Email Scan: A Non-Clunky Charger

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FROM: Best Bets Daily
SUBJECT: The Powermonkey Portable Charger
MESSAGE: A versatile charger that juices up a variety of gadgets.

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FROM: Thrillist
SUBJECT: The Blue Seats (157 Ludlow St between Rivington and Stanton Sts, 212-614-1494)
MESSAGE: Sports bar opening Monday on the LES in the space that formerly housed Tenement.
DISCARDED: "a boob tube set-up à la Billy Baldwin's Sliver penthouse," "godlike, Tony-Siragusa-muting powers"

FROM: Juli B
SUBJECT: The Wellness Rack from Technogym
MESSAGE: A sleek, compact piece of gym equipment.

FROM: his&hers dailies
SUBJECT: DWR and Pompanoosuc Mills
MESSAGE: The two furniture stores located at 124 Hudson Street in Tribeca.

FROM: RareDaily
SUBJECT: Weekend guide
MESSAGE: Wakiya in the Gramercy Park Hotel is open, Bliss is holding an open call for a "Bliss Guy," there's a new networking site for gastronomes called 4Foodies, wine bar Donna da Vine (378 Atlantic Ave, 718-643-2250) is having a bbq this Sunday from 2 to 5pm, and Cercle Rouge (241 West Broadway at N. Moore St, 212-226-6252) has a daily happy hour from 4 to 7pm.

FROM: DailyCandy
SUBJECT: Weekend guide
MESSAGE: Kyotofu (705 Ninth Ave between 48th and 49th, 212-974-6012) has added bon bons, soy milk ice cream and yuzu pinapple sorbet to the menu; Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th St, 212-864-5400) is playing a double feature, Gabro & Dietrick: Screen Goddesses, on Saturdays and Sundays till September 2nd; and teeth whitening treatments, which apparently are a good idea anytime, are available at the New York Center for Cosmetic Dentistry (128 E 71st St between Lexington Ave and Park Ave South, 212-288-4455).

FROM: UrbanBaby Daily
SUBJECT: Weekend guide
MESSAGE: The Chelsea Art Museum's (556 W 22nd St, 212-255-0719) throwning a party featuring the Young Dancemakers Company today from 2 to 4pm, the Thunderbird Powwow's taking place Friday through Sunday at the Queens County Farm Museum (73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park; 718-347-3276), Princess Katie and Racer Steve perform in Union Square on Saturday at 11am, there's a sand-sculpting contest in Coney Island from W 10th to W 12th Streets on Saturday from noon to 5pm, and storyteller Regina Ress will be telling tales at the Hans Christian Andersen statue in Central Park on Saturday at 11am.