Gift guide: Own This City

Glow Rider (Puma Store, $1,200) Face it: Those rainbow streamers aren’t doing anything for your safety—or your street cred. Roll like you’re from the ghettos of Tron with this futuristic, glow-in-the-dark fold-up bike. It may scream “Steal me!,” but the integrated lock system won’t function without a special wire—leaving would-be thieves with a handsome but useless set of wheels. puma.com

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Digital Ranger (BrickHouse Security, $480) When the NYPD hunts perps at night, it uses these high-tech scopes. Help someone you love “legitimately investigate” their sexy neighbors—up to 250 feet away. FYI, a poor man’s version is available for $75. brickhousesecurity.com

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Wildlife Conservation Society membership ($75) Perfect for animal lovers: This gets recipients free admission to the New York Aquarium and Bronx, Queens, Prospect Park and Central Park Zoos, plus discounts at restaurants and gift shops. wcs.org

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Private Ping-Pong lesson (New York Table Tennis Foundation, $50 per hour) Former table tennis Olympian Atanda Musa can help your buds work on their smother kills and loop shots. nyttf.com

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Flatiron Building fabric journal (New-York Historical Society, $18) Give this handsome Victor Semon Perard–illustrated notebook to your favorite dirty doodler—along with a gift certificate for figure-drawing classes at Spring Studio ($55–$385). nyhistorystore.com, springstudiosoho.com

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Art | Books | Classical | Clubs | Comedy | Dance | Film
Gay | Music | Own This City | Theater | TV & DVD

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Holiday gift guide 2008: On a budget
More than 200 ideas that don't look cheap.

Time Out New York / Issue 686 : Nov 20–26, 2008

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