After spending the weekend in Michigan, I’m back in New York City—and ready for some adventure.  Though the record-breaking heat wave  in New York has finished, the city is still steamy.  While some may find this limiting and will no doubt spend the weekend with their air conditioner, I’ve come up with a list of the best things the city has to offer this weekend, should you decide to brave the still oppressive heat.

1. Visit James Franco’s first solo art exhibit, A Dangerous Book for Boys, at the Clocktower gallery in Tribeca. While I can’t vouch for whether or not it has air conditioning, the actor’s dedication to sexual confusion in adolescence is supposedly worth a look (or two).

2. Stop by 16 Handles in the East Village for some delicious froyo in over 25 different flavors. Personal favorite: cake batter with brownie bites, mochi, and chocolate drizzle.

You could go to here. (Image courtesy of www.thegothampalate.com)

3. Go to a museum. They are pretty, and they are almost all air-conditioned. I know I’ll be stopping by the New Museum of Contemporary Art to see Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander’s exhibit on wishes. Those who stop by her show get to take silk ribbons with wishes imprinted on them from the walls. The ribbons are meant to be worn around your wrist, and supposedly when they fall off, the wish will come true. Oh and did I mention they’re free?

4. Do not go to Central Park. Though I know the urge is strong, fight it. You will walk a mile into the park and before you know it, you will get so hot that nothing in the world will matter anymore other than getting the hell out of there. Mothers will abandon children, lovers will flee for their lives, and dogs will escape their masters. Your ice cream will melt, and then, when you realize that you have to walk that mile back out, you will give up the will to live entirely. So please—avoid Central Park.

5. See a movie! It’s the perfect way to relax and stay cool, without having to stay cramped up in your apartment. The Kids Are All Right, staring Julianne Moore and Annette Bening as a married couple whose world gets shaken upside-down when their teenage children seek out their biological father (Mark Ruffalo), is definitely at the top of my list, along with Toy Story 3.

6. Get the new issue of GQ which comes out today.

-Will Defebaugh, Creative Director

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