Imagine waking up from plastic surgery to Carbone.
Spicy rigatoni is a nightmare post-anesthesia meal.
Good morning everyone. I hope you’re surviving your holiday party schedules, and avoiding credit card debt, and matching the energy of anyone you’re emailing/anyone who is emailing you.
I can’t wait to visit the Texas Stock Exchange in 2025 and tell y’all about it. The upstart successfully secured funding earlier this year at $120mm with support from Blackrock and Citadel.
I want to get an ice cream cake at this new shop in the East Village. “We source hormone-free and antibiotic-free dairy from humanely raised cows from Hudson Valley, NY to reduce our carbon footprint and provide the ultimate freshness.” Hell yeah.
The town of Southampton is trying to buy an 120-year-old castle. I looked into the guy who built it, a sculptor and inventor (job title not used enough) named Theophilus A. Brouwer, and he seems pretty cool. He has a few pieces in The Met, and in the early 1900’s, Tiffany & Co. carried his bronze Hampton Ware — he became one of the country’s top potters. His kiln is still in the castle, so maybe there will be a new addition to the Hamptons’ growing ceramics scene (like this new members’ club for Padel and ceramics).
If I woke up from anesthesia after a full-body makeover in a suite at The Plaza to a plate of Carbone, I think I’d call the police. This is a pro-Carbone newsletter, but anti Carbone-in-a-hospital-gown newsletter.
J.Crew has named Julia Collier, most recently SVP of Marketing at SKIMS, their new CMO. Collier spent almost six years at SKIMS. It’s cool she got a new job and promotion with this move. Her Instagram feed is a walk down the SKIMS hall of fame: that Lana Valentine’s Day campaign, the Team USA collaboration, the metallic swimwear campaign. Makes me wonder if we’ll see more celebrities in J.Crew’s future campaigns (and some up-and-coming photographers behind the camera!).
Collier's work with SKIMS makes so many other hot new brands look like junior varsity!!!! BoF noted that last year, The New York Times declared the office party dead, but this month, its fashion critic Vanessa Friedman reversed course, proclaiming it alive and well. I feel very sad for those of you who would rather work a remote job and sit home all day, instead of:
Working in an office every day
To eventually develop a wildly overwhelming office crush
And then dress up on a weekday in December to walk up to said office crush
And say hi
It’s a magnificent experience. And it never ends like you imagine it will.
Melissa Gorga is a genius. She launched a line of SPRINKLE COOKIES.
I actually just teared up reading Rachel Tashjian’s conversation with Keith McNally. “To me, there’s nothing more glamorous than seeing a deeply serious person letting go.” A reminder to you all: LIVE a little.
For the month of December, Feed Me will be featuring a daily holiday gift — usually suggested by Emily, sometimes suggested by someone else — some might generate affiliate revenue. In addition to this advent calendar-style gift guide, there will also be the occasional Christmas surprise.
I know what boys like.
Because I texted them and asked them what they want for Christmas. Here’s what they told me:
Feed Me’s Anonymous Transit Expert:
“The American Giant Everest Tee. Many know I’m a sucker for domestic manufacturing, and this thing is an S-tier tee in my rotation. It’s like if they turned a Champion reverse weave hoodie into a shirt, feels like body armor, and promises to last forever.
Real northeast maple products. My family has preferred the Parker Family’s farm for over a hundred years, but there are many (many!) small producers to choose from. Maple syrup is sweet and versatile, maple nuts or candies are perfect for a winter evening. I’ve never known someone to not eat all of them immediately.
Any book, bonus points if from your nearest used book sale, that connects you and your recipient through a character, theme, or shared nonfiction interest. Write in the front cover like a letter or card. When they read it, talk about it the next time you see or call, and be reminded about why the two of you care about each other.”
Joe Holder (writer, Nike trainer, founder of Exercise Snacks):
“Personally think every guy should have a good tote. So for the guy in your life would get a good one. Nike has a super affordable one that I get compliments on all the time. TUMI also has a great offering, some high end others a bit more that are a reasonable splurge.
What I personally want though is a good watch. Once the end of year finances shakeout, I might hit up my guy over at Tropical Watch or get one from Shinola. They’ve been coming out with great prices recently.”
“I’ve always preached, ‘If it’s not moving, monogram it.’ That can be canvas totes or crisp white starch handkerchiefs or Tiffany’s playing cards or a Goyard wallet, there’s something in every price point. But trust DCB, everything looks better with your initials on it.”
Nic Jammet (co-founder of Sweetgreen):
“Big fan of all the Gozney products. They have the counter top pizza oven that gets very hot very quickly, or the full Dome oven which is incredible not just pizzas, but searing, charring anything.”
Anonymous Greenpoint audiophile:
“I want one of these speakers; they decompress audio signal from Spotify/other streaming services to increase the fidelity of music played from your phone through speakers.”
Andy Weissman (managing partner of Union Square Ventures, caveating that I asked him what he’d gift a person who has everything):
“For the person who has everything, I would get them a memory (or, a poem about a memory).”
A man describing himself as an audiophile is just as scary as waking up to spicy rigatoni tbh.
Nobody wants to hear this, but I married my office crush, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me at any office job before or since. Shrug emoji.