The Secret's Out

If you're tuning in to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show tonight on CBS and find yourself in need of something to make you feel sexier (or something to forget that you will never be in the same shape as--or date!--a Victoria's Secret model), try one of these Stoli cocktails on for size. They're guaranteed to put you in the mood. (Or at least make you forget your troubles.)

Stoli Wild Cherri Bombshell (left)

1 part Stoli Wild Cherri

2 bar spoons cherry preserves

½ part fresh lemon juice

2 parts Rose Champagne

Combine Stoli, preserves and lemon juice and shake well

Strain into a flute, top with champagne

Dust with edible silver

Stoli Miraculous Martini (left)

2 parts Stoli Gala Applik

¾ part pear puree

¾ part lemon juice

*Crystallized cranberries (simmer these in vanilla bean simple syrup)

*Black pepper corn and brown sugar simple syrup

Glassware: Martini

Garnish: Crystallized cranberries on a pick

Stoli Vanil Secret

2 parts Stoli Vanil

1 part lemongrass simple syrup

¾ part lime juice

Dusting of kaffir lime leaf.

Glassware: Rocks

Garnish: Dusting of Kaffir lime leaf with a Red Rose petal floating on top.

 Stoli Original Starlet

2 parts Stoli

¾ part Rhubarb puree

½ part lemon juice

½ part strawberry puree

Glassware: Highball

Garnish: Sweet coating of the rim with cinnamon and chili bits. And a flames orange twist.

The Era of Eero

The ever-on-the-ascendant Museum of the City of New York pulled back the curtains on its Eero Saarinen exhibit last night with a gala preview. The famed architect, whose work is the stuff of legend (the TWA terminal at JFK airport, the Gateway arch in St. Louis), is celebrated in grand style at the exhibition, with large-scale mock-ups, architectural drawings and film footage aplenty.

Although he handled commissions throughout the United States, two of Saarinen's most notable works (the aforementioned Terminal 5 and CBS headquarters, not-so-affectionately known as "Black Rock") are both in New York City, a metropolis that clearly nurtured and appreciated his vision.

Fans of all things mid-century will also appreciate the display of Saarinen furniture at the musuem, including his famed Womb Chair and single-pedestal tables, designed for Knoll.

The exhibit runs through January.