The new NYC Condom campaign carries a secret Canadian tourism message: One of the ads features Toronto's Flatiron Building. Darn those confusing stock image searches using "Flatiron Building"! more ›

We guess that we don't have a Golden Gate Bridge to complain about, but a lot of our out-of-towners are in the Big Apple to off themselves. The Daily News reports that a new study shows "more than one in 10 people who kill themselves in Manhattan are 'suicide tourists'" and they choose NYC landmarks to do so! more ›

The Red Sox has permeated nearly every facet of Bostonist's lives. When they're not live-blogging the games, waxing poetic about the games, thanking Curt Schilling for his splendid work, or telling Dane Cook to watch his hair, they're watching certain presidential candidates hop on the Red Sox bandwagon (sorry, Gothamist). The Sox are so branded on the local brain that people are using the Series to spice up their sex lives. Speaking of spice, Bostonist is really sick of that taco promo. And, while they're proud of John Williams, Bostonist is still trying to figure out Williams' "Very Special Arrangement" of the "Star Spangled Banner." more ›

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The Summer of Love is back, and taking over New York for a 40th anniversary celebration spanning museums, theaters and screens. The NY Times takes a look at what to expect during this retrospective celebration: more ›

The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! more ›

10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Maya Lin with Cooper-Lecky PartnershipNew Yorkology has a list of the NYC structures in the top 150, and looking at what both the public and architects (they made some pre-selects), the rankings are all over the place. Sure, the Brooklyn Bridge is #20 and the Woolworth Building is #44. But the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue ranks #53, higher than the Flatiron Building (#72). Heck, even the new Hearst Tower ranks ahead of the Flatiron! more ›

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The NY Sun calls attention to a problem in the midst: The Booklyn Bridge hasn't been painted in fifteen years. Even the Department of Transportation rated the bridge as experiencing "serious detioration"! Meanwhile, the Golden Gate Bridge is "painted constantly." Sure, the Golden Gate Bridge is pretty much all paint and the Brooklyn Bridge's most notable features are the limestone and granite towers, but painting the structure wouldn't hurt. The Sun has an extensive slideshow of peeling paint close-ups on rusted beams - it's gross and we hope little kids aren't eating those paint chips. more ›

Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does to have a music scenei. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorrito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. more ›

Our favorite Baldwin brother is Daniel Baldwin (reasons: starred in Homicide; does not own annoying 'hip' restaurants; does not bother us with his political views; does not seem very boring; is the "fat" Baldwin), who is now going to star in a new cable series called "The Strange Detective". The show, according to the Hollywood Reporter, is about a "San Francisco detective who, during a car chase on the Golden Gate bridge, plunges into the ocean; he survives, but begins to experience 'rips in time,' having visions of events that have occurred in the places he visits, which are sometimes related to the cases he is working." Which makes us wonder about Baldwin's "cocaine psychosis" at the Plaza Hotel a couple years ago, where apparently the police found a "naked, bloodied, incoherent Baldwin 'acting irrationally'" with a porn film at full blast no less, and whether Baldwin experiences any rips in time from that experience.
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The second suicide in a month in the Bobst Library has left NYU wondering what is going on. An 18 year-old jumped to his death from the 8th, 9th, or 10th floor last Friday and a 20 year-old jumped from the 10th floor. One library worker who was present during both suicides told the Daily News, "He just jumped - it was quick. I didn't look over the ledge. I looked the last time." Officials are probing both suicides. more ›