* Madonna is working a black nylon tracksuit in a new series of ads for H&M. This girl knows how to keep the dollars coming in, doesn't she?
* The top three floors of The Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue are on sale. The luxury penthouse will cost you a mere $70 million. Includes 360-degree views of Manhattan, five master bedrooms, seven full baths and three half-baths, five working fireplaces, 23-foot ceilings, and 20-foot French doors.
* Meanwhile, the average price of an apartment in Manhattan has risen to an all-time high of $1.386 million.
* Matthew McConaughey put on some pounds.
* How to make guacamole on a scorchingly hot Manhattan day.
* You can customize Jessica Simpson's new single so that she sings your name in the song. This comes from our files of dumb PR/marketing ideas that actually happened.
* Narrow the sidewalks on the Upper West Side? Sure, why not. Who needs sidewalks, anyway?
