While the Susan G. Komen Foundation remains on the defensive about defunding breast cancer prevention-related grants to Planned Parenthood, its marketing juggernaut remains unabated. For instance, what says ending breast cancer forever like a .22-caliber pink handgun? more ›

Back in the day, you could learn how to make pizza with a minimum-wage job in a dead-end suburban town. But these days, if you want to do it right, you apparently have to sign up for a five-day, $2,800 "Pizza School" conveniently located in...Staten Island. more ›

That is not a typo. Blank-eyed robots serious fashion designers the Olsen twins have released a $39,000 alligator-skin backpack as part their line The Row, and according to Ashley, “It was the first thing that sold off the shelf." more ›

Have you been feeling the need for speed, machismo, and nature all one in one place? You're in luck! The Rental Car Rally, a ridiculous, testosterone-fueled 12-hour car race that draws its inspiration from "the Wacky Races, THX-1138, the Mad Max trilogy, Logan's Run, Daredevil #267, the original Death Race film, and Cannonball Run I (but not II, except for Catherine Bach's daisy dukes)," is just around the corner. more ›

Have you heard of this place Rockaway Beach? It's a magical oceanside fairyland that hipsters just uncovered and colonized with tacos and weird artist stuff. And while it spent some time as the next Williamsburg, it's already evolving into the next Lower East Side, if hotelier Sean MacPherson has anything to do with it. more ›

Attention! Attention! The Rockaway Beach boardwalk really is the new Bedford Ave! Hipsters new and old, get in on this sweet deal, because it's not going to last. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get in on the ground level of rapid gentrification! Act now before everyone catches on to the secret, like they're doing with under-the-radar Red Hook. more ›

There are some things, when you move to New York, that you give up hope for: silence, dignity, and indoor pools, to name a few. But not everyone has! Some people, very rich people with names like Evelyn McMurray Van-Zeller, have been making at least one of those dreams a reality, what with the 30-foot pool in the middle of her Chelsea living room. And it too can be yours, for the small price of $10.955 million. more ›

Citigroup, which was bailed out by the government last fall to the tune of $45 billion, is continuing on with its purchase of a new, $50 million corporate jet, according to the Post, which calls it "JUST PLANE DESPICABLE." Sure, the banking giant announced it would cut up to 50,000 jobs and posted a staggering $8.29 billion loss last quarter, but executives need to get places faster, you know? But only up to 12 executives, because that's all the Dassault Falcon 7X seats. A source tells the Post that "It's not uncommon for large companies to pay a deposit on a new plane then cancel the order before delivery," so when the Post asked the head of CitiFlight about the 7X, he said, "Why should I help you when what you write will be used to the detriment of our company?" Citi trying to sell its older Dassault jets. more ›

As health-code inspections in bars and restaurants continue apace in the wake of The Great Rat Rodeo of Aught Seven, strange, unheard of violations are coming to light: a bartender at Red Hook’s Moonshine bar was recently cited for “having bare-hand contact with one slice of ready-to-eat lime while placing on top of beer bottle for patron in bar.” In other words, every time you see your bartender poke a wedge of lime into your... more ›