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The Age
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
And Just Like That recap: Let's pray this season is kinder to Miranda
As Mary updates Miranda all week with her itinerary – dinner at Tavern on the Green, riding the carousel in Central Park, a visit to the M&M store in Times Square after seeing Wicked – she and Carrie mock like only two former downtown It Girls can. It's fun seeing them be so bitchy. Sometimes it can feel like AJLT has sanded over all these characters' hard edges and Carrie, especially, is an almost passive, pearl-clutching version of her former self. The columnist and novelist floats out of her Gramercy manse in fresh-off-the-runway Simone Rocha, as the episode opens, to send a card to Aidan with nothing but a heart drawn on it. The timeline on this show's always been a little hazy, so who knows how long it's been since his 'let's come back in five years' ultimatum. They're in touch enough to send a few postcards, but so rarely that his late-night audio booty call comes as a surprise. Anthony doesn't know any details of the agreement, but Carrie's adopted cat Shoe has grown a lot. After a long night of leaping out of bed to shut off her alarm, Carrie spends another day faking that she's fine with the whole thing before hopping back into bed to fake it with Aidan over the phone. He's drunk, 'in my truck in a field', and desperate to have phone sex. Loading 'Don't break the mood,' he tells Carrie, after honking his literal horn (car version). Carrie can't get back in the mood with Shoe watching, and her impulse to pretend is a sign – I pray – that this storyline finds its conclusion soon. In a bed across town, LTW is getting up at 4.15am to fine-tune a pitch for PBS about a documentary project highlighting 10 unsung black women. Between the executives wanting her to replace one with the 'very, very sung' Michelle Obama, and her husband in crisis over whether he's cool, Lisa's got more story in this episode than Charlotte, who's trying to clear Richard Burton's name in a case of dog park mistaken identity (sure). Seema's bed is lucky to be standing after she fell asleep with a lit cigarette, so exhausted was she from looking hot and waiting for her movie director boyfriend Ravi to call. (I'm with the firefighter: 'Who still smokes in bed?') Seema compares Carrie's calm patience to her demands of Ravi, and the way she invokes the fun, loose, messy Carrie of 'then' to this version of her, who's zen about Aidan's distance and rules and dressed either like Bunny MacDougal or in a strawberry shortcake bonnet, makes me mourn the spitfire we've lost. Thank God for Seema, who kicks her distracted boyfriend to the curb/canal by episode's end. It's genuinely touching to see Miranda and Mary's final moments. When the nun says 'I always knew this person was somewhere inside of me. And now I've met her. Thanks to you', it fills me with faith that the rest of this season might just get a little closer to the centre of what's really going on under the glossy veneers of Carrie and Charlotte. Not Miranda, though. If anything she could use a little more gloss. in theatres November 2025!
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
And Just Like That recap: Let's pray this season is kinder to Miranda
As Mary updates Miranda all week with her itinerary – dinner at Tavern on the Green, riding the carousel in Central Park, a visit to the M&M store in Times Square after seeing Wicked – she and Carrie mock like only two former downtown It Girls can. It's fun seeing them be so bitchy. Sometimes it can feel like AJLT has sanded over all these characters' hard edges and Carrie, especially, is an almost passive, pearl-clutching version of her former self. The columnist and novelist floats out of her Gramercy manse in fresh-off-the-runway Simone Rocha, as the episode opens, to send a card to Aidan with nothing but a heart drawn on it. The timeline on this show's always been a little hazy, so who knows how long it's been since his 'let's come back in five years' ultimatum. They're in touch enough to send a few postcards, but so rarely that his late-night audio booty call comes as a surprise. Anthony doesn't know any details of the agreement, but Carrie's adopted cat Shoe has grown a lot. After a long night of leaping out of bed to shut off her alarm, Carrie spends another day faking that she's fine with the whole thing before hopping back into bed to fake it with Aidan over the phone. He's drunk, 'in my truck in a field', and desperate to have phone sex. Loading 'Don't break the mood,' he tells Carrie, after honking his literal horn (car version). Carrie can't get back in the mood with Shoe watching, and her impulse to pretend is a sign – I pray – that this storyline finds its conclusion soon. In a bed across town, LTW is getting up at 4.15am to fine-tune a pitch for PBS about a documentary project highlighting 10 unsung black women. Between the executives wanting her to replace one with the 'very, very sung' Michelle Obama, and her husband in crisis over whether he's cool, Lisa's got more story in this episode than Charlotte, who's trying to clear Richard Burton's name in a case of dog park mistaken identity (sure). Seema's bed is lucky to be standing after she fell asleep with a lit cigarette, so exhausted was she from looking hot and waiting for her movie director boyfriend Ravi to call. (I'm with the firefighter: 'Who still smokes in bed?') Seema compares Carrie's calm patience to her demands of Ravi, and the way she invokes the fun, loose, messy Carrie of 'then' to this version of her, who's zen about Aidan's distance and rules and dressed either like Bunny MacDougal or in a strawberry shortcake bonnet, makes me mourn the spitfire we've lost. Thank God for Seema, who kicks her distracted boyfriend to the curb/canal by episode's end. It's genuinely touching to see Miranda and Mary's final moments. When the nun says 'I always knew this person was somewhere inside of me. And now I've met her. Thanks to you', it fills me with faith that the rest of this season might just get a little closer to the centre of what's really going on under the glossy veneers of Carrie and Charlotte. Not Miranda, though. If anything she could use a little more gloss. in theatres November 2025!
Eater
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
Tracking the NYC Restaurants in ‘And Just Like That...' Season 3
And just like that, HBO Max's Sex and the City sequel series is returning for its third season. And Just Like That... brings back our long-time New Yorkers Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis), as well as relative newcomers Seema (Sarita Choudhury) and Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker), to our televisions and laptops. What is summer without our gals talking candidly about sex, making bad puns, and dining and drinking around the city? Like previous seasons, Eater will be tracking where the gang is eating across New York City, from brunch sessions to romantic dinners to cocktail dates. This guide will be updated weekly when each episode airs on Thursdays at 9 p.m., leading up to the finale. And we're saying it now: there will be spoilers ahead. Episode 1, 'Outlook Good' Goodbye, Carrie's brownstone that's actually in the West Village but masquerades as the Upper East Side; hello, new Gramercy Park townhouse. Last season, Carrie sold her iconic studio to buy and move into a large building along the park for herself and her cute kitty Shoe. Carrie and Aidan are in an ambiguous not-being-together-for-now situation as he lives in Virginia. Miranda's now back in New York and single. Motel No Tell 210 Avenue A, at East 13th Street, East Village Of course a queer bar decked out with neon and a disco ball would be blasting Chappell Roan's 'Hot to Go!' This East Village bar is standing in for a 'lady bar,' as Miranda describes to Carrie and Charlotte, thanking them for accompanying her on a night out of trying to score a date. Now, she's a non-alcoholic drinker, but laments her $37 mocktail tabs, and later orders a Phony Negroni. A couple of scenes later, we're back at the bar: it's closing time and Miranda is alone. But she meets Mary (played by Rosie O'Donnell), a Canadian visiting the city. They end up going to her hotel room together. (In real life, Motel No Tell is celebrating its television appearance by offering a cocktail special for the summer: the Lady Pond is made with vodka, orange, vermouth, cranberry, lime, and apple shrub, for $12.) Tavern on the Green West 67th Street and Central Park West, Upper West Side Okay, the iconic Central Park restaurant isn't actually seen on the show, but it's the butt of a joke. Miranda recaps her hookup to Carrie, explaining that she turned out to be a nun who really wanted to take her to Tavern on the Green, saying 'she doesn't know, it's her first trip to New York.' Carrie is aghast: 'I don't know which is worse: that you slept with a nun or a tourist.' Jean-Georges 1 Central Park West, between Columbus Circle and West 61st Street, Lincoln Square Another talked-about but never seen restaurant. Seema's Marvel director boyfriend Ravis is back from filming in Egypt and tells her he booked lunch at the French tasting menu restaurant. But before that, his film crew has to scout locations in Red Hook, which makes him late for their 1 p.m. reservation. He pushes it back to dinner, and the group eats cooler sandwiches on the pier. But of course, they miss their dinner, and Seema breaks it off. 'I don't do vans or Cool Ranch potato chips, but I did try,' she says. Red Rooster 310 Lenox Avenue, at West 126th Street, Harlem Lisa is tasked with throwing a last-minute cocktail reception for her husband Herbert to make him look cool for his political campaign running for city comptroller. So what's cooler than the celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson's comfort food flagship? The dining room is full — Lisa tells the girls that they should 'eat everything' and that 'the fritters are no joke.' The tables are laden with fried chicken and sandwiches, and the event ends with Carrie and Miranda eating some sort of pudding-like dessert out of little mugs. And with that, stay tuned for next week's episode. Sign up for our newsletter.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Gino's East of Chicago in LA announces the Pope-roni Pizza
Honoring the first American Pope and he's from Chicago LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gino's East of Chicago in Los Angeles is offering a truly Chicago pizza to honor Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in Chicago. The Pope-roni pizza is worth pontificating about. Featuring three kinds of pepperoni, traditional, spicy and "cup and char", with Chicago sausage as an accent. The Pope-roni pizza is available as a Deep Dish or thin crust Tavern Style pizza and features the world famous Gino's East crust, award winning sauce and fresh mozzarella cheese. "Chicagoans are proud of our very own South Side Pope and we're celebrating with a pizza that's easy to pontificate about," says Gino's East-LA co-owner Tod Himmel, "it's a holy trinity of pepperoni with the divine sausage we all love." The Pope-roni will be available throughout the new pontiff's time in office. Gino's East is located at 12924 Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks, California. It was named "Best Pizza in the Southland" by LA Times readers two years in a row. Contact: Dan Michaelsdmichaels@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Gino's East of Chicago-Los Angeles
Chicago Tribune
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Vern's Tavern in downtown Elgin closes this week with karaoke party and goodbyes
Freddy Laqunana and Andrea Michel got the crowd at Vern's Tavern dancing, cheering and jumping Wednesday night with their karaoke rendition of the Nicki Minaj song 'Super Bass.' They sang to a packed house as people flooded the downtown Elgin bar to say goodbye on its final night before closing after four years. 'It's a special night; we're saying goodbye,' the DJ spinning the music said. Jamie Berry, who named her business after her grandfather and used his signature from love letters to her grandmother for her logo, announced the South Grove Avenue bar's closure on Facebook last week. She described it as an 'unfortunate transition' but has not said why she decided to shut it down or if she wants to reopen elsewhere. 'So now I write a love letter to you,' Berry said in her social media post. 'Our dear family, friends, customers, and neighbors. … It is with both a deep sadness and also a growing excitement that I share with you some hard news. For reasons beyond our control … Vern's Tavern will be closing and moving out of our space. 'We have made a home in this space for the last 4 years and have created some of the most spectacular memories, met the most amazing people, and celebrated huge milestones together. Just like papas love notes, we will 'write' while we are away. We will continue to show up in the community in ways that we can.' Berry said naming bar after her 'papa' was a way to honor a 'southern gentleman with a big heart and a hard exterior. He worked hard for his family and instilled in us a way of life filled with strong values, sacrifice, and open arms.' Customers felt that welcoming spirit. Elgin City Councilman Dustin Good lives in the neighborhood and frequently dropped in at Vern's, he said. He was among those saying goodbye Wednesday night. The tavern provided a 'sense of belonging' to all kinds of people, Good said. It was a place for people living downtown to stop by and hang out. With the recent renovation of DuPage Court and the soon-to-be-occupied Courtyard 40 apartment complex, Vern's would have benefited from more people downtown, he said. What's next for the building is not known. It's owned by Andrew Cummings and Cummings Holdings LLC, which has purchased 14 buildings around downtown Elgin. Cummings could not be reached for comment. Jason Bauer was a regular customer at Vern's who stopped by Wednesday for one last time. He always liked the place for 'the vibes, the entertainment and the people you meet,' he said. Bauer said he shed a tear when he heard about the closure, but added that he and his friends had created 'great, great memories' while there. In addition to being a place to drink and do karaoke, Vern's offered live entertainment, including burlesque shows and drag performances, held sip-and-paint classes and other events, and most recently hosted an adult Easter egg hunt. One night a week they had Vern's Silent Book Club, where patrons were invited to read and have a drink in silence. Joanna Wells and Louis Salas started coming to Vern's on a regular basis when karaoke night started in January. Salas said the atmosphere was a little like the sitcom that aired before he was even born. 'This is like that show, 'Cheers,' where you come here and everyone knows your name,' he said. What the future might hold was referenced in a sign the placed outside the bar: 'This isn't goodbye. But a see you later. It will all be OKAY.'
