As far as petty pilferage goes, the miniature bottles of liquor sold on airplanes can be as tempting as hotel soap and salad bar dinner rolls.
At 8 45 p.m., with an additional performance on Saturday at 10 45 p.m., Carlyle Hotel, 35 East 76th Street, Manhattan, (212) 744-1600, thecarlyle.com; $90 to $175 at tables, $70 to $75 at the bar; dinner required for the 8 45 shows.
The Aviator Loop the Loop costs £350 per couple and includes welcome drink, accommodation, "Aviation" cocktail in the Sky Bar, dinner, breakfast, the services of a flying instructor at Blackbushe Airport with pre- and post-flight briefing, and two take offs and landings.
Look for Leunig's Bistro at 115 Church, (802) 863-3759, by now a Burlington institution, where you can dine seriously on French and Italian fare, order off the cafe menu, or read a newspaper by the antique mirrored bar; dinner for two with wine runs from $45 to $80.
Platinum's eighth annual Super Bowl party was invite only and boasted an open bar, dinner, raffle prizes, and with a flier like that, I would hope, strippers.
Entrees and sushi bar dinners: $14.75 to $45.75.
PRICE RANGE -- Appetizers: $3.50 to $8.50; Entrees: sushi bar dinners: $10.95 to $35; simple sushi and sashimi: $3 to $5.50 a piece.
THE BILL From the sushi bar: dinners, $23 to $26; omakase menu, $80; sushi and sashimi, $3 to $8 apiece; rolls, $4 to $20. From the kitchen: appetizers, $6 to $18; main dishes, $24 to $38.
PRICE RANGE: Appetizers, $5 to $18; entrees and sushi bar dinners, $17 to $30; simple sushi and sashimi, $1.75 to $4.50 a piece; rolls, $4.50 to $13; desserts, $6 to $10.
Subjects include dogs in bars, a dinner in white, and Tropical Storm Irene.
