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Rooftop bars are where it's at, and Frank Bruni seems to think so too. In his article for the Times, he reviews some of Manhattan's choice locales, including  the Roosevelt and Gramercy Park Hotels. Apparently, the latter has some nice foliage (uh... ok), and the Strand Hotel's new bar has an unbeatable view of the Empire State Building.

He lays out the deal, from when and where to go, to how to act, for some of us newbies. You, too, can "hover in the clouds!" (at the Peninsula), a la Bruni. Oh, Holden Caulfield Frank, you're so poetic.

Straight from our tip box...looks like we all are going to get to go back to B.E.D. very soon:

"Just saw David Cohen from Pink Elephant (he's the manager there) over at the old B.E.D. space and it looks like its a go to open by July 4th. Just a random thought. I saw that and was excited for a new outdoors after work space more on this side of manhattan"

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