*Everyday Chatter

If you thought those SATC fanatics were a nightmare, just wait. The Gossip Girls are about to take over your neighborhood. [Curbed]

An interview with Reverend Billy (for Mayor): "The people we think of as our leaders, the Charlie Parkers and the Allen Ginsbergs and the Zora Neale Hurstons and the people we think of as having created this amazing city... You look at their lives, they were bouyed up by their neighborhoods. And their neighborhoods have been allowed to die. Now we have silent neighborhoods where you can't live for less than $200,000 a year and there's no culture at all." [RS]

Made in New York: bath fixtures. [CR]

The Olympic Restaurant--where the EMTs eat. [EVG]

Letting it all hang out high-end style--put an ASS CHAIR in your condo. [Restless]