16 Cocktails That’ll Save NYE

A brand new year is upon us. Don't panic. I know this past year flew by. The easiest way to slow time down is to be in the moment. Focus on your senses and surroundings. The holiday lights are up and glittering. The jolly chatter of your favorite holiday movie is tickling your ear. The smells of pine and fresh baked cookies are in the air. And you're warm and comfortable. But what's going to appeal to your sense of taste? The right answer is a tall flute of crisp, bubbly champagne, obviously.

View in Browser  SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE 16 Champagne Cocktails for Celebrating Anything (But Especially New Year's Eve) A brand new year is upon us. Don't panic. I know this past year flew by. The easiest way to slow time down is to be in the moment. Focus on your senses and surroundings. The holiday lights are up and glittering. The jolly chatter of your favorite holiday movie is tickling your ear. The smells of pine and fresh baked cookies are in the air. And you're warm and comfortable. But what's going to appeal to your sense of taste? The right answer is a tall flute of crisp, bubbly champagne, obviously. Read More Huckberry's End-of-Year Sale Has It All From clothing and footwear to accessories and home goods, take up to 40% off on these essentials. Read More Bill Skarsgård Told Us How He Used the Bathroom While Filming Nosferatu How does Count Orlok go number two? "That was the only thing that was easy to take off, were the fingers," Skarsgård says. Read More Five Fits With: Industry Star Ken Leung I might be the only person on this planet to have not yet seen Industry, so my point of reference for this week's subject, Ken Leung, is not the character Eric Tao but Miles Straume of Lost fame. It's one of my favorite TV shows of all time. Before his breakout roles in Rush Hour and The Sopranos, Leung grew up in Manhattan, moving to Brooklyn in high school and finally settling in the New Jersey suburbs. He tells me he discovered acting during his junior year of college at NYU by accident. "I was taking a speech class and we had to write and perform a skit," he remembers. When his friend noticed how much he enjoyed it, he suggested he take acting. Read More Shop the Esquire Beginner's Guide to Fountain Pens For collectors, enthusiasts, and budding writers alike. Read More The Best Post-Christmas Sales on Tech Gadgets The deals are already rolling in, so shop early. Read More The Best Martinis in America, 2024 It's going to break any minute now. Martini mania, we mean. A passion for martinis has ebbed and surged in American culture over the decades, and we're in the midst of a high tide. It may've started around 2015 or 2016. It's cresting now. The signs are everywhere. "But everyone's ordering martinis!" you say? Well, ubiquity can quickly bleed into oversaturation. The beauty of a martini is rooted in its icy simplicity: traditionally it is a cold, clear thing that goes well with hot, salty things. It fell out of favor decades ago when the martini began to cheapen itself through sugary dalliances with apples and pineapples. And as you can see here, even in our list of the very best versions in the United States of America, a tendency toward Fall of the Roman Empire absurdity and decadence has begun to emerge: a martini that's actually just a beer, martinis infused with cheese, a martini that you pour on top of ice cream. We love them. We really do. That's why they're here. And, after all, the martini and Esquire go way, way back. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779