Things to do for September 09, 2010

The Weekender

Tiny Cars, Alex P. Keaton and Rambo

The weekend is calling heads and will elect to kick off.

Seize sur Vingt: The Editors’ Picks
BRAND-NEW PERKS

Seize sur Vingt: The Editors’ Picks

This week, Perks is outfitting you for fall with a collection of shirts, shoes and accessories hand-selected by our editors from Seize sur Vingt’s line of updated classics, all up to half off. To be clear: half off the price. You’ll get all of whatever you order.

Rambo: First Tweet
ON THE SLY

Rambo: First Tweet

Maybe you never realized you wanted, needed or cared for a Sylvester Stallone Twitter feed. But when you get the chance to read about BBQs with the Governator, workouts with Bruce and, um, curiously playful bantering with Seacrest, you take it. You also take the occasional “Yo.”

Fall Gear, Imported from the Netherlands
CLOSE KNIT

Fall Gear, Imported from the Netherlands

Ah, Amsterdam. Home to a saucy red-light district. Curiously strong “tea.” And, of course, smartly made cable-knit sweaters. Thanks to a new Dutch brand, at least one of those is now available online. No, not the tea.

Introducing the Apple Cider S’more
CIDER HOUSE RULES

Introducing the Apple Cider S’more

The Mayans foretold it. The Ancient Egyptians wrote of it. And we gave you fair warning. 2010: a big year for s’mores. The latest development: they’re coming to that most iconic of fall drinks, apple cider. Now mixed directly into your marshmallow, chocolate and graham-cracker treat. We’re not sure what happens if you set this on fire, but it can’t hurt to find out.

Half-Size Sports Cars
MINI ME

Half-Size Sports Cars

You’re in the market for a new car. A convertible. That will turn heads. Perhaps when you drive it around your kitchen. Introducing a collection of drivable half-size cars that are modeled to recreate some of the most famous automobiles of the 20th century. We’re pretty sure they had one of these on Silver Spoons.

Sequel to the Official Preppy Handbook
PREP SCHOOLED

Sequel to the Official Preppy Handbook

Alex P. Keaton. JFK. Those guys from Dead Poets Society. All have one thing in common: legendary heads of hair. Also: they were preppies. Your field guide to the species: the legendary 1980 tome The Official Preppy Handbook, which inspired the creation of J.Crew. Now, 30 years later, you get a sequel: True Prep, with new rules on summer. Namely, that it’s still a verb.

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