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Coffee, Wine And Fine Dining For A Very Good Cause

Coffee, Wine And Fine Dining For A Very Good Cause

Help the people and animals impacted by the devastating wildfires in Australia by wining and dining in Lower Manhattan. From January 13 to 19, Boundless Plains Espresso, an Aussie-inspired cafe on Rector Street, will donate 100 percent of its profits to help Australia heal. At Crown Shy, on Friday, January 17, and Friday, January 24, the revenue from special seatings of Australian wine dinners will go to the Australian Red Cross and a koala hospital. And starting January 10, Crown Shy will exclusively serve Australian wines in their by-the-glass pours all month long, donating 10 percent of the earnings.

You can also donate directly to the Australian Red Cross here.

Feast At Eataly NYC Downtown's Winter Wine And Food Festa

Feast At Eataly NYC Downtown’s Winter Wine And Food Festa

Get all the Italian comfort food you want — plus wine, cocktails and more — at Eataly NYC Downtown’s Winter Wine & Food Festa. Each month, this bacchanal gives ticket-holders a chance to enjoy multiple courses of stick-to-your-bones Italian cuisine. The year’s first festa is Friday, January 17, 6-8p. Tickets are $65.

Seesaws At The Seaport

Seesaws At The Seaport

Fend off those winter blues with some actual ups and downs thanks to an experiential art installation lighting up Seaport Square. Eight giant seesaws that glow and create surreal soundscapes when in motion give passersby a chance to interact with the city and one another in a new, quirky way. Try them out anytime between 10a to 9p.

Etsy's Crafty Approach To Countering Climate Change

Etsy’s Crafty Approach To Countering Climate Change

On Thursday, January 30, Etsy’s director of sustainability and integrated marketing manager are coming to LMHQ to discuss environmentally-savvy solutions that could change the future of e-commerce’s impact on climate change. Etsy is going the extra mile to offset carbon emissions: for every product it ships, the site invests in projects that reduce carbon emissions by the same amount. 6p. $15.

Turn Back The Clock With Alexander Hamilton History Buffs

Turn Back The Clock With Alexander Hamilton History Buffs 

Pop into Fraunces Tavern on Thursday, January 16, for a side of history with your post-work pint. The historic watering hole’s museum is hosting Brown University’s Barbara Chernow, an expert on all things Alexander Hamilton, who will discuss the importance of the Founding Father during America’s halcyon days, as well as how historical research impacts our perceptions of the past. 6:30p. $10, $5 for members.

There's A Lot To Love About The Year Of The Rat

There’s A Lot To Love About The Year Of The Rat

Despite what any seasoned New Yorker might think, there’s a lot to embrace about 2020 being the Year of the Rat. This ubiquitous city inhabitant is super smart and resourceful. And let us not forget how certain famed rodentia (e.g. Pizza Rat, the four-legged chef from “Ratatouille”) have warmed our hearts. So learn more about this year’s animal and the Chinese zodiac calendar at one of the China Institute’s Lunar New Year events.

Book Your Rezzies For NYC Restaurant Week 2020

Book Your Rezzies For NYC Restaurant Week 2020

January 21 through February 9 is your chance to taste some of the best dishes Downtown on the cheap. In Lower Manhattan, 21 restaurants — including The Tuck Room, Temple Court and Manhatta — will be offering up special prix-fixe menus including two-course lunches ($26) and three-course dinners ($42).

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Perth Mint Brings Their Lucky Coin to NYSE

Richard Hayes, CEO, The Perth Mint - The Perth Mint at the New York Stock Exchange; July 16, 2019. Photo courtesy of the Perth Mint.

Of all the coins to find on the streets of New York City, few passersby expected to find a one-tonne gold coin on a New York sidewalk. The one-tonne Australian Kangaroo coin was on display Thursday, July 18th, outside of the New York Stock Exchange, marking the arrival of the Perth Mint to the world’s preeminent precious metals market. 

The NYSE opened Thursday with a physical gold ETF product, AAAU, listed by the Perth Mint. An ETF, or Exchange-Traded Fund, is an investment fund which holds assets and can be traded on stock exchanges. In this case, the asset is real-life physical gold, which will be safeguarded within the vaults of the Perth Mint. 

The move is a big one for gold traders, opening up Australia’s multi-billion dollar gold mining sector. “Launching AAAU here…was a natural progression for us,” said Perth Mint CEO Richard Hayes, “we may now offer American investors and the wider global market another platform through which they may invest in Perth Mint gold.”

The One Tonne Australian Kangaroo coin, which was displayed outside of NYSE for one day only, is as close as Perth Mint has to a mascot. The coin, which was worth about $50 million on the day it was displayed, “represents the vast natural riches found Down Under and Australia’s multi-billion dollar mining sector,” as well as the size and quality of the mint’s operations and its 120-year heritage. 

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Simon Callaghan, Senior Business Development Director, AUSTRADE – New York (1st), Jerry Hicks, Sales and Business, Development Manager, The Perth Mint (3rd), Joe Metcalfe, Deputy CEO and Treasurer, The Perth Mint (5th), Richard Hayes, CEO, The Perth Mint (6th), Jay Baker, Director of Capital Markets, Exchange Traded Concepts (8th), Nishan Kodituwakku, Deputy Treasurer, The Perth Mint (9th) – The Perth Mint at the New York Stock Exchange; July 16, 2019. Photo courtesy of the Perth Mint.

Being that important, and being a giant wheel made of gold, the Perth Mint had to be careful to avoid theft. Several years earlier their 2nd place competitors in coin size, the Royal Canadian Mint, suffered the theft of one of their six Big Maple Leaf coins, worth about 1 million dollars American. The One-Tonne Australian Kangaroo is ten times heavier than a Big Maple Leaf, but the Perth Mint didn’t leave anything to chance. “We worked with security, logistics, and fine art specialists to mitigate the risk of theft,” said Hayes, “Security remains our top consideration.”

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SailGP Final Day New York

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Achieving success in NYC is a challenge in any endeavor, so why should Sailing be any different?

SailGP Final Day New York
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As smoothly stated by an exuberant Nathan Outteridge, CEO and Helmsman of Team Japan, winner of this weekend’s SailGP: “This race in NY harbor is so much fun precisely because it is so difficult. Our team looked forward to this race all season.”

With strong tidal currents, inconsistent and undulating winds due to our concrete mountains, and similarly caused wind shadows that serve as emergency brakes for these sailboats, NY harbor proved an immense challenge. Even for the best sailors on this planet. Team Japan won this weekend’s trophy because they most effectively adapted to these challenging circumstances.

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The beauty of SailGP as a sport is precisely this ability to create conditions wherein the human element and skill are the deciding factor. All boats are analogous. It is not an arms race to surpass competitors through excessive budgets and signing bonuses. Rather, the technology is jointly developed, and the best team wins.

SailBP Final Day New York

This weekend that team was Team Japan, Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen, Tim Morishima, Yugo Yoshida, Yuki Kasatani, Leo Takahash, Luke Parkinson, winning 3 of 5 races as well as the eventual final versus Australia. Skipper Outteridge proved himself the maestro of a well-orchestrated troupe of athletes.

Team USA pleased their local fan base by pulling out a convincing victory in Saturday’s second race, causing an eruption of U.S.A chants by supporters that lined the promenade from Chambers Street to the Battery.

A special mention must be given to the Coast Guard, as well as the NYPD Harbor Unit, for redirecting harbor traffic seamlessly all weekend.  

Finally, a warm thank you to the folks at SailGP. Class acts.  

We look forward to seeing you next year!

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Bourke Street Bakery Travels from Sydney to Nomad

With all the Australian cafés around the city, do we really need another one? When the new addition is Bourke Street Bakery, which already has eleven locations in Australia, the answer is yes. Bourke Street Bakery is sure to be a destination spot due to its open-concept kitchen where everything is baked from scratch daily. We talked to founder-chef-baker Paul Allam about the move from Australia, why he edited the menu for NYC, and what sets Bourke Street Bakery apart.

Downtown: What made this the right time to come to New York City? 

Paul Allam: We loved NYC and were ready for our next adventure. It helps that people love to eat here too!

Downtown: Why did you decide to edit dishes for an American audience?

PA: So much food from Sydney is international in feel that there’s a lot of crossover. We didn’t realize certain recipes we’ve developed over the years are even “Australian” until we moved here. Recently we started making our dark chocolate honeycomb – it’s a twist on a confection we’d eat after school as kids called Violet Crumble – we made it because we love it, and then when we served it to our American friends they said they’d never tried it before! Sydney and the Australian food scene has shaped us in our focus on produce and ingredients, but our travels around the world have also influenced us as well as the multicultural nature of Australian society, so I’d say we are just being authentic with our approach to food.

Downtown: How has New York inspired the menu?

PA: We will have drip coffee here, which is not typical in Australia being such an espresso culture. We have lived here in NYC now for close to two years setting this up, so we have really gotten to explore the local produce and palette. It comes naturally to evolve the food to the people around you…my kids were eating and making s’mores all the time last winter with their new friends so I’ve made a s’more tart –  we hand make the marshmallow and it sits on top of silky chocolate ganache in a lovely personal tart made from sweet pastry.

Downtown: How did you end up in The James Hotel?

PA: When we arrived from Sydney, we were looking all over NYC for the right site. We wanted something special where we could make everything on site. We wanted that immediacy that our customers could see us making everything they bought. It’s a fast, busy city, but when they come and eat our food they can see us making it by hand – milling grains, making cheeses, pulling the sourdough loaves out of the oven…they can smell everything and see the process of laminating and folding the pastry. It’s not only lovely to watch, but it’s wonderful for our bakers as well to have that interaction with the public. So much time and effort goes into what they make, it’s rewarding to see people enjoying it. This particular spot that we settled on in Nomad is actually the same building as The James Hotel but is a separate entrance on 28th Street. It really has something special about it. The building is landmarked for a reason – beyond the street frontage, inside the empty space we fell in love with the lofty high ceilings and industrial beams and there was enough room for us to build a bakery and café. You could feel a bygone era and it just spoke to us.

Downtown: What makes your spot different from other Australian cafes in the city?

PA: Bourke Street Bakery is the first Australian-born bakery café to come to NYC.

Downtown: How will the New York location differ from the Australian ones?

PA: Each location in Australia kind of feels different. We always build and design in conversation with the space and the neighborhood that way every location is very local and feels special. Our NYC location is back to our roots in a way as everything you eat here is being made in the kitchen in front of your eyes. I am back in the kitchen, too, which I love. You can smell the Viennoiserie, pastries, sourdoughs, cakes and cookies, the sauces and spices, we make literally everything we sell. That’s a bit unusual in this type of place in NYC – we make our own marshmallows and confectionary, we even make our own ketchup and cheese. We cure our own fish, we pickle and brine, we churn house butter. We make our own pasta. We are so much more than a bakery café…we have an after hours menu that steps it up a notch where you can have a beautiful duck liver pate with sourdough miche. We have natural wines and craft beers. Another exciting development for us in NYC is we are milling interesting American grains and using that flour in many of the specialty sourdoughs. So I suppose we are very serious in our approach to food but when it comes to service we are friendly, casual, welcoming and unserious – that’s very Australian!

Downtown: What are you most excited for in the city?

PA: I love the energy and vibrancy of NYC. I love the enthusiasm of the people. We have received such a warm welcome. I’m excited to introduce New Yorkers to Bourke Street Bakery food and casual approach – serious food but very relaxed and causal service.

Visit Bourke Street Bakery to pick up fresh loaves of bread, sandwiches, sweet and savory pastries, and especially sausage rolls at 15 E 28th Street.

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Celebrate Australia Day with the Gang at Hole in the Wall FiDi

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Are you ready to celebrate the official national day of Australia? Your new best friends at Hole in the Wall have you covered. Join them on Saturday, January 26th beginning at 6:00 PM to raise your glasses to the land down under. Guests will enjoy music courtesy of Triple J’s Hottest 100 countdown, cheap drinks and Aussie cuisine all night long. Australian born Executive Chef Brent Hudson will serve up sausage rolls, meat pies and more while cricket matches are shown on the cafe’s projector.  Happy Hour prices will be offered all night with $6 Aussie beers, $5 local beers, $7 wines/well drinks and $7 espresso martinis.

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Hole in the Wall
15 Cliff Street
Brunch: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00–11:00 PM

 

 

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How to Do an Assignment in Australia Fast & Flawlessly?

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What should you do if you are dip into assignments? What is the most convenient way to save time and efforts and still get excellent marks? We won’t say anything about other countries, but we have got a decision for Australia! Yes, a professional service which helps you with homework fast exists!

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