With peer-to-peer music sharing platform Spotify gaining attention and whetting the American palate for US inclusion, one can’t help but reminisce of the Muxtape and Mixwit days before the RIAA shut that shit down. Back in middle school, we made mixtapes (well, depending on the year you were enrolled, or repeating those grades). And, in high school, mix CDs proved our hip factor to the world. Sure, there are still those of us who invest the time and energy in making and distributing mix CDs, but usually once the time comes to burn your masterpiece, the apartment/officewide hunt for blank CDs begins. Forget that noise -- making playlists online is the most magical way to share your musical taste and gain cred for being in the know and possessing the skill to make a good list.

Dear Uncle Steve: My wife of three years -- conservative, incredibly sexy, Catholic -- just asked me to agree to and arrange a threesome as her birthday gift. I never saw this coming, but I’m obviously intrigued and thrilled. How on earth do I choose a woman who’s right for this? And how do I propose the scenario to our new "friend"?

Dubiously, Three's Company

Dear Three’s Company: The timing is your problem.

In no way has Jon Bon Jovi lost his chutzpa or his candid sense of humor after 25 years on the road in and out of the popularity slot. And he can still bang out a memorable rock anthem. Last night at Alice Tully Hall/Lincoln Center, American Express presented a special unplugged evening with the Jersey-bred legend. AmEx sold tickets through a Twitter announcement at $50 each (all proceeds were donated to City Harvest via the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation), and the cardmember event sold out in less than day. All attendees were highly encouraged to tweet about the experience to @AmericanExpress. The night began with a clip of Bon Jovi documentary When We Were Beautiful, while the film’s director, Phil Griffin, led a Q & A. Richie and the rest of the band were MIA, but Jon solo was enough presence for the stage and overly enthused fans. Even sans his boys, he played the popular tracks, "Livin' on a Prayer," "Who Says You Can't Go Home," "Lost Highway," "Whole Lot of Leavin'," and "Wanted Dead or Alive." And yes, the audience cried. Wept even.

Jeff Zalaznick transitioned his career from mergers & acquisitions to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The editor-in-chief of AlwaysHungryNY.com and founder of DinePrivate.com was once a J.P. Morgan employee before finding his passion and his business partner, famed restaurateur Joe Bastianich. The native New Yorker talks about his newest online accommodation for private dining.

If we start making a list of excellent career choices, Eva Ziegler may have to play role model right at the top. The Austrian-born marketing mastermind is the "Global Brand Leader" for W Hotels and head of the global launch for Le Méridien Hotels as part of parent company Starwood Hotels & Resorts. From her home base in New York, Ziegler spends her 9 to 5 working on strategic planning (establishing the Starwood brand, scope, marketing strategies, implementing design) for hotels across the globe. Arguably, the biggest perk is that her job also includes traveling to all of these hotels (from Istanbul to Bali). In a smooth Austrian accent, the charming power player makes it all look and sound effortless, in between jet-setting to exotic locations to conduct business, of course.

Andrew Carmellini, head chef at Tribeca’s Locanda Verde and co-author (with wife Gwen Hyman) of home cooking-savvy cookbook, Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life in Food, has cooked at some of the finest eateries around the world but remains modest about his culinary experiences. In New York, he’s gone from the kitchen of Le Cirque to Café Boulud to A Voce, and rumors of "all you can eat' pasta night" at Locanda have been turning heads recently. We've been told that dinners such as these are not planned to start until January ... we'll see.

The weather is starting to scare even the hardiest New Yorkers into hibernation. But before we exchange the booze-heavy fall social calendar for weekends and evenings on the couch, hot cocoa, DVR'd television, and being woefully boyfriended/girlfriended, it’s high time to have an adventurous day in the city -- whether it’s solely for the purposes of getting action (in which case, you will undoubtedly succeed) or to throw a curve ball to your “friends who brunch.” With the right attitude (and full pocket flasks for the ride), recruiting an adventure partner/team should be easy. Some of the destinations are ambitious, some easily manageable; all require a bit of a trip from downtown Manhattan, or wherever you happen to wake up after weekend benders. Take your pick, get outside, and Twitter away for your followers who'd rather nurse hangovers from the comfort of their homes.

Jean-Luc Naret, director of the world-famous Michelin Guides, released the fifth edition of the New York Michelin guide Monday, and yesterday, the books hit stands around the city. As with any upper echelon foodie-endeavor, this one was met with some criticism from food-lovers with differing opinions. Nonetheless, to talk about the long road before the list is finalized and printed, we sat down with Naret to get the backstory of the Michelin Guides and what it takes to secure a much-coveted three stars.

City Wize [Free] Network TV’s hippest channel takes the hotspots from hit shows like Gossip Girl, 90210 and Melrose Place, and puts them right in the palm of your hand. Want to know where Serena van der Woodsen gets her truffled grilled-cheese sandwich? Where the Beverly Hills kids bowl? Where Auggie from Melrose buys wine? Look no further than this app from the CW, which helps users locate the bars, restaurants, hotels and shops featured in the most addictive shows on primetime. GPS location technology means that whether you’re in L.A. or New York City you’ll always be at the center of the world. “Spotted: You, living like S. and B. You know you love it.”

On their third studio album, Crossing The Rubicon, the Sounds have, at last, evolved theirs, building upon and honing—at times even discarding—their lip-glossy punk-pop, flirting with beat-driven synth-dance.