Make one man's agonizing career implosion your hilAAAARiously topical Halloween costume with this mask and boxer shorts combo from Ricky's costume superstore! When you ring the doorbell dressed like Anthony Weiner, your sack is sure to spill over with treats. Swing by a party later, and watch everyone go nuts over your doggone costume choice. You'll have a ball—just make sure there aren't any die-hard Weiner fans at the party; they could get a little testy. more ›

You might not believe it, but Halloween is just a little over a month away. And as such, people have already started thinking about what inappropriate, button-pushing costume we might don this year. Oh sure, a sexy Sesame Street costume worked just fine in 2010, but this is 2011! It's a brave new world! But we think we've found the costume for you to make the perfect splash on October 31st: "Anna Rexia." more ›

Despite eliciting "universal disgust," the new Burger King FLAME™ body spray has sold out at all Ricky's locations AND on the website! Marisol, an employee at the Ricky's on First Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets, says their original shipment of 24 sold out within a matter of days, and frustrated "FLAMERS" have been calling constantly to try and track down a bottle. Although same haters compared the product's scent to the aroma of "a Burger King burning down in a horrible grease fire," Marisol told us it sold out because it smelled "nice. And spicy. It kind of smelled like Axe body spray." Why must you taunt us, Marisol!?! Okay, nobody panic; Grub Street comforts frustrated FLAME™ consumers with news that it's being sold on eBay for $76 (and rising). Or just wait until January (if you can!), when Ricky's will be getting more FLAME™ in stock. more ›

A reader sent us a heads up when they spotted the Sarah Palin-inspired "Guns, God and Lipstick" t-shirt at the Soho store Yellow Rat Bastard. The Republican vice-presidential candidate appears to have reached such an (over)saturation point in the current pop cultural zeitgeist that it feels like little effort is needed to make a connection to her...and then package it up. more ›

Ricky Kenig, owner of Ricky's (you've probably bought a Halloween costume there before), is leaving his Brooklyn home at 409 Eighth Street. Just last fall it was reported that he'd be expanding his chain to the neighborhood after purchasing a $1.3 million home there; he was said to be "enamored" with the borough. more ›