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Brooklyn musician Michael Leviton and his girlfriend Leah Hayes have put their own apartment at center stage, after declaring their old hang, The Sidewalk Cafe, so over. They moved the scene to their East Williamsburg apartment at the end of 2006, calling it The Apartment. Now it's no longer much of a secret, and it may also be so over (though for different reasons).

EXHIBIT: Great Halls of Science Photographs and Holograms bring technology and art together. At last!

Before you bite into one of the signature hot-pressed sandwiches invented by first-time restaurateur John Gargiulo, you will notice the vibrant green interior, employees in design-savvy uniforms, and a custom-designed heimlich maneuver sign hanging in Swich, his new 8th Avenue eatery. With a logo, menu, interior, and uniforms designed by Soho-based design firm, The Apartment, Gargiulo, who comes from a background in advertising, knows a new sandwich needs to do more than just taste good--it has to too.

New York mid-December always smells vaguely of pine and peppermint, despite our recent springtime temperatures. Bring that cozy holiday feeling with you into the cineplex for a couple of new feel-good holiday movies.

The guys at The Apartment sent over this JPG a couple of hours ago. Apparently they put about a zillion sticky notes stuck together to make a giant "To-Do" sign in the window of their shop on Crosby Street. Confusingly, The Apartment used to be a store, but then became a creative agency. Now we're not sure what they're selling-- maybe stickies?

Let the floodgates open. A bounty of movie gifts arrive just in time for Christmas and Hannukah, but it's only fair to warn you that many may resemble fruitcake. As the days tick down toward the end of the year -- also known as the deadline for Oscar eligibility -- and people start taking time off for the holidays, distributors are squeezing new releases into theaters trying to grab a piece of the box office and Awards season pie. The calendar conspires against the big studios this year who love to release films on Christmas day, and this year is no exception even though with the holiday falling on Sunday, that means a one-day weekend.

Ask Gothamist on apartment hunting tips. And on a much lighter note, to see what people will do to keep their jobs, watch The Apartment with Jack Lemmon.

The weather is a mixed bag this weekend as we stick around the city this weekend (we're glad we won't need to follow Gawker's rules of conduct for getting to the Hamptons - we've seen people getting on and off the Jitney and it looks worse than the school bus we had to take). We've been trying to think of what we want to do, and have come up with some ideas that we'd like to share:

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