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Contact Brian Safchik at 212 856-9888 or brian@marcusjobs.com

Real Estate Private Equity firm seeks a Receptionist/Office Assistant for their Midtown, NYC office

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Answer incoming calls for main switchboard and when necessary screen callers.
  • Meet and great clients and investors.
  • Schedule and maintain conference room bookings.
  • Provide catering for all conference room meetings.
  • Order office supplies, keep inventory and make sure reception area is always presentable.
  • Open, sort and prioritize mail. Arrange pick up and delivery of materials as required.
  • Handle sensitive and/or confidential documents and information.
  • Maintain records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, coding, updating and destruction.
  • Type and proofread routine correspondence and documents and perform data entry as needed.
  • Provide light administrative support to the office.
  • Provide back-up to executive assistants when needed.
  • Ad hoc projects.

Qualified candidate must possess:

  • 2-3 years experience necessary.
  • Experience at a Manhattan investment/financial firm (private equity, investment banking, hedge fund, real estate investments, etc.) or law firm.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel applications and electronic filing.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent organization and time management skills.
  • Ability to multitask and anticipate needs.
  • Courteous and professional phone demeanor.
  • Must be able to prioritize and handle confidential information with discretion.
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills and professional appearance.
  • Accuracy of work and attention to detail
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UD  - Salon Millesime

August is a time of casual diversions, lazy Sundays and even lazier Mondays.

But when Tuesday becomes even more languid, well, that’s a sign that all this summer casualness is approaching a dangerous crescendo.

The only possible antidote we can think of: a crisp gin martini, preferably in a handsomely appointed lounge of a slightly formal persuasion.

Introducing Salon Millesime, a glossy new vintage hotel lounge, opening tonight in NoMad for your cocktailing, sultry live music and late-night lounging needs.

Designed as a regal rumpus room for Sinatra and Fitzgerald types, Millesime (French for vintage) is decked out in tiger-printed chairs, ebony and bronze tables and a retro cocktail list to match: sidecars, Last Words and martinis on top of martinis.

It’s the sort of dark, seductive space where you might find yourself getting a little comfortable with a French 75-loving date, and all the while not realizing that an alluring chanteuse in a red dress has taken the low-slung stage at the center of the lounge.

Her job is to make you forget all about the pork belly lollipops and croque-monsieurs you’ve been snacking on, and descend deeper and deeper into the quiet, gin-bathed haze of an old school evening as a master piano man tickles the ivories on the salon’s grand Steinway.

Just to clear up any confusion, that’s a piano.

Salon Millesime
92 Madison Avenue
(at 29th Street)
New York, NY 10016
212-889-7100

UD - Living Room Bar and Terrace

Downtown.

It’s changing.

Finally.

Only took a decade, but the most controversial 16 acres in America has a Freedom Tower going up and a Deutsche Bank building coming down.

But today we bring you a different reason to visit those grounds: the new Living Room Bar and Terrace at the W Downtown, opening today as your go-to for breezy, post-office rendezvous.

Among the new hotel’s 58 floors, you’ll want to concern yourself primarily with the fifth, which looks like where Judy Jetson would go for astro-cocktails if she worked at a galactic bond trading office: everything is shiny, white, metallic and glowing. Just like the future should be.

Stepping off the elevator, you’ll be dwarfed by the undulating ribbed ceiling, a strange organic shape pulsing with the heartbeat of thousands of recessed LED lights. Glide over to the bar, where you’ll find a more familiar take on downtown in the form of cocktails like the Brooklyn Bridge, Five Points and Dutch Courage, a jenever and tonic take on the English gin version.

But to really appreciate your locale, step onto the sprawling wraparound terrace, with the canyons of FiDi rising up all around, not to mention the Freedom Tower itself. Consider this your front row seat to the rise of New York’s next icon.

Because Lady Gaga can’t last forever.

Living Room Bar and Terrace
at the W Downtown
123 Washington St
New York, NY 10006
646-826-8646
official website
UD - XIXThe fall of Rome was quite a party.

Wine flowed like water, indulgent feasts lasted all day, and there’s a reason it’s still called the Roman orgy.

Well, it’s only been 1,500 years, but we have a feeling Rome is finally ready to fall again…

Introducing XIX, a new lounge deep underneath Nolita Italian date spot Travertine, now open for select guests.

Like all the best dens of iniquity, the numerically named XIX is completely hidden from passersby. Yet once you suss out the unmarked door and descend the steep staircase, you’ll be surrounded by a dim, candlelit, plush little chamber decked with lipstick-red leather couches ringing the room and a series of 1,000-pound slabs of etched marble hanging on the walls. Each slab tells part of the story of a young Roman warrior, scorned by his love, who plunges into combat to prove himself to her. (Not unlike the story of your senior prom.)

Since no food is served here, you can’t actually have someone drop peeled grapes into your mouth (unless you supply the grapes and the grape-servant). So we’d advise focusing your attention instead on the wine, the DJ and finding the hidden room behind the red velvet curtain at the DJ booth, where young warriors can find other ways to prove themselves to their loves.

We’d start with grapes.

XIX
19 Kenmare St
(below Travertine)
New York, NY 10012
212-966-1810

Note:
XIX, open now for select guest list Tue-Thu, opening fully after Labor Day, 212-966-1810, see the slideshow

Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival

Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center)

Lincoln Center Plaza (at 65th St)
Upper West Side  | Map

212-362-6000

Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Ctr  | Directions

http://www.metopera.org

Prices
Tickets: Free

Description
The Met is back on Lincoln Center Plaza this month with free screenings from its Live in HD series, including Tosca starring Karita Mattila (Sat 28), The Magic Flute with Nathan Gunn and René Pape (Sun 29), Der Rosenkavalier with Renée Fleming and Susan Graham (Mon 30), Doctor Atomic starring Gerald Finley (Tue 31), Les Contes d’Hoffmann featuring Anna Netrebko (Wed 1), La Bohème with Ramón Vargas and Angela Gheorghiu (Thu 2), Hansel and Gretel with Christine Schäfer, Alice Coote and Philip Langridge (Fri 3), Turandot with Maria Guleghina and Marcello Giordani (Sat 4), Aida with Violeta Urmana (Sun 5) and Carmen with Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Barbara Frittoli and Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Mon 6).
When

*Starting Aug 28.
Sat–Sun 8pm , Mon 7:15pm , Tue 8pm , Wed 7:45pm Ongoing through Sep 6.

Jazz-Age Lawn Party

Governors Island
Governors Island  | Map

212-253-2727

Directions

http://www.dreamlandorchestra.com

Prices
Tickets: $10, advance $7

Description
Celebrate summer’s remaining days Gatsby-style at this ’20s-themed afternoon of dancing, picnicking, and music courtesy of Michael Arenella and his 11-piece Dreamland Orchestra.
When

*Starting Aug 28.
Sat, Sun 11am–6pm

Hangover date
Curious about the person you brought home last night? Learn each other’s names at SideBAR’s Sunday Funday brunch, where you can do further damage to your liver with all-you-can-drink Bloody Marys and mimosas. 120 E 15th St at Irving Pl (212-677-2900, sidebarny.com). Sun 22 noon–4am; $20.

Exotic date
Bump it to bhangra at the Indian-themed edition of the Queens Museum of Art’s Target Passport Fridays at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. You’ll shake it to the sounds of Bollywood performers, then cuddle on a picnic blanket during a screening of Joseph Mathew’s Bombay Summer. FREE Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, enter on 111th St at 56th Ave, Flushing, Queens (718-592-9700, queensmuseum.org). Fri 20 6:30–10pm.

Cabaret date
Lady Rizo sizzles at Joe’s Pub with her sexy vocals, lavishly long lashes and comic interpretations of pop songs from all eras. 425 Lafayette St between Astor Pl and E 4th St (212-967-7555, joespub.com). Fri 20 at 9:30pm; $15–$20.

Trivia date
Mosey on over to Southern Hospitality for its final Monday-night installment of 25-cent wings and trivia. Sponsored by the New-York Historical Society, the competition awards a one-hour open bar for ten, a $25 bar tab, a free appetizer, free shots and more. FREE 1460 Second Ave between 76th and 77th Sts (212-249-1001, southernhospitalitybbq.com). Mon 23 at 8–10pm.

Starry date
Squint through the city lights with the Amateur Astronomers Association and the Friends of the High Line under the Standard Hotel, where you’ll stargaze with high-powered telescopes and chat with space experts. FREE The High Line, enter at W 14th St between Tenth Ave and Washington St (212-206-9922, aaa.org/highline). Tue dusk–9:30pm.

Tasting date
Wind down your Wednesday with wine at Hudson Terrace. Swirl, sniff and sip six selected wines with the sommelier hosts. 621 W 46th St between Eleventh and Twelfth Aves (212-315-9400, hudsonterracenyc.com). Wed 25 at 5pm; $25.

Spooky date
It doesn’t matter if you’re on Team Vampire or Team Werewolf as long as you show your fangs at the Cyclone. Vampires and werewolves suck $2 off the roller coaster’s ticket price on Tuesday 24. 834 Surf Ave at 8th St, Coney Island, Brooklyn Brooklyn (718-265-2100, coneyislandcyclone.com). 7pm–midnight; $8, in costume $6.—Melanie Wallner

10% off of their renovation quote for the next two weeks. They do everything from kitchen remodeling to a full gut renovation of your home. They are fully insured and licensed with over 10 Years of experience. Sept and Oct are very busy months, so book them now. ALL ESTIMATES ARE FREE anywhere in NYC. Did I mention that they’re the best painters in town? Do not pay us unless you are satisfied.

Contact NYC Painters: 646-399-9198

UD - Oysters for a Buck, Wine for $20
OYSTER DAZE
Oysters for a Buck, Wine for $20
Sometimes the Sunday evening doldrums are too much for anyone to bear alone. On those evenings, Hotel Griffou offers a dark, plush retreat, where you’ll share a table with $1 oysters from Long Island and $20 bottles of wine from Italy. What the bivalves and vino lack in conversational skills, they more than make up for in other ways.
411:
Sundays, 6-11pm, Hotel Griffou, 21 W Ninth St (between Fifth and Sixth Ave), 212-358-0228

Hangover date
Curious about the person you brought home last night? Learn each other’s names at SideBAR’s Sunday Funday brunch, where you can do further damage to your liver with all-you-can-drink Bloody Marys and mimosas. 120 E 15th St at Irving Pl (212-677-2900, sidebarny.com). Sun 22 noon–4am; $20.

Exotic date
Bump it to bhangra at the Indian-themed edition of the Queens Museum of Art’s Target Passport Fridays at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. You’ll shake it to the sounds of Bollywood performers, then cuddle on a picnic blanket during a screening of Joseph Mathew’s Bombay Summer. FREE Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, enter on 111th St at 56th Ave, Flushing, Queens (718-592-9700, queensmuseum.org). Fri 20 6:30–10pm.

Cabaret date
Lady Rizo sizzles at Joe’s Pub with her sexy vocals, lavishly long lashes and comic interpretations of pop songs from all eras. 425 Lafayette St between Astor Pl and E 4th St (212-967-7555, joespub.com). Fri 20 at 9:30pm; $15–$20.

Trivia date
Mosey on over to Southern Hospitality for its final Monday-night installment of 25-cent wings and trivia. Sponsored by the New-York Historical Society, the competition awards a one-hour open bar for ten, a $25 bar tab, a free appetizer, free shots and more. FREE 1460 Second Ave between 76th and 77th Sts (212-249-1001, southernhospitalitybbq.com). Mon 23 at 8–10pm.

Starry date
Squint through the city lights with the Amateur Astronomers Association and the Friends of the High Line under the Standard Hotel, where you’ll stargaze with high-powered telescopes and chat with space experts. FREE The High Line, enter at W 14th St between Tenth Ave and Washington St (212-206-9922, aaa.org/highline). Tue dusk–9:30pm.

Tasting date
Wind down your Wednesday with wine at Hudson Terrace. Swirl, sniff and sip six selected wines with the sommelier hosts. 621 W 46th St between Eleventh and Twelfth Aves (212-315-9400, hudsonterracenyc.com). Wed 25 at 5pm; $25.

Spooky date
It doesn’t matter if you’re on Team Vampire or Team Werewolf as long as you show your fangs at the Cyclone. Vampires and werewolves suck $2 off the roller coaster’s ticket price on Tuesday 24. 834 Surf Ave at 8th St, Coney Island, Brooklyn Brooklyn (718-265-2100, coneyislandcyclone.com). 7pm–midnight; $8, in costume $6
Read more: http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/sex-dating/88240/great-dates-in-nyc?cmpid=TD082310#ixzz0xRIzaQdB