UD | Read This Before You Book Your Holiday Flight

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version November 30, 2012 Fight or Flight Meet the Nostradamus of Flight Delays VITALS KnowDelay official website FORWARD this article to a friend INVITE your friends to join UD GET the UD mobile app PERKS check them out We assume you have plans toward the end of December. You know, the ones with all the chestnuts and the open fires and the... sitting in airports waiting for delayed flights to board while eating Cinnabons and just, like, looking at people. But hey, at least you won’t have to worry about that last part this year... Thanks in no small part to KnowDelay, a new web app that uses weather forecasts and a team of elves in white lab coats (presumably) to predict whether or not your flight will be delayed or canceled, available now. What you have here is essentially a holiday-travel-friendly crystal ball for tracking flights. It notifies you if a delay is imminent and suggests alternate routes if need be. Maybe you’re booking a flight home. Maybe you’re booking a flight far away from home. Either way, start by hitting the site and entering in a few details (flight number, airline, travel dates). Once you’re within three days of your departure date, pull up the map with all the green and red dots on it. Those represent airports. Those are important. Because if they’re green, you’re good. If they’re red, you’re screwed. Not really... the site automatically offers up a list of plan Bs if it looks like trouble ahead. Plans C through L are in there, too. Note: KnowDelay, available now     Account Details: Favorites   2   Available Perks   16   Invites Sent   0   My UD   |   Edit Settings   UrbanDaddy is pure editorial. You can't buy love from the Daddy. About Us   |    Archives   |    My UD   |    Perks   |    Contact   |    Jobs   |    Advertise   |    Tips Email Issues   |    Privacy Policy   |    User Agreement   |    Unsubscribe   |    Editorial Policy 900 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10003 © 2012 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.

UD | Bourbon Marshmallows and the Strongest Oyster Knife on the Planet

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version 11/29/12 If you build it, the weekend will come.     PERK ALERT Ties, Lighter Cufflinks and Private Jets   For your neck: $60 gets you $100 worth of ties, scarves and pocket squares from NYC-based handsomeness experts The Hill-side. For your wrist: 29% off fully functional, leather-bound lighter cufflinks. For your... everything else: access to a lifetime of private jetting... for just 300 bucks.   411: The Hill-side at Hickoree’s; Leather Lighter Cufflinks; private jet travel with Jumpjet     JOY AND MALLOWSHIP Bourbon-Filled Marshmallows. Have At It.   Quick, make some hot chocolate. Swiss Miss. Probably go with Swiss Miss. Now, hit the Wondermade website, order a winter’s worth of their new bourbon marshmallows and plop one in there. Actually, you’ll have to wait until the mailman delivers them. But then... plop one in there.   411: Wondermade Bourbon Marshmallows, spike your fluffy confections here     POCKET ACES Some New Squares for Your Pocket   Let’s hear it for the square. Great shape. Makes a mean picture frame. Worked wonders for Trafalgar. Also looks pretty good tucked in the pocket of a blazer. Especially these vintage ones from Ovadia & Sons—red bandana prints. Teal floral patterns. They’re all there. And pockets everywhere rejoiced.   411: Ovadia & Sons Vintage Pocket Squares, keep it fair and square here     TEAM EFFORT Here Comes Some New Leather Stuff   Tanner Goods makes leather things. The Ace Hotel makes... hotel things. But turns out, magical things happen when they join forces. Like this new collection of leather fantasticness they just rolled out together. It’s stacked with things like passport wallets and vinyl-friendly tote bags. You know, for carrying vinyl around. Or vinyl-shaped sandwiches.   411: Tanner Goods x Ace Hotel Capsule Collection, support handsome cowhide here     LOOKING SHARP The Strongest Oyster Knife on Earth   Oysters are having a moment right now. Partly because it’s oyster season. But mostly because the bivalve enthusiasts at Williams Knife Co. just made the strongest oyster knife ever. It’s handmade from Damascus steel, which is what they made swords out of in medieval times. Unnecessary: yes. Still kind of necessary: yes.   411: The Damascus Edisto Oyster Knife, shuck oysters like Sir Lancelot here     BEAT IT This Music Will Make Your Day Go Faster   So let’s say you’re sitting at a desk somewhere. Right now-ish, for example. Maybe you want to be there. Maybe you don’t. Either way, here’s a new site that does nothing but stream an endless playlist of ridiculously bass-heavy, fast-paced, dubstep-y music to keep things moving. Boardroom glow-sticking. Do it.   411: Get Work Done Music, pump up the volume here     Account Details: Favorites   2   Available Perks   16   Invites Sent   0   My UD   |   Edit Settings   UrbanDaddy is pure editorial. You can't buy love from the Daddy. About Us   |    Archives   |    My UD   |    Perks   |    Contact   |    Jobs   |    Advertise   |    Tips Email Issues   |    Privacy Policy   |    User Agreement   |    Unsubscribe   |    Editorial Policy 900 Broadway, Suite 808 New York, NY 10003 © 2012 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.