Important Opening Day Information

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version 03/31/14   Base Camp How to Properly Welcome Baseball Season The crack of the bat. The silky aroma of pine tar. The sudden urge to wear a baseball jacket even if you’re not a player of baseball. Yep, it’s officially opening day—and unless you already own a fingerless mitt from the 1880s, you’re unprepared. Let’s get that taken care of, shall we...     FOR A BETTER-LOOKING EARLY SEASON The Baseball Jacket’s Dapper Evolution   If you’re going to a Tigers game in April or a midnight bonfire in... Wyoming, you’ll want to wear a jacket. Hey, this cotton twill baseball one with leather pockets and a chambray lining should do. Maybe skip it if you’re a Diamondbacks fan.   411: Golden Bear Collar Shawl Baseball Jacket, order here     FOR AVOIDING BLINDNESS AND SUNBURNS An Unnecessarily Good-Looking Ball Cap   This hat is made of Japanese selvage denim and indigo chambray, and was inspired by old-school baseball and Navy pilots’ caps. So, yes, that means it’s a far more dashing way of avoiding UV rays than your usual hat. Not to mention the opposing right fielder’s hat.   411: The Hill-side Warm-Weather Deck Hat, order here     FOR ICE-COLD BEER HERE This App Summons Beer to Your Seat   Bottom of the ninth. Two on. Two out. Down by one. Suddenly... a not-weird craving for beer and a better view hits. Good thing this app lets you do things like order concessions and upgrade your seat. It was only a matter of time until the beer guy turned into an app.   411: MLB.com at the Ballpark, download here     FOR THE EXTRA-INNING RALLY A Most American Way of Covert Drinking   The only thing more American than enjoying our nation’s pastime: stealthily enjoying bourbon from this historically accurate, solid-copper flask. It was hand-soldered just like they were in 1819. It’s swaddled in Filson tin cloth. And if security asks, you swear it came from Complimentary Flask Day.   411: Jacob Bromwell x Filson Great American Flask, order here     FOR SNAGGING FOUL BALLS Catching Pop Flies Like It’s 1889   Why you’d need a perfectly recreated, old-timey fingerless fielder’s glove: 1) You never know when a foul and/or home run ball might sail your way. 2) You never know when you’ll organize a historical reenactment of baseball in the 1880s. Actually, next Tuesday’s looking pretty open...   411: 1880s Fingerless Fielder’s Glove, order here Let’s talk about your phone. Relax, it’s fine. But that’s also kind of the problem. It’s... fine. So let the new Nokia Lumia Icon take care of that for you. It’s got a revolutionary 20-megapixel camera that’s about to seriously upgrade your video-capturing game. You’re on your own for material.   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 © 2014 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.

A Bedroom Fit for a Holy Roman Emperor

If you have trouble reading this email, go to the online version Jetset March 30, 2014 Empire State of Mind Sleeping in the Hapsburgs’ Old Palace VITALS Schönbrunn Palace Suite at Schönbrunn Palace 1130 Wien Austria +43 1 588 00 838 official website Remember: eventually, all empires fall. And then, a little while after that, you get to sleep in the emperor’s bedroom. Case in point: the Schönbrunn Palace Suite, a single lavish suite among the 1,441 rooms of the Hapsburg dynasty’s former summer estate in Vienna, taking reservations now from non-royals for the first time ever. If you know Vienna, you know this place. It’s the palace. The big one. The one with all the statues and garden mazes that’s essentially the Austrian Versailles. Well, after a few centuries of housing kings and lords and priceless monarchical relics, they finally found you a two-bedroom suite to spare—along with a horse-drawn carriage you can borrow for the weekend. (Just keep it below the speed limit.) And while Vienna’s full of excitement and good schnitzel, we suggest bringing a companion who loves historically significant drapery and just going all Before Sunrise around the 435 acres you’ll call home. Saunter through the rose gardens. Observe the giant pandas at the on-site zoo (it’s the oldest on earth). And if you want anything—fresh towels, a gilded ice bucket, anything, really—just ask your personal butler. Dare you to ask for a second butler.   Note: Schönbrunn Palace Suite at Schönbrunn Palace, taking reservations now, more info here, see the slideshow     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 © 2014 UrbanDaddy. All Rights Reserved.