Over the weekend I received a call from a long-time acquaintance I had made quite randomly back in Chicago. He recently moved to New York and we've been trying to hang out but have had conflicting schedules. Finally, it worked. Received message as I was wandering around Union Square with nothing to do on Saturday afternoon: "Hey J, I have a friend is in town; we are walking down the High Line and are going to get a drink at the Standard. Want to join?"
Why, yes! Yes, I did want to join! I had heard a lot about the Standard Hotel and had admired this austere, concrete and glass structure. The place looks killer.
So up I went and met up with the two of them on the 18th floor restaurant / cocktail lounge.
The decor upstairs was art deco with a modern twist (in the form of its hanging light fixtures). Wait staff was all appropriately dressed in matching white ensembles with the girls in reinterpreted cigarette girl ensembles.
Best part, however, were the bathrooms! Could literally sit on the john there for hours gazing out over Manhattan. They were all individual water closets with floor-to-ceiling windows. Amazing views!
While the three of us cringed at the $20 cocktails and $12 beers, those bathrooms were worth it--so was the cool elevator ride up featuring a digitized video collage of heaven and hell. Very weird. Very cool.
(Forgive my crappy photos! Low light, shaky hands, eek!)
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