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Walk into a good pie shop in Colorado Springs early enough, and you can usually tell what kind of day the bakers are having before you read a menu board. The ro…

Retirement parties can easily slide into one of two extremes. They either feel stiff and ceremonial, with polite applause and forgettable appetizers, or they tu…

A private room inside a bar changes the social contract of the evening. The same venue can serve two very different needs at once. In the main bar, people often…

A bachelor or bachelorette party can go sideways fast when the setting works against the group. Too much noise, nowhere to sit, strangers pressing into every co…

Planning a night out at an Irish pub in New York City sounds simple until you are the one choosing the place, texting the group, guessing how crowded it will ge…

New York has no shortage of bars that borrow the language of the pub. Plenty serve Guinness, hang framed mirrors on dark walls, and cue up a playlist with The P…

New York gives people almost too many choices at night. Rooftop bars promise skyline views, cocktail lounges chase novelty, wine bars trade on quiet sophisticat…

A strong networking event rarely succeeds by accident. The guest list matters, of course, and so does the host’s reputation, but the setting often determines wh…