The Face of America Magazine 2020 - Vol. 4 Issue 3

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2020 Vol. 4 Issue 3

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THE FACE OF AMERICA MAGAZINE 2020 VOL.4 ISSUE 3 CONTENT THEASTER GATES

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NATHANIEL ROBINSON 16 NARI WARD 22 JEFFREY GIBSON 29 LIBERTY CIGARS 34 PHENOM 100 44 TARFORM 50 NEW EMPIRE SUITE 56 STYLE 62 LENNY’S HOME 75 PLANTED RESTAURANT 83 OIJI RESTAURANT 93 THE LLOYD HOTEL 102 KOUZINA RESTAURANT 114 COLUMBUS PARK TRATTORIA 118 GIFTS 122

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ART

I always find myself returning to the vessel. It is part of the intellectual life force of my practice and it precedes all other forms of making.

-Theaster Gates

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Gagosian is pleased to present Black Vessel, Theaster Gates’s rst-ever solo exhibition in New York.

Gates’s oeuvre is among the most conceptually and materially rich in contemporary art, anchored equally in the canons of art history, the racial ideology of the Black diaspora, and the artist’s own personal history. Through an art practice predicated on cultural reclamation and social empowerment, Gates exchanges and recharges objects and ideas, proposing the artwork as a communicating vessel or sacred reliquary of recollected histories, critical vitality, and shared experience. Traversing a broad range of formal approaches such as painting, sculpture, sound, and performance, as well as the processes of salvaging, archiving, and place making, he delivers penetrating social commentary on labor, material, spiritual capital, and commodity within a close examination of the urban condition.

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In 2012 Gates began to formalize his knowledge of roo ng techniques into a new territory of experimental painting, working with tar to make the invisible roof legible. In a new suite of paintings completed this year, Gates has intensi ed his approach, crafting painted torch down into taut conjoined backdrops for the interplay of archaeological tarred fragments. Just as postwar artists set themselves apart from gestural abstraction by utilizing mass-produced industrial materials and techniques in place of paint and canvas, Gates has imbued abstract painting with unprecedented form and meaning— rst with the Civil Tapestries (2011–), which charged Minimalist language with the legacies of racial injustice; and now in ruggedly elegant works that employ the signifying materials and skilled labor of roo ng to invoke a poignant meditation on urban spirit and its implicit obsolescence.

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Walking Prayer (2018–20) serve as precious intellectual reliquaries whereby Black knowledge is restored and reconstituted as monuments to the truth of the Black archive and the importance of Black identity in the pursuit of world knowledge.

For Walking Prayer, Gates utilized a wide-ranging historical collection of published books on Black experience, rebinding them in black and embossing the spines with language to constitute one long poem or performative score that moves among many modes of address—inchoate, enunciative, interrogatory. Arranged in an original cast-iron Carnegie open-access library shelving unit, a modular design that helped revolutionize modern libraries, Walking Prayer invites the viewer to engage in Gates’s poetic invocation where reading becomes a processional act and the gallery transforms into a latent warehouse of emotional and spiritual devices. A single Leslie speaker ampli es a single chord from a Hammond B3 organ—a pairing synonymous with Black church gospel and jazz—in a minimal sound loop, building to a crescendo to further sacralize the space.

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NATHANIEL ROBINSON

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The New York Times describes Nathaniel Robinson as a “remarkably inventive sculptor [making] technically impressive, philosophically provocative works that play in the gap between perception and cognition — between what you see and what you understand.” Robinson's wizard-like simulations of real-life objects are derived from utilitarian items, relieved from any branding or speci city in design.

Using ingenious handbuilding methods and working from handmade molds, Robinson's berglass-reinforced gypsum cement sculptures are scaled up much larger than life and physically manipulated into distortion. While primarily known as a sculptor, Robinson's new paintings merge realism with abstraction, using geometric forms to suggest urban or natural landscapes and environments.

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Acting less like an objective record than an evocation of eeting views captured while traveling by train to Manhattan from his home in Brewster, New York, "the artist elevates the prosaic trackside acreage that clutters the periphery of our urban areas." In a review of his rst painting exhibition in 2019, Michelle Grabner continues to write, "Robinson withholds the details that make things unremarkable and exaggerates the abstract qualities that build a compelling image...as with his sculptures, we nd ourselves taking a second look at what is in plain sight." Executed with a minimal, pared-down style and painted in muted, simple colors, Robinson's elegant paintings and crafted objects express a deep ambivalence toward the limits of human perception and function as a metaphor for the ambiguous experiences of everyday life.

Nathaniel Robinson (b. 1980, Providence, RI) received his BA from Amherst College in 2002 and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. Robinson has held solo exhibitions at Magenta Plains, New York, NY; Feature, Inc., New York, NY; Devening Projects, Chicago, IL; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Robinson has also been included in group exhibitions at the American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY; White Columns, New York, NY; Martos, New York, NY; Thomas Park Gallery in New York, NY; Maerzgalerie, Leipzig; dok25a, Dusseldorf; and TCB art inc, Melbourne. Robinson is a recipient of the American Academy of Arts & Letters 2019 Art Purchase Award and his work has been written about in publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Artforum, and Art in America. Robinson lives and works in Brewster, NY.

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Nari Ward (b. 1963, St. Andrew, Jamaica; lives and works in New York) is known for his sculptural installations composed of discarded material found and collected in his neighborhood. He has repurposed objects such as baby strollers, shopping carts, bottles, doors, television sets, cash registers and shoelaces, among other materials.

Ward re-contextualizes these found objects in thought provoking juxtapositions that create complex, metaphorical meanings to confront social and political issues surrounding race, poverty, and consumer culture.

He intentionally leaves the meaning of his work open, allowing the viewer to provide his or her own interpretation.

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One of his most iconic works, Amazing Grace, was produced as part of his 1993 residency at The Studio Museum in Harlem in response to the AIDS crisis and drug epidemic of the early 1990s.

For this large-scale installation, Ward gathered more than 365 discarded baby strollers—commonly used by the homeless population in Harlem to transport their belongings—which he bound with twisted re hoses in an abandoned re station in Harlem.

Echoing through the space was an audio recording of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson’s Amazing Grace on repeat. The lyrics speak about redemption and change, generating optimism and a sense of hope. As with most of his work, this installation explored themes informed by the materials, community, and location in which Ward was working. The work has since been recreated at the New Museum Studio in 2019, the New Museum’s Studio 231 series in 2013, and in several locations across Europe.

With each change of context, the signi cance of the work changes as each community associates di erently with these found objects.

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Je rey Gibson (Mississippi ChoctawCherokee):Â A sculptor and painter, Gibson is known for creative works that reference a unique combination of cultural perspectives and transform Western and non-Western references.

He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago and a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art. Gibson has exhibited in hundreds of national solo and group exhibitions and is the recipient of several distinguished awards and grants, including the 2014 Art Matters Grant and more.Â

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LIBERTY CIGARS

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John Adams (The actual name of the founder) founded the Liberty Cigar Company with one mission in mind — to tell America’s magni cent story. A story that we hope you will savor as richly as you do our cigar themselves.

“It is our hope that as the blue smoke billows about you, whether in solitude or among friends and family, you might give a moment’s pause to think about how truly extraordinary it is that all those who came before us risked everything to make us free.”

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“Liberty cigars homage to the great people in our history by way of a hand-crafted, customblended premium cigar. We have started at the beginning of America’s history and will eventually make our way through all of our illustrious past.

Presently, we have 54 di erent cigars with more on the way.”

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“Each of our cigar’s have been created to match the personalities of those whom we have honored.

We began by studying their lives and ascertaining their salient traits, with physical and mental - in short their persona.”

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George Washington, for instance, was larger than life, which is why we gave him such a big bold cigar. His vital is a presedentĂŠ. Fitting for sure as he was the rst president and created the standard for all others to follow.

Washington as a very young man was forged in the heat of battle. This literal trial by re instilled in him the courageous and unassailable character which would prove indispensable to the budding American Republic.

The Nicaraguan Maduro Ligero leaf wrapper of the Washington is harvested from the top four or ve rows of the tobacco plant which receive 150% more direct light than the rest of the plant. These upper leaves which draw their nutrients from the rich, jet black, volcanic soil, bask in the intense Central American sunlight, infusing in them a bold and rugged character.

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The Connecticut Broadleaf binder, also a sun drenched tobacco, produces a rich, complex, muscular avor. It imparts such rugged avors as leather, earth and steel. These avor pro les remind one of the very essence of a soldier at war.

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We chose this particular Ligero leaf wrapper as George Washington, like the leaf, was always to be found in the searing spotlight. It perfectly represents his willingness to take on the intense, relentless heat which accompanied America’s herculean ght for liberty.

Who better represents the spirit of liberty than the Founding Fathers.

We have crafted the cigar blends to match the spirit of each of 13 founder’s.

There were, of course, many more than thirteen paternal patriots (and maternal ones, for that matter) but we pared them down to thirteen for economy, for sure, but mainly for the powerful symbolism which accompany’s that auspicious number —- The 13 colonies in rebellion against the mother country (there are 13 cigars to a box as well).

Choosing which thirteen founder’s made the cut was di cult but the principle criterion was this; that each founder was, at one time or another, more or less indispensable to securing our liberty.

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George Washington was undoubtedly the only one for which there can be no argument. But without the more obscure Robert Morris, for instance, the nancing of the Revolution would almost certainly not have happened.

John Adams, to use Thomas Je erson’s words, was the “Colossus of Independence.” Je erson himself, of course, wrote one of the most important documents on liberty in the history of humankind.

These, along with Franklin and Madison, you know well. But we have included lesser known patriots like James Otis and the “Swamp Fox” with the hope that you will nd them as compelling as we do.

But if our arguments, as to each of the founder’s inclusion, don’t sway you. No worries. All thirteen of the cigars we have created in their name are like the cause of liberty — well worth it.

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About the Founder of The Liberty Cigar Company John Adams was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and still lives there with his beautiful wife and three children. A distant cousin of the more famous Adamses (through common ancestors), John has been fascinated by American History from a very young age. He founded The American History Guild, the parent company of the Liberty Cigar Company, after the tragic events of September 11th 2001.

While watching the events unfold half way around the world (He and Ellen were in the process of adopting a child from Vietnam), he realized that the very idea of America as well as its people was being assailed. In that horrifying and yet profound moment, as he prepared to bring his baby son home, he realized that in order for his children and to live in America, it had to live in them as well.

The American History Guild thus, was founded to rekindle and stoke the sacred re of liberty so that it may burn brightly in the hearts of those now living and yet unborn.

Its vision is to draw upon our Republic’s illustrious past to enlighten and enliven the people of this great nation in order that they, in turn, will do the same.

“The projects we have embarked upon, including the Liberty Cigar Company, are myriad and varied but have one desired end: to re-acquaint our citizens with the miracle that was our country’s founding, and in the process, restore the seeds of liberty and civic virtue.Everything we do contains within it the grand hope that America will long endure.” www.libertycigars.com

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MOVING

PHENOM 100 EV

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In a class of entry-level jets, the Phenom 100EV stands out. With enviable thrust, taking o on short runways and climbing over the weather to 41,000 ft is standard course, while intuitive avionics and an elegant cabin bathed in natural light make ying an inspiration. And for executives who enjoy piloting themselves, the Phenom 100EV is the most complete entry-level light jet.

Boasting unparalleled performance, turboprop-grade e ciency, enhanced safety and beauty, it’s sure to attract a crowd.

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With an impressively spacious cabin, two distinct temperature zones for superior pilot and passenger comfort and 11 custom interior themes tailored to your taste, the Phenom 100EV allows you to travel the world in unsurpassed comfort and style. A fully enclosed rear lavatory with windows − exclusive in its class − o ers total privacy, while articulating club seating, exceptional stowage space and exible interior con gurations o er ample amenities to suit your mission.

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Down to its very last detail, the Phenom 100EV has been meticulously engineered to deliver advanced technology and unparalleled ergonomics. Boasting intelligent automation and a human factors-driven design, the aircraft o ers easy, single-pilot operation plus enhanced capabilities. Its state-of-the-art, touch-controlled ight deck is designed to anticipate every need, minimize workload and increase situational awareness.

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TARFORM ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES

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Tarform are beautiful sexy objects. We don’t really care about the specs.

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FOUR SEASONS HOTEL NEW YORK DOWNTOWN NEW EMPIRE SUITE

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Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown unveils the newly reimagined – and renamed - Empire Suite, the ultimate New York City lifestyle experience. As the Hotel recently observed its fourth anniversary this year, the former Royal Suite has been given a refresh by lauded interior designer Tara Bernerd and her team at Tara Bernerd & Partners, and renamed the Empire Suite to re ect downtown’s chic lifestyle.

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Boasting 2,400 square feet (223 square metres) with sweeping 180-degree panoramic views from the 24th oor of the Hotel, the Empire Suite is the perfect backdrop to the city that never sleeps. Featuring a living room, dining room, media room, study, walk-in closet, two bathrooms, master bedroom and a full catering kitchen, the Empire Suite o ers the ultimate sanctuary for musicians, fashion designers, celebrities and royal families. For additional privacy, the suite can be extended to a threebedroom residential style apartment to accommodate up to six guests per night, making it the largest and most in-demand suite in the Hotel due to its exibility and versatility.

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The Empire Suite Experience is available for bookings from January 1, 2021.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTION: EFDLT Studio Photography: EFDLT Studio LOCATION: PIERRE GERVOIS’ ATELIER, NEW YORK CITY CIgars: LIBERTY CIGARS SHIRTS: STENSTROMS BRACELETS: VINCENT PEACH SHOES: ISAIAH HEMMINGWAY RING: ELITE & LUCK

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SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN ADAMS MARIE RAMBERG VINCENT PEACH ISAIAH HEMMINGWAY

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HOMES

THE SPIRIT OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN

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Fifty years ago Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, were the owners of one of Park Avenue's very best apartments. Their home was also the site of one of the famous and controversial social-political happenings of the 1970s. When some of New York's wealthiest citizens met with top leaders of the anti-police Black Panther Party. Or as Tom Wolfe described it in his January 1970 New York magazine article, “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's.”

Big names from the entertainment world including Jason Robards, Jerome Robbins, Otto Preminger, Barbara Walters and Mike Nichols were there. So were Harold Taylor, Lillian Hellman, Cynthia Phipps and several dozen other members of New York City's cultural and intellectual elite. Wolfe described it as a “a penthouse duplex full of stars, a Manhattan tower full of stars, with marvelous people drifting through the heavens.” Although Bernstein is long gone, the Park Avenue home is still one of New York's heavenly apartments and is for sale at $29.5 million.

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The 14-room penthouse sits atop one of the most elegant prewar Art Deco full-service cooperative buildings on the Upper East Side, built in1930. Spread across two oors of the 21-story building, the duplex measures approximately 6,300 square feet with an additional 700 square feet of outdoor space between two private landings. A private elevator landing opens to a 34-foot grand gallery that continues to the formal living room, dining room and library.Â

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The former Park Avenue penthouse of famed composer and cultural icon Leonard Bernstein, where he hosted some of the world’s most illustrious celebrities and politicians of the 1970s, is now on the market. Priced at $29.5 million, it is listed with Bonnie Chajet, Allison Chiaramonte and Tania Isaco Friedland of Warburg Realty, Manhattan.

Mode details can be found here

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NYC YUMMY

Owner Elizabeth Green, Signing her book “Not in the Script”

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Owned by Elizabeth Green, sister of the controversial British billionnaire Sir Philip Green, Planted is a sophisticated and inviting vegan restaurant in the heart of New York City.

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The food has been created by consulting Chef Sital Patel. Her food is perfectly executed, avorful and obviously made with passion for ultra fresh ingredients.

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Planted o ers modern plant-forward food with all fresh ingredients, no arti cial cheese or meats except for the impossible meat in the hand pies and meatballs as a way gateway to help convert those who are on the fence about how delicious plant-based dining can be.

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The owner and the Chef didn't want to do "make believe" food, such as fake plant-based chicken. There's no plant-based yogurt or cheese. Just clean, natural, not processed dishes. There is asian in uence on the menu because asian sauces have a certain amount of "umami" (6th sense taste), which is that feeling when you eat mushrooms and soy sauce (comfortness). Asian avors in sauces are a good way to introduce vegetables to someone who may not like vegetables before.

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The Roasted Brussels is one of our favorites, made with crispy Brussels, miso glaze and crispy chili.

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Close-up on the Impossibly delicious meatballs, served with Thai green curry sauce, herbed quinoa and roasted veggies.

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We love the ower on the delicious coconut creme brulee.

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Perfect texture for the coconut-mango Panna Cotta.

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PLANTED 361 6th Ave New York, NY 10014

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Thank you to Chef Sital Patel For her outstanding food.

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Thank you to Kerry Giancola for the perfect service.

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O i, a contemporary restaurant in Manhattan’s East Village, is creating a new category for Korean cuisine in New York City: Re ned Authentic Korean. Exploring traditional avors and dishes while utilizing modern cooking techniques and ingredients, artful plating and portion sizes, O i o ers a Korean dining experience that is at once familiar and surprising, in a modern downtown setting.

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We instantly feel welcome at O i: Warm welcome, and the perfectly designed outdoor booths that create an intimate feeling for diners. We appreciate this attention to detail in times of a pandemic. You can eat in a perfectly safe and healthy setting and fully enjoy your meal. The heating + ventilation systems work perfectly and create this eerie warm and orangecolored environment, like in a dreamy place in the clouds.

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Even before tasting the dishes, the sophisticated plating screams high quality. It HAS to be good. And it is.

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Every dish has been carefully constructed, mixing the avors and textures to achieve a perfect balance.

We can feel the love of food in every bite.

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Note for the Michelin Guide: O i de nitely deserves one star. (We have seen two star restaurants with food that was not on par with O i’s.)

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O I 119 1st Street New York, NY 10003

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The heart and soul of O i is the co-chef/co-owner team of Brian Kim and Tae Kyung Ku. Born and raised in Korea, both worked in restaurants in Seoul before moving to the United States to attend the Culinary Institute of America. As roommates they quickly became friends, and soon realized a shared vision upon graduation: to bring a new perspective on Korean cooking to New York City. Kim and Ku cooked at Bouley and Gramercy Tavern, respectively, before embarking on their journey to create O i, o ering a unique menu meant for sampling and sharing.

GETAWAY IN STAMFORD, CT

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Life is better with puppies, always welcome at the Lloyd.

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Upon arrival, the guest- rst ethos engulfs you from the warm hospitality team to the whatever-you-need mindset. Travelers will appreciate The Lloyd experience from the luxurious amenities including a 24hour tness center, Peloton bike, The Mirror, fresh healthy breakfast o erings, seasonal cocktails and bar bites to the personalized services such as complimentary shuttle service, valet parking, fresh brewed co ee delivered to your door each morning upon request

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Special thanks to Jodyann Matamis and Kenia Rosales, Front desk agents, for the professional and friendly welcome!

The Lloyd is a modern designed 94room boutique hotel created for today’s discerning business and leisure travelers looking for convenience, accessibility and a more personalized hotel experience.

Guest rooms are uniquely out tted with mid-century modern West Elm furniture and the hotel is ideally located in the downtown of a bustling city center along the Long Island coastline in Fair eld County, Connecticut. Each guest room has been mindfully curated to create a restful experience with a natural palette, ambient lighting and locally sourced artwork.

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Guest rooms are uniquely appointed with modern West Elm furnishings to o er a sense of style and the comforts of your own home.

Saddle-brown tufted leather headboards are found in each room against a chic accent wall painted in rich green, creating a natural environment against the soft brown striations of the wood oor. Hints of stone accents with strong charcoal black steel details were layered into the scheme to balance the subdued colors while framed art prints, by a variety of local artists, were selected to compliment the tailored grey herringbone upholstery and enhance the crisp white hotel bedding.

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Warm welcome for the delicious breakfast with Sam Lebreton, Bartender. The croissants were truly delicious, crispy, and made by a baker who knows how to do outstanding French pastries.

We also loved the ultra fresh fruit salad.

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A warm brown wall cladding system was added to the exterior of the building with an elegant vertical pattern to seamlessly unite the exterior and interior spaces. Upon entry, guests are immediately overwhelmed with a sense of “getaway� from the abundance of organic materials that create an array of warm inviting nooks and intimate seating and dining areas. Honeybrown wood paneled ceiling boards were applied to canopy the large open space while cement board wall panels in natural gray tones provide a sense of stability and balance.

Dramatic oor to ceiling drapery has been layered in throughout the entire lounge and library spaces in a soft sand linen texture while furnishings with natural elements such as woven jute, rattan, hair on hide and lamb’s wool were added as an extra layer between this cozy space and the busting city outside.

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Landscape Designer, Martha Baker embedded a row of tall fastigiate beech trees to beautify the streetscape, which once pruned, will resemble evergreen columns along the front line of the hotel. Framing the entrance, oversized boxwood shrubs planted in horizontal wide planked Ipe wood boxes were positioned to harmonize the surrounding linear shapes. “The notable curbside entry design was intentionally curated with a combination of architectural and natural elements as a teaser for the interior feel,” stated Baker, Martha Baker Landscape Design.

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The Lloyd has been developed by RMS Companies, a privately owned, award winning and fully integrated real estate development rm that has established itself as one of the fastest growing real estate companies in the tri-state area, with a successful track record in rede ning the lifestyle landscape for residential for-sale and rental communities and raising the bar in hotel design and operations. Under the leadership of Randy Salvatore, Founder and CEO, RMS has established itself as one of the fastest growing real estate companies in the area, with a successful track record in redefining the lifestyle landscape for residential communities, reinvigorating commercial developments and raising the bar in hotel design and operation. In his role as CEO, Randy continues to direct and oversee the overall operations and management of the organization, setting and executing strategy and achieving team-oriented goals.

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Kouzina o ers guests traditional taverna fare with a coastal vibe in a relaxed atmosphere. Inspired by the Mediterranean way-of-life and dining ocean-side at an open-air taverna on a Greek Island beach, guests will enjoy the dishes, drinks and dĂŠcor that take you away to the beaches of Santorini and Mykonos. The ambiance and authentic hospitality will transport you to the renowned Greek Islands while you savor modern traditional Greek favorite foods.

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The Lamb was absolutely delicious, and plated with love.

Perfectly cooked and seasoned, we highly recommend this memorable - ne dining quality “Arni Kotsi� braised lamb shank served with oven roasted potatoes and asparagus.

Kouzina 223 Main Street, Stamford, CT 06901

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Columbus Park Trattoria, located in the heart of downtown Stamford, has been a xture in the city for more than 33 years. Come visit the newly remodeled dining room & bar with a mix of modern and rustic feel. The restaurant also has a private second oor dining space that can accommodate up to 60 guest for a business function or family a air. The menu highlights the deep ties to Italy especially the origins in the Puglia region. All of the pasta is made in house in house and feature many more classic Italian dishes.

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gifts A curated selection of physical objects of interest, some of them might give additional social status, some others are just beautiful and/or useful.

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ELIE BLEU “GUN THRILLER” HUMIDOR You know you want one of these. Don’t lie.

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PANTHERE DE CARTIER TRINKET TRAY A totally useless objet yet classy and deliciously sensual.

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OR BLACK PASCAL MORABITO Created in 1981, this fragrance is still a classic of understated elegance.

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LE GRAND S.T. DUPONT CIGAR LIGHTER Designed to complement the nest cigars, the Le Grand S.T. Dupont Cigar lighter in black natural lacquer is the perfect addition to any connoisseur’s collection. With its uniquely innovative twin ame technology, a soft double ame gently toasts the tobacco while the torch ame fully lights the cigar in a perfect circle.

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J.M. WESTON SHOES This black tamponato nish calfskin one cut oxford shoe reveals pure and re ned lines which illustrate the J.M. Weston's craftsmanship. The precision of the form gives a spontaneous elegance, enhanced by a mirror shoe shine and a highly re ned leather sole.

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CODE 11.59 AUDEMARS PIGUET Some people will love it, some others will hate it. A beautiful watch, maybe a little too complicated and hard to read, but a cool statement piece when you’re tired of your Rolex.

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BREW RETROMATIC We love the elegant design of the bracelet and overall feel of this new watch designed by the super talented Jonathan Ferrer. We want to see more watches from him in the future.

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gifts ROTATE NORTH “TEMPEST” NAVIGATOR WATCH SEAL BLACK NATO A badass adventure watch made by the young brand “Rotate North”. Very high quality of manufacturing, a must have in a guy’s watch collection. This model is already a classic.

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PICTAR VLOGGING KIT We love the versatility of Pictar’s vlogging kits, with all accessories for vloggers, photographers, and lmmakers.

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WEMYSS MALTS PEAT CHIMNEY This Whisky is carefully balanced between fresh citrus avours and nuanced smoke. Achieved by wisely layering multiple regions of single malt into this secret recipe. Dried pear, fresh lime and barley sugar on the palate soften and balance the waves of smoke.

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gifts DIPLOMATICO MANTUATO RUM Diplomรกtico Mantuano is an authentic blend of rums aged for up to eight years.

Versatile, Mantuano is ideal for mixing in cocktails while also maintaining its complexity for those who prefer to drink it neat.

Opening up with aromas of dried plums, oak and a delicate spiciness, it is complex and well-balanced on the palate, following on with notes of dried fruits, wood and vanilla. A great complement to a good cigar.

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gifts EL CANDADO SHERRY This sherry is phenomenal. Sweet, sensual, a avor reminding a mix of Sauternes and Peated Whisky with maple syrup on top. Goes perfectly with a cigar.

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MARIE BELLE CHOCOLATES We love Marie Belle chocolates, a New York modern take on French style chocolates. A perfect gift idea for your NYC friends who have already seen everything. Created by Maribel Lieberman, an entrepreneur passionate about the art of chocolate, and featured in “Oprah’s Favorite Things”.

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CAFE GALETTI’S FINE ECUADORIAN CHOCOLATES Made using strictly 100 percent natural products, 100 percent Ecuadorian chocolate and organic ne aroma cacao. It is a high-quality 87+ rated chocolate, making it a specialty.

Varieties include Bella Donna ( g and rose petal), Amazonica (pineapple, passionfruit and energy plant), Orange Mocha (orange and ground Galletti co ee) and Andina (strawberry akes and raspberry).

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gifts NOURISHED CUSTOM 3D PRINTED SNACKS is the rstever customizable 3D printed vegan vitamin containing 7 vitamins and nutrients in one delicious sugar-free vitamin “stack” delivered straight to your door in 100% plastic-free home compostable packaging.

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BEER AND BOURBON NUTS Sugar Plum's very adult take on classic Beer and Bourbon Liquor Nuts Gift Tin will have everyone thanking you and craving more. This 16 ounce assortment of mouth-watering, handcrafted, and small-batch roasted nuts features three of Sugar Plum’s most popular booze-infused avors, including Irish stoutinfused cashews, Jamaican lager-infused peanuts, and Kentucky bourbon-infused almonds.

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gifts WISSOTZKY NANA MINT TEA We have tried many brands of mint tea and have been disappointed. The Wissotzky mint tea is by far the best authentic mint tea we have tasted, and it’s the editorial team’s favorite. This is the original Moroccan style mint tea, refreshing and sophisticated, best served with brown sugar in small glasses.

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JITTERY JOE’S COFFEE Made in Athens, Georgia, Jittery Joe’s Co ee is roasting co ee in small batches with love since 1994. We love the “Widespread Panic”, a medium roast with cherry, spices avors and a oral nish.

The design of the box is also gorgeous.

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HARD BUBBLY COLLECTION We love the extreme creativity of this bubbly wine. Fun and crazy at the same time, this is for people who are tired of the arrogance of overpriced Champagne and want to have fun.

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UNIVERSAL YUMS This holiday season, Universal Yums is creating an unforgettable experience that can be shared together, while apart, with the limited-edition Holiday Box. Coming this December, the Holiday Box will take customers on a global adventure with mouth-watering holiday treats, and give them a taste of di erent holiday traditions. It is the most popular box every year, making it the perfect gift for people of all ages – from travellovers to foodies alike! Â

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MIGHTY SESAME CO. TAHINI BARS This is the most addictive snack we have tried. The box lasted just a few hours. Don’t buy it if you don’t want to become a total tahini addict.

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A.I.R. Solo Mask This is the next generation of masks. The A.I.R. Solo makes UV-C technology wearable and uses a patent pending system to expose the mask material & air ow to short-wave LED ultraviolet light to help ght common germs that can get caught on the surface of your everyday face mask. The A.I.R. Solo is FDA registered and third party lab testing has demonstrated it to be 99.99% e ective against common forms of bacteria.

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RAYCOP GO PORTABLE UVC VACUUM CLEANER The Raycop GO is a ordable and easy to assemble and disassemble with snap-in sections for portability. It is perfect to bring along on vacation or business travel for use in RV's, hotel rooms, mobile homes, cars, trains, planes, boats, o ces, dorm rooms and vacation rentals. Raycop GO can sanitize everything from cell phones to luggage, bedding and hard surfaces. The entire ltration system, including the HEPA lter, is washable. It collects and traps ne dust, keeping those allergens out of the air.

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