Florent to exit Chelsea's meatpacking district

Decades after starting the meat-less/trendy trend in New York's Meatpacking district, restaurant/hangout Florent is closing its doors.

NY Times: Genre-Bending Hangout Takes Its Final Bows

LOST reaches finals of Literary Death Match!

Many thanks to Bob Powers for representing LOST so well at Opium Magazine's sixth LITERARY DEATH MATCH on May 29. Bob took LOST to the finals, wore a hockey jersey, and was praised by the judges for looking like "Dan Akroyd's goofy half-son nephew." Bob read from his new book, YOU ARE A MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HERO (see post below).

The New Yorker blog also covered the sweaty event.

Buy Bob's Book

LOST contributor Bob Powers's new book YOU ARE A MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HERO is out, and it's a good one to get lost in: an adult "choose your own ending" book that takes readers hilariously through hell and back, with the first choice an option to save or not save the girl "you" met for a first date last night (she's been kidnapped).

At 77, Sue Johansen says goodnight

The Oxygen television network personality and sex educator is calling it quits.

CNN.com: Sex Show Host Ending Program

A Steely Goodbye

In New York's SoHo neighborhood, a family-owned holdout says goodbye.

The New York Times: From Metalwork to Luxury Condos: Century-Old SoHo Shop Ends Its Run