LAUNCH
Ted’s Beauty Spot
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We just can't resist fashion labels succumbing to the beauty bug, so get yourself to Cheapside for Ted Baker's just opened brow, lash and nail bar Ted’s Beauty Spot. To celebrate the opening Ted Baker is offering UJ readers a complimentary brow threading all month – just spend over £10 in Ted's Beauty Spot and show this email (on your phone is fine).

Ted Baker, 120 Cheapside, EC2V 7JB
0207 726 2440

TONIGHT
Patrón Xo Cafe Noir at Bureau

Last call! Tonight’s the final night of the Patrón XO Cafe Noir pop-up at Bureau. So if you haven’t been down yet, the time is now! Swing by and join us for one last evening of raucous revelry. Tonight’s glittering finale sees Jonny Woo joined by Scottee for cabaret, random party tricks and show tunes. DJ Boca de Luz will be manning the decks and the Patrón cocktails will be flowing. Again, we may not have tables left, but we do have space and delicious Patrón cocktails. To request a spot on the guest list (you’ll receive confirmation for you and your +1), simply RSVP here.

* By RSVP’ing you are agreeing to be registered to the Patrón Social Club, if you are not already a member. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Electroboutique
Electroboutique pop-up at the Science Museum
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They had us at ‘electroboutique’. Could it sound any more intriguing? A giant iPhone twisted into Tatlin’s tower, a padded TV you can hit to disrupt the stream of ‘bubblegum for the eyes and brain’ and a supersize ‘Wowpod’ you can plug your iPod into; just tasters of a new exhibition showcasing the work of internationally renowned artists Alexei Shulgin and Aristarkh Chernyshev. Go get worked up about technological progress, consumerism, media control and corporate appropriation of eco and sustainability ideologies.  

electroboutique, Free. Until spring 2012.
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD; 10am-6pm, except 24-26 December.

COMPETITION
Win tickets for the Little Boots Shake launch party

Ready for some Little Boots pop magic? The release of her new single Shake is being celebrated in style this Saturday with a full-on east London warehouse party. Crazy P and James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco) will be DJing among others and the dress code is glamatastic black and gold. So if you fancy it (the night is completely sold out btw) we have five pairs of guestlist tickets to giveaway. To win just tell us the name of Little Boots' debut album. And to get you in the mood, here’s a free download of Crazy P’s slammin’ Shake remix.

Anwers to: competition@urbanjunkies.com

Dec 3, 10pm-6am, The Oval, Hackney Road, E2

INTERNATIONAL
Art Basel Miami Morgans Hotel Group Line Up

Art Basel is upon us and the line up of events at the associated Morgans Group hotels has got us squirming in delight. Jumping out at us is the limited edition Mara Hoffman swimwear collection at the Mondrian, Michael Benisty’s ‘Die To Live’ Swarovski encrusted metal skull installation and Visionaire magazine’s Rio poolside party at the Delano, plus our favourite slice of Paris night-life Le Baron returning to Basel for its fourth year in Delano’s Florida Room. See you by the pool, darling.

Until Dec 4, Art Basel Miami Beach, Mondrian, 1100 West Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139 and Delano, 1685 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139

PODCAST
Art Basel Mixtape

Didn't get organised to be at Art Basel this year? Never fear, Jeffrey's mix will make you feel like you're there; just put an eye mask on and turn it up. If you'd like a slice of art with your tunes, then you could also head to Cake Power at Patisserie Valerie (215 Brompton Road), the exhibition that Jeffrey's involved with. One way or another, get your art on. 

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TRAVELWEAR
One for the Ladies

As we have Miami on the mind…Lounge Lover’s affordable luxury classics and comfy cashmere (so perfect for travelling or just lounging about in) are now available from the brand's shiny new website. Belgian designer Sylvie Gabriel knows exactly what a woman needs in her closet (her style icon is Vogue Paris editor, Emmanuele Alt – nuff said) and basically we need/want it all.

SHOP
Wrap Up Christmas For Less at the Seven Dials and St Martin’s Courtyard
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Ok, we’ve been holding off banging on about Christmas shopping as much as possible, but now that it’s officially December… Today, from 5-9pm, more than 120 stores in Seven Dials’ seven streets and nearby St Martin’s Courtyard are offering a 20% discount plus in-store DJs, live music, makeovers, gifts with purchases and complimentary food and drinks. Download the ‘Seven Dials and St Martin’s Courtyard Shopping Voucher’ here – show this for free drinks in St Martin’s Courtyard.  

PLAY
Design Hotels Advent Calendar

Forget miniature milk chocolates, this is an advent calendar with a difference. Leica cameras, Gestalten art books and Illy coffee do it for you? Or how about five nights in a beachfront villa in Khao Lak, Thailand or a romantic weekend in the Alps? Now that we’ve got your attention all you have to do is register at www.designhotels.com/adventcalendar to be in with a chance of winning the prize on offer that day.

PRODUCT
G.H.Mumm x Domeau & Pérès Ritual Box

You know how much we like our champagne here at UJ. Throw in some serving paraphernalia, like this limited edition ritual box complete with flutes and ice bucket, well, we’re already feeling the bubbles. Of course at a smidgen over £4000, you might need to sell some of the family silver. Recession, what recession?

RESERVED
This week’s hottest food destination

Mishkin’s
A perfect fifth from Russell Norman

25 Catherine Street, WC2

T: 020 7240 2078 (reservations taken!)
www.mishkins.co.uk

Location
For his fifth opening, the energetic and inspired empire builder has stayed in Covent Garden, near to where his last joint da Polpo opened what seems like only days ago. The ‘kind of’ Jewish deli with cocktails is next door to the Opera Tavern, but if you’re thinking that the bar there might be a handy back-up if the Mishkin queue is too long, you can stop right there. You shouldn’t need a back-up, because here, unlike others in the Polpo family, you can book in the evening. Yes!

Vibe
Mishkin’s might be geographically close to its Italian-inspired sibling, but it’s more akin to Spuntino’s New York state of mind. Think equal parts diner and speakeasy, with a dash of Bethnal Green caff. But it’s altogether more clean-cut than Spuntino. There, it feels almost obligatory to drink cocktails, preferably with someone you shouldn’t be with, in mid afternoon. Here you won’t feel a spoilsport for ordering a malted milkshake at dinner. The soundtrack is uplifting funk; staff are extremely friendly and obliging, with not a trace of the insouciance you can find over in Soho, and, for the first time in Norman’s empire, there is proper space for groups within its fifty seats. So, it’s slightly less cool and more eager to please than its siblings – but that makes it all the more lovable.

Flavours
A mix of the old and the Jew-ish. So there’s the Norman signature dish, meatballs, and refined-carb favourites from Spuntino such as mac and cheese, alongside chicken matzo ball soup, chopped liver, vast salt beef sandwiches and an ‘all pork Big Apple dog’. Yes, pork – Mishkin’s ain’t kosher. Neither is it the place to get your five-a-day, unless fried green tomatoes count, nor eat modestly: this is high-calibre comfort food. Be warned: sliders and meatballs aside, this isn’t small plate territory, and we over-ordered to the point where we couldn’t contemplate pudding (we would have chosen warm choc chip cookie and ice cream). The beverage list is wonderfully random – London Pride Bitter, Red Stripe, Lilt, milkshakes – and the cocktails, which come in tumblers, are all gin based. Our waiter guided us towards one containing artichoke extract and Prosecco, which got more delicious the more we drank it.

Décor
As good looking as the rest of the family. The ceiling is white, the floor laid in chequered tiles, and beaten-up floorboards from the site’s previous incarnation, Taste of India, have been ingeneously recycled on the walls. Near the door is the bar, which seats twelve, and the rest of the room is divided into red leather booths, laden with plastic baskets of greasy spoon condiments, and tables for two – including, at the back, the most coveted, in a splendid old sound booth recovered from the BBC in White City.

Upshot
Nothing to kvetch about with Russell Norman’s new Jewish deli. And – did we mention? – you can book.