A.B. Smeby Bitters

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A waiter at NYC restaurant The Modern, Louis Smeby tapped his true talent with a line of bitters crafted in his Brooklyn kitchen from local ingredients. Shown on Tasting Table, A.B. Smeby Bittering Co. takes careful consideration of seasonal flavors when creating the limited run of all natural bitters, such as this summer’s range which includes lemon verbena, licorice-nectarine, hibiscus-rose and celery-lovage.

#kanyenewyorkertweets

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Kanye West has close to a half million followers on Twitter, hanging onto every ridiculous Tweet. Inspired by his words, musical comedic group Paul and Storm had the idea to mash-up Kanye’s Tweets with classic New Yorker cartoons, resulting in a genius collection of newfangled cartoons found on the website #kanyenewyorkertweets.

3sixteen+

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American menswear label 3sixteen already sets itself apart by being the only U.S.-made jean that uses high quality Japanese denim. The new 3sixteen+ line, a collaboration with Self Edge, uses even better rope-dyed fabric and tweaked certain key details—like a dual red selvedge line—for another step above the competition. The jeans are available through Self Edge.