Best Weekend Ever 6.9.05

Heat waves make better weekends. For now.


The steakhouse circuit gets better as the incredibly talented Laurent Tourondel (Cello, BLT Fish) opens BLT Prime in the former Union Pacific space.

BLT Prime, 111 East 22nd Street (between Park Avenue South & Lexington Avenues), (212) 995-8500, bltprime.com

The most coveted sports contract is up for grabs on Friday as Sotheby’s auctions the 1919 Babe Ruth-to-the-Yankees pact. Bidding begins at $500,000. Friday (6/10), 10 a.m.

Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, (212) 606-7000, sothebys.com

The coolest sample sale is in California, courtesy of Trovata. Men’s and women’s clothing is marked down for two days only. 6/10, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m; 6/11, 10 a.m to 2 p.m.

Trovata Sample Sale, 1945 Placentia Avenue, Unit C-3, Costa Mesa, trovata.com