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Sensational Travel Escapes – Winter 2011

Sensational Travel Escapes Winter 2011

Betabeat

Bar Will Only Let You In if You’re Its Facebook Friend Everybody Please Stop Spitting Upon Sean Parker Fitter, Happier, More Productive: Silicon Valley Just Can’t Get Enough Inner Peace

PolitickerNY

Bloomberg Staffers Unimpressed With Bill de Blasio’s Policy Book Anthony Weiner Talks Health Care on Staten Island Morning Read: ‘Tailor Messages Based on Brands of Toilet Paper’

GalleristNY

Morning Links: Obsession Edition ‘Martial Raysse: 1960–1974′ at Luxembourg & Dayan Where Do We Go From Here?: Critics Lament the State of Art, but Things Are Looking Up in New Books

Media

Hipster Newsstand Opens in Williamsburg Because Hipsters Dan Abrams to Replace Terry Moran on NightlineMorning Media Mix

Real Estate

Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses On the Market: Beer "CSA" Launches In Long Island City; Gays Have a Harder Time Finding Housing; A $2 Billion Offer For the Empire State Building Jason Kidd On Hand for Launch of Dwight School's New Athletic Facility

Culture

Cloudy With a Chance of Melee? Famous Weatherman's Wife Allegedly Attacked His Manhood To Error Is Human: The Slapstick Shakespeare in the Park Is Irresistible Stare Thee Well: Eye-Gazing Parties Aren't Just for Pick-Up Artists Anymore

Opinion

The Next Flood Waste Not Keep the City Safe

Commercial Observer

Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops and Eateries Are Elbowed Out By $4,500 Purses Epiq Bankruptcy Leads Trio of New Leases at 757 Third Avenue REBNY Retail Deal of the Year Awards, Minute By Minute

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