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a stocking load of Christmas MP3's
our bud Spike has thrown up a new blog called Bedazzled and he's kickin' it off with a with a page of posts chock-full of crazy, unusual and funny Christmas MP3's...

Christmas In Vietnam
Black Christmas
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
Don't Believe In Christmas
Christmas Eve Can Kill You
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Bigamy At Christmas

and tons more. grab some for your holiday party DJing!

counting the EV's blessings: Frank Prisinzano
the east village has been packed with Italian restaurants for decades. but it wasn't until the arrival of Frank Prisinzano a few years ago that we got the good stuff (delicious, real deal, Italian cuisine.) starting at 2nd Ave and heading east there's: Frank, Lil' Frankie's, and Supper. and we love them all.

each is little different, but they all serve wonderful, homey food based on Frank's grandmother's recipes. and all are in the inexpensive to moderate price range with over-the-top friendly atmosphere and service. the pasta sauces are heavenly and full of flavor, rosemary chicken is excellent, gnocchi has the perfect texture, salads are big and fresh, bread is always excellent (and the pizza at Lil Frankie's is great. )

a couple of our favorite dishes from Frank (shown above): homemade spinach and ricotta ravioli, their heavenly fennel parmigiana, and slow cooked ragu with sausage and meatballs (so tender), about $28 for the order (without tax and tip.) and Frank and Lil Frankie's deliver! menus, hours and directions for all of Frank's restaurants can be found on Menupages

12 chewy bites!
on the 12th day of Buddy CityRag gives to you - 12 chewy bites!....

dum da dum dum dum dum... 11 coarse whiskers, 10 minute dog nap, 9th missing reindeer, 8 little paws, 7 seconds in a biker cap, 6 pounds of bone, 5 under bite teeth, 4 stocky legs, 3 bathing Buddys, 2 scrunchy faces and Buddy the Red Nosed Reindeeeeeer!

shopping DUMBO
if you're looking for a really special holiday gift, check out the beautiful and unique collection of items available at Spring 3D's GIFTED 2004 show and sale. they've put together a wonderful assortment of one of a kind ceramics, bags, scarfs, art and more, by some of NY's most talented artists. very cool stuff. and they're open until 7 pm nightly until Thursday, with additional last minute shopping hours this Friday!

the newest elf
bringing a little glamour to elf-dom, it's "Austin the fabulous!"

before Austin is banished to the island of misfits, check him out on the great new show Project Runway.

11 coarse whiskers
on the 11th day of Buddy CityRag gives to you - 11 coarse whiskers...

10 minute dog nap, 9th missing reindeer, 8 little paws, 7 seconds in a biker cap, 6 pounds of bone, 5 under bite teeth, 4 stocky legs, 3 bathing Buddys, 2 scrunchy faces and Buddy the Red Nosed Reindeer

great balls of fire
Jerry Lee Baby

random fun stuff
- an early xmas present from his Thighness last week, another genius load of movie reviews, and check out his Muss C Moovies list in the left sidebar (a men's mag or pop-culture publication that would be very smart to snag this witty mensch)

- hadn't checked out any of the Gothamist's franchise sites in other cites yet and decided to take a run through the other night. they're GREAT. check out this hilarious article from the LAist where they park at odd angles around town and track the nasty notes they get from other drivers.

- Cat's photo coverage of Santacom is excellent (about half way down the page.)

- and last but not least, Krucoff's tribute to his old Dart last month brought a tear to our eye, and some heavy missing of our own royal blue '71 slant 6 Swinger, named Cher (that we drove around the EV/LES in da mid 90's thru 2001.) she was one sweet car.