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What Have You Always Wanted to Buy from the SkyMall Catalog?

This isn't us, just some guy who seems to love the chair as much as we do.

Last night in New York City's Bryant Park, SkyMall got together with Southwest Airlines to host a big, public party to celebrate fall and the newest edition of the SkyMall catalog, this one already filled with kooky Christmas items. We only stayed long enough to ogle one of the cheesiest products ever made, but for some reason we want it so much: the $150 "Brobdingnagian Folding Sports Chair."

This chair, which is basically like your typical folding outdoor chair but with elephantitis, is a true novelty product. Is it a travel necessity? Nope. Is it practical at an outdoor event? Probably not. Do we irrationally crave it? Yep. This makes us wonder what else from the SkyMall catalog people out there secretly desire.

So, this weekend, we want to know: What have you always wanted from SkyMall, but are maybe too embarrassed to buy and actually own? Let us know in the comments!

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The Top Five New York Tourist Sites Affected by Fashion Week

It's that time of the year again! That's right—the semiannual New York Fashion Week officially starts tomorrow, and will wreak havoc on the Big Apple for seven straight days full of private runway shows which cause models and the international fashion types to overflow into all of the trendy restaurants and clubs, but also a few of the city's most touristed locations. Let's take a look at those now, so that you can either avoid or stalk the fashion folk this week.

Top 5 NYC tourist sites affected by Fashion Week, after the jump

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Slankets, Sliders and Southwest Ale at NYC's Bryant Park

Almost six months ago, Southwest Airlines gave New Yorkers an outright gift: the Southwest Porch, a relaxing, open-air venue in the middle of the city at Bryant Park. During the day, workers from offices in Midtown would sit in the adirondack chairs and on the cushioned lounges to eat their packed lunches, and at night, they can return for a drink and snacks when the bar opens.

The Porch is a pleasant surprise for its lack of pretension and excess of good food choices (being from Top Chef Tom Colicchio' s 'wichcraft chain). We expected it to close down for the winter when the leaves began to fall, but instead the Porch has re-inaugurated itself via a winter menu and introduction of fire pits and slankets, the slankets in celebration of Southwest's recent SkyMall cover.

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