Featuring Jello Wrestling, Museum of Sex, Jeremy Kost, Altoids, and Cronkite Pizzeria.
We smell sex and candy…yeah.
CRASH
Girls + Jello + Wrestling = Amateur Female Jello Wrestling at Don Hill’s. If it sounds like that scene in Old School, it is. Sort of. Sunday (2/11), at 8 p.m. Admission: $3 girls, $7 boys. www.jellowrestle.com.
Don Hill’s, 511 Greenwich Street (off Spring Street), (212) 219-2850, www.donhills.com.
DO
Fondle a medical instrument, prop up against a leather wall, and try on an adult size baby bonnet and bib at the Museum of Sex’s exhibit, Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination. Hey, whatever happens at the Museum of Sex stays at the Museum of Sex. Now thru October 7th.
Kink: Geography of the Erotic Imagination at the Museum of Sex, 233 5th Avenue (at 27th Street), (212) 689-6337, www.museumofsex.com.
Jeremy Kost: Not a Play Area graces the walls of The Gallery at the SoHo Grand. Kost’s blown-up Polaroid snaps of colorful New York nightclub dwellers reminds us that somewhere, “the scene” still means much more than models and bottles.
The Gallery at the SoHo Grand, 310 West Broadway (at Canal Street), (212) 965-3000, www.sohogrand.com.
EXPERIENCE
The storefront at 350 Bleecker transforms into “A Curious and Original Chocolate Shop” to launch Altoids’ new chocolate covered mints. Swing by to scoop up samples, enjoy comp drinks from the esteemed baristas of 9th Street Espresso, win giveaways from Yoko Devereaux, and admire the intricate details of the funky setup (especially, the wallpaper). Bonus: Catch the sumptuous Dita von Teese in a burlesque show tonight at 9 p.m.
A Curious and Original Chocolate Shop, 350 Bleecker Street (at West 10th Street), Thursday (2/8) - Thursday (2/15).
EAT
Say “I love you” with heart-shaped pizzas and cotton candy at Cronkite Pizzeria and Wine Bar next Wednesday. Chef Michael Ayoub makes a mean pie in this homey downstairs hideout, especially the mushroom-taleggio round drizzled with truffle oil. Gourmet Magazine’s wine consultant Michael Green has crafted a trustworthy wine list to go with these winning pizzas.
Cronkite Pizzeria and Wine Bar, 133 Norfolk (between Stanton and Rivington Streets), (212) 375-1500.
Spend a Valentine’s fiesta at Mercadito with a reasonable $40 five-course tasting menu including chips and guacamole, baked or raw oysters, ceviches, botanos, their divine tacos, and a special strawberry tres leches cake for dessert.
Mercadito and Mercadito Grove, 179 Avenue B (at 11th Street), (212) 529-6490 and 100 7th Avenue South (at Grove Street), (212) 647-0830.
SHOP
[hus] drastically reduces their winter stock of Filippa K, Tiger of Sweden, WeSC, by up to 50% off. Now thru Sunday, (2/11).
[hus] a Scandinavian Store, 11 Christopher Street (at 6th Avenue), (212) 620-5430, www.husliving.com.
GIVE
Donate blood on Valentine’s Day to aid in the emergency level blood drought currently plaguing the New York Metropolitan area. One lucky donor will receive an overnight stay at the Muse Hotel with dinner for two at District. Wednesday, (2/14), from 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
70 Park Avenue Hotel, 70 Park Avenue (at East 38th Street), (212) 973-2400, www.nybloodcenter.org.
