Tag Archives: NYC

Hosted by actor B.D. Wong (left), the NYC LGBT Anti-Violence Project held its 2007 Courage Awards on Monday. New York State Assemblyman Daniel J. O’Donnell and Verna Eggleston, Former Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources Administration and Executive Director of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, now with the Bloomberg Family Foundation were both honored with awards for their work on …

Last night Eddie and I tried to attend the blowing up of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons on the Upper West Side, something we’ve never done. What I’d naively presumed would be a casual stroll down Central Park West amidst bustling parade workers turned out to be a gigantic clusterfuck, as the mild weather (60 and clear) brought out …

All that beer and all that testosterone in one place have created a bizarre halftime ritual at New York Jets home games. At halftime of the Jets’ home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, several hundred men lined one of Giants Stadium’s two pedestrian ramps at Gate D. Three deep in some areas, they whistled and jumped up and …

The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder …

Dr. Jeff and I ran into this kid begging on 14th Street near Union Square last night. While he doesn’t appear homeless or especially needy, we still both gave him a buck. Probably because of his clever sign and not at all because we are shallow he was funny and cute. And certainly not because we were hammered slightly drunk.

I guess this guy likes the MetroCard logo. Discovered in Hells Kitchen near 10th Avenue.

Serendipity 3, the famous Manhattan restaurant with the never-purchased $25,000 dessert, was closed by the Department of Health on Wednesday. Inspectors found stagnant water, mouse droppings, house flies, fruit flies, and more than 100 live cockroaches. Mmmm, sprinkles.

A futuristic 75-story tower will rise in midtown next to the MOMA. According to the glowing review in the NY Times: Designed by the architect Jean Nouvel for a site next to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown promises to be the most exhilarating addition to the skyline in a generation. Its faceted exterior, tapering to a series of …

Cafe Luka, 1st Avenue, Wednesday 8pm Old Lady 1: So what are you doing for Thanksgiving? Old Lady 2: I’m having dinner with my daughter and her new husband. Old Lady 1: New? She got married again? How many is this? Old Lady 2: Four. And this is the third “Michael”. I guess she likes Michaels. Old Lady 1: Sounds …

Former book publisher Judith Regan filed a $100M suit against Fox News parent company News Corp yesterday, claiming that senior executives encouraged her to lie about her affair with disgraced from NYC chief of police Bernard Kerik when he became a nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security. Regan’s suit alleges that News Corp was trying to protect the presidential aspirations …

Pope Benedict Goering XVI will be visiting New York City in April to speak at the United Nations and tour Ground Zero. There will be a public mass at Yankee Stadium. I plan on joining what I hope will be thousands of other intrinsically evil people there to protest.

New York City Councilman Simcha Felder, (D-Brooklyn) proposed a new ordinance today which would outlaw feeding pigeons, punishable by fines up to $1000. Felder was on the evening news tonight to say, “Hey, if you like pigeons so much, bring them into your home and feed them there. And let them crap all over your house instead of the city.” …

The Dugout, Sunday, 7pmBear 1: Actually, I think it’s about over. I mean, I love him. But I don’t love love him. Bear 2: So you gonna cut him loose? Or just turn him into a friend-with-benefits? Bear 1: Oh, definitely friend-with-benefits. Cuz when he fucks me, he fuck fucks me.

The long-feared strike by Broadway’s stagehands union began today, darkening 26 theatres on the Great White Way. The first show to be affected was the 11am matinee of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! – The Musical, with local news carrying footage of hundreds of disappointed children. Broadway shows that will be dark until further notice: August: Osage County …

And you thought getting Pat Robertson’s endorsement was bad? Rudy Giuliani’s onetime protege and business partner, former NYC police chief Bernard Kerik, was indicted yesterday on 14 federal counts including conspiracy, wire fraud, false statement on a loan application, tax evasion, obstructing an FBI investigation and lying to the federal government. The charges have been long coming, but New York …

Food Emporium, First Avenue, Wednesday 7PMA young mother is shopping with her pre-school son in the produce department. Mom: Stop touching everything! This is other people’s food, don’t you understand that? Kid: What can I touch? Mom: Nothing! We don’t touch things in stores. We only touch ourselves. She looks at me. Mom: That came out wrong, didn’t it? I …

After a threatened picket by the National Organization of Women, the publishers of New York Magazine have agreed to drop the escort and massage section from the back section of the magazine, becoming the 15th NY-based title to cease taking the thinly-veiled prostitution ads due to pressure from NOW. The feminist group called the magazine the “marketing arm of the …

The Grill, First Avenue, 8AM……Two people in front of me, an assistant is taking her boss’ breakfast order over her speaker-phone. Woman On Speaker: You’re unbelievable. I told you NO FUCKING EGGS! Omelets are made of EGGS. Breakfast burritos are made of EGGS. No FUCKING eggs! God, what fucking planet are you from? Get me a toasted raisin bagel and …

The cover story in the current issue of Newsweek discusses the increasing likelihood of Mayor Bloomberg joining the presidential race, something I’ve been telling you people IS going to happen. Calling him “the billion dollar wild card”, the story delves into Bloomberg’s motivations and the effect his independent candidacy would have on Clinton and Giuliani. Bloomberg continues to vow that …

Today’s NYC Marathon runs past my street at the 16-mile mark. The course goes through all five boroughs, although the Staten Island portion is pretty much just the Verrazano Bridge and the runners wisely only step into the Bronx for a few blocks. By the time I took the above photo, the winners had already been interviewed in Central Park, …