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Best of 2005: Oh, Blow Me

 Hear that? It’s the tune of 2006. Before we dive in, a shout-out to our favorites from 2005. Feel free to hum along.



Originally published 2/16/05

As any MetroCard-carrying New Yorker will tell you, before the prepubescent clubbers were pounding ...

The Weekend Guide

Quit hogging the mistletoe.

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Exit Biennial II: Traffic
What
: More than 50 artists respond to the dictionary’s six definitions for traffic.
Why: Talk about timing.
When: Thurs., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Note: In a ...

The Weekend Guide

Did someone say transit strike? Stretch them gams, hoist the boombox, and walk it off.

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The Glorius Mustache Challenge
What: Handlebar devotional and hysterical documentary on men who dare to grow them. Mustache-soiree to follow (fake ’staches will be ...

Heaven Scent

You’ve got Daddy’s money and Mamma’s good looks. But who do you smell like?

Britney? J.Lo? SJP? That’s just sad, sad, sad.

Painter-turned-perfumer Alexis Karl mixed up some fragrance and essential oils in her Williamsburg laboratory and ended up with ...

No Pain, All Gain

What if we told you there was a place in Manhattan where remarkable Brazilians could be had in fifteen minutes, with half the pain, in an unsketchy place, for only 27 bucks?

You’d probably call us dirty, hairy liars.

But ...

Hybrid Power

New York car services range from the stylish to the stinky. But they all have one thing in common: They’re lumbering gas-guzzlers.

(Yes, you should feel guilty for renting that hideous Escalade limo.)

Ozocar, a new hybrid-only car service, is ...

The Weekend Guide

Like Alice said: curiouser and curiouser.

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Alice’s Tea Cup, Chapter II

What: Whimsy greets you for scones, French toast, and Humpty Dumpty (a tasty egg dish) at new East Side location.
Why: You’re mad as a hatter. Might as ...

The Weekend Guide

You watched the parade of balloons. Then you became one.

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Holiday Train Show

What: Garden gauge locomotives zip past 120 city landmarks (Apollo Theatre, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium) made of twigs, leaves, berries, and plants.
Why: