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(Photo: Courtesy of the vendor; Mindi Sachs/Theribite/Instagbram (Xian, second to last image); Mark Birch (White Bear, last image)) |
A Dumpling Tour, $0-$50
Part 1: Black Thread bamboo chopsticks ($5; mrslinskitchen.com).
Part 2: Premium Dark soy sauce
($3.50; yummi.co)
Part 3: A three-hour Dumplr
tour in Flushing, including stops at Shanghai Cuisine 33, Xi’an Famous Foods, and White Bear ($35; dumplr.com)
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(Photo: Courtesy of the vendors; Glenn Wester (last image)) |
Study the Stars, $51-$200
Part 1: Cosmos FirstScope telescope ($70; celestron.com).
Part 2: A star in their name ($20; nameastar.com).
Part 3: Round-trip weekend LIRR ticket to Southold, Long Island, to visit the Custer Observatory ($40).
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(Photo: Courtesy of the vendors; Sea and Space Museum (last image)) |
Sleepover on the 'Intrepid,' $201-$500
Part 1: Carter’s airplane-pajama set ($34; jcpenney.com).
Part 2: REI Kindercone sleeping bag, with adjustable length to grow with your child ($60; rei.com).
Part 3: Hobby Zone electric plane ($90; hobbyzone.com).
Part 4: An Operation Slumber overnight stay at the Intrepid ($120 per person; intrepidmuseum.org)
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(Photo: Courtesy of the vendor; Courtesy of Brooklyn Grange (second image)) |
Rooftop Beekeeping, $501-$1,000
Part 1: Flight of four made-in-Manhattan honeys ($45; beeraw.com).
Part 2: Case of 12 Muth jars ($13; betterbee.com).
Part 3: StingEze insect-bite relief ($3; drugstore.com).
Part 4: Brooklyn Grange beehive package, including beehive setup, transfer of a bee colony into the hive, and a beekeeping tutorial ($800; brooklyngrangefarm.com; email: �[email protected]).
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(Photo: Courtesy of the vendor; The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images) |
A Trip to the Matcha Harvest, $1,000 and up
Part 1: Class at the new MatchaBar in Williamsburg ($85; matchabarnyc.com).
Part 2: Starter kit with bowl, premium-grade matcha, bamboo whisk, tea scoop ($99; matchasource.com).
Part 3: Flight to Nagoya for the May Matcha Harvest in Nishio, Japan (from $1,285 for one round-trip ticket).
*This article appears in the November 24, 2014 issue of New York Magazine.
