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We scan the inbox so you don't have to. Today, five items of note:
Best Bets Daily: Designer tote bags benefiting the Gulf clean-up
Brooklyn Based: The Coney Island Beard and Moustache Competition
DailyCandy: New West Village boutique A Man and a Woman
DailyCandy Kids: Not updated
I Heart Daily: The new album from Portland band The Thermals
MUG: New biography of superchef Ferran Adrià
Refinery29: The eleven best parties of Fashion's Night Out
The Skint: The Great Brokelyn Book Swap in Carroll Gardens
Thrillist: West Village barber shop Ernest & Olivia
UrbanBaby Daily: Not updated
VSL: Mapping who in the US says "pop" and who says "soda"
WWWD: How to DIY bow shoes a la Isabel Marant and Louis Vuitton (pictured)
The Zoe Report: Prabal Gurung's motocross dress