Although it's been in the works for at least a year now, there was something discombobulating about seeing the southeast side of 8th Avenue and 22nd Street (partially) transformed into such a clean and thoroughly modern dwelling this afternoon. You see, the past 10 years I've lived here in Chelsea that corner has been the site of one of the city's few remaining Single Room Occupancy (SRO) hotels -- and let's just say it wasn't exactly the kind of place Buffy and Hildegarde were living in back in the '80s. When the residents weren't outside screaming and punching one another, they were busy watching their portable television inside Starbucks or trolling the local supermarket aggressively trying to talk you into letting them buy your groceries for you with their food stamp cards in exchange for your cash. (It wasn't to buy drugs or alcohol, of course. It was so they could get a "hot meal," something the welfare office apparently won't spring for.) What was once a strangely dangerous pocket in an otherwise small-town-feeling neighborhood -- I've had friends attacked by some of the denizens of the Allerton -- appears to be on its way to becoming a boutique hotel called The Gem. While I may complain about the Mom and Pop eateries turning into chain restaurants, you won't hear me complaining about this upgrade ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Becks Appeal
A look at the 2009 David Beckham calendar (loving the scruffy face!). Wasn't I just going on about this one?
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It's days like yesterday that remind me just how happy I am I didn't get sucked into a lifetime on Capitol Hill. That the Repubs broke ranks with their beloved president -- after eight years in virtual lock step with the big-spending, tax-cutting, torture-loving Connecticutan Texan -- and wouldn't even put through their own crappy bailout bill (such cowards they wanted the Dems to have it be their votes so it could used against them at a future date) is just the reminder I need of the true meaning of "government waste." As I tried to tell my ex Rafael way back when we lived in that famous, one-horse town, "Darling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue!"
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Morning Wood: Danny Nunez
If you're not watching the guilty pleasure of all guilty pleasures, "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency," perhaps these photos of sexy Danny Nunez in action will persuade you to check out what you're missing. Danny comes across as a quiet, unassuming guy, yet I love that even though every job he gets picked for has some homoerotic theme to it, he just shrugs it off and gives the client what they want. These shots from his Rufskin Denim give you an idea of what I'm talking about, and as you can see, Danny does not disappoint ...
(Screen grabs via TVTrick.com)
Monday, September 29, 2008
Oops, She Did It Again
Turn on "Larry King Live" on CNN. Suze Orman looks like a bloated citrus fruit. Didn't we already talk about this outfit with that spray tan?
UPDATE: Now she's on Anderson Cooper's show!!!!
UPDATE: Now she's on Anderson Cooper's show!!!!
On the Rag, Vol. 5
A weekly look at what's on the cover of New York's free gay rags:
Check out all previous On the Rag posts HERE.
You know what they say, always wear a condiment
And I am telling you ... I can't imagine which cover you're gonna like better this week. Check out Next cover hunk Kevin's juicy wiener after the jump HERE.
And I am telling you ... I can't imagine which cover you're gonna like better this week. Check out Next cover hunk Kevin's juicy wiener after the jump HERE.
Becks Takes Manhattan!
I think I need to start hanging out at Macy's Herald Square more often. First Calvin Klein mannequin Garrett Neff stopped by to promote CK undies on Wednesday. Now it seems David Beckham and his android wife were there on Friday to the launch of the Beckham Signature Fragrance Collection (like these people need more cash!). A lot of people tell me that I wouldn't find David that hot if he wasn't "who he is," but I think that's total rubbish (sorry, like Madonna I'm also from Detroit originally). If I saw this guy rocking a three-piece suit walking down the street on his way to an investment bank I can assure you there would be some serious police invention -- and fast. How about you?
See all Becks-related posts HERE.
Straight Model Sues Genre Over 'Vulgar' Photo
Maybe if "straight" model Benjamin Massing didn't go around yanking on his skimpy undies with those bedroom eyes then the "gays" wouldn't be so inclined to make him seem so "lustful and sexually promiscuous." Read the full story HERE. (Bottom line: did he sign a release or not?) And believe me, this is real. I once had a douche bag of a model demand that a photographer who had given me pics he had taken of him get me to take them down. You know what a stigma homosexuality is in the fashion industry ...
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He's the Greatest
The Bush-McCain Challenge
John Cusack is adorable when he gets political, even if he doesn't know how to pronounce Iraq.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Everybody Run!
(Read the lyrics HERE.)
Well, I completely take back what I said about Tina Fey having the market cornered on lampooning Sarah "Caribou Barbie" Palin. Julie Brown, who you'll remember starred in three pretty funny videos as the Alaska governor earlier this month, has just released a new song called "The Ex-Beauty Queen's Got a Gun," and it's without a doubt the most hilarious take on the GOP vice-presidential nominee to date. (The song's even funnier than the "Homecoming Queen" original!) You can hear its debut on "The Stephanie Miller Show" above (complete with the studio members' reactions!) -- or buy the MP3 HERE. And you thought Dick Cheney was armed and dangerous ...
Illustration by Zina Saunders
Friday, September 26, 2008
Bruno Strikes Again!
Sacha Baron Cohen is up to his old tricks, this time as the hilarious fashionista Bruno, getting busted on the catwalk at Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's show in Milan today. I had a chance to watch all the Bruno segments on DVD last week and about peed my pants. I can already tell this upcoming film is gonna be great!
"And zen what did Matt Damon say? hehehe"
"And zen what did you say?"
"And zen what did Matt Damon say? hehehe"
"And zen what did you say?"
"And zen what did Matt Damon say? hehehe"
"And zen what did you say?"
I LOVE Bruno!
Don't Drink the Milk
My Seldom-Told Story
While I'm the first to admit that a truly hot guy can look good in anything, as far as I'm concerned real men wear boxers. Briefs are man-panties best left to little boys. And boxer-briefs are for people who can't take a side (or guys who secretly wanted to try on Mom's girdler). But a man in boxers (woof!). Am I the only guy left who feels this way?