I just learned the sad news that art dealer John Wessel died last month. He was 70, which means I met him when he was about 50.  He and his boyfriend William “Billy” O’Connor owned Wessel + O’Connor Gallery in Tribeca, which represented a few of my up-and-coming artist friends. The gallery then moved to Soho and…

On Sunday I popped into an opening at the Stephan Stoyanov Gallery on Orchard Street where my pal Michelle Handelman is exhibiting footage and stills from her transgender video spectacle “Dorian.”         Also on display at Stoyanov are Hannah Barrett‘s wild paintings of a “hermaphrodite master race.”   The opening was jumping with tons…

What’s up with exhibitionist stoner fitness-model Benjamin Godfre (whose site I visit every day) and “transsexual supermodel” Jennifer Paris?                       On his December visit to NYC, Godfre posted video of them hanging out together at Greenhouse nightclub. Yesterday on his Tumblr account, he posted a photo of the couple dining in San Francisco along…

If you find yourself craving a banana in the vicinity of Eighth Avenue and 47th Street… Duane Reade, the omnipresent drug-store chain, sells bananas for 50¢ each.   Right outside, the fruit and vegetable vendor sells them for 35¢ each or three for $1.00.  And they’re not bruised. With my savings I shall buy myself a slice of…

The camera’s flash revealed my undergarments!   Transparent dresses are such a problem for us glamour gals!