Chicago

The suburban boutique distillers of Sirène Absinthe Verte are now hawking French-imported absinthe gear including two- and four-spout fountains, a brushed metal sugar dish, pontarlier & reservoir glasses, four stainless steel slotted spoons (one's Eiffel Tower shaped!), and a silver-plated “Balancier” that sits atop a glass and delivers sugar water via a slow drip -- a sound old-school absinthe lotharios were all too familiar with.

From a Wrigleyville investment consultant, GITKB's a profanely ridiculous, dude-centric cookbook with recipes that're easy (“Dumb Ass”), moderately challenging (“The Little Chef That Could”), and downright difficult ("Are You F%@king Kidding Me?"). The giddy highlights include “Pull My Finger! Pork”, “South Of My Border Pasta", and “Miso Honee Stir Fry”, letting you get As Nasty As You Wanna Be, on them water chestnuts.

8pm-2am tomorrow at 1925 W Cortland Ave, at Winchester; Bucktown; 773.489.0738

Rock your tackiest grandma sweater and this nabe institution'll give you 1.5 hours of gratis holiday treats (spiked eggnog, cocktail wieners, Swedish meatballs, cheese logs, fruitcake access, etc) and all-night booze specials (25 different brews for $4; $5 vodka cocktails). $100 gift certificates go to the best female and male sweaters, though the latter will certainly be awarded to Albert Brooks.

Started by a Chi record fiend, Wax sports a Gmap exhaustively populated with area vinyl stores, a vinyl in-the-news feed, and an ambitious “Top Records Of All Time Available On Vinyl” -- 441 classic albums, with pressing deets, overviews, track listings, and buy links ranging from Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" to Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" to...Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill"? So let's call it 440.

1101 W Fulton Market, at Aberdeen; West Loop; 312.243.4754

To get rid of its men's inventory forever, this eco-friendly store's knocking 70% off the likes of organic cotton hoodies and buttondowns from John Patrick, Convoy hemp & organic cotton short-sleeve shirts, Good Society denim, and Paz baseball hats -- made from the canvas coverings of Brazilian transport trucks, their job will still be to protect melons from the elements.