SD enterprise: December 2019

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Best Movies to Watch on New Year’s, Ranked

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve there's no better way to conserve your energy for the upcoming night than by sitting on the couch watching a movie. Then, the next day, when you're hungover from a night of partying, all you'll have the power to do is hit play on a streaming service. So, in the spirit of celebrating from the comfort of your couch, we put together a list of the best movies that are about New Year's Eve/Day or are simply New Year's Eve/Day-adjacent. Enjoy! And drink lots of water. Read More

The 2010s Is the Decade We Finally Stopped Obsessing Over How a Man 'Should' Dress

Right around the turn of the last decade, something strange was happening. Guys—young guys, cool guys—started dressing like their grandfathers. Voluntarily. Most fashion trends feel emergent, something unpredictable that bubbles up from the soup of culture and life. This one was much simpler than that: It was beamed in. Or, more precisely, it was carried in by the apparatus of what would soon be known as "premium" cable. The Mad Men look—skinny ties, gray suits, perfectly creased pocket squares—was inescapable. Read More

10 Things You Need for Binge-Watching TV This Holiday Season

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You'll never want to leave your couch ever again. Read More

The 50 Songs to Ensure Your New Year's Eve Party Starts 2020 Off Right

Making a playlist for a New Year's Eve party is always a daunting task. Who wants the pressure of ruining a night with such high expectations? A bad playlist could at once end a year on a bade note and start another one on the wrong note. So, whether you're curating the tunes for an entire gathering or just putting together a playlist to listen to while you're getting ready, we've got you covered. Here we've curated the 50 best songs from 2018 and 2019 to give you a collection of music culled from the end of the decade—a playlist that exemplifies the artists and voices that defined the closing of the 2010s. We have a little something for everyone, from pop to hip-hop, indie, country and everything in between. Go ahead, party without the stress, and here's to an even better 2020. Read More

Go All In on New Year's Eve with a Classic Champagne Cocktail

It's very nearly the start of a brand-new decade. Hey, we might even try to make "the roaring' 20s" happen again. And what could roar louder than a glass of champagne emboldened by sugar and bitters? This is one of those old-as-bones cocktails that never loses its glitz and glamour. It'll keep you floating through parties to celebrate the end of this confusing, infuriating decade. By adding a sugar cube instead of loose sugar to the brut in the flute, you'll get a more persistent stream of bubbles rising through the drink, well past the toll of midnight. But don't limit your celebrations to the coming and going of years. A Champagne Cocktail will dress up any occasion, New Years or otherwise. Read More

The Best Books of the 2010s Nudged the World in a New, Better Direction

To choose the ten best books of the decade is, of course, an impossible task. (That's why we here at Esquire refused to complete the assignment as directed and chose eleven.) But in all seriousness: how to winnow thousands of worthy books down to the select few that shone the brightest? As we navigated the selection process, we spoke at length about the benchmarks we felt these books should meet. They should, of course, sing on a stylistic level, with finely crafted prose and imaginative structure. They should move us, carry emotional heft, shake us to our cores. They should not just challenge the limits of what literature can do and be, but challenge received wisdom about the world we live in--push us toward some greater understanding of the shared human experience. They should change us and change the world simultaneously, leaving room in their wake for like-minded writers to carry on the good work. Read More