Thanks a lot, New York Times. The gay crowd in Carroll Gardens was having a fabulous time partying it up at their regular Monday night "Fondle" party at South Brooklyn Pizza, but then the City Section had to come along write about it. Now the fuzz wants to know whether party organizers violated cabaret license regulations by enlisting musclebound guys in thongs to dance on the bar. According to Brooklyn Paper, on Monday night Captain Kenneth Corey of the 76th Precinct told the Neighborhood Association, "That [Times article] was the first I heard of it. We’re going to determine the legality of it. If they’re outside of it, then we’re going to take action." The party, which co-organizer Evan Siegel named "Fondle" only "after rejecting several others that sounded too gay," seems to have perturbed some locals in a community that's just not as Guido as it once was. 80-year-old Buddy Scotto, owner of Scotto Funeral Home, tells the Times, "We’re a lot more tolerant than we used to be. Maybe we can live with this, but we’re going to watch closely." We bet you will, honey! more ›

We're not that in to girlie glossies, but after Sassy folded we went straight for Jane magazine (both were run by Jane Pratt). Now the latest will meet the same fate as the former, it was announced today that the magazine has folded. Mediabistro has the memo that went out from Charles H. Townsend (President & CEO of Condé Nast Publications), which stated the August issue would be the last and also: more ›