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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, three items of note:.
FROM: Thrillist
SUBJECT: Rare
MESSAGE: A line of menswear available at Atrium (644 Broadway at Bleecker St) and Lounge (593 Broadway between Houston and Prince Sts)
DISCARDED: "Trying to add "a sprinkle of flava" to your wardrobe is the most dangerous game this side of hunting Ice-T," "adherents look like kaleidoscopes of stupidity," "honoring Italy's rich tradition of wartime pilot fatalities," "Euro-garishness appropriate only for the discotheque, or to warn hunters of your presence"
FROM: DailyCandy
SUBJECT: Door-to-door laser hair removal
MESSAGE: Offered by defuzzing service Hair It Goes; make appointments by calling 646-298-5348 or emailing hairysucks@aol.com.
DISCARDED: "And set out on their own adventure/A mobile hair-removal venture," "for gals and guys with unwanted hair/In those crevices and cracks they bear," "beat that atavistic mutation/Just in time for your vacation"
FROM: Best Bets Daily
SUBJECT: Nadurra
MESSAGE: A small-batch single-malt Scotch, aged for 16 years, from Glenlivet. It's available for $60 at Park Avenue Liquors (292 Madison Ave, 212-685-2442).
Our daily read includes: Best Bets Daily, City, DailyCandy, Flavorpill, Head Butler, Juli B, LuxuryCulture, Lx.Tv, MUG, RareDaily, Refinery29, Splendora, Stylebakery, Stylephile, Thrillist, Urban Baby, UrbanDaddy, UrbanJunkies, VSL, WingmanDaily
FROM: UrbanBaby Daily
SUBJECT: Waterfront Arts Festival
MESSAGE: Happening this Saturday from 10am to 7pm at the Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park and Pier (at Coffey and Ferris Sts), Brooklyn (718-643-6790).