, the hotel has two small but bountiful gardens for aesthetic serenity, terraces for outdoor dining and an outdoor sculpture garden for lounging. In addition to the small rooftop garden, the hotel’s main vegetable garden—designed by the Crosby Street’s Head Chef, Anthony Paris—supplies the on-site restaurant with melons, blueberries, tomatoes and herbs when in season. The hotel is also home to a chicken coop which shelters the four Araucana chickens who supply the kitchen with fresh eggs. Tres chic(ken).

79 Crosby St New York, NY 10012

One Brooklyn Bridge — For The Newest, Trendiest Hotel Across the Bridge

The third and latest iteration of the 1 Hotels lifestyle brand (with sister locations in Central Park and South Beach) 1 Brooklyn Bridge is pairing their core philosophy of melding eco-friendly design, sustainable architecture, philanthropic partnerships and superior service with the allure of East River panoramic views. Combining west coast chill with the thrill of the Big Apple? Hallelujah.

It won’t take you long to see why this brand isn’t called 2. Upon arrival at 1 Brooklyn Bridge, you’ll be entranced by the lobby’s 25 foot green wall, compliments of landscape architecture firm Harrison Green. Comprised of steel grating adorned with hand-placed plants and ever-growing vines, this greenery might have you feeling more connected with Mother Nature than when you were standing outside. This lush display is contrasted by an industrial spiral staircase that climbs two stories and features an obsidian rock boulder sculpture. The man-made meets Earth-given vibe permeates the entire hotel and lends perfectly to the eco-luxe ambience.

Such chic and yet functional surroundings were no coincidence, of course. According to founder Barry Sternlicht, the careful curation of every material and an overall focus on retaining the hotel’s purpose to both serve and inspire guests helped shape his vision for the space.

“Confronted with how far Americans were lagging behind in changing our consumption habits, I created 1 Hotels to show sophisticated travelers that they can do good, live well, and connect with both the world and the community around them,” said Sternlicht.

From regional and reclaimed materials—the pine beams you’ll admire are from the former Domino Sugar Factory and the walnut comes straight from Brooklyn Botanical Gardens— to the property utilizing 100 percent wind power energy, to a rain-water reclamation system that irrigates Brooklyn Bridge Park during the summer, the eco strides are very real and noticeable.

If your mind isn’t put to ease by the hotel’s eco-conscious efforts, it will find much needed rest and relaxation in its simple yet stunning guestrooms. The property boasts 194 of them, including 29 two- to six-bedroom suites and a 2,000-square-foot Presidential Suite dubbed The Riverhouse. No worries if you aren’t living the suite life—all rooms feature a sleek floor-to-ceiling sliding window with skyline views, tasteful leather and wood accents by local artisans, custom hemp-blend mattresses with 100 percent organic cotton sheets, and marble rain showers (timer included so you’ll get that gentle reminder to conserve). In-room yoga mats are provided, so feel free to turn on the LCD 55-inch smart television and flip to one of the on-demand meditation programs by brand Meditation Leader, Biet Simkin. Oh, and complimentary cozy socks are yours for the taking because they’re just good for the soul.

60 Furman St. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201

The Nomad — For The Artsy Bookworm

Elegant and upscale with a decidedly European feel, the NoMad Hotel—a design standout in it’s own right—is the crown jewel of the NoMad neighborhood. Housed in a turn-of-the-century Beaux Arts building with interiors by French designer Jacques Garcia and world-class dining and drinking from Daniel Hum and company (Eleven Madison), The Nomad has it all.

The rooms are cozy but elegantly appointed, featuring large beds with studded leather headboards, velvet tapestries, antique Heriz rugs, and free-standing clawfoot bathtubs. Throw in a breathtaking private rooftop, a Maison Kitsuné and the occasional cocktailed magic show starring Dan White, and there’s little reason to even leave the premises.

Perhaps our favorite feature? The fully curated, two-level library, connected by an original spiral staircase imported from the South of France. Guests can lounge throughout the day on custom-made furnishings and enjoy light fare and finger foods which are served alongside coffee, tea, wine and cocktails. An eclectic literary collection is available, featuring extensive volumes on such wide-ranging topics as The History of New York, Music, and Cocktails and Spirits. And if you’re feeling famished you can order off the regular menu, which includes their signature chicken for two—a whole chicken stuffed with foie gras (plus one optional).

1170 Broadway New York, NY 10001

The Mark — For The Fitness Junkie

Sure, travelers to the Big Apple have a cornucopia of gyms to choose from, but why spend your en perdiem bucks on a day pass? Located just a couple blocks from both Central Park and the Met in New York’s classy Upper East Side, The Mark is a luxury boutique hotel—and given the limited space, they take a smart approach with their gym. Rather than settle for a treadmill and some free weights, guests can schedule their workout with renowned fitness expert, Dan Flores, or opt for one-on-one personal training with kickboxing and MMA pros from Punch Fitness (owned by former national champ, Adelino DeCosta).

Of course, The Mark wouldn’t make it on our list if all it had to offer was a good fitness center. The Mark is one of the chicest and prettiest hotels in New York. And because of it’s low-key, boutique feel on a rather quiet block between Madison and 5th Avenue on 77th Street, its popular among celebs and other well-heeled folk who prefer to trade the fast pace of lower Manhattan for the quieter and more old-fashioned elegance of the Upper East Side.

Oh, and did we mention the Jean Georges restaurant? Every good workout calls for a little rest, relaxation, and refueling.

25 E 77th St New York, NY 10075

The Beekman — For the “Top Chef” Binge Watcher

An architectural gem hailed for its iconic nine-story atrium and pyramidal skylight, The Beekman unites some of the world’s greatest talent, including the sophisticated design of Martin Brudnizki and the culinary cachet of restaurateur and chef Tom Colicchio. This boutique hotel also features a restaurant by Keith McNally, his first in the neighborhood.

Located within the center of Lower Manhattan’s “New Downtown,” nestled between both the East and Hudson Rivers, The Beekman is surrounded by some of Manhattan’s most cherished attractions—the Brooklyn Bridge, the World Trade Center, South Street Seaport and City Hall. The hotel boasts 287 fully appointed rooms (including 38 suites and two signature penthouses within its iconic “turrets”), each with private rooftop terraces overlooking One World Trade Center, the Woolworth Building and City Hall Park.

The excellence extends far beyond the rooms and décor, though. Colicchio pulls inspiration from the rich history of the building and his own culinary journey to provide a menu of classics, old and new, reinvented with his signature seasonal touch. The a la carte and five-course tasting menu at Temple Court—a one-of-a-kind setting for dining set with rich, jewel-toned furnishings and antique accents—features dishes such as Maine Lobster with chanterelle mushrooms and tarragon, presented in the style of Lobster Thermidor.

In the mood for something more casual? The Bar Room at Temple Court, with plush lounge seating and a distinctly old New York feel, is located beneath The Beekman’s stunning, nine-story Victorian era atrium and offers an ideal setting to enjoy a list of handcrafted cocktails alongside an all-day menu.

The Beekman is undoubtedly one of New York’s best new hotels, but don’t just take our word for it. Since its soft opening in Fall 2016, The Beekman has received unprecedented acclaim and recognition worldwide: Condé Nast Traveler US’s 2017 “Hot List”, Travel & Leisure’s 2017 “It List”, USA Today’s “Reader’s Choice” Award, Food & Wine’s “Hotel Award”, and U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hotel in New York” Award.

123 Nassau St New York, NY 10038

The Standard Highline — For a Retro Twist on Modern Luxury

The Highline may be at its most popular in the summertime, but this autumn’s favorable temperatures lend well to maintaining high traffic to its trendy surrounding neighborhood. And The Standard Highline just happens to rise up right above it.

Situated in New York City’s very popular Meatpacking District, this hotel’s inviting public spaces are what make it a year-round favorite for travelers and locals, alike. At ground level, it has the young professional’s casual weekend haunt of choice, The Standard Biergarten. If you aren’t looking to lay low, you can reverse it straight up to the penthouse, where funky discothèque Le Bain hosts world famous DJs. Alternatively, if you’re feeling particularly fancy, the legendary Top of The Standard is the perfect spot for sunset drinks and appetizers. This sophisticated lounge will steal your breath with its views and quest your thirst with its specialty cocktails. For dinner (or brunch, if you prefer), there’s the award-winning Standard Grill, which melds a brasserie atmosphere with new American cuisine.

When it comes to accommodations, think sleekly simple but still everything you may need. All rooms feature floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall windows that open to sweeping city or Hudson river views, and include amenities galore. The beds are adorned with sumptuous Italian sheets and fluffy down pillows, the bathrooms feature rain showers, the mini bars are overstocked, the cozy robes are extra large, and the room service is 24-7.

Oh, and did we mention the hotel has its own ice rink? Bring the family back for a winter re-book.

848 Washington St New York, NY 10014

Refinery Hotel — For the Fashion Forward Traveler

Once home to a Garment District hat factory, the Refinery Hotel maintains its industrial aesthetic and fashion heritage with an updated sense of luxury. The decor is sleek and modern, yet inviting and comfortable. The location is convenient, and just steps from Bryant Park.

Drawing inspiration from their storied past, each of the spacious rooms at Refinery Hotel feature industrial accents such as 12-foot ceilings and distressed hardwood floors. While the 197 rooms call attention to the Colony Arcade’s early life as a hat factory, modern amenities like free WiFi, Noir bath products, and a mini bar stocked with Dean & DeLuca gourmet foods and local Hudson whiskey provide luxurious comforts.

Serving breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner and cocktails in a nostalgic atmosphere, Parker & Quinn, The Refinery’s main restaurant, features classic design touches from the building’s early life as a working factory. Executive Chef Jeff Haskell takes a straightforward and rustic approach in his kitchen, relying on high-quality and locally sourced ingredients to produce balanced, approachable American dishes.

The Refinery Rooftop, however, is the crowning jewel of the space; a rooftop bar and lounge featuring over 3,500-square feet of cinematic views of the Manhattan skyline and Empire State Building. A cozy interior space is complete with fireplace, water feature, and wooden ceilings constructed out of wood salvaged from the original building’s water tank. An expansive indoor/outdoor space capped by a retractable glass roof, an outdoor terrace with porch swings, and spectacular city views from every direction make the Refinery Rooftop one of the most dynamic and tasteful (if not a bit lavish) rooftops in the city.

Lunch menu favorites on the Rooftop include Seared Yellowfin Tuna, Grilled Hanger Steak Flatbread and the Little Gem Caesar salad with watermelon radish and frico. At night, lively crowds gathers for signature cocktails developed by In Good Company mixologists with a focus on natural ingredients paired in surprising and refreshing combinations.

63 West 38th Street New York, NY 10002

Wyeth Hotel — For Farm-to-Table, the Brooklyn Way

When the Wythe Hotel opened in 2012, it brought the city’s vibe with it. From the towncars and taxis pulling up at the corner to its bustling lobby, it feels more West Broadway than Wythe Avenue. The 72-room hotel blends old and new; the building’s circa-1901 industrial details are offset with luxury amenities, floor-to-ceiling windows, and, in many rooms, outstanding Manhattan skyline views (another perk to being on the “wrong” side of the river).

The Wythe Hotel’s restaurant, Reynard, is owned by the same group that first put Williamsburg on the culinary map over a decade ago with the opening of Diner. Their newest venture offers a daily-changing menu based on farm-to-table classics. During balmier months, The Ides rooftop bar feels like the Brooklyn version of the Standard Hotel Rooftop (but hey, it’s not that cold yet). This industrial-chic gem is across the bridge in Williamsburg, which might scare off some diehard Manhattan loyalists, but trust us when we tell you the city skyline views from your loft-style room will more than make up for a little extra travel time.

80 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11249

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