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The Rest: Point Break Live!
This holiday weekend, honor the Ex-Presidents by attending Point Break Live!, the off-off-off Broadway staging of the 1991 Busey/Swayze/Keanu epic. At each performance, the cast picks an audience member to play (former Ohio State quarterback) Johnny Utah. Go this weekend if you're prepped; or just watch TNT all week to brush up on lines like "People trusted you and they died. You gotta' go down." Mention Thrillist onstage for free sex with Lori Petty.
BYO Update: The Orchard
It's unclear why this LES joint still has no liquor license -- maybe the liquor board's prejudiced against new school hipster Italian. Go now, before the restaurant gets its papers, or folds from lack of booze revenue.
Buying: Ice Crème
You can't Ebay your obsolete iPod if it looks like it's been dragged down the sidewalk. Sex it up with Ice Crème, an acrylic polish for your iPod face from enthusiastically named RadTech. Bear in mind that Crème doesn't work on iPod Minis -- yet another excuse to heap scorn on cheapskate Mini owners.
Buy online at RadTech.us
Gorging: Kellari Taverna
Stealthily opening this weekend, Kellari's helmed by Costas Tsingas, executive chef for Greek food at the Athens Olympics. The menu's stacked with innovative dishes like Greek sushi (e.g., raw scallops in grape juice dressing) and lamb tartare, but the main event's the flamed cheese bar, where the ouzo and grappa soaked offerings get lit up. Once again, you and cheese will have something in common.
Buying: Powerhouse Sale
Indie bookseller Powerhouse is getting booted from their current location almost as if they were some sort of indie bookseller. They're knocking 30-95% off coffee table-ready photography tomes like Pass the Mic (documenting the Beastie Boys), Phil Stern: A Life's Work (documenting North African tank battles and Sammy Davis, Jr.), and Sibusiso Mbhele and His Fish Helicopter (documenting fish helicopters).
