"This drink literally makes you start to salivate"

Charming Australian Heathe St. Clair is the proprietor of Bondi Road, The Sunburnt Cow, and new Upper West Side outpost, The Sunburnt Calf. He has that jovial, Down Under wit and good spirit, which surely helped him develop a name in New York’s unforgiving hospitality industry after moving across the globe to pursue acting at the Atlantic Theater Company. As a struggling actor, he worked at Isabella’s, Box Tree, Monkey Bar, and The Captain. He also ran an uptown restaurant called Maison. The Calf, as St. Clair calls it, has been open since April 1st. Against expectation, it looks like the Upper West Side was fully ready for the influx of rowdy Australians and all-you-can-drink weekend brunches. More on the new joint after the jump.

● Billy Joe Armstrong at the Broadway opening of Green Day's American Idiot: I don't have any favorites. I like anywhere and everywhere. I went to go see "Everyday Rapture" last night, and then I went to punk-rock karaoke down on the Lower East Side, it was at Arlene's Grocery. ● Mike Dirnt: Honestly, I like to meet friends for a nice pint at McSorley's, the oldest pub in New York. ● Tre Cool: I like to go to Gray's Papaya at 72nd Street and get cheap hot dogs.

● Martha Stewart at Good Housekeeping's 125th anniversary "Shine On" benefit for the National Women's History Museum - Mmm. I love La Grenouille. I love everything of Jean Georges. I love everything of Daniel. And I love Benoit, right around the corner, yeah. Every one of them has its specialty, of course. If you go to Benoit, you can have the oysters—they're delicious. The souflees are like the best. And at Grenouille—the frog's legs.

Jim Lahey is a bread man. After a trip to Italy while he was in art school studying to be a sculptor, Lahey realized that baking was his true calling. In 1994, he opened Sullivan Street Bakery, which now provides bread for over 250 of the city's best restaurants including Jean Georges, Babbo and Gramercy Tavern. In 2008, Lahey opened his first restaurant, Co., where he turned his signature bread into artisanal pizzas. Famous for his no-knead method, Lahey is trying to spread the word with his recently published book, My Bread, as well a more personal approach: baking lessons at Sullivan Street Bakery. Over lunch at Co., the loquacious baker with "major A.D.D." spoke with me about the importance of good reviews, culinary influences, and his idea of the most bitter, foul taste in food: effort.

Trump Soho, the 48-story mondo condo and hotel, is no longer opening its doors on February 1st (the new opening date has yet to be cemented or announced). However, buyers are still willing to ante-up $3,000 a square foot for condominium units that they can legally occupy only 120 days of the year. Somehow, they’ve already sold 555 of them. Chalk one up for The Donald Junior, the Executive VP Development and Acquisitions of the Trump brand, who speaks with BlackBook after the jump.

Ever wonder what it would be like to work in paradise? Federico Sanchez-Ortiz, the developer and CEO of InterLink knows. He works every day in Bahia Beach, Puerto Rico. Visitors include Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, as well as Bill and Camille Cosby. Carlos Beltran and Oscar de la Hoya have bought homes at this tropical-looking Garden of Eden. In October 2010, the St. Regis will open a 139-suite hotel with a Jean-Georges restaurant, Fern, and Puerto Rico will have its first five-star resort. We recently caught up with Fede.

At the New York Film Festival premiere of Broken Embraces:

Let's give a warm welcome to fall, which along with introducing you to your new fall wardrobe could also introduce you to the ballet, as the new season for the American Ballet Theater commences this week. If you lean more towards action movies and indie bands, getting decked out to make a pilgrimage to the uncharted wilds of the Upper West Side could feel a bit out of character. As daunting as trading in Converse All-Stars for conservative kitten heels seems, the ABT is something all New Yorkers should branch out and try. It's recognized as one of the great dance companies in the world. A living national treasure since its founding in 1940, ABT annually tours the United States performing for more than 600,000 people, and it's the only major cultural institution to do so. The ABT has also made more than 15 international tours to 42 countries, and this October the company returns home to Manhattan. Twenty-one-year-old Daniil Simkin, an award-winning veteran of the stage since the age of six, offers up his advice to a ABT virgin -- or those with a serious aversion to men in tights.

Jean-Luc Naret, director of the world-famous Michelin Guides, released the fifth edition of the New York Michelin guide Monday, and yesterday, the books hit stands around the city. As with any upper echelon foodie-endeavor, this one was met with some criticism from food-lovers with differing opinions. Nonetheless, to talk about the long road before the list is finalized and printed, we sat down with Naret to get the backstory of the Michelin Guides and what it takes to secure a much-coveted three stars.