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If you were out and about in the wee hours last night you got the worst of the weather for the next few days. Nearly two inches of rain fell on Central Park overnight. Luckily, the ground had warmed up enough in the city prevent the rain from freezing. The temperature briefly got up to 54 this morning before falling into the 40s soon after sunrise.

Prince Charles and his "darling wife" Camilla wrapped up the NYC portion of their visit by having snacks with the swank at the Museum of Modern Art. Since Gothamist has been intrigued by the royals since our parents bought those commemorative "Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer wedding steins," we're unable to resist the coverage. The NY Post shows its true-to-Princess-Di colors by calling the celebrities who tried to meet the couple "silly" and offers quotes from "underwhelmed" New Yorkers; the Daily News is more objectively positive, headlining "Bowles 'em Over." The Observer gives the fashion report, aghast at Camilla's fuschia suit at Ground Zero but much happier with her evening wear ("she looked kinda hot—almost aging-Bond-girl hot"). The NY Times called their visit a "Low-Key U.S. Debut" which really means "BORING!" Gothamist guesses that the best part of their trip might be Stephen Colbert's "The Word" segment on The Colbert Report last night, as he guessed that Camilla was the Prince's "Merlin" (enter picture of Camilla with a sorcerer's hat Photoshopped on) and told the paparazzi to take better care of this wife of Chuck (oh, snap!).

Since Gothamist usually tries to write about shows that are coming up or playing for extended periods so that you have chance to get tickets (if you make plans further in advance than we do, of course) but this week we’re making an exception in order to mention a few theatre events that are either one-night-only or closing soon, but worth trying to get to if you can.

Since Gothamist posted gobs of reviews of Fringe shows on Monday, we expect you’re still digesting it all, so we’ll go a little easier on you today. The bulk of shows have run at least once by now; we’ve only seen a fraction of them, but it seems this year’s offerings are just as wide-ranging in topic and quality as in the past eight years, even though the festival has gotten bigger and more prominent. Gothamist was heartened the other day at Fringe Central to see the kind of tourists we’d usually peg for Lion King audience members, taking advantage of the headquarters’ concierge service to find a good ol’ zany Fringe show to see – so, nudge nudge, you too should get out there if you haven’t already. Here are a few more productions for your consideration; read the reviews after the jump:

The Fringe is upon us! Since Gothamist is sure you’re every bit as psyched as we are, but less sure that others have as much time to spend poring over programs and schedules, here’s the essentials of what you need to know to get around the festival and see the coolest of this year’s batch (in our opinion, at least). You can always go to the Fringe website FringeNYC.org for the official take on it, too.

As the Mayoral election approaches, the issue of Sunday parking is back. On Wednesday the City Council voted 41-3 to end the "pay to pray" levy, which essentially will stop parking meters on Sundays. Doing so is going to cost the City an estimated $7 million in lost revenues.

There's also great NY Times audio slide show (look on the right column here) with the co-owners of a Tibetan Terrier, the owner the dog lives with is in NYC and the other owner is the breeder. The breeder says that NYC dogs are much better socialized, and therefore she likes to place dogs here. Given that the dogs get to know the interiors of tiny apartments well, it is true they are very nice when Gothamist tries to hug them.

Also in Yonkers, but on the Metro-North: A 10-foot boa constrictor was on laying on the tracks. Before the MTA could remove the boa, a train came through and "bifurcated" the snake. And some deer were found dead near Metro-North tracks, too. Warning to animals: Living in Yonkers can be dangerous.

Gothamist literally stumbled into Raga a few weeks ago after a long night drinking and met Mr. Tony, a very friendly co-owner of the restaurant and the mastermind behind Mr. Tony's International Soul Kitchen.

Dear Gothamist,

I know that I'm supposed to give up my seat on the subway to pregnant women. What's the hierarchy after that? Old people? People with kids? Since you've been talking about subway rules why don't you try to give us a definitive list?

The other way for animal lovers to see many pets: Petfinder.org; these are adoptable so proceed with caution!

With QEFTSG breaking Bravo's rating records, Gothamist takes a look at the previously highest-rated program, Inside the Actor's Studio with James Lipton Since Gothamist is a huge movie fan, when we watched the show for the first time, we thought, "Wow, this is great, this guy talks to really interesting actors and get them to discuss their craft." See, there was a day when we were naive and hopeful. Now we realize James Lipton is peddling around the most annoying panderfest - it's like Charlie Rose plus Jay Leno without anything interesting. And we hate how Lipton tries to show off his French when he says "Bernard Pivot" when he's about to do the 10 questions, which Gothamist always felt was the poor man's Proust Questionnaire.

To try to convince the public that artistic vision and commercial viability can , original WTC redesign architect Daniel Libeskind, developer Larry Silverstein, and new architect David Childs appeared at a press conference to stress harmony and collaboration. This comes after yesterday's news that in fact, Libeskind would step aside to let Childs essentially lead the project. The LMDC said the design would be built in "a manner consistent with the Libeskind vision." Those are but mere words...let's see what happens in the next two months, let alone two years (the time at which Governor "Hurry This Project Up 'Cause I Wanna Run For National Office" Pataki wants the steel to be up by 2006). Since Gothamist isn't as intimate with the new lead architect's various pecadilloes as we are with some others involved, we thought the Post's David Child profile was pretty good: For starters, we know he's "tormented."