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Just drop your email addy and The Muse'll bless you with one email per day featuring a barely SFW model. The shamelessly shallow site's produced by "an international collective of models, photogs, and designers" called Viva La Flaca -- literally "long live the skinny", because long live bulimia would be insensitive.
Get inspired at VivaLaFlaca.com155 Varick St, at Vandam; 212.608.0555
This warehouse-scale vinotorium's doing triple duty as a resto/wine bar (50 by the glass, Murray's cheeses, dinner service starting next week), a winery offering private barrel ownership (letting you participate in all stages of winemaking, from de-stemming to bottling), and a live event space with upcoming performances from Boz Scaggs and Steve Earle -- whose apprehensive performance here'll provide a gateway to a gleeful set at City Heroin Factory.
Barrel ownership deets and more at CityWinery.comTired of working so hard to celebrate yourself? Just tell BPB your party deets (date, # of guests, open bar/food requirements) and which of 18 venues you'd prefer (Country Club, Highbar, Sin Sin, etc) and they'll negotiate discount rates, ensure you skip the line/cover, throw in gratis alcohol (depending on party size), and even provide a free party photog to take photos of everybody else taking photos.
Get bookin at BirthdayPartyBooker.comSadly not a service that saves your monitor from the perils of self-pleasure, StickyScreen contains just a single, customizable sticky note that automatically saves anything you type. Set it as your homepage, and every time you open a new window or tab you'll be reminded of what you should probably be doing, i.e., furiously Wet-Napping all evidence of the Daily Muse.
God helps those who help themselves, at StickyScreen.org8 Spring St, between Bowery and Elizabeth; 212-226-7030.
Just relaunched after a year hiatus, NY-based Quinn's hawking his full line of eponymous, Italian-made lux sundries: everything from French cuff button downs, to glass cufflinks, to handmade silk and cashmere scarves, to open-face, visually arresting Vespa helmets that'll keep cars from hitting you, though the same cannot be said of youth gangs.
Get the gear at DuncanQuinn.com, or get 50% off selected merch at Quinn's SoHo store.
