Best Weekend Ever 8.23.07

Welcome back to New York, Maria Sharapova.



EZ PASS
Six words that will change your Summer: Long Island & Jersey Girl Appreciation Night.

Yes, that’s right. The Town Tavern plays host to the weekend’s best party: ladies pay a $10 cover charge and drink all the Cosmos, Appletinis and Long Island Iced Teas they can handle. The girl with the biggest hair gets a Bliss Spa package, best L.I. and ‘Jersey accents win tanning sessions. Today (8/23), 7 p.m - 10 p.m.

The Town Tavern, 134 West 3rd Street (MacDougal Street), (212) 253-6955, towntavernnyc.com

TEA PARTY
Shake up your liquid diet with artisanal teas at the brand new Sanctuary T in Soho. There’s the usual suspects (black tea, green tea) and the more exotic (chai, white tea, oolong). Open up and say…ahh.

Sanctuary T, 337B West Broadway (at Grand Street), (212) 941-7832, sanctuarytea.com

GOOD HUMOR
I scream, you scream… after chocolate ice cream with habanero chiles. End the summer right at Rosa Mexicano’s Ice Cream Festival, featuring five ice creams and sorbets like Caramelized Plantain and Brown Sugar, and the Avocado-Honey, found in dessert “guacamole” with strawberries, white chocolate and mint. Through 9/4.

At Rosa Mexicano restaurants: 1063 First Avenue (at 58th Street), 61 Columbus Avenue (at 62nd Street), and 9 East 18th Street (between 5th Avenue & Broadway), rosamexicano.info

KILLER TOMATOES
Skip the flight and food fight, and take in Spain’s La Tomatina Festival at Amalia. Six juicy dishes like Tomato Water Gellee (caviar, crème fraiche), and the La Tomatina Cocktail celebrate the ubiquitous red fruit. 8/29 – 9/1.

Amalia, 204 West 55th Street (Broadway), (212) 245-1234, amalia-nyc.com

HERMÈS SAMPLE SALE
Hooray for the Hermès Sample Sale! Stock up on the label’s luxe goods today (8/23), 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., tomorrow (8/24), 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Saturday (8/25), 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Metropolitan Pavilion’s Gallery, 123 West 18th Street, 4th Floor (between 6th and 7th Avenues), metropolitanevents.com