Yesterday it was reported that the Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope is attempting to expand with a luxury hotel, but all people really want to know about is that commercial. The quirky television spot airs 20 times a day on local networks, the Daily News reports, and owner Michael Halkias believes that 98% of the city is familiar with it... making Grand Prospect Hall the Dr. Zizmor of banquet halls! Halkias says he made the commercial for free, "so if anybody wants to laugh at the homemade aspect of it... I am laughing all the way to the bank." Paging Andre Balazs, we got a new idea for marketing the Hotel Chelsea! more ›

Earlier this year we chatted with Dr. Zizmor, the "subway dermatologist," about the television ads he ran prior to taking his campaign underground and off-screen. Now he's gone and combined the two! Warning, this jingle will get stuck in your head. more ›

Last week, an 18-year-old Belgian girl claimed that a Romanian tattoo artist mistakenly put 53 tattoo stars too many on her face. Kimberley Vlaeminck, who said she wanted three stars near her eye, sued the tattoo artist for $14,000 for the cost of removing the tattoos, while Rouslan Toumaniantz maintained Vlaeminck wanted all 56 stars. Now the teen has confessed to her misguided desire: "I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father saw them, he was furious. So I said I fell asleep and the that the tattooist made a mistake." As for Toumaniantz, he said the hubbub gave him publicity, but he will require clients to sign consent forms. It's unclear whether Vlaeminck is getting the tattoos removed, but if she does, it could take a while—as local dermatologist Dr. Jonathan Zizmor told us, "If you come in and say take it off in one time, it doesn't make a difference on the size. You have to come in multiple times so it goes away. Sometimes on certain colors it doesn't work well." more ›

By our account, Dr. Jonathan Zizmor is probably one of the hundred most recognizable New Yorkers. His face is plastered across one out of every five subway cars behind a rainbow background that immediately catches your eye while commuting around town. He is former Chief of Dermatology at St. Vincent’s Hospital, has authored eight books on skin care and was once named one of the ten best doctors in America by Harper's Bazaar. more ›