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Here are some ways to celebrate May in LA: buying a fresh set of skimpy clothes for what promises to be another long, hot summer; investing in a UV lamp (for the June gloom) and a window air conditioner (for those days when the gloom burns off and you think you're going to fry to a perfect golden-brown finish just sitting next to a window); getting a head start on a summer fling or six. Or you could check out our guide to May events in the city of angels. Nothing will be as fun as actually cashing your economic stimulus check, but we've got some good ideas as to how you can spend it.

We've already sent you to some of London's best design shops for the home. Here's a list of top design destinations and events for the design junkie in search of modern inspiration and historical perspective. After the jump: 400 years of English interiors at the Geffrye Museum in Shoreditch, the newest work of international design stars at the Design Museum along the Thames, and London's only antiques, vintage, and retro department store.

It's the last month before the marine layers begin their annual invasion of the city, effectively erasing the sun for close to two months and making you too depressed to leave your apartment. Get out while you still can with our guide to April events in LA.

Pillow Fight Day will be taking place in cities all over the world tomorrow. While the madness hits most metropolitan hubs, some cities won't be partaking (sorry San Francisco). [PillowFightDay]

The NY Times' Travel Trade Show hits the Javits Center in NYC this weekend. More than 500 exhibitors will showcase the latest in destinations, resorts, hotels, etc. There'll be Taste of the World and Spa pavilions, as well as appearances by travel icons like Arthur and Pauline Frommer, Rick Steves and a variety of Travel Channel hosts, including "Bizarre Foods'" Andrew Zimmern. The event is open to the public (tickets are $20 in advance, $30 at the door).

Alright ladies. Perhaps eliminating "menstrual and sexual health concerns" through food doesn't rank on the top of your list for a Tuesday night. But the event Love Your Femme on February 12 at D'Or, will teach you how to do that while plying you with free drinks. [NYC Agenda]

Tonight East Williamsburg bar Stain holds their annual event Army of Bjork. Dress in your best Bjork costume, listen to her tunes mixed by a DJ and sung live by a cover artists, and drink glögg (warm spiced wine) all night. [NYC Agenda]

Loved by design freaks everywhere, Stefan Sagmeister has a book coming out soon called "Things I've Learned in My Life so Far". Tonight his show of the same name opens at the Deitch Gallery in Soho. [NYC Agenda]

On February 1, the City Bakery kicks off their month-long Hot Chocolate festival. They'll serve a new special flavor every day of the month from chili to malted milk to vanilla bean. [NYC Agenda]

Even though it sounds like one of the more unlikely spots to hold such an event, the now snow-less Union Square plays host to the city's first ever pro-snowboarding competition. Union Square Street Sessions will take place at 3pm on February 8, and will feature over 24 men and 8 female boarders competing for the $30,000 purse. [NYC Agenda]

I actually just wanted to run this picture, but if you're interested, the Westminster dog show takes place on February 11 and 12 at Madison Square Garden. Tickets go for $20-145 but seeing all the doggies and their maniac owner is well worth the admission price. [NYC Agenda]

Every Wednesday afternoon, starting today, a bird expert from the American Museum of Natural History will take groups on tours of Central Park where he'll point out the various owls, songbirds, woodpeckers, seed-eating birds, ducks and gulls that call it home in the winter. [NYC Agenda]

This Saturday and Sunday, the Beer Room at the Whole Foods Bowery location will be serving tastings of six kinds of Sixpoint Craft Ales from 4pm on. [NYC Agenda]

On Friday February 1, the Matthew Marks Gallery opens their exhibition of the most recent work of Jasper Johns. Over 40 works from the last decade will be on display through April 12. [NYC Agenda]

If you are well off enough to support the striking writers financially instead of just emotionally, go to the Carnegie Hall WGA benefit hosted by the Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein. The comedy show will feature guests including Janeane Garofalo and Patti LuPone. Tickets are $45. [NYC Agenda]

Tonight at a secret Williamsburg location (find out when you buy tickets) you can see the annual architect duel presented by LVHRD. This year architects from FXFOWLE (they did the new New York Times building) and KONYK compete in a live model building contest with the theme involving the Alaskan wilderness in the year 2029. Audience members are asked to dress as lumberjacks or bears and free Dewars will be available all night. [NYC Agenda]

On February 12, Upper West Side wine shop Bacchus Wine Made Simple will be holding a champagne and chocolate tasting. The goal is to help the romantically impaired pick a perfect champagne and chocolate pairing to gift on V Day. It's a bit pricey at $45 but you get to try dozens of expensive champagnes and a take home gift of a champagne flute. [NYC Agenda]

This weekend, head over to the Brooklyn Museum's monthly event First Saturdays, where visitors can enjoy free art and entertainment from 5-11pm. This month the theme is the Lunar New Year and the program features traditional and modern Chinese music, a spoken word performance, and a dance act among other highlights. [NYC Agenda]

The Film Society of Lincoln Center is hosting a three week retrospective of Soviet Film. Running through February 14, the program includes musicals, "easterns", and classics from the USSR's answer the the big Hollywood studios, Mosfilm. See the calendar here. [NYC Agenda]

Check out tonight's show of Human Giant at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Hosts Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel (Curb Your Enthusiasm), and Paul Scheer (Best Week Ever) always put on a great show, and while reservations are sold out, you'll still be able to get a spot if you get there early to the stand-by line. [NYC Agenda]

On Tuesday January 29, Planned Parenthood will be hosting a fundraiser/political event/wine party at Bin 220 near the South Street Seaport. Entrance is $20 but it gets you a membership to PPNYC and all the proceeds go to their efforts. [NYC Events]

Come check out the city's best amateur hip hop stars at the 2008 Hip Hop Karaoke NYC Championship, tomorrow January 25 at the Highline Ballroom. It's too late to enter yourself but go to cheer on the contestants (see their videos here) and see a great show. [NYC Agenda]

Book readings are typically boring, but maybe not when the author is a medical examiner and the book is about a hunt for a serial killer on the loose in New York. Said examiner is Jonathan Hayes, and he will read from his new book "Precious Blood" tonight at the Mercantile Library. [NYC Agenda]

The Brainwave Festival, which began earlier this month and runs through June, offers hundreds of events around the city from film screenings of The Dark Crystal to lectures on the brain to a discussion about meditation with Lou Reed. Check here for details. [NYC Agenda]

The show "Fresh Kill" opens tomorrow night, January 24, at 511 Gallery in Chelsea. Drawings, paintings, and sculpture by three artists explore social and political implications of owning and using guns. [NYC Agenda]