An overnight string of smash and grab burglaries, has business owners in Glen Echo, Maryland, repairing damages, while continuing to serve their customers.
An overnight string of smash and grab burglaries, has business owners in Glen Echo, Maryland, repairing damages(WTOP/Neal Augenstein)
An overnight string of smash and grab burglaries, has business owners in Glen Echo, Maryland, repairing damages(WTOP/Neal Augenstein)
An overnight string of smash-and-grab burglaries has business owners in Glen Echo, Maryland, repairing damages while continuing to serve their customers.
Four businesses in the Glen Echo Shopping Center, along MacArthur Boulevard, were broken into early Tuesday morning, according to Montgomery County police.
A shattered glass door in front of a sushi restaurant served as visible evidence of what happened. A manager pointed to where a cash register, with money inside, was ripped from the counter.
A few doors down, a contractor was installing plywood over a large window at an Exxon gas station. The manager said nothing was stolen.
Bent security bars at a nearby pharmacy showed the unknown suspects were unable to enter or steal anything.
Less than an hour later, four miles away, police responded to a Brooks Brothers store on Wisconsin Avenue for the report of a commercial alarm. An unknown suspect forced his way in, stole property, then left.
Montgomery County police are investigating.
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Suits, you may have heard, are back. In the post-pandemic era, when most folks are still working from home and you can wear jeans to a wedding, there are fewer occasions than ever that actually demand a two-piece. Which is exactly why we’re pumped to wear them. These days, suits have transcended their stultifying background to becoming something much rarer: a righteous flex, and the easiest way to distinguish yourself from the sheeple in head to toe fleece. It’s no surprise brands like Fear of God have made swaggering, languorous tailoring a cornerstone of American luxury fashion—or that designers like Anthony Vaccarello have supercharged age-old European maisons by doing the same.
Ties, on the other hand—well, ties have had a rougher go of it. (With a few notable exceptions.) Even for the most zealous tailoring nerds, ties can feel a step too far removed from the current moment, the final vestige of menswear’s before times. That ends today. Because, we’re thrilled to report, ties have never looked cooler. Already mastered the blazer-and-jeans mashup? Salute—now try the tie-with-rumpled-striped-shirt combo. Do you really need to wear one, in the same way you do a hardy tweed sportcoat when the weather takes a dip? No! And that’s the fun of it.
Better yet, some of the raddest ties around are next-to-nothing on the vintage market. Think about it: guys have been wearing them for so long, and so consistently, that our tie-less reality has given way to a glut of extremely rad options (from some seriously flashy names) for pennies on the dollar. So we tapped two of the savviest suiting gurus in our rolodex to weigh in on the best places to scoop a neckful of sick silk accessories—and the brands to set an eBay alert for. Keep your eyes peeled, fellas.
The Godfather of Italian Fashion: Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani’s louche ‘80s-era tailoring has taken on a new relevance in 2023, says Peter Zottolo, US Director for Plaza Uomo—and the designer’s ties help explain why. “He always chose such wonderfully unique and airy fabrics, like texturetastic woven stripes or ‘50s geometric throwback prints in crepe silk,” Zottolo says. “Some are a bit boardroom, others a bit more abstract, but [they’re] always tasteful.” What better way to spice up your ginormous suit than with a tie from the label that made them a bona fide thing?
The All-American Classics: Brooks Brothers, Paul Stuart, and Ralph Lauren
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Handmade In Italy Silk Necktie
Polo Ralph Lauren
Handmade In Italy Silk Necktie
Armani’s breakout era not quite your speed? Classic American labels like Ralph Lauren, Brooks Brothers, and Paul Stuart are always a good bet. Sean Crowley, the founder of Crowley Vintage, favors the trio of Americana masters for their quality, taste, and sheer ubiquity. “They’re available, they’re always going to be good, and there’s enough of them that, even though prices have gone up, you can still find them.” Pro tip: Look for ties that boast a ‘Made in U.S.A.’ or ‘Made in Italy’ label.
The Fun, Freaky Innovator: Rooster
Crowley also points to the now-defunct label Rooster, especially if you’re after vintage ties with a kookier bent. In contrast to the ties churned out by Ralph Lauren and Brooks Brothers during their heydays, Rooster’s can be experimental and downright weird—a welcome shift away from the stodgier styles that dominated menswear in the ‘60s. “Rooster was this wild card that was just novel and fun and whimsical,” Crowley says. The brand didn’t invent the square-end tie, but they damn-near perfected it, a “new and irreverent” flourish Crowley still appreciates today. Over half a century on, the square-end remains a low-key way to flex your menswear chops—and it looks fresh as ever.
It is May 12, 2023, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom release day, and the temperature in New York City is creeping dangerously close to 90 degrees. In Midtown, bankers are sweating through their Brooks Brothers dress shirts and slacks, while tourists have busted out the cargo shorts. As I make my way out of the subway station near Rockefeller Center, I walk smack into a massive line of people. I sneer, assuming it’s the wildly long Nintendo Store line from more than a block away that our managing editor Carolyn Petit saw earlier this morning (I hate the idea of waiting in lines), but nope, the Jonas Brothers are at Rough Trade.
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Hours later, I head out to sit in the blazing sun for a bit to recharge my battery and notice the front of the Nintendo store looks conspicuously spacious. I hustle over, figuring I’ll snag a copy for someone else at Kotaku who wants to play (I do not). But as soon as I approach the front entrance to the building, which is on the corner of Rockefeller Plaza and 48th street, I realize the line is snaking down the adjacent street. It sits directly in the sun, many of the people waiting are visibly sweating.
At random intervals, a huge gap of bodies indicates the presence of a driveway, a few security guys making sure it remains open for cars passing through. Several future Tears of the Kingdom owners are hunched over playing Nintendo Switch. One woman is sitting on the sidewalk in shorts, a New York City no-no.
“Oh, fuck this,” I mumble before heading back to the dry, frigid air of the G/O Media offices. I may not be a big Zelda fan, but I don’t think there’s anything in the world that could make me wait hours on a line in Midtown Manhattan in the midst of a heatwave.
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom lines feel very nostalgic
Despite my beliefs, I’m fascinated to see people waiting in lines like this across the U.S. for the Breath of the Wild sequel. It feels sort of like a bygone era of gaming has returned—the last time I went to the midnight release of a game was November 2012 for Halo 4 at a Best Buy in Long Island, New York. I was 22 years old, and I was incredibly hyped.
The need to wait in long lines for midnight game releases has disappeared over the years, as more and more gamers turn to digital storefronts and downloads in order to get a new game the moment it releases, and the need for physical media wanes. (Though the side effects of a shift to entirely digital have been felt in the loss of access to so many movies—like sci-fi thriller Strange Days, which for some time was nearly impossible to watch without a physical DVD, only just becoming available to stream this year—and will undoubtedly soon affect games.) In 2012, you couldn’t play Halo 4 in any way other than on the two discs that came in the Master Chief-adorned case, but that’s simply not the case now.
What is it about Tears of the Kingdom that’s brought lines back in such a big way? After all, the Nintendo eShop is open 24/7, you can download the game right now without having to stand up for hours at a time, shuffling every 10 or so minutes a few inches closer to the shining glass Nintendo store doors. You can play Tears of the Kingdom right this second, no long-time exposure to stagnant, exhaust-filled NYC air required. Why, people in line, are you not doing this?
For many, the promise of special swag beckons. The Nintendo store has special-edition pins (and other “surprise giveaways”), many of which will undoubtedly end up on eBay for thousands of dollars. Meanwhile, Target has a fanny pack that people are freaking out over. The allure of impossible-to-get swag will always attract gamers, a group known to be completionists and collectors through and through.
But perhaps, despite my decidedly Grinch-y attitude about waiting in long lines for a video game, people are happily queuing for Tears of the Kingdom for the vibes, y’all. They’ve waited six years for a sequel to Breath of the Wild; what’s a few, sweaty hours more, especially in the company of your fellow die-hard fans?
