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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, three items of note:

Best Bets Daily: Tea cups made by South African artisans, available at Anthropologie
Brooklyn Based: Video store clerks name the most popular rentals and their favorite flicks
DailyCandy: Lingerie line Letters of Marque
DailyCandy Kids: not updated
Juli B: not updated
MUG: A list of time-wasting websites
RareDaily: Restaurant Adour Alain Ducasse, opening Jan 28th
Refinery29: Designer Jonathan Kelsey, the 'British Louboutin' (his shoes are pictured above)
Thrillist: Denim and knit sale, Pacific Standard's frequent drinker's card
UrbanBaby Daily: Recently-opened Boerum Hill ice cream parlor Blue Marble
VSL: Beginner’s Greek, a romantic novel that's not chick lit