newVideoPlayer("/RH_RamonaLuann_gawker.flv", undefined, NaN,""); Once more unto the beach, dear friends. Well, sorta. There was some actual New York City adventure on RHoNYC last night, but some people were still mired in the Hamptons. As always, disasters struck. Jill met with her gay life coach/ho...

Yep, no heat....again.  We had no hot water one day last week and again last night, but German, our not so super, came early this morning to turn the hot water on.   You see, after the boiler repairmen came and replaced or fixed the hot water boiler's pump last week, we started getti...

  Hillary Clinton told everyone about falling in love with Bill Clinton. Of course, they only want to hear about how she fell out of love with Bill Clinton. By the way, where did Rielle Hunter get the name Frances Bean from? Young women mistakenly think men want potential female partners to dri...

Forbes checks in with hotel developer Sam Chang, who's not going to let a little financing meltdown and $50 million loss in Trump Entertainment Resorts stop him from opening up 20 new hotels in the next 20 months. The McSam boss misses the days of the sliver hotels that made him rich ("That 18-feet-...

Goodbye hard rock. Hello Top 40. In a market that already has two other top 40 format laden stations, 95.5 WPLJ and 100.3 Z100, CBS radio is switching the venerable K-Rock, 92.3, the hard rock/heavy metal station, to this new format. The mostly classic rock station will change its moniker to Now FM ...

Don't Miss 5 Hot Wedding Color Ideas … 10 Reasons to Love Kate Winslet… 7 Runway Fashion Trends for Spring-Summer 09 … Not dreaming of the white ball gown with the cathedral train or the big church wedding? That’s OK, especially today with all the alternative ways to make your bi...

Holy crap, it's 60 degrees out! And so, the play is clear: Central Park, Greenmarkets, and open houses, open houses, OPEN HOUSES! In fact, it's time to open a thread for a discussion of those very open house visits. If you're out and about in the New York City real estate market this weekend, let us...

In 2003, back before online dating was remotely acceptable, I met a woman from Perth, Western Australia over the Internet. As many of you know, I ended up selling all my stuff and flying across the planet to meet her in person. It was pretty much the adventure of a lifetime, and even though parts of...

Christy Frank of Frankly Wines–last seen in front of her cork wall–returns with some answers to a few of my questions about the possible changes NY wine retail. Size of store: 320 sq feet, possibly the smallest in Manhattan [66 West Broadway; Tribeca] Style of selections: well-edited! My...

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