Celebrating Fourth of July weekend at a German-style beirgarten while drinking Mexican cocktails out of flamingo floats? Doesn’t get more American than that. You can kick off your patriotic festivities at Loreley Beer Garden‘s new summer pop-up Margarita Beach Club, which is running at the Lower East Side bar until September 10 with tropical plants, floral wall installations and plenty of tequila drinks. 

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And between Wednesday, July 3 through Sunday, July 7, guests can ‘cheers’ to the USA with a special “Frosé, White & Blue,” a large, layered frozen drink featuring the restaurant-bar’s signature Frosé (made with vodka, rosé and fresh strawberry purée) on the bottom, classic frozen margarita in the middle, and blue frozen margarita on top, dressed up with a cherry and a holiday-themed rubber ducky to keep.

Joining that festive frozen, Margarita Beach Club will be churning out summery drinks all season long, like the Unicorn Frozen Margarita, a blue frozen margarita with pineapple, cherry and umbrella served in an inflatable unicorn that guests get to keep as a souvenir. You can also choose from myriad margaritas, available either frozen or on the rocks in flavors like Mango Habanero, Coconut, Strawberry, Pineapple, and Spicy Jalapeño. There will also be a selection of tequilas and mezcals to choose from, in case you want to make your own custom marg. 

Daily happy hour specials during the summer will include select margaritas, but also bottles of wine, beer and non-tequila cocktails, too, starting at 5pm on weekdays and noon from Fridays through Sundays. You can enjoy your refreshing drinks out in the beer garden’s backyard, which will be covered with a large outdoor tent to help you further escape from the blazing summer sun. Loreley’s street cabana will similarly see a festive beach-cabana makeover during the pop-up, with white drapes, teal-and-white striped bench cushions and more. 

Check out some of the drinks and decor at Loreley’s Margarita Beach Club pop-up below:

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You may no longer be able to wear a mask on the subway. 

Governor Kathy Hochul suggested a mask ban earlier this month in NYC’s subways, which she says would curb antisemitic behavior. She says it’ll help identify troublemakers easier.

The idea, which may exclude medical masks, seems to have Mayor Eric Adams’ support, too, according to Newsweek:

“It’s all about proper implementation,” Adams said. “I’m a strong supporter of the decision of stopping masks on our subway system, of masks in protests and masks in other areas where it is not health-related. I think that you’re going to see a great deal of very violent protests and some of this despicable hate we’re seeing, I think you’re gonna see it dissipate.”

Although masks have been banned in public in NYC since the 1800s, the law was suspended in 2020 during the pandemic to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic has been declared over, but many New Yorkers are still wearing masks to stay safe, especially now that a new variant is making its way around. NYC has also had multiple air quality alerts this summer, forcing vulnerable New Yorkers back into masks. 

If New York is going to ban masks, we might as well ban these on the subway, too:

1. Blasting music or Tiktok on speakers

Taking the subway is already sensory overload, so when we hear always-shitty music blasting from a phone or speaker, or someone scrolling through an annoying FYP on TikTok, it’s too much. 

2. Vape smoke

Smoking isn’t allowed on the subway, but some vapers think their smoke doesn’t stink. Wrong.

3. Smelly food

We get it—sometimes you’ve got to eat on the go, but if it is rank, please spare us. 

4. Nail clipping (and any other bodily cast-offs)

Once in a while, we see someone hacking away at their nails, letting them fly any which way. It’s a level of disgusting we shouldn’t have to endure. In fact, anything discarded from one’s body should SIMPLY be off-limits on the subway. Let’s keep it at home, folks.

5. Large groups of middle schoolers

Middle schoolers were terrifying when we were in middle school. Now, they just remind us of those awkward (read: horrible) times. They’re loud, obnoxious and just as mean, and we just want to disappear into the seat when they clamber onto the subway.

6. Pole-leaning

Look, standing on the subway is not the easiest, but when someone leans their whole ass body on the pole when others are holding on, it’s fucking rude. An inadvertent touch, especially in the summer, really sticks with you.

7. B.O.

In tight spaces like these, everyone must wear deodorant. Nothing is quite as vom-inducing as getting a whiff of someone’s rank pits!

8. Spitting

There isn’t a day that goes by that we don’t see someone’s loogie on the platform. Can we please stop?

9. Gratuitous PDA

We love a good romance story but no one wants to watch you reach the next base on New York City’s transit system. 

10. Pet snakes and rats

Exotic pets have long been the sign of an eccentric character, but if we don’t want to be on the subway, it’s likely they don’t want to be either. 

* This article was originally published here