SUILTSOY's mid-summer playlist...

Wow, it seems like I've been promising a new playlist for some time now. I haven't compiled one since around April, aka Spring Break 2011. Sheesh! Since then I've been introduced by friends, blogs, Hype Machine and Twitter to all sorts of sizzlingly summer-perfect tunes, and it's high time I shared them with you. Some songs you may recognize from past MWMM posts, but Hooray! here they all are in once place.

This time around it's mostly new-ish music, but I couldn't resist throwing in a few tried-and-true classics as well.  So without further ado, pull up your iTunes account, your Spotify, Grooveshark, your Napster-esque illegal downloading software (if that's your thing), or maybe just YouTube, and get this playlist in your life.

Body Language - Social Studies (Plastic Plates Remix)

Jay-Z - 30 Something

Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars

Foster The People - Call It What You Want

Niki & The Dove - Gentle Roar (Mylo Remix)

Calvin Harris - The Rain

YACHT - Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire)

The Generationals - Ten-Twenty-Ten

Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks

Florence + The Machine - Between Two Lungs

Hot Chip - The Warning

Eliza Doolittle - Skinny Genes

Yeasayer - Crazy (Seal Cover)

MSTRKRFT ft. John Legend - Heartbreaker

Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams

Theophilus London - Why Even Try (RAC Remix)

Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam

Paul Simon - Call Me Al

Fancy - Drake, Swizz Beats, T.I.

Adele - Rumor Has It

 Fitz & The Tantrums - Rich Girls

Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing

Al Green - Love & Happiness

The Flavour - Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon Cover)

Beirut - East Harlem

Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours

Milky - Be My World

Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

The Cool Kids - Swimsuit (Ft. Mayer Hawthorne)

Big Sean ft. Lupe Fiasco - Don't Wait For Me

Beyonce ft. Andre 3000 - Party

Mylo - In My Arms

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up

Click here to play it on Grooveshark
(My apologies if that link doesn't work, I thought I'd try at least!)

Hope you like it.

Happy listening and happy summer!

*There are so many shout outs to give in thanks for all this great music, so if you see a song on there and you're like, "Hey, I'm pretty sure I shared that song with her," then you probably did. So, thank you!

mid-week music moment...

I was lucky enough to have my parents finally come visit me out here this past weekend. It was a trip almost two years coming - and I can't express how excited I was to show them around my New York and see them for the first time since Christmas.

We had a great weekend - a perfect balance of their uptown, upscale Manhattan of past visits, and my downtown day-to-day life. All the things we did piece together like a pretty great guide to wining and dining with a dash of culture and shopping from Soho to the Upper East Side:


{We dined.}

• Gotham Grill: White table clothes, amazing seafood and a very 90s New York vibe, like Gramercy Tavern and totally delicious (the seafood salad is unreal)
• The Modern: minimalist, fancy and contemporary - just like the museum (amazing duck confit)
• db Bistro Moderne: fancy and delicious
  
• The Standard Grill: great spot for an early breakfast al fresco
  
• Public: trendy, brunch-y, delicious lentil salad and great drinks
• La Piscine: on the roof of Hotel Americano; lots of delicious fried seafood with a side of DJ
  
• Brasserie Julienne: cute little french joint on 2nd Ave in the 80s, live jazz with your moules frites
  
• Morandi: loud, busy and seriously great Italian fare on Waverly and 7th Ave
  

{We drank.}

• La Piscine: Before dinner every night we had cocktails on the roof with an amazing view of the city
  
• Kingswood: After dinner at db, I brought my parents to meet up with friends and see one of my favorite West Village bars
  
• Public: a dirty martini for Mom, a bourbon iced tea for me and the Bloody Maria for Dad
  

{We saw.}

• The MoMA:the Cindy Sherman exhibit was cool and creepy, but the permanent exhibits are always refreshing and unmissable
  
• The East River Ferry: A fun and unique way to get between Manhattan and Brooklyn - especially on a warm day; we took it to and from 34th street to the flea market 
• Brooklyn Flea (Williamsburg): people watching, antique-ing and artisianal everything - of course
  
• The Met: My favorite museum in Manhattan, and the Steins Collection and Shiaparelli and Prada exhibit were crowded but truly wonderful (unfortunately the Cloud City exhibit on the roof was closed for weather)

{We shopped.}

• Uniqlo @ 53rd & 5th: picked up 4 shirts for my dad, but the crazy atmosphere and sheer amount of clothes is a little too much
  
• Treasure & Bond: cool, well-curated jewelry, gifts and apparel on lower West Broadway in Soho
  
• MoMA Design Store: so many unique and useful knick-knacks, and perfectly sized art prints for $10