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With the promise of warmer weather, people will be pouring out to the sidewalks to smoke even more. Mayor Bloomberg might have bad olfactory nerves as he claims he didn't notice smokers at an event although some people don't bother smoking when he's around (he's a drag!). And Gothamist on 311.

Just in time for the holiday party onslaught, the Post's Tom Sykes gathers ten tips for surviving various holiday party issues. The tips come from experienced party-goers like Rick Marin and Cynthia Rowley, and they include: Not remembering the name of the person you're talking to; talking to someone boring (plus the converse, the person you're talking to thinks you're boring); wearing the same clothes as someone else; and running into your ex. But our favorite what to do is for when someone throws up...according to Gourmet executive editor John Willoughby, basically, you leave.

520: Joe's Bar – divey

The NY Post freaks out and practically begs for Carson Kresley's help. The fashion victims? The Strokes. Tom Sykes laments their new fashion choices, which some call "schizophrenic," versus their seemingly more aligned "Is This It" era style, which Sykes characterizes as "thin black leather jackets, scruffy suits with skinny ties, messy (but expensive!) hair, black Converse high-tops." He is especially upset with Albert Hammond Jr. ("With his all-white look [does anyone really wear all white except women in tampon ads?] guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. may be the worst offender...") and Sykes turns to a number of stylists and fashion gurus for their thoughts ("They're trying too hard and it shows") and theories ("Maybe they are trying to say, 'It's not about the clothes - it's about the music") about this upsetting development.

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