Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Eau de Elvis, Anyone? | Because every living celebrity has already launched a perfume line of his or her own in recent years, a company is now offering scents using the DNA of dead ones. [The Phoenix via Style.com]

Listen up, aspiring actors and musicians! On August 28th, you can forget the fact you're waiting tables and you don't have an agent and delude yourself into thinking you're a star! A company called EL-Nightlife is holding an event called "A Walk Down the Red Carpet." If you've ever wanted to "feel and look like a celebrity for the night," you'll be thrilled to hear that EL-Nightlife is now making it happen. Because "anyone can purchase tickets for $40 and elevate them selves [sic] to super-star [sic] status." Details on this exciting event, the absurd press release, and some background on the illustrious founder of EL-Nightlife, Grigorij "Greg" Richters, after the jump. More

DIY Plastic Surgery Is Never a Good Idea | Lots of people are looking to save a few bucks these days. One thing you probably should not do as you search for ways to trim your budget: Attempt to perform plastic surgery on yourself at home.More

Here Comes the Dog | Please don't insist on having your dogs attend your wedding. Don't dress them up in special outfits, or make them play the role of ringbearer. Don't require they sit for wedding photos. Or send them for pre-wedding beauty treatments. Your guests may smile politely and tell you what a cute idea it is. These are the same people who will be laughing at you for weeks to come. (Unless, that is, the person is blind and it's a seeing-eye dog we're talking about, in which case ignore what you just read.) Next thing you know people are going to start holding bar mitzvahs for their canines or something. Oh, right. Too late. [NYDN]

Hotel Manager's Career Turns to Ashes | A word of advice: If you happen to be a hotel manager and you notice an employee come to work with a bit of ash on his forehead, you may want to check a calendar before demanding that he "wipe that fucking shit off." It could be Ash Wednesday! Unfortunately, no one bothered to mention this to Niklaus Leuenberger, the (former) managing director of the Palace Hotel who was fired on Monday for doing just that. Of course, the rather unique location of the hotel probably didn't help Leuenberger's cause. Not only is the Palace conveniently located across the street from St. Patrick's, the church owns the property the hotel sits on, too. [NYDN]

Target Misfires | Those Target pop-up stores which are coming to New York in September? They're opening on September 11th, a rather unfortunate date to debut anything, clearly. Even worse? Have a look at what things will look like from above on the 7th anniversary of the attacks. [Jossip]