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THRILLIST New York
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Free Drinks: Tommy Chong Open Bar
9-11pm Aug 13 at an undisclosed location
Tommy Chong invites you and a guest to join him in celebration of the release of "Cheech and Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography" with 2 hours of free-flowing V2 vodka. RSVP on time, and you'll be emailed a confirm plus the location of the party, whose Chelsea whereabouts are currently undisclosed, but are probably close to a 2xist ad.
RSVPs are limited to the first 150, so sign up now by emailing RSVPChong@aol.com  Gear: Deck Yourself
The NY artist behind these pop arty, made-for-hanging skate decks (Asian tigers, a blinged-out Darth Vader saying "Yo, NYC Raps") is offering a 1/2-off summer dog-owner discount: send a photo of your pooch, choose any theme, and he'll make a custom deck w/ your hound's visage ("Boards of Dogtown"?).
Order online at DeckYourself.Blogspot.com
 Grooming: FSC Barber
Opens Friday at 5 Horatio St, at W 4th; 212.929.3917
From Freemans Sporting Club, this 8-chair shop's decked in Gilded Age tonsorial chic (vintage leather chairs, reclaimed Appalachian wood floors, etc), and offers same-priced Club services (shaves, haircuts, trims...) plus a new Hangover Remedy (rose water wash, hot eucalyptus towel, eye cream, shoulder massage). They also purvey grooming products, including mammoth-tusk-handled straight razors inlaid w/ Stanhopes -- late 19th-century nudie-photo'd peepholes, as if a knife at your throat wasn't enough to get your blood flowing.
Check the services list
 Gear: 75% off Furniture
Thru Aug 17 at King's Road Home: 42 Wooster St, near Broome; 212.941.5011
Up to 75% off sofas, dining tables, beds, etc, all collected by King's Road's owner during journeys "through the jungles of Asia and South America", an arduously long journey just so you can sit comfortably on your ass.
Check out the goods at KingsRoadHome.com
 Eat: PetalBelle
158 Sullivan St, between Houston and Prince; 212.677.1580
From the family behind Lombardi's, this well-lit, vintage French-wallpapered sleeve curates foodstuffs from local faves (fruit danishes from Balthazar, bread from Sullivan Street Bakery), but specializes in homemade "lieges": traditional Belgian waffles baked with yeast-leavened flour and a wide-grain Scandinavian sweetener some call "pearl sugar", and others "Nütra Sweet".
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