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La Sirena /Maritime Hotel ( yes on the list)  Perfect weather, combined with a spacious outdoor setting (the Cabanas) -Rhone Valley wines (new releases, white, reds, rosés), Italian fare -and hosts Wine Enthusiast's celebratory best 100 restaurants issues= a pretty perfect Monday evening. Terroirs Press/professionals in the biz gathered for an interesting pre-tasting panel on trends in restaurants -and their wine lists-food, customer wants, and we would say updated attitudes about all of the aforementioned. WE Food Editor Nils Bernstein on far right hosted the round table...(l-r)  Four Horsemen (Brooklyn) and Executive Chef. Nick Curtola (from that borough's popular Franny's),  Victoria James, Chef Sommelier at Piora -a certified sommelier at 20 years old and winner of Ruinart Sommelier Competition  and  Best Sommelier of Languedoc-Roussillon - and an author-of a book celebrating Rosé (now 26!!!), and far left- Michaël Engelmann, MS, Wine Dir...

 The annual fundraiser for the  STEVE NASH FOUNDATION - stars NBA players-including 2 Brooklyn Nets plus their coach (!!!) and professional soccer players from Premier League and MLS...past and present. Guest coaches who did not play (hmm-there are those contracts)---active MLS stars Forward  David Villa-NYCFC and  Midfielder Sacha Kjlestan of the Red Bulls. Sara D, Roosevelt Park LES/NYC Kids from David Villa soccer academy and Steve Nash... Philadelphia 76er Joel Embiid gives a high five perfect weather...score 6-5 Red wins...courtesy of 2 goals by MVP Patrick Vieira TEAM RED: Claudio Reyna (US Mens National Team, Sporting Director - NYCFC), Patrick Vieira (French National Team, Head Coach - NYCFC), Jeff Matteo (Assistant Coach, St. John’s Basketball and retired US Soccer player), Ricardo Villar (ret. FC Dallas), Jeremy Lin (Brooklyn Nets), Sasha Vujacic (NY Knicks), Salomon Kalou (Hertha BSC), Josh...

WHAT: Highlights from the Soho Grand Hotel Garden celebration...hosted by FreshPet® FreshPet™ fresh real ingredients in foods for cats and dog...no corn, wheat, or soy, no artificial preservatives, no ingredients from China, no processed meat meals, made in the USA WORTHY non profits -the ASPCA and ANIMAL HAVEN SHELTER of NYC-celebrated Adopt-A-Dog initiatives with partner FreshPet® - to help nurture deserving four legged creatures who are looking for loving homes. During the month of July-all new parent(s) of the furry kind who adopt a dog or cat from the these worthy NYC organizations...receive free food/coupons from FreshPet®-USA (Bethlehem, PA in fact) makers of the most natural-human grade ingredients, less processed HEALTHY fresh foods for pets. WHAT ELSE: This week is bring your pet to work week-luckily some people can do that everyday. Dr, Katy Nelson-med school for humans-did not suit her Tips from  Dr. Katy Nelson...

Plowing on the sunscreen...is of course, a must...but other beauty routines for hot temps-lean towards the fast easy kind... via GIPHY source glitterbombnyc.com nope-not eye surgery ...but eye lash extensions-   -ditch the mascara - for luscious fluttery lashes without effort-guaranteed-at least for a month. Seen here at the IBS tradeshow-Javits Center Get a GOOD haircut! Buzz cuts are clearly simplest but shoring tresses to fit one's face, shaped well so that only a dollop of anti-frizz or volume adding product is needed when air drying---factoring hair texture...saves minutes (hours) a week. Pump up the volume- rainbow worthy hair colors are still trend on- Manic Panic has been selling "alternative hair dyes" including semi-permanent shades in bold colors for at home use---, for years. Insta-fun summer look. Skip the trip to the spa-use at home-  cult fav face masks from  Farmacy Beauty -uses botanicals and herbs-for a 'natural' based cho...

via GIPHY What we feel like doing-after mega-workout or 4+ hour race... WHAT TO EAT WHEN... VICTORIA CHEF COLLECTION, GAIA HERBS, MATCHA LOVE, GARDEN OF LIFE, REBBL, MANITOBA HARVEST, UNTAPPED MAPLE WAFFLE  Too tired to cook more than open a frozen bag of vegs and nuking the contents...or snapping open a can of something... too hungry to wait for delivery or literally walking maybe 50 yards to scour carefully prepared foods at a local grocery store... New Products...that satisfy---are healthy  -without artificial stuff...are practically effortless-and tasty! BUON APPETITE! Brooklyn based Victoria-makers of all sorts of tasty tomato sauce help us banish memories of SpaghettiOs (uh oh) FOR SURE...with the new Victoria Chef Collection of prepared pastas in authentic sauces-pre-cooked just heat and ready to eat- and taste like you spent the time to conjure up yourself. Meaning , the pasta texture is correct-chewy-al dente, the sauce aromatic flavor...