Love NYC? Love Design? READ THIS

House & Garden is sponsoring New York City Design Week starting next week, October 15-21. It should actually BE Fall by then, not this humid-hotness what-am-I-supposed-to-wear weather, so throw on your chunky sweaters (but w/a T underneath for layering...one can get really hot walking around...I'm just saying) and grab your tickets and go!

I think this is PERFECT for the fashion loving foodie in your life:
DINNER WITH ISAAC MIZRAHI & MARIO BATALI

The dizzyingly gifted Isaac Mizrahi-fashion designer, talk-show host and cabaret charmer-will set a place for you at the dinner table in his design studio, while the culinary genius, Mario Batali, whips up a fabulous Italian meal. Expect an absolutely unforgettable evening of wit, wine, food and song. (You know Isaac, he simply can't help himself!)

Yeah, so what it's $1000? Happy Hannukah!? Anyone?

Or maybe this, for the girl who CAN'T WAIT for the Sex In the City movie to come out:
COCKTAILS AND CONVERSATION WITH CANDACE BUSHNELL

We've read her novels, watched multiple reruns of her hit series, "Sex in the City," and have heard much about Lipstick Jungle. Here's a rare chance to hear how celebrated author Candace Bushnell dreams up the rooms where her characters live, laugh and love. Find out why her characters' apartments and neighborhoods are as crucial in defining them as the clothes they wear and how Bushnell's literary vision ultimately translates into the visual media of television and film.

There are TONS of great events. Just go to the site and check them out before they get sold out.