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Published July 10, 2008 The Weekender
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  THURSDAY SALVAGEFrying Pan Reopens
The dive bar on a salvaged ship gets salvaged one more time, with the same mussels, burgers and
international-waters-style hedonism that brought you there in the first place, now under a 1am curfew. It
was that or a Viking funeral…
  FRIDAY CONEY6th Annual Softball Challenge USA
This charity softball game has a home-run derby, auctions and giveaways as sideshows, with celebrity players
drawn from the Giants, Jets, Nets and…Knicks. Feel free to start up a "Fire Isiah" chant for old
times' sake.
  SATURDAY AIRPORTINGGlobal Entry
Registration is now open for Global Entry, a program that lets you whisk through JFK security as a
"registered traveler." As for your toothpaste…it's still up for grabs.
 SATURDAY SALE-INGPaul Smith
The British dandy offers 30-50 percent off spring and
summer stock in his Soho, Flatiron and online venues, in case the weather has you looking for
rainbows…
  SUNDAY BALLIN'Brooklyn Petanque Tournament
This tourney sees 80 teams converging on the street outside a French bistro on the eve of Bastille Day. We
only hope the pastis specials are enough to pacify the petanque-crazed mob.
  MONDAY STANDINGRicky Gervais at MSG
The original Office star finishes up his stateside stand-up run with three Midtown shows
that may or may not include bad dancing, British-people-drive-like-this jokes and a neurotically
precise impression of Steve Carell.
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