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. The weekend is looking nice compared to the weather......

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......

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. Most immediately is the second of two......

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.......

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,......

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. The general argument against "pay to pray" is that since Sunday metering was dramatically expanded in 2002 parishioners have been forced to run out to......

Since Gothamist was glued to watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show last night (what is better than seeing dogs that look like stuffed animals try to waddle across...except the poodles are freaky), we're all about dogs these days. The American Kennel Club says that Manhattanites love dachsunds. So much so that they are the number one breed in this borough (other boroughs weren't included in the study)...aw, dachsunds are funny to watch, too...Gothamist noticed......

Since Gothamist is fascinated with the weirdness that can emerge from having animals in NYC, we were intrigued by two animals stories just north of us, from the city of Yonkers. Police were called to a house about a complaint of fighting dogs, but instead found over 100 animals: "97 cats, 7 dogs, several reptiles and a sea gull." Now, Gothamist can understand five cats. Maybe even ten. But 97? And a sea gull? Police......

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. It turns out that it's the ninth anniversary of the original soul kitchen, so to celebrate, every Tuesday starting Sept. 21, the restaurant, a well-kept East Village secret, is serving a family style prix fix menu of "eclectic international soul food"......

Dear Gothamist, I will be moving to New York this summer and starting school at NYU in the fall. I currently have a second job as a waitress in a hip Cuban restaurant here in my hometown, where the customers like that I speak Spanish and know the culture behind the food. Since Gothamist is such a well-known foodie, can you suggest upscale Cuban or Latino restaurants where the service is known for being more......

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? Sarah, Murray Hill Let's say you're sitting comfortably on the uptown 6 train when it pulls into 23rd Street. A mom with two young children, an elderly couple, a pregnant woman, and......

The best thing, aside from qualified hook-ups and being able to stalk exes (of both the romantic and platonic varietals), to come from Friendster might be the advent of Dogster. Since Gothamist has no dogs (just a cat - we'll be waiting for the inevitable Catster), we've only discovered it now [thanks to Oliver and j0sh]. Dogster has a charmingly slow load time, much like Friendster. From being able to add dogs to your......

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......

To try to convince the public that artistic vision and commercial viability can work, 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......