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Choice Awards '08
Just Desserts
by Monica Weymouth
When Zoë Lukas showed up to the City Paper offices with two boxes of cupcakes, we knew this year's Choice Awards were going to be sweet.

Food & Drink
Ingredients: 30 pizzerias, 2 French spots, 1 cantante
Sweetest Soul Food You Have Yet to Try, Best Legs in the Baking Business, Most Tiresome Restaurant Bragging Point, Tastiest Alcoholic Dessert and more.

Arts & Entertainment
Ingredients: 4 concerts, 3 galleries, 1 gypsy band
Best Album, Most Ironic Placement of a Studio, Actor We'd Buy Anything From, Biggest Rock Breakthrough, Most Cosmic Music Moment and more.


News Makers
Ingredients: 1 busted budget, 2 karaoke songs, 2 testicles
Most Totally Embarassing Mayoral Antics, Councilman with the Biggest Balls, Two Gayest Things to Happen to City Hall, Philly Imitating The Wire and more.


Shopping & Style
Ingredients: 7 boutiques, 3 designers, 1 kitten blog
Best Use of the C Word, Worst Screenprinters to Bring Home to Mom, Best Blog to Read While Getting Dressed, Most Reliable Sale Rack, Best Bags for Bike Chicks Who Like to Sparkle and more.


Sports & Recreation
Ingredients: 1 ascendant blogger, 2 perplexing MVPs, Best (only?) reason to listen to WIP
Best Place for a Sneaky Tryst, Most Anticipated (Still) Nutter Promise, Friendliest Bike Safety Advocate, Greatest Way to End 15 Years of Athletic Futility and more.