Khalisa intsimbi yam: Iiyure ezili-12 kwiClock Tower kwiNew York Edition yehotele

Ngo-8: 30 kusasa: Ngamafestile amancinci aneepaneli ezimnyama zelanga elityabileyo lasasa libetha isakhiwo seFlatiron ngaphesheya kweMadison Square Park. Ngaphakathi kwiClock Tower, indawo yokutyela entsha yokupheka uJason Atherton, uFrançoise Hardy uxabanisa izithethi ezifihliweyo kwigumbi lokutyela elingenanto iitafile zazo zibekwe kakhulu kwisidlo sakusasa. Umgcini we-lanky kwihempe emhlophe emhlophe kunye nevesti emnyama usebenzisa itawuli encinci ukupholisha isitulo sibuyele kwi-sheen ephezulu. Indawo yokutyela, isuti yamagumbi ama-mahogany amahle amathandathu kumgangatho wesibini wesakhiwo esidala seMetLife, inomtsalane omnandi ngakumbi wasebusuku kusasa. Ngobusuku, utshilo uRobert Kihlstrom, umphathi jikelele, amadoda akwaCredit Suisse aqhumisa umphunga emva komsebenzi, kwaye kamva, ngokuhlwa, iseti yedolophu iyahamba, onke amacala asecaleni kunye ne-underboob.

Nje ukuba amagumbi iiofisi zikasihlalo uStiegmann, owayebaleka iNkampani ye-Inshurensi yoBomi ye-Metropolitan xa kwakusakhiwa i-Italiyane. Kodwa ukusukela ngoMgqibelo odlulileyo, zibandakanya indawo yase New York kaMnu Atherton, onesitali seevenkile zokutyela eziyimpumelelo e-UK nangaphaya, kubandakanya enye ebizwa ngokuba yiBerners Tavern kuhlelo lwaseLondon oluphantse lwafana nalo. Umnumzana Atherton ubambisene noStephen Starr, onesitali sokutyela esinempumelelo kwi-Seaboard eseMpuma, ngoku kwakhona kunye nehotele e-boutique u-Ian Schrager, ohotele yakhe yoHlelo lwaseNew York evule kule mpelaveki kwisakhiwo esinye.

Ngo-8: 45 kusasa. Iimenyu zesidlo sakusasa azifane zibe yindawo entsha. Ndiqaphele ngenxunguphalo yosizi ukuba umnikelo kaMnu Atherton awukho. Kutheni le nto umntu engazukuphikisa into ayithandayo kuqala? Imenyu, nangona kunjalo, iyakholiswa kukuchukumiseka kwe-anglophilic njengepudding emnyama. Yeyiphi imigangatho ekhoyo ehanjiswayo kunye nokunyaniseka, njengokuguqulelwa kukaNina Simone ethi Okungakumbi ndikubonayo okugcwalisa igumbi. I-waffles ze-Hazelnut ($ 17), ezifika ziphekwe kwigolide emnyama, zichanekile ngokufanelekileyo kunye nomnxeba ofunekayo wokutya. Isitya esincinci sokhilimu oswitiweyo kunye namaqunube ahamba kunye nesitya. Yi-carb-y reveille elungileyo, kodwa i-toast ye-avocado enamaqanda abekelwe ($ 16) ingcono. Isonka somdiliya esimuncu songeza ubume kunye noqeqesho kwi-avocado mush yesisa. Amaqanda abotshelelwe kakuhle kwaye iitapile zityhubhu eqhotsiweyo enendawo yangaphakathi enamakhristal kunye nokuqaqamba kwangaphandle.

Ngalinye lamagumbi amahlanu linikwe igama lombala (liphefumlelwe nguVermeer, ndiyafunda) kunye nomxholo weefoto. Ndilapha eRoom Room. Njengokuba ndibukele iindonga apho amakhulu emifanekiso eqingqiweyo yemiboniso yesitrato saseNew York ixhonyiwe, ndiyazibuza ukuba ingaba abahlali baseBronx bakudala babecinga ntoni ngeNew York ngoku. Ukudikwa, ndicinga ukuba, kwaye ndinomona omncinci.

9:08 kusasa; Ndidityaniswe ngumfazi oneminyaka ephakathi yokufunda Inkqubo ye- INew York Times othatha umdla ukuba iserver nganye ivelaphi. Ndazalelwa kwihlomela ledolophu yaseRome, itsho enye, isihlalo sokucoca izihlalo, kodwa ndikhulele eMpuma New York. Bonke abanye babonakala bethathwe kwiindawo zokutyela ezininzi zikaStephen Starr. Zonke ziqeqeshwe kakuhle. Igumbi leBhiliyadi kwiClock Tower, emi kwisakhiwo esidala seMetLife. (Ifoto: Arman Dzidzovic / New York Braganca)

Ngo-10: 00 ekuseni: Njengomfana osisiXeko saseNew York, ndaye ndacinga ngokuhlala kwisithsaba segolide esifakwe kule glasi. Ndiyicinge njengesibeleko somoya. Kutheni le nto kungazange kwenzeke kwi-Craigslist? Namhlanje, ukhuseleko lomlilo wesakhiwo kundikhokelela kumgangatho wama-43, apho sithatha khona izinyuko ezixineneyo ukuya phezulu. Imigangatho ephezulu ikwimo erhabaxa kwaye iyindlu inkqubo yefowuni kunye netanki yomxhuzulane. Iindonga zisahluziwe kunye namanyala abakhi bokwakha. (Ngokubanzi iyayenza njengenkawu ekhwele ihashe!) Emva kohambo lokugqibela kwizinyuko, sivula umnyango ungene kumbono omangalisayo osithwe yintsimbi enkulu yentsimbi. UMeneeley Bell Co Troy, NY 1908, ifundeka njalo. Ngaphaya kwethu inqaba enemigangatho engama-60 inikezela ngemibono epheleleyo yeendawo zayo ezibonakala ngathi azinabantu. URupert Murdoch uhlala kwenye, kwaye ngokufutshane, ndiyathemba ukumbona ehlamba ebhafini yekona. Kuyamangalisa ukuvezwa kwabantu xa becinga ukuba akukho mntu ubukeleyo.

11:16 kusasa : Njengokuba isidlo sakusasa sihamba kancinci ukuya kwisidlo sasemini, isandi sokuhamba siya kumanani e-brassy ukuya kumxube wedwala kunye negumbi lokuphumla. Led Zeppelin's Hey Hey Ndingenza Ntoni? kunye ne-Levek's wah-wah-enzima Jonga kwicala eliqaqambileyo. (Uluhlu lokudlalwayo lwalukhethwe ngu-DJ du jour we-Chelsea Leyland.)

Ngo-11: 48 kusasa: Kukho itheyibhile entle emanzi emsobo kwigumbi leebhiliyoni. Iifoto zeemvumi zixinanisa iindonga: UMick Jagger, uSade, uDebbie Harry oselula. Ngoku kukho umntwana, hayi ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezintlanu, erhubuluza etafileni. Unina akaboni. Uyathandeka, kodwa hayi ngokwembono yokuziva.

Ngo-11: 52 kusasa: URobert, umphathi onobubele, ucela umntwana ukuba asuswe kwitafile zebhiliyoni.

11:57 kusasa : Inabemi abambalwa kodwa imnandi kwisidlo sasemini. Hayi kwimenyu kodwa ngoku eyona nto igqwesileyo eyenzekayo kukufika kwesonka esijikelezayo esirhabaxa senhlama emuncu esisele, esele ikhutshiwe. Ngaphandle kwayo, kwibhodi yokusika encinci, ibhotolo eyenziwe ngebhotela, enyibilika xa uqhagamshelana nesonka. Ngokungafaniyo neendawo zokutyela ezininzi zaseMelika, kubonakala ngathi isiko laseYurophu lesonka esibhakwe endlwini liyaphila kwaye lilapha. Ndiyabulela kuThixo.

12:01 emva kwemini. : Iintsimbi zazidla ngokuhombisa i-Handel yonke imizuzu eli-15 kodwa zayeka. Mhlawumbi kufuneka bayihlawule kwakhona abo bangenayo imifuno kwiClock Tower. Kwizinto ezingama-26 zemenyu, zintathu kuphela ezingenazo iinyama zenyama, kwaye ezo ziisaladi.

Yeyiphi intloni, kuba uMnumzana Atherton uyitoliki ethe tye yeveggies. Ezandleni zakhe, i-asparagus emhlophe ($ 17), inyibiba ekhohlisayo nenobunzima, iba yithenda yencasa yemifuno ngaphandle kokubamba ubukrakra. Banikwa ulwakhiwo ngeeflakes zeparmesan kunye nokuphila ixesha elide ngeqanda elikhutshiweyo, isikhupha sabo esiba ngumhluzi wendalo ngokwendalo. Kodwa emva koko kwafika umlungiseleli, egalela ijus yenkukhu emlonyeni womphanda omncinci okwenkukhu. Ukuhlolwa kufutshane kunika ithanga lenkukhu kunye nenkuku yombona wenkukhu. Ukufuya iinkukhu? Ndithe nqa. I-steak endala eyomileyo eseNew York yasebenza ngeefry zaseFrance, isosi ye-bernaise kunye nesaladi yamagqabi exubekileyo. (Ifoto: Arman Dzidzovic / New York Braganca)

Olunye uloyiso oluzolileyo, ngeli xesha lungadibaniswanga yinyama, umnumzana Atherton ukhalisa idiski yaseBrooklyn eyenziwe ngeLioni burrata eneqaqobana leetamati ezenziwe ngetumato, ezigcwele iitumato ezicacileyo, phantse izilayi zesiradi, iintyatyambo kunye namakristali aluhlaza amnyama e-basil inyanda. Isaladi (i-15 yeedola) iyazihlonipha izithako, eyomeleleyo, entle kwaye emnandi. Ezo zizinto ezilungileyo zika Mnu Atherton, ayisiyonto intsha kodwa ukuthembeka, hayi ukuthandabuza kodwa ubugcisa.

Kukho okungakumbi okuncoma le ndlela kunokuyigweba. Okwangoku, ukuba ebenokukwazi ukwamkela ukuthambeka okutsha okuqhubela phambili ngokufudumeleyo njengoko esenza iiproteni zesiko, iClock Tower ayizukubetha nje kuphela kwi-eulogy kodwa nakwidilesi yexesha elizayo.

12:15 pm: Ixesha lokuqalisa ukusela. Kusekuqaleni kwangoko ke ndikhetha uMbulali weCereal waseMelika, enye yee-cocktails nguGareth Evans, umphathi-nqanawa kaMnumzana Atherton, ophinda into eyaziwayo kwiNgulube yakhe eyimfama eLondon. Nantsi ikhutshiwe nge-bourbon kwaye yenziwa kwikhathoni yobisi yeglasi yonke. Ewe kunjalo, imnandi kakhulu kwaye iyehla ngokulula.

12:20 pm : Yaphula umdlalo weebhiliyoni nomhlobo wam uDaniel, endiwuphumeleleyo emva kokuba ekrwemkile umpu wakhe wokugqibela.

1 pm-4: 30 pm: Ixesha elide labantu abathandanayo endandibazi behleli kwigumbi lokungenela elingaphantsi ngelixa ndisela i-cocktail entle, iManhattan Manhattan (njengeManhattan, ene-absinthe!) Kwibha yezantsi, ejongwe nguMateyu Charles, umntu waseWales othetha kamnandi onxibe iPanerai kunye nehempe yepjjama phantsi kweblazer.

Ngo-6: 30 emva kwemini. : Igolide yeGolide (iindonga ezixhonywe ngamagcisa) ziyagcwalisa. Umncedisi undinika isoda yendlu eyenziwe ngepea kunye neminti enobubele. Abanye basela i-cocktail ebizwa ngokuba yi-Gap Year, eza nezibane ezivuthayo, i-tattoo yethutyana (engenayo ityhefu kodwa engadliyo) kunye nesacholo sobuhlobo. Ziyakhanya ngokuhlekisayo ebusuku. Kufike umazala wam.

8:30 pm: Igumbi ngandlela thile alithandeki kangako ebusuku. Xa iimfama zivaliwe kunokuba yiyo nayiphi na indawo yokutyela enje ngamakhwenkwe. Umncedisi wethu uyathengisa i-Dover yedwa kodwa umamazala ufuna inyama yenyama. Umnumzana Atherton ubonelela ngeentsuku ezingama-40 ezomileyo ze-cote de bouef ($ 125). Iza nenqaba emnyama ye-truffle haricots verts kunye neetyhubhu ze-foie gras, i-gratin yeetapile kunye nesikhephe se-gravy se-bordelaise isosi enamaqhekeza omongo wethambo ohamba ngathi ngumkhenkce onamafutha. Ndikhetha i-mac kunye netshizi ($ 23), enye into eyintandokazi ye-Berners Tavern: i-béchamel eshinyeneyo egutyungelwe i-paccheri ene-mushroom egcadiweyo kunye neeflakes zeparmesan. (Kwimenyu, inikezelwa ngesidlele seenkomo, nayo.) Inyama yenkomo ifumana uzuko ekufeni, kumnandi ekuphunyezweni kwayo. Uninazala uthi ndingunyana olungileyo. Loo mac, laa sisi, kulungile, iNew York ayifuni enye into yokutya ukutya okuthuthuzelayo kodwa iyayifuna le. Unengqiqo kwinxalenye kodwa utyebile ngesimilo.

Iintsimbi, ngaba zinokubetha, ngoku ngam. IClock Tower, njengokukhanya kweSandover, iyatshintsha, utshintsho ngeyure. Ndikhe ndabona uninzi lobuso bayo kwaye ndibathanda bonke. Umnumzana Atherton akazukuphosa apha eNew York City, kodwa andicingi ukuba yile njongo yakhe. Akangombangi. Nangona eyinzwana, iClock Tower kukuntywila kwayo: kwenziwe ngobunono, kwenziwa ngokungenasiphoso kwaye kubukhali njengemela.