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• Have energy drinks officially peaked? Lucky Energy’s new ‘Rawt in Hail Strawberry Lemonade’ collab with The Valley’s Brittany Cartwright points strongly to, “yes.”

• The New Yorker pens a love letter to I’m Donut ? calling it, “the dream doughnut I didn’t realize I had always yearned for.”

• Let the Thanksgiving leftover hacks commence.

• New York Mag heads to Frog Club redux The Eighty Six, noting its “shtick is swank” and “This place meets the moment.” Which isn’t necessarily a good thing.

• Gen Z loves communal tables, proving dinner with strangers is the new antidote to digital-era loneliness.

• Graza ditched grocery-store energy for creator chaos and became a top U.S. olive oil brand in under 3 years.

• Forget bubbly, the Diet Coke tower is here, proving the it-girl beverage always gets center stage.

• If you’re following the The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Fruity Pebbles have just taken on a whole new meaning.

• OLIPOP just dropped a fall mocktail menu, which is one part dirty soda, one part “seasonal sips with a side of gut health.” Roy Rogers Remix, anyone?

• Twenty years later, Friends fanatics finally get a Central Perk in Times Square.

• Leftover cranberry sauce is in her mixology era, whether you spritz it or stir it into a cranberry old-fashioned nightcap.

• Quince just added Gourmet Food & Wines, pairing Dom Pérignon and Alba truffles with its trademark budget lux energy.

• UK distiller Devil’s Botany just dropped the first-ever absinthe RTD.

• Stuffing ice cream, turkey-topped pizza, pumpkin pies remixed, this is Thanksgiving dessert in NYC.

• Air travel is getting a manners makeover as the DOT rolls out a civility campaign and a retro dress-up campaign. Will dressing up fix flying?

• The new wave of gate campers make airport dads look chill.

• For the ultra bougie, Emirates air invites passengers to experience Thanksgiving 30,000 feet in the air. Sweet potato soup with poached lobster anyone?

• The 100 most incredible hotels of 2026 have landed, from Fodor’s.

• If you’re not from the U.S., you’re going to pay triple to get the chance for a bison to maul you.

• Disney adults, rejoice. The newest Disney Destiny line has five cocktail lounges, with themes, natch. Find us at Cruella’s ‘Sommelier Bin.’

• 2026 seems to be the year of the golden visa, with Portugal, New Zealand and Vietnam incentivizing foreigners to stay a spell.

• Dakar’s art scene is on fire, this citywide creative boom blends galleries, fashion and faith in one electric swirl.

• From parades to pie feasts, these Thanksgiving towns turn Turkey Day into a full-blown holiday production.

• A new survey crowns Philadelphia the top foodcation spot, proving Americans will chase a cheesesteak across the map.

• Paris’ Holiday Market turns a former supermarket into a postmodern playground where Starck gnomes meet Brancusi riffs.

• Arch Digest drops its Top 19 Places for 2026, from Nuuk’s new Arctic routes to Cairo’s blockbuster museum debut.

• According to Gen Z, girl math says business travel counts as a free vacation.

• The vintage designer arms race is here and only the well-connected are scoring Tom Ford Gucci and Philo Celine.

• Women make up 71% of solo luxury travelers as solo travel surges.

• Sofia Coppola’s favorite planner Rebecca Gardner shares hosting secrets, from bathtub bubbly to fried chicken.

• Nothing says ‘holiday’ like “highly [processed] food” for “poor people.” Yikes.

• Last week it was gift guide overload, today it’s Black Friday. Ooh, BRB, time to shop.

• We could not talk or talk forever about the winner of the 2025 National Dog Show.

• Paddington Bear, style icon? Here’s why the duffel coat is having a moment.

• Despite K-Pop and Labubu making their debut, Goldfish won the Macy’s Day Parade with its tiny float and fish-filled bleachers.

• Sydney Sweeney x American Eagle is so 2025. Martha’s great jeans trade aprons