Prepping for the W'burg Starbucks; Lena Dunham's Book Tour

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Local
Local coffee shops contending with forthcoming Starbucks [Free Williamsburg]
Who's actually shopping at Dash Soho? [Fashionista]

National
Lena Dunham's book tour is as twee as we'd hoped [Racked]
Lucky mag EIC Eva Chen finally starts wearing jeans [Lucky]
Kim Kardashian's mobile game is a hit [Bloomberg]
Patrick Schwarzenegger nabs Tom Ford campaign [Pret-a-Reporter]
English bookies taking bets on K-Mid's next pregnancy [Marie Claire UK]