• The endless debate on regulating binge and underage drinking on college campuses continues. Let's discuss. Over cocktails. [NYT]

• Plans to open a Whole Foods in Brooklyn fall through. Overpriced fruit flown in via a ginormous carbon footprint plane is just another reason why Manhattan is the best borough. I like peaches from Chile, thank you very much. [BrooklynPaper] More»

Gossip Girl Site Tours are officially here. Not just our made up ones, either. Oh no, there is a bonafide tour company that is looking to cash in on the show's success $38 at a time.  Meet at the Palace Hotel at noon on Fridays or Sundays to experience a day in the life of Manhattan's fake elite... More»

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Movie stars, culturists, politicians, and business leaders braved April thunderstorms last night to support the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Downtown Dinner 2009. With more than 500 attendees, LMCC honored Real Estate Partners, who donated downtown office space to writers, artists, and performers involved with LMCC's Residency Programs. Guests included, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Imperioli, Lou Reed, Brook Geahan, Lyman Carter, Sarah Crichton, Lawrence C. Burstein, Andrea Katz, Jerry Nadler, and Laurie Anderson. More photos below More»

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We checked in on SCOPE Hamptons, and SCOPE Basel, but this weekend, we were all about SCOPE New York. The major art farts were mixing and mingling all around NYC this weekend.  The annual SCOPE Art Fair (March 3rd-8th), brought them all up to the Lincoln Center to check out various works from  "Recent Artist Videos From the Middle East" to "Monkey Town Presents" and "Lo-Fi + Street Hi."  Guest of a Guest gave 5 lucky readers VIP passes valued at $100 to check in on the art scene for a weekend. Stay tuned for more on the Armory's show. Our favorite photos follow...

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I have no idea how I missed this.  Considering Target is one of the reasons I almost didn't move to Manhattan (it was quite a sad day when I found out that the city in which I would be able to "get anything in the world" was actually the city where I could get "almost anything in the world").  I can't even tell you the number of times I have been forced to go to Jersey to "fix" my Target addiction. Some of my favorite pieces I own have been found at Tar-geh...which is why I am estatic to hear that the store plans on opening four "pop-up" stores in Manhattan.

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