The Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge at the Moxy Times Square has made its love for pink well known over the years, from blush-hued garden-themed takeovers in the spring to all-fuchsia après-ski activation in the winter. But now the midtown rooftop is taking it to another level with The Pink Bunny Beach, a Barbie-inspired makeover straight out of sunny Malibu. 

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Like everyone else on the planet, it seems like the Moxy crew is counting down the days until the big Barbie movie in July, and it’s celebrating by doing up the rooftop’s bunny putt-putt golf course in the favored shade of the iconic fashion doll. Open now until Sunday, September 3, the summer pop-up experience will feature pink-striped lifeguard chairs, pink sand, beach balls and floaties, pink palm trees and more. Among the numerous pink-themed photo opportunities will be a life-size doll box, so you can live out your Barbie fantasies. 

But it’s not only good looks. The beachy activation will also feature a fresh spread of seasonal cocktails curated by Beverage Director Nikki McCutcheon—including a “Malibu Beach Bunny” made with cranberry and Ketel Citroen and a large-format “Rich Kid$ RoséRita” with Don Julio Rosado, Beach Rose, Peach, and Gold Luster, which serves eight to ten people—as well as summery new dishes. Menu items include a Watermelon & Feta Salad with arugula, pistachio mint and a balsamic drizzle; Crispy Coconut Shrimp topped with sweet chili sauce; Steak Barbacoa Tacos with braised brisket, pickled onions and slaw, as well as fun, festive desserts to satisfy your sweet tooth, including Cookie Beignets, Ube Donuts, and Pink Popcorn. 

The Pink Bunny Beach will be open on Mondays through Wednesdays from 3pm to midnight, Thursdays from 3pm to 2am, Fridays from 3pm to 4am, Saturdays from 11:30am to 4am and Sundays from 11:30am to midnight. 

Check out the decked-out rooftop space below as well as the new food-and-drink menu items below:

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Tokyo kawaii cuteness has made its way to NYC by way of a new conveyor-belt sushi spot, Sushidelic. And if bright, neon colors, playful food, and the chance to celebrate your individuality tickles your fancy, you’ll want to add this spot to your list.

Sushidelic is the brain child of Tokyo-born multi-disciplinary artist, Sebastian Masuda, who also happens to be the one behind Harajuku’s Kawaii Monster Café, which opened in 2015 but sadly closed during Covid.

Masuda wears the title of being the leading man behind “kawaii,” Japanese culture’s cute aspect that emphasizes the quality of cuteness, the use of bright colors, and characters with a childlike appearance. He’s long pushed for kawaii culture to be an inclusive means of expression and a way to bring the world together.

“If I can help people recognize the kawaii spirit in others, acknowledge this inquisitiveness, then I think I can create better relationships and a better world,” he says.

Kawaii has very much become a global phenomenon, making its way into many aspects of modern life, including art, fashion, technology, and even food.

And Sushidelic is the epitome of kawaii and food colliding.

The restaurant totally reimagines sushi from an immersive kawaii perspective. Massive cat heads hang from the ceiling, lights resemble lipstick tubes, and a sushi conveyor belt circles through the bar and kitchen carrying with it Masuda’s art pieces, from a neon patchwork teddy bear to red bedazzled high heels.

And the bold colors of the kawaii movement carry through the food, which features tuna with pink rice on turquoise macarons, a selection of bright dips served with tempura, and a colorful main course served in a sundae glass. All oftsite which work seamlessly with the $85, six-course “Pure Imagination” omakase special (vegetarian options are available as well).

The restaurant also offers a selection of sake and other Japanese-inspired cocktails, as well as a curated selection of non-alcoholic beverages. And you can even grab food to-go via vending machines.

What Masuda refers to as the “new generation of sushi,” Sushidelic is definitely a welcomed contrast from NYC’s typical omakase spots, which typically are more formal. The restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor seating.

And hey, we can guarantee you that a meal at Sushidelic is much cheaper than catching a flight to Tokyo, so that’s definitely a plus!

Learn more and make reservations on their website.

177 Lafayette St.

  Tuesday-Saturday 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.

The court’s conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.

Chief Justice John Roberts said that for too long universities have “concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the decision “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”

In a separate dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — the court’s first Black female justice — called the decision “truly a tragedy for us all.”

The Supreme Court had twice upheld race-conscious college admissions programs in the past 20 years, including as recently as 2016.

But that was before the three appointees of former President Donald Trump joined the court. At arguments in late October, all six conservative justices expressed doubts about the practice, which had been upheld under Supreme Court decisions reaching back to 1978.

Lower courts also had upheld the programs at both UNC and Harvard, rejecting claims that the schools discriminated against white and Asian-American applicants.

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