Oh, snow, why did you tease us so? Did you see the snow this morning? Gothamist saw a few scattered flakes. It was a bit of a letdown after the tantalizing promises in yesterday's forecast. Given the record temperatures on Friday, the few flakes and cold air today are an episode of Extreme Makeover: Weather Edition. Saturday was the last of a nine-day run of warm air in which temperatures averaged ten degrees above normal. Not that it warms us up any this week but the first eleven months of 2006 are tied with 1999 as the seventh warmest January-November period on record. more ›

-- Did you know that the average bed takes up $30,000 worth of floor space in Manhattan? We're totally Murphy-ing everything we own - even the cat! more ›

Just as New York magazine published its big gay excerpt of former NJ governor James McGreevey's book today, Golan Cipel (pictured), the aide who McGreevey claimed to have an affair with while in office, says he never had an affair with McGreevey and that he (Cipel) is not gay. Back in 2004 when McGreevey stepped down, it was rumored that Cipel had been blackmailing McGreevey to keep quiet about the affair. In older interviews, Cipel said that McGreevey had been harrassing him, and in today's Times article, McGreevey apparently tried to get Cipel drunk with Jagermeister. more ›

City Comptroller William Thompson released a report criticizing the city's housing authority for leaving thousands of city-owned apartment vacant for too long. On average, 2107 apartments were left empty for 40 months while the Housing Authority would renovate the apartments, and Comptroller Thompson pointed out that the city could have made $4 million more in rental income if the apartments were vacant for an average of 32 months. more ›

- 13 year old dies after gym class at Manhattan public school more ›

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/16/arts/music/16country.html">NY Times explains that the song is "Comin' to Your City" but changed the chorus to "Comin' to New York City")The NY Post doesn't hide its feelings about the CMA's: "The star of last night's Country Music Awards at Madison Square Garden didn't sing a note or win a prize. It was New York City, which lent the show the credibility and elegance it's always lacked." Well, a backhanded compliment is better than none, we guess. more ›

After being panned by critics for being ugly, the proposed stadium for the Jets has received a makeover. It's smaller and has less mass than the previous design, but the most noticeable difference is a "veil" of glass around the outside. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to help the design much. We kind of think it needs something more ... opaque. Where are those people from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition when you need them? Then again, the only Pennington Gothamist could possibly bear in the stadium is Chad Pennington. more ›

Circa 7PM: We were pretty excited that Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers were off Red Carpet duty for E!, because if there's one word we don't care to hear on Hollywood-congratulates-itself night, it's "Missy!" But we have our new Missy: It's "Al," as in Al Reynolds, Star Jones' "fiance." Star, who took over E!'s red carpet hosting duties (with some fashion guy named Robert), kept referring to her upcoming marriage and fiance throughout the evening. Eh. And what Star lacks in the bitchiness that Joan brought, she does make up for it in being able to be "black" with black. But still, hearing about Star watching TV in bed with Al makes Gothamist tempted to scream, "Bring back Joan and Missy, those horse faced, plastic-surgeried bitches!" more ›

Word Spy on gaydar and whatever happened to the Gaydar detector? more ›

There are two TV season premieres that straight women and gay men are looking forward to this summer: Sex and the City on June 22 and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy on July 15. Five gay "cultural experts," aka "The Fab Five" will help straight guys understand more about fashion, culture, and living. It's a self-improvement show, along the lines of A Makeover Story or Fashion Emergency, but not as extreme as, well, Extreme Makeover. Finally, the Fab Five will give a "Queer Stamp of Approval." more ›