The Weekend - Jetset
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Escape the great unwashed in flight, or in the Caribbean. Or join them for drinks, mussels and beer. Just be sure to leave a tip.
Fly
BA started its business-only, weekday service from City Airport to New York JFK this week. The 32-seat flight stops in Shannon for refuelling - and US Immigration & Customs clearance - then lands domestically in the US. Which means you're in a yellow cab in minutes. And best of all, the flight numbers? BA0001 and 0002, previously used by Concorde. Now that's cool.
Drink
Fans of the flight will find a home at Jetlag, a new bar in Fitzrovia, offering 'affordable luxury' in old-school business class airline seats. They open at 8am (it's 5 o'clock somewhere), have a downstairs cinema room (showing sports) and not surprisingly, offer a 'lounge' so you can work away from the office. And yes, they have plenty of tomato juice in stock.
Book New Year's
If you've ever tried to book a villa in the Caribbean over New Year's, you know that most islands have a two-week minimum. Turks & Caicos, Barbados and the Bahamas usually don't, but almost all of the others do. But this economy has to be good for something, and in this case, it's going to St Martin. At least three villas have dropped their two-week requirement, so whether you're a group of 22 (11 bedrooms for $70K), 8 (four bedrooms for $17,500) or 6 (three bedroom for $11,500), you've got a one-week house.
Eat
It's October; you need some beer. Belgo (yes, the place you've been going for mussels and frites since you were in uni) is offering an Oktoberfest menu of dishes cooked with beer, and paired with different Belgian beers. Double your beer, double your fun, just like in those days of old.
Tip
As of yesterday, D&D restaurants has dropped its 12.5% service charge, leaving tipping entirely at the discretion of the diner. The Guardian reports that D&D hopes this will improve service, as the wait staff works for tips in a purer fashion (like "in New York"). And while we fully support this way of tipping, we're a bit concerned about the wait staff who will most likely get screwed by a public that isn't used to this at all (and no doubt thinks the average 15-20% tip in the US is ridiculous).
BA started its business-only, weekday service from City Airport to New York JFK this week. The 32-seat flight stops in Shannon for refuelling - and US Immigration & Customs clearance - then lands domestically in the US. Which means you're in a yellow cab in minutes. And best of all, the flight numbers? BA0001 and 0002, previously used by Concorde. Now that's cool.
Drink
Fans of the flight will find a home at Jetlag, a new bar in Fitzrovia, offering 'affordable luxury' in old-school business class airline seats. They open at 8am (it's 5 o'clock somewhere), have a downstairs cinema room (showing sports) and not surprisingly, offer a 'lounge' so you can work away from the office. And yes, they have plenty of tomato juice in stock.
Book New Year's
If you've ever tried to book a villa in the Caribbean over New Year's, you know that most islands have a two-week minimum. Turks & Caicos, Barbados and the Bahamas usually don't, but almost all of the others do. But this economy has to be good for something, and in this case, it's going to St Martin. At least three villas have dropped their two-week requirement, so whether you're a group of 22 (11 bedrooms for $70K), 8 (four bedrooms for $17,500) or 6 (three bedroom for $11,500), you've got a one-week house.
Eat
It's October; you need some beer. Belgo (yes, the place you've been going for mussels and frites since you were in uni) is offering an Oktoberfest menu of dishes cooked with beer, and paired with different Belgian beers. Double your beer, double your fun, just like in those days of old.
Tip
As of yesterday, D&D restaurants has dropped its 12.5% service charge, leaving tipping entirely at the discretion of the diner. The Guardian reports that D&D hopes this will improve service, as the wait staff works for tips in a purer fashion (like "in New York"). And while we fully support this way of tipping, we're a bit concerned about the wait staff who will most likely get screwed by a public that isn't used to this at all (and no doubt thinks the average 15-20% tip in the US is ridiculous).
