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So last night I got to see the craze over the Sex and the City premiere firsthand— not by walking the red carpet like Scott and Naeem, and then going to the premiere, sadly, but talking to the people that came into New York from all over the North American continent for the premiere. With or without tickets. From Phoenix to New Orleans to Montreal, women drove and flew in droves dragging their boyfriends and husbands along for the ride. What it did was give me a lesson in PR.

So what if you are not Hamptons bound this weekend? Don't worry, there's still plenty for you to do in New York City sans massive amounts of tourists.

If you are going to be in New York City this weekend there are lots of fun things to do that will be LESS crowded because of the Memorial Day weekend. Here are my top 5 recommendations:

Brunch at Bubby's on Hudson in Tribeca and for goodness sake, save room for pie!
See Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Meet a friend for dinner at the newer (Vessey Street or Lincoln Center) or the orginal (Third Avenue) PJ Clarke's - they always have the best burger in the city. More»

Reading up on Queen Samantha’s remark on using ex-p2p (peer-to-peer for you people with lives) giant Napster made me think of the number of mp3 sites that I use for my fix. No, not the p2p stuff!

Believe it or not, there are a few fairly well-established mp3 distribution sites out there with plenty of variety for the discerning music fan. While they lack the variety of some of the major studio-endorsed artists people can find on iTunes and Napster, they make up for it with diversity, like a specialist shop a la High Fidelity. Unlike those shops, though, this one does not have snooty music snobs mocking you for liking mainstream stuff. If that does not seem good enough, they tend to also use different policies to download and cost much less as a result, so you can’t lose either way.

Omfg, did u no r kids can't write??? Apparently new data has been released that demonstrates how Web 2.0 is further devolving our ability to communicate and destroying our culture. No, it's not because we substitute social networking sites for actual socializing, or because YouTube and blogs are ending life as we know it by sinking traditional media outlets. The Pew Internet and American Life Project found in their study that at least 64 percent of teens have used informal style while attempting to write formal school assignments—such as "LOL" style abbreviations or emoticons. (Emoticons! In a paper! Man, I wish I had tried to get away with that—sometimes nothing conveys what you mean quite like a =D ).

Which venue has the highest quality female talent? So was the first question, of what we are led to believe will be many, in DBTH's new "polls". Maybe his readers are smarter than we thought, Rose Bar (a favorite of mine) took home the gold, (um duh) with Beatrice Inn following. I won't even start to try and guess why DBTH chose to include TenJune, Marquee and StudioB on the same list yet failed to put on 1 Oak or even Submercer...a crazy cat that one. The comments may have been the best part about this little charade of his, namely this one:

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I've come to rely on the internet for many things. Housing. Food. Roommates. Timewasters. Jobs. Ways to complete my Comp Lit paper without actually cracking a book. Now, my prayers and nightmares have come true: I can now go gently into that good night with the help of a dot com. Two new websites, Post Expression and Just In Case I Die, are betting that, even in the afterlife, we'll yearn for that final piece of connectedness with which to convey our messages of love while flaunting our newfound technology in the face of lesser-wired mortals. More»

On MRod Nation Today:

"So apparently the new In-possible to get pass the door bar is Sub Mercer–that bar in the basement of celebu-posh Mercer Hotel.

But what does it mean for these discreet bars when the digital advertising screens in the elevator of my large corporate office building spotlights them, as it did with the SubMercer this morning on my ride up to my office, as the new “It” bar in New York City?"

Sad. Now, in all fairness, we are not aware of where MRod works, or what this ad may have looked like, but this does not bode well for keeping the "secret" a secret. What's the point of advertising in this manner when the majority of the people that see it will never have a chance of getting into the place??? This "it" bar will not be "it" for long if it keeps this up.

UPDATE: (from our tip box):
"The building in question is One Penn Plaza in the heart of MSG and Macy's..."

[subMercer Is Officially The New "Cool Kids" Club House]

You’ve heard their bellowing on the subways. If you’ve been unlucky enough to be in Times Square, you’ve also heard it there, in Union Square, in Herald Square, and at a few other strategically selected street corners in Manhattan. And if you’re anything like me, you’ve wondered, “What is the deal with the United Homeless Organization? Should I feel guilty for not giving them some change or is it OK to feel contemptuous of their imposition on legitimate charities, my eardrums, and this subway ride?”

So, here’s the deal: More»

Confused???? Wanna know the answer to this little riddle?

Where is:

* A Mac n’ Cheese a Marquee?
* A Cheeseburger a 1OAK?
* Disco Fries a Studio 54?
* A Bagel and Lox a Mark Baker?
* A Veggie Pizza a Wass?
* A Jumbo Juice an Alon Jibli?
* A Chamomile Tea a Good Night Mr. Lewis?
* Onion Rings a Palladium?
* A Caesar Salad a Limelight?

Go HERE for the answer to this puzzling riddle.

To atone for months of neglect, we spent most of our four hour train ride home engrossed(ish) in the fashion magazines that constitute our summer library. In the March (we know, we're behind) issue of Allure we found an article explaining the Junk Food diet. The words were out of order; the Junk Food diet is just diet Junk Food -some of which, we readily admit, makes frequent cameos in our own cupboards (not those 100 calorie packs though--too small and airy). However, while this particular diet may not live up to its promising title, there are plenty that do.

Below, a partial list:

The Baby Food Diet: but what about all those calories we burn chewing?
The Mega-Bite Diet: that's more like it. SF art dealer Horace Fletcher called for each mouthful to be chewed no less than 32 times before spitting out the remains. Good dinner party trick, too.
The Jesus diet: for Christian Scientist raw foodies with above average masochistic inclinations.
The Breatharian Diet: for all you oxygen fans. cheap, too.
The Tapeworm Diet: and you thought Nicole Richie went to Mexico for the Mezcal.

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[Photo via NY Times]

I didn't know what to think of the Sunday Styles piece yesterday titled "SoHo Meets HoJo in Atlantic City" and, after sleeping on it a night, I still haven't come up with a conclusion. The article outlines the deal that is to be made tomorrow between the Chelsea, the new hotel going up in Atlantic City, and the owners of our beloved Beatrice Inn. AC and Beatrice? Probably the last two things I would imagine hearing in one sentence. Though the developer of the project Curtis Bashaw, insists it would be a match made in heaven.

“It will be SoHo House-y,” Mr. Bashaw said last week. “All on the fifth floor, you’ll have a library, a game room, an oval-shaped bar and a Stephen Starr restaurant, which connect like a big house and spill out onto an enormous pool deck.”

What about when you venture beyond the confides of the hotel? Did you forget that AC is “like Las Vegas got drunk and slept with South Jersey and this is their bastard child.” (SeanKalish). Seriously, will Chloe and her posse really want to bask in the New Jersey sun when they can be in the Hamptons? Then again, true hipsters would jump at this chance to be part of something so "uncool". Also, the one time I've been to AC (stayed in Borgota), it was a surprisingly good escape that made me appreciate all of what I had back home in civilization (Manhattan).

[Steps To Being Cool: The Chloe Playlist]