The 1km de danse event returns to Pantin, on the banks of the Canal de l'Ourcq, on May 17, 2025. The festivities will take place throughout the day, under the banner of dance with numerous events and a single goal: to get as many people as possible dancing together a giant dance floor almost a kilometer long Organized by the Centre National de la Danse, this event starts at the CN D (Centre National de la Danse) and stretches all the way to Place de la Pointe You can come simply to admire performances by artists from different social groups and geographical origins There's plenty of space to let your free and creative soul shine through so you can dance with friends and strangers alike Just before the start of summer, it's the perfect way to get your new dance moves validated, for free! A good plan not to be missed Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article Writing this Wake Up Call series is one of my greatest joys It’s an opportunity to go behind the scenes stepping into the lives of women who inspire with their light and ambition There’s something special about going beyond the veneer of success we experience the rhythm of their routines Laurel Pantin’s journey becomes more than a story of success It’s a reminder of the beauty found in connection and following your curiosity wherever it leads Laurel’s career across fashion and editorial is rich with experience at top publications, including InStyle, Teen Vogue, and Glamour. Now based in Los Angeles, Laurel has carved a unique path that marries this background with her passion for storytelling—whether through the brands she consults for or in her newsletter, Earl Earl She doesn’t just dabble in creativity; she’s mastered the art of helping others see What sets Laurel apart is her commitment to authenticity—she doesn’t just follow trends; she digs deeper exploring what it means to connect with one’s own style Her wardrobe philosophy isn’t about accumulating pieces but rather curating them with intention a practice that translates into how she guides her clients and readers Laurel’s eye for timeless fashion and ability to interpret design in nuanced ways make her a standout in the creative field From her morning rituals to the wardrobe essentials she swears by this conversation offers a glimpse into how Laurel stays inspired and I worked in magazines for years as a fashion editor before going over to the retail side working as the Fashion Director at large for ByGeorge I started writing a fashion newsletter on Substack along with a small group of private clients I style The biggest thing has been going fully out on my own rather than working for a magazine or other brand I was always interested in going out on my own I was lucky that I built my Substack up while still employed full-time I get up with them and get them ready for school—make breakfast I usually try and exercise—I take Lagree classes four-ish times a week I have a lot of physical energy and if I don’t exercise it turns into anxiety I usually go home to start writing or working but working the way I do lets me have a lot of flexibility I do a lot of my writing at night after the kids go to sleep I’m usually too tired to read or anything before bed Then I usually wake up when my kids wake up I’m so glad they’re finally sleeping past 6 Then I usually change out of my nightgown (I sleep in an old fashioned old lady cotton nightgown… ) and get started with shuttling the kids downstairs and getting them fed With kids this age it’s literally like throwing two bouncy balls into your living room and then trying to get both of them under control A lot of the time I don’t even brush my teeth until I get home from my workout other than making sure my kids are set for whatever they have going on After I exercise I like to have something to eat—usually a couple of eggs with some veggies or avocado or yogurt with slivered almonds I’ve learned over time that my skin looks better if I screw around with it less Or it looks just as good with two or three products as it does with seven hundred I use a few more things at night than this I try to eat something with a lot of protein in the morning Is two fried eggs over a bowl with edamame and steamed spinach then nutritional yeast on top with some hot sauce I get kind of fixated on one thing and eat it every day for like four months and then I decide I can’t ever look at it again so everything has to be simple simple simple I also hate to clean up after a meal so I try to make as little mess as possible but I like having something drink-like at the end of the day I always have my Kindle under my pillow so I can read for a minute or two before I go to sleep—even when I’m totally exhausted I usually read at least one page so I have a few very particular lip balms I love I do not have cool taste in music—I love cheesy girly pop. My best getting-ready song is “Run Away With Me” by Carly Rae Jepson. I also love this remix of The Very Best’s album It also helps my brain warm up and I get a lot of ideas while I’m exercising I have some friends who I meet up with once a week to walk on the beach—one of the perks of living in LA and for the last few years I’ve kind of fallen into a rut or routine that’s starting to feel very routine So I’m trying to take time to get myself dressed now and enjoy the clothes I’ve collected.  I usually wear my favorite pair of Wrangler jeans It’s a completely effortless outfit but still looks polished [I recommend following] your emotional response: buy things you’ll love and treasure and actually wear If you don’t know what you like or how to put things together enlist someone to help or keep doing your research Don’t try to fit a mold that doesn’t feel authentic to you There are certain currents in fashion happening that I really like but the thing that keeps fashion interesting is when people express themselves through their clothes I’d love to be able to read quietly alone for an hour every morning But in reality I’d probably work or exercise I always feel like I have too much to do and too little time so I think I’d fill that hour pretty quickly I know I have to do it or I can’t really function Quitting drinking was another thing—my life has improved 200% since I quit I also have to spend some time snuggling with my kids I’m very touchy and I love to scoop them up and roll around with them maybe a feeling like I’m always trying to feel successful but I’m always wondering what else I can do or try to be better I would: stress out about how to use an extra hour Worst morning habit: not brushing my teeth before drop off One thing I want to be known for is: being warm and kind The one thing I fear the most: letting my kids down The book I always recommend: The Art Of Fielding and In One Person One trait you need to succeed in life is: persistence and kindness Bath or shower? What’s your favorite product? Both! I love a bath, but usually take a shower. I love the splash salve from Hanni in the shower I’m usually too lazy to moisturize after taking a shower and this does that step for me This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page « Back Text description provided by the architects. Maison Commune is a built manifesto and an open process with its inhabitants. It is a small housing project that defines and highlights a sequence of shared spaces and the joy of everyday life at all levels and without any excuse. It is concrete evidence and a direct learning tool for how we want to live together. Towards self-commission. Designing our own briefs has been key in the past and fundamental for the future of our practice. On this, Maison Commune is a specific model to learn from: we were able to design the brief from the very beginning, leading the administrative, financial, and architectural studies and processes. Taking such responsibilities directly benefited the project. It allowed us to keep a good level of autonomy and openness when making fundamental spatial and material decisions. Site axoOpen Design Process. The initial project was an extension of the existing house towards the street. This option was discarded during the studies after confirming the fragility of the ground and existing structure. In the end, we decided to demolish the volume towards the street (60% of the whole existing building), to provide a resistant new frame. The value of pre-existence needs to be confirmed case by case. © Javier Agustín RojasRe-use at the scale of the building. Reclaimed bricks were found and cleaned in Belgium (less than 300km of distance, reducing even more the carbon footprint) and then tested in France. Towards the street bricks were left apparent, making visible its roughness and ageing. The interior facade is then painted white contributing to give unity and light to the new shared garden. Street elevationForm follows attitude. Although the urban regulations allowed us to build 4 floors, we decided to build only 3. By doing so, we took care of the neighbors (avoiding blocking the sunlight) and at the same time, which allowed us to have a covered shared space on the rooftop. In other words, building less private space, but ensuring generous spaces of encounter for the inhabitants. © Javier Agustín RojasArchitecture as Propaganda The wooden-structure greenhouse on top of the building synthesizes the will of the project achieving maximum communication and dignity through minor and humble means (as Lina Bo Bardi would say) in everyday life and in the stressed city fabric You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email It's a bit like the Cannes Film Festival for short films: the Côté Court festival returns every year as the good news of the summer season with its packed program of new names to watch and great cinematic moments This ten-day festival is the perfect opportunity to let yourself be carried away by the world of young filmmakers who present their short films and then discuss them endlessly over a drink on the terrace Created in 1992 on the initiative of the Seine Saint Denis department and the city of Pantin, the festival is held every year at Ciné 104 in Pantin and the directors are even present before or after the screenings numerous prizes are awarded in seven different categories: Fiction Competition Award Best Film Project Award and Head-to-Head Award Find the complete program of films on the official festival website The Emergences biennial showcases young talent from the Eastern Paris and 93 regions A number of artists from the rest of France are also exhibiting their creations in this modern and contemporary show visitors can discover and meet over fifty artists at the CND de Pantin This art fair is divided into six thematic areas, showcasing artists, their works and their creative processes. Emergences focuses on art, but also, and above all, on craft. Know-how knowledge and innovation all feature prominently in this biennial event but also the professions and knowledge that can inspire them Emergences brings together a vast array of artisans and creators The event is also intended to be eco-responsible with sustainable exhibition spaces and more economical works using recycled materials and new manufacturing techniques and head to Pantin to discover the young talents of the Emergences biennial Berri’s despondent neo-noir looks gorgeous on Radiance’s gleaming transfer Writer-director Claude Berri’s 1983 crime drama Tchao Pantin arriving at a gas station looking for a spark plug for his dead moped Graveyard-shift worker Lambert (Coluche) says that he doesn’t have one that would seem to be the end of their association But circumstance keeps bringing Bensoussan and Lambert together not least because they’re nocturnal creatures who approach things with a gentle but he looks like he never adjusted to his own schedule; the bags under his eye are nearly as blue as his garage uniform and his slicked hair and pencil mustache look more like oil stains than natural fibers but it’s obvious that once the door to a connection is cracked open he falls through it out of an eagerness to make a friend for the first time in god knows how long Coluche may wear Lambert’s world-weariness on his entire body but he lets more and more gentleness shine through his gruff and cautious interactions with the younger man as the film proceeds just as Lambert finally opens himself fully to this bond Bensoussan falls prey to the risks of his profession and ends up murdered in front of his new pal Tchao Pantin shifts gears into neo-noir territory as the grief-stricken Lambert goes on a one-man quest to avenge his friend and the smoldering rage in his face lends credibility to what might otherwise have been an absurd sight of a paunchy middle-aged man intimidating various punks and lowlifes of the Parisian underground with ties to Bensoussan Coluche’s single-minded intensity as Lambert marked an against-type performance for the actor a comedian who became renowned for his envelope-pushing social satire Coluche announced his candidacy for the French presidential election but pressure from François Mitterrand and the murder of his manager The resulting impact on his personal and professional reputation is borne out in the way that the actor Even when later revelations about Lambert’s past provide fuller explanation for his level of emotional investment in Bensoussan’s death and surprising toughness it’s the image that Coluche projects as a man who has lost his last tether to human connection that makes Lambert believable as an equalizer such as an unlikely romantic bond formed between Lambert and Bensoussan’s girlfriend and a telegraphed ending lean too hard into genre tropes Berri’s methodical direction befits Lambert’s steely resolve and spartan attitude and in spite of the director’s long experience in the French film industry Tchao Pantin could easily pass as an early example of the nation’s “cinéma du look” movement of stylistically inclined genre movies from maverick young filmmakers Sourced from a 4K restoration by Pathé approved by Nuytten Radiance’s transfer calls attention to Bruno Nytten’s cool-toned and metallic-textured cinematography The nighttime exteriors are rendered with deep black levels while the glints of light reflecting off of vehicular and mechanical surfaces sparkle like fireflies against the dark backgrounds evident in everything from the bricolage of Lambert’s workspace to the sallow features of his insomniac face foregrounding dialogue but ably capturing all the loud and soft street noise of nightlife around the characters The disc comes with an hour-long 2003 documentary on Tchao Pantin’s making and legacy proving ample social context behind the domestic and international politics facing France in the early 1980s as well as the turbulent personal lives of both Claude Berri and Coluche A new interview with film scholar Michael Abecassis further explicates the long cultural afterlife that the film enjoyed in France critic Manuela Lazić provides an overview of Coluche’s life and career to contextualize his César-winning performance here Claude Berri’s despondent neo-noir looks gorgeous on Radiance’s gleaming transfer Jake Cole is an Atlanta-based film critic whose work has appeared in MTV News and Little White Lies He is a member of the Atlanta Film Critics Circle and the Online Film Critics Society document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "a864cef4b0ecbaad1490a1c98889c269" );document.getElementById("facec42938").setAttribute( "id" and website in this browser for the next time I comment come and treat yourself to our Saveurs de l'Année award-winning products at Tang Frères in Pantin A new free tasting of their beef samoussas freshly recognized as Flavor of the Year 2025 and their unmissable halal chicken egg rolls recognized as Flavor of the Year 2024 🏆!On the menu for this free tasting friendly and full of Asian flavors:- Halal Chicken Egg Rolls - Flavor of the Year 2024- Beef Samoussas - Flavor of the Year 2025accompanied by their traditional sauce to sublimate the whole from Tang Frères' fresh and frozen sections as well as from many well-known supermarkets (Carrefour For those who frequent the Asian district of Paris's 13th arrondissement, you can also sample them at the HOA NAM Boutique / Caterer immersive and surprisingly strange village a papier-mâché theater troupe in the midst of imaginary rehearsals from which an intriguing soundtrack emanates.. a deserted amusement park and an oversized nursery oscillating between wonder and delicious unease certainly a nod to the proverb "It takes a village to raise a child" An ironic and critical reflection on theimportance of social ties and those figures - real or fictional - who guide and carry us immersive artistic universe that's not to be missed Marlene Pantin brings an interdisciplinary background to her work with broad experience in behavioral health She supports the Audubon network in advocacy and building strategic partnerships to advance the Plants for Birds program and create bird-friendly communities across the country. Thinking she has too much free time (who doesn’t) Marlene founded and currently leads both an environmental nonprofit and borough-wide organization When she is not working she can also be found volunteering and managing community and corporate volunteers in protecting and preserving local parks and open spaces. Marlene is always excited to listen She is passionate about encouraging and representing marginalized and underrepresented voices wherever she works and plays.  Pledge to stand with Audubon to call on elected officials to listen to science and work towards climate solutions a dynamic banlieue just beyond Paris's traditional boundaries has improbably become the City of Light's next great epicenter of art and culture Leave Le Marais to the tourists and come here to discover what's next for the French capital He is the author of “The Rise and Fall of the House of Barneys.” the rest of the Île-de-France region also offers some very fine visits with a different but equally rich and historic heritage le programme est mis à jour en fonction des annonces officielles Pantin administrative centerAucun événement annoncé à ce jour La Compagnie d'ArcAucun événement annoncé à ce jour Les Magasins GénérauxAucun événement annoncé à ce jour Alice Milliat swimming poolAucun événement annoncé à ce jour Charles Auray StadiumAucun événement annoncé à ce jour Happy Heritage Days in Seine-Saint-Denis If you had an account with Verso prior to April 2023 you will need to register here to access your account Would you like to switch to our site to see prices and shipping options for your current location In response to remarks they gave at an event in Paris earlier this month, Judith Butler has received hate mail while Zionist publications have attacked them Butler defends and clarifies their position This article was originally published by Médiapart on 11 March My sojourn in France this academic year has been full of interesting twists and turns. First, an event was cancelled by the Mayor of Paris in early December on anti-zionism and antisemitism in which I had hoped to draw a distinction between the two The event was rescheduled to take place at Pantin and many people arrived for the conversation on that topic that I had with Francoise Vergès producer and author associated with the Relais de Pantin The sponsoring organizations included two anti-Zionist Jewish groups Paroles d’honneur posted a recording of the event and then critics circulated an extracted portion in which I am featured as saying that the attacks perpetrated against Israelis on October 7th was part of a resistance movement I proposed that we think about Hamas not as a terrorist group What the extract failed to include was the next part of my argument disagree with the tactics of such a movement and that my view is that the atrocities committed then and the genocidal actions of the State of Israel I then went on to talk about non-violence and what it means emphasizing that my aspiration for the region is a form of governance that would embody principles of equality The hate mail started pouring in by alarmed Zionists I was once against accused of siding with Hamas of misusing the hallowed term “resistance” in the French context My institutional hosts in Paris were concerned by the public outrage And though I have not quite been “cancelled,” some events have been “postponed” in light of threats made to disrupt my lectures public speakers become a kind of vortex for conflicting forces and it is all too clear how little attention there is for qualified arguments and thoughts that take time to develop As stated in my article on October 10th in the London Review of Books (“The Compass of Mourning”) I felt extreme anguish about the killing of Jewish Israeli citizens on October 7th and I then condemned Hamas for committing atrocities why are those lives so palpably grievable to me when the attacks against Palestinians in Gaza were intensifying Some thought I should speak more about the Israeli lives brutally extinguished or taken hostage and others thought that I should be quiet about the grief I felt about those lives I can neither renounce the grief and outrage I feel about those attacked and killed on October 7th nor stop insisting that genocide is happening against Palestinian people All of these sentiments remain true for me as a Jew and as a person the decades of violence that led up to this event especially those perpetrated by occupying forces so the histories we should be telling should begin several decades before Israeli attacks on Gaza have resulted in nearly 30,000 deaths and those deaths prompt me to mourn and to oppose Israeli state violence one which I share with many others across the world of mourning all the deaths that have happened in this brutal war of wanting a world in which all violence and killing will come to an end emerged from the armed faction of a political party that administers Gaza I join those who describe this attack as a form of armed resistance to colonization and ongoing siege and dispossession This neither romanticizes their atrocities nor justifies their actions Although it is apparently difficult to hear it is possible to describe Hamas as part of a resistance movement or armed struggle without considering their actions as justified Not all forms of “resistance” are justified Any and all forms of sexual violence are deplorable whether committed by Hamas or the Israeli military  Antisemitism and anti-Arab racism must be equally opposed Israeli killings of tens of thousands of Gazans in shameless and unrestrained ways have now to be our focus as does the complicity of the US and major powers with this genocide It is past time that the international community come together to find a just and enduring solution that would allow every inhabitant of the land to live in equality we must find ways of understanding the reasons for violence without resorting to (a) quick and dubious justifications for it or (b) racist caricatures to oppose it My commitment is to develop a way to imagine the radical equality of the grievable A philosophy of nonviolence demands a perspective on war that does not necessarily assume a position within the war to reflect on war and genocidal actions – which are not the same – to produce critical reflection that seeks to find the potential for a true peace that might be established to discern how and why military actors can lay down their arms and engage with one another at the table of diplomacy and the construction of a new future If we want to ask people to lay down their arms – as I hope we do - then we must understand why they take them up in the first place To pursue that kind of historical inquiry is not to justify the violence that they inflict To understand the historical emergence of a movement is not to rationalize its actions to realize a world of nonviolent cohabitation and to bring subjugation to an end it will be necessary to understand the history of colonial subjugation in order to bring that subjugation to an end Co-habitation will not work without first establishing conditions of equality the ideals of equality and co-habitation have informed all my work as has the commitment to nonviolent modes of political action and mobilization For the means we use reflect and embody the world we want to create affords a perspective we cannot do without It is with sadness that I take note of the efforts to misconstrue and caricature my words and my work but perhaps this incident illuminates the limits of  what can be heard and known by those for whom disavowal and complicity have become a way of life It is that way of life that needs most urgently to be contested Opened less than a year ago in Pantin, in a charming pavilion, a former mansion from the early 20th century, Chez Olympe restaurant-cabaret organizes drag bingo every Sunday at 6pm, followed by a blind test hosted by drag queen Clemence Trü If you're not familiar with the format, it's because this event is none other than the little brother of the bingo held for a number of years at La Folie in the Parc de la Villette The ingredients for this new event are the same: a good atmosphere lots of jokes and little gifts for the winners You don't even need to sign up: just turn up pick a handful of corn kernels to place on the outgoing numbers At the end of the drag bingo, it's time for the blind test (also free!), to show just how much you know about music. No need to get bored for a single second, on Sunday from 6pm at Olympe in Pantin Drag Show in Paris: Top addresses and breathtaking performancesDiscover the best places to attend unforgettable drag shows in Paris and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of drag queens and drag kings. [Read more] In her Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic Pantin teaches students transactional lawyering skills that they draw on to promote social justice provide pro bono legal services to small businesses “We assist them with the legal hurdles that small businesses face and the students offer entrepreneurs a lot of guidance about what makes sense for their businesses,” says Pantin who inaugurated the clinic last year as a visiting professor; she joined the faculty full time on July 1 “We help them form their companies and do their operating documents and corporate governance work.”  this one has a dual purpose: to provide pro bono legal services to individuals and companies that could not otherwise afford a lawyer and to give students hands-on experience Pantin’s students develop practice-ready transactional lawyering skills by counseling business owners on matters such as trademarking a logo or creating employment contracts the clinic represented several food businesses including companies specializing in desserts The firms were growing so quickly that they could no longer do all their own cooking or bottling so the clinic created original co-packaging agreements which enabled the groups to outsource production.  The students also held a pop-up legal clinic last fall for food entrepreneurs who live in New York City public housing “It was very gratifying for the students to see how much they’ve learned and to help a business take the next step in its growth,” she says “but I have no illusions that all my students will go out after graduation and only represent low-income entrepreneurs They’re often going off to large law firms—which I did as well.”  Pantin’s training in transactional law took place at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP where she practiced corporate and securities law for seven years She advised private investment funds and their sponsors and investors in all matters related to the formation and operation of domestic and international funds She also had a pro bono practice and counseled nonprofits and small businesses on formation issues While at Debevoise, Pantin started to think about returning to the classroom. (She previously taught elementary school in Washington, D.C., between college and law school.) To prepare for the ritualized academic job market, she worked with Columbia’s Careers in Law Teaching Program I was connected with law professors to talk about the process and put in touch with people to do mock interviews.” she signed on as an adjunct instructor of legal writing at Brooklyn Law School The following year she left Debevoise to become an associate professor of law at New York Law School where she started a transactional law clinic and was the director of the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative of the Impact Center for Public Interest Law she moved to Boston College Law School as the founding director of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic she critiqued “entrepreneurship theory,” which posits that the best way to narrow the wealth gap is to start a business or invest in a business which is generally much easier for white entrepreneurs “The overall lack of access to external financial capital means that most entrepreneurs of color cannot participate fully in the vibrant entrepreneurial sector—either as successful founders of companies or as investors in our economy,” she wrote Pantin is also reuniting with two classmates who are also clinical professors: Alexandra Carter ’03, who leads the Mediation Clinic, and Colleen Shanahan ’03, who founded the Community Advocacy Lab and I am so glad they are now my colleagues.” The rewards of being a clinical professor are twofold for Pantin “I have taught students a fundamental skill—how to represent an organizational client—and that skill transfers when they have bigger clients and bigger deals,” she says “I think I have also opened their eyes to a particular type of client and that will stay with them as they move forward with their careers.” © Copyright 2025 The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York If you missed Harrogate’s WWII veteran 101 year-old Sheila Pantin’s first-hand talk Road to the Concentration Camps after she launched the centenary of Harrogate’s war memorial in 2023, now’s your chance to hear this amazing and inspirational lady’s long and wonderful life-story. Sheila celebrated her own centenary on Trafalgar Day 2023, just weeks after she gave her talk at a fully booked event with the audience clamouring for more. She is pin-sharp and still a brilliant raconteur. Even if you heard this talk, she still has more to tell in a rich and sprawling memoir. This time around Sheila has been invited to launch a local 12-month project entitled Women Winning marking International Women’s Day 2025. The aim is to bring Harrogate’s inspirational women like Sheila, and others from all walks of life, to new audiences. In Conversation with Sheila Pantin will be held at 2.30pm on Friday, 7 March in St Peter’s Church on Cambridge Road, Harrogate (via the side door next to Primark). Entrance is free and no booking required. As a Rank Sergeant with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Sheila was posted abroad after D-Day when she closely followed our forces across France and Belgium and into Nazi Germany where she would become one of the first British service women to enter a German concentration camp in April 1945. I had been asked to lead a convoy of about ten three-tonne Bedford lorries into Germany from Holland. I thought it would be something to do with creating a PTI training centre for our troops and when we got there I was asked if I wanted to work in the camps. I thought they meant barracks but it turned out they didn’t. There was a camp with this huge entrance and an awful lot of huts surrounded by barbed wire fencing. It was Belsen. Sheila’s job was to look after the survivors in the camp, to clean them, dress them, show them how to use a knife and fork, to try to restore a little humanity after the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. So that is exactly what I did. That was 80 years ago and numbers who have first-hand experience of these horrors are dwindling. That is why it is so important for people to listen to first-hand witnesses so that they too can become witnesses. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); © Harrogate Informer 2025 - All rights reserved Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission As the editorial director of Coveteur — a popular platform for fashion and lifestyle stories — Laurel Pantin’s job entails attending fashion shows and keeping tabs on the office’s plentiful holiday snacks (gingerbread cookies she sat down for several proper meals this week — at Perry St Read all about it in this week’s Grub Street Diet Thursday, December 8I have just a tiny shadow of a hangover when I get up. Last night, my husband and I had dinner at Perry St with two of our friends I ended up having two Tito’s martinis on the rocks and a glass of Fernet with my cranberry pavlova (which was delicious I love meringue and anything that dissolves as you eat it) I go to the gym and walk on the treadmill as quickly as I can for an hour — usually while watching Drag Race on my iPad but lately I’ve been sleeping eight-plus hours (it feels so good) and instead walk to a few pre-fall appointments in midtown from my apartment in the West Village Emily and I have a micro-hang while waiting for the train downtown and make plans to meet up later that day On the way to the office, I stop at Cafe Bari on Canal and get an almond-milk flat white I’ve been trying to wean myself off coffee because the way I like it best is basically as melted coffee ice cream — tons of half-and-half and 8 billion Splendas I feel that I’m going to punch through a wall or rip my skin off I leave the office with our site director and head of technology I grab a handful of All Dressed potato chips and we tend to have Canadian snacks in the office All Dressed tastes kind of like vinegar mixed with ketchup and BBQ sauce We go to the new location of Mimi Cheng’s and pickled radishes — plus their fantastic “secret sauce.” I like things to be so spicy most people can’t eat them and while the sauce is nowhere near that spicy I inhale the dumplings and then eat half a Coffee Crisp which is another Canadian junk-food treat — it’s like a Snickers-size coffee-flavored Kit Kat Andee comes back from an errand with two family-size bags of Boom Chicka Pop kettle corn — another office favorite — and I have to have a few handfuls of that A lot of snacking and friendship time happens at Coveteur It’s the night of Coach’s 75th anniversary party and pre-fall show, which Emily and I go to together. We do almost everything together. Before the show, we meet at Eataly and share a cheese plate and a bowl of olives we share every single thing; we went to Greece together a few summers ago and would literally share a bowl of yogurt Friday, December 9I sleep until the last possible moment, and spend 20 or 30 minutes flopping around in bed and noodling around on my phone. I have a breakfast meeting at Cookshop at 9:30 so eventually I get up and take a long shower I don’t usually like having a big breakfast first thing in the morning — I prefer to wait until noon to eat — but our meeting is really fun along with about half a bottle of Tabasco and a hot water with lemon I eat two slices of my co-worker’s cranberry-walnut toast with butter and cranberry jam After that, I have a photo shoot with Tracy Anderson. On the way back into the office, I run into The Smile to Go because I’m verging on being hangry and it’s fast and a little box of kale salad with pomegranate seeds and some sweet potatoes and I go crazy afterward searching for snacks I have a little chocolate and a tiny cookie our CEO comes back from a meeting with gingerbread cookies and I find myself eating it by the fistful I meet up with Emily for a class at Physique 57 we walk to my apartment and we have a glass of Monkey Shoulder whiskey on the rocks My husband, Justin, meets us and we all go to Wallsé for dinner Wallsé is one of my favorite places in the neighborhood and we all share the special black-truffle-and-cheese spaetzle Emily orders a beet salad with Concord grapes which is one of my all time favorite things to eat and one of Concord-grape sorbet (the guava is the winner) as well as an apple strudel and one Fernet each Then, we all go to Osteria Morini for lunch and then rigatoni with mushrooms and tomatoes We also have some of their delicious warm foccacia We get a cheese plate and some sorbets for dessert my friend Michael comes over and we have a 20-minute mini-hang and drink a million cans of grapefruit LaCroix and we snack on some edamame and try and figure out where we’re going to eat dinner We branch out and go to Tamarind in Tribeca for Indian food. The space itself is kind of hilarious — I feel like I’m eating at a hotel in Vegas, but the food is fantastic. Sean meets us and we have martinis (Tito’s dirty on the rocks) and order tons of food. We share a chocolate cake for dessert, and then go to Ear Inn for a nightcap I get Lindt cookies and cream truffles from my deli — a very dirty habit We live near a great deli — they have a diverse set of checkout candy options December 11After yesterday’s marathon of eating and drinking I’m feeling a little like I need to get my shit together and on the way back get an almond-milk flat white I have an hour-and-a-half-long work call at noon so I snack on a clementine during that and drink my coffee Justin and I go down to Cherche Midi and have lunch at the bar I order poached eggs on avocado with jalapeño and tomato salsa on country bread Justin gets a burger and I eat half his fries we go shopping for some presents and walk back home through Soho you may have noticed that I haven’t made a single meal at home and we almost never have any food in the house The only things I can make are enchiladas or a taco bar (I love Tex-Mex) and I decide to make some cauliflower rice in my Vitamix We go home, and I do a few more hours of work before starting in on dinner. While I’m cooking, I listen to a really interesting episode of Love + Radio but I still don’t like cooking and I probably won’t do it again for six months I do make a ton of cauliflower rice and lots of extra veggies for the filling in Texas makes this hot sauce that’s probably 30 percent ghost pepper — he and my aunt grow them at home — and it’s almost inedible it’s so spicy and a few months ago they shipped me about ten jars of it I slather it on the enchiladas before baking them I like to have a final nibble of something different December 12I wake up a bit late and rush to get to our office We have our Toronto team in town this week and we have an all-company meeting that I need to be present at but the second I walk in the office I see someone has brought a massive tin of candied popcorn The meeting goes until 1:30, and I order a kale salad from The Mill with artichoke hearts I don’t know anything about The Mill other than I order their salads when I’m too busy to leave the office for lunch so I get an orange fizzy water and another handful of popcorn I kind of continue picking on candied popcorn and snacks all day I head home and eat leftover cauliflower rice and some sautéed veggies with a ton of melted cheese on top and do another two hours of work before going to see my friend Mikey Mikey worked on the new season of America’s Next Top Model so I go to his apartment to watch it with some of his other friends He has a gorgeous (overweight) bulldog named Barbara I bring over a bottle of Champagne and have a glass and two slices of pizza (plus like 16 Ferrero Rocher chocolates — I love deli candy!) while we watch the show Tuesday, December 13I’m on set all day styling a story for Coveteur. I pick at catering nonstop. It’s from Lemons & Olives and it’s fantastic I have some scrambled eggs and about five little toast rounds with avocado and tomato I keep popping those toast rounds in my mouth until lunch comes and Israeli salad — it’s all so good that I literally go back for thirds I’m on set until about six, when I head back into the city from Brooklyn. I go to the office for about an hour before meeting my friends for dinner. We go to Takahachi in the East Village and get a bottle of sake My brother is in town having drinks nearby with some of his friends, so I meet him on my way home and we stop by Tom & Jerry’s for a beer There are four couples aggressively making out in the bar and kind of warms my heart (romance lives!) I’m fully aware I’ve been drinking every night (with one exception) for the past week (this is not standard behavior!) so I’m a little relieved that the night stops at just one beer PROMAN Starlift arranger Dante Pantin believes good music is timeless – one of the many reasons his band will be playing the late Winston “Mighty Shadow” Bailey’s 1993 song “I don’t limit music to an era or time period Time/expiration doesn’t exist with me,” Pantin told Newsday “Shadow’s music still inspires persons up to this day This masterpiece was never performed at (the) Big Yard in the (Panorama) large band category "The poetic lyrics in the composition sums up TT and the Caribbean; everyone According to the Linguistics Department at UWI symbolising the culture and language of the ancestors of the people of TT.” “I feel a sense of duty and humbleness to have the opportunity resources and musicians to be able to put this forward as Proman Starlift’s 2025 selection.” And the band's Panorama manager Kristin Murrell said the vibe at panyard on Christopher Samuel Drive Mucurapo will reflect the intent of the song on February 9 when the preliminary judging for the national competition will take place Proman Starlift will play in position number seven in the northern region “I think the original name of the song would have been Music but it's more popularly known as Dingolay," Murrell told Newsday so we decided to turn our preliminary performance into a party could dingolay,’ and we decided to lead into that as our tagline for our preliminary.” with a fully stocked bar and live entertainment Among the guest artistes will be Sharlan Bailey “He is one of our resident guest artistes at Proman Starlift We do have a couple other guest artistes and surprises.” She said when selecting a song to play for the competition Starlift likes to embody the theme or whatever the vibe of the original composer was as well as what can bring out the energy of the players She said one thing a lot of people don’t realise is that there is a timeline with which band members work when it comes to selecting a song to play “So we can’t always wait to hear what the newer songs are But we did sit down and listen and consider things like what we are feeling “Just listening to the development of the music I’m really interested in seeing what Dante does to start the pace in the introduction he always brings creativity to the music; he always brings that vibe and the energy And the players have a way of playing whatever he brings to them to life… Every summer for the past three years, it's been the same story in Pantin: the long-awaited pool in Parc Diderot opens its doors to budding swimmers to cool off throughout the summer vacations This natural open-air water feature offers a free swimming spot open to all With a surface area of no less than 700 square metres the city of Pantin offers you the chance to cool off in the Parc Diderot swimming pool there are a few rules to be observed before taking a dip: swimmers are required to wear a cap and swimsuit Pitchouns and children under 12 - as well as those who can't swim - must be accompanied by an adult in swimwear The pool is open throughout the school vacations from 2pm to 8pm (modified in case of heatwave Pantin is the swimming spot not to be missed: until August 31 at the bassin du parc Diderot You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed.