Online - September 18, 2008

The Weekend Guide

What to Do This Weekend

In honor of Lance Armstrong’s birthday, live strong this weekend.

SEND
Sugar Paper Holiday Cards
What: So maybe it’s a little early, but if you buy your custom seasonal cards now, you’ll save 15 percent.
Why: A discount ’tis the reason.
Where: Online at sugarpaper.com. Enter code DCMERRY at checkout.

BUY
Wallpaper Selects
What: The popular magazine is selling beautiful signed, limited-edition pics from its top photogs.
Why: They’re wall flowers.
Where: Online at eyestorm.com.

WATCH
Black Cab Sessions
What: Your favorite indie acts perform a song in the back of a taxi. Think Badly Drawn Boy, The New Pornographers, The National, Bon Iver, and tons more.
Why: Funnier than Taxicab Confessions.
Where: Online at blackcabsessions.com.

USE
Flavortunes
What: Custom e-mail invitations that enable your guests to choose the party playlist.
Why: Here comes the brand new flava in your ear.
Where: Online at flavortunes.com.

READ
Submerged: Tales from the Basin
What: More than thirty women share their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about their hair — some funny, some sad, and all to benefit Hurricane Katrina survivors.
Why: It’s a hairy situation.
Where: Online at shop.stepsisterpress.com.