Email Scan: Outdoor Goods

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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, a single item of note:

FROM: Best Bets Daily
SUBJECT: Clothing and accessories that will help you "enjoy the outdoors"
MESSAGE: A woven reed grass bag from Chelsea Market Basket (75 Ninth Ave, 212-727-1111), the book Field Guide to Stains at Borders Books & Music (10 Columbus Circle, 212-823-9775), a grass-scented candle from Anthropologie (50 Rockefeller Plaza, 212-246-0386), faux-grass floor tiles from Rico (384 Atlantic Ave, 718-797-2077), Adidas cleats at Soccer Sport Supply (1745 First Ave, 212-427-6050), a copper fireplace from Smith & Hawken (394 W. Broadway, 212-925-1190), handmade marshmallows at City Bakery (3 W 18th St, 212-366-1414), a free compost workshop on September 23 from 1 to 2:30pm in Central Park (Bernard Playground in Central Park, E 106th St and Fifth Ave; 212-628-2345), rakes from HomeFront Kids (202 E 29th St, 212-545-1447), a NFL football at City Sports (390 Fifth Ave, 212-695-0171), and a Synchilla snap-zip jacket from Patagonia (101 Wooster St, 212-343-1776).

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FROM: UrbanBaby Daily
SUBJECT: Kids' first haircuts
MESSAGE: Tips to make the experience tear free: Find a stylist who's worked with kids, control your expectations, bring toys or other distractions, don't rush the hairdresser during the cut, don't interfere if there is a meltdown, congratulate your kid afterwards, then bathe him/her.

FROM: Thrillist
SUBJECT: Grayz (13-15 W 54th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 212-262-4600)
MESSAGE: A new restaurant from chef Gray Kunz that's opening today.
DISCARDED: "because there's opulence, and then there's opulence you can tack up with Kirk Cameron Tiger Beat centerfolds"