First Look
After closing its 57th Street shop, Rizzoli will reopen in late July (1113 Broadway, nr. 25th St.) with its original bookcases, chandeliers, and Serliana arch.
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Illustration by Jason Lee
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1. Events: Retractable screen, removable stage for screenings and parties.
2. Design: B Is for Bauhaus, Y Is for YouTube, by Deyan Sudjic ($25).
3. Photography: Florence Henri: Mirror of the Avant-garde, by Cristina Zelich and Susan Kismaric ($65).
4. Art-history monographs: Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Robert Farris Thompson and Renee Richard ($100).
5. Italian newspapers: The daily America Oggi ($2) and weekly La Settimana Enigmistica ($4.25).
6. Children and young adult: Night Animals, by Gianna Marino ($17).
7. Cooking: Peru: The Cookbook, by Gastón Acurio ($50).
2x2: Beach Umbrellas
Throwing shade.
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Over $100:
East Hampton: Kerry Cassill beach umbrella, $198 at shop.kerrycassill.com.
Rockaway Beach: Basil Bangs X Gray Malin, $249 at graymalin.com.
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Under $100:
East Hampton: West Elm beach umbrella, $30 at 112 W. 18th St.
Rockaway Beach: Parasol Palapa Tiki Beach umbrella, $81 at target.com.
Ask a Shop Clerk
In May, Rachelle Dion and Heather Anne opened Sans Sucre Swimwear, an appointment-only bikini concierge service.
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Illustration by Murphy Lippincott
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What’s a bikini concierge service? Tell us the size of your top (from $95) and bottom (from $75), and we come and lay out our entire mix-and-match collection. It started with us offering the service to guests at the Gansevoort Meatpacking, but we’ll also come to your home for a 20 percent fee on top of the purchase price. We assess body type, skin color, hair color�in an intimate setting, it’s easier to be honest about what will look best.
Side by Side
Two new waterside bars for when the Frying Pan is all suits.
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From left: Brooklyn Barge, Swan Dive.
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Brooklyn Barge
3 Milton St., Greenpoint
Opens July 1
Drink: Pilsner and hot-sauce-spiked barg-eladas ($9) and tequila-based Greenpoint Mules ($10).
Play: 2,700 square feet of boozing space on a stationary flattop barge, plus 7,000 square feet of seating and a dock for water sports like kayaking and kids’ sailing lessons.
See: Across the East River from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Upper East Side.
Swan Dive
480 Union St., Gowanus
Drink: Grimm ($6) and Peekskill Sour ($5) beers brewed within a 50-block radius.
Play: 13,000 square feet of outdoor space with Ping-Pong, cornhole, and baby back ribs smoked by BBQ supergroup Pig Beach.
See: The canal, and, um, a Gowanus bus lot across the way.
Micromarket
Kid activities for grown-ups.
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Slide the City.
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Laser Tag: Most Sundays this summer, the Highline Ballroom (431 W. 16th St.; 212-414-5994) transforms into Lazer Zoo, a 21-and-over laser-tag arena complete with oversize inflatable obstacles. Teams of five play five-minute games (from $15); a balcony hosts DJs and a boozy brunch.
Slip and Slide: Slide the City’s (slidethecity.com) 1,000-foot traveling slip and slide makes its way to the tristate area this July with stops in Stamford, Secaucus, and, pending permits, Manhattan (from $15).
Arcade Games: The Riis Park Beach Bazaar (157 Rockaway Beach Blvd.) has arcade games like Ms. Pac-Man and House of Dead, alongside volleyball tournaments, roller skating, ultimate Frisbee, soccer, tennis, and pitch-and-putt (from $13).
Hide and Seek: This June, Escape Entertainment (39 W. 32nd St., fourth fl.; 646-964-5783) opened a slightly more playful take on Escape the Room where teams of up to ten have 60 minutes to escape one of three rooms: Monkey Mayhem, Prohibition Pandemonium, or Alien Attack ($30 per person).
Top Five
Eleven years after founding high-end décor brand L’Objet à la Plage, Elad Yifrach just opened his first brick-and-mortar outpost in Southampton (9 Main St.), selling his own designs alongside selections of beachy goods.
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�This two-gear gold Martone bike ($1,700) has a V that flips down, so it doesn’t lean, it stands straight.�
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�This set of three surfboards ($8,500) is also wall art. I love what the artist did with the Renaissance tapestry Lady and the Unicorn.�
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�The only jewelry I wear is Luis Morais. These bracelets (from $195) are made of vintage beads�some are cut glass and some are real gold.�
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�We created these bookends ($875) by plating the bronze sculptures in gold and adding the coral cabochons that are almost like ocean bubbles.�
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�The designer of these Opiary Hoodoo stacks ($2,750) plays with iron mesh, forms it, and then pours concrete over it.�