A study to be published later this year in the Journal of Food Safety proves that George Costanza’s cavalier method of double dipping his chip is, in fact, “like putting your whole mouth right in the dip.” For those who may have missed the Seinfeld episode or somehow not seen it reenacted at every party serving dip since it aired in 1993, we’ve posted the scene below. Suffice it to say that Costanza’s preferred dipping......

When it comes to driving routes for a JFK airport pickup, George Costanza advocates taking the Grand Central to the Van Wyck, deriding Kramer’s L.I.E. route as a “suicide mission.” In the current New York Magazine cover story, “How to Escape Airport Hell”, the editors invited chauffeur Kevin Sullivan to weigh in. While he comes down squarely on Costanza’s side, he also shares some invaluable alternative routes to all three airports in the unlikely......

Apparently hand models do not wear kitchen mitts or baseball mitts to protect their hands when they're not on the job! Because a hand model is suing a Midtown apartment building for $1 million after a door slammed into her moneymaker - her right hand. The Post reports that 24-year-old Catherine Frances Scott was leaving her boyfriend's apartment at West 52nd Street when a "fifth-floor door slammed on the tip of her finger, crushing the......

Blimpies, Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins, and Starbucks. All these chains have popped up in Greenpoint along Manhattan Avenue since last year. Today, Manhattan Ave. gets an Original Soup Man (aka the Soup Nazi). Gothamist stopped in to sample the wares and went with a bowl of the lobster bisque. We didn't even have to ask for bread, as the franchises seem to give you bread and a choice of fruit for free (sorry, George Costanza).......

In the tradition of "There's a website for everything" (and also file under "scatological"), there is a site called Worst Places to Take a Dump, which tackles the worst places to take a dump in the city. Here is the site's mission:George Costanza famously claimed to know of all the best toilets in the city; I know the worst. This photoblog documents the breadth of my knowledge, and features a Google Maps mashup to......

We cannot resist stories that involve superheroes wearing briefs or high school antics, even if they take place in Long Island. So: Three Long Beach High School seniors caught the ire of principal Nicholas Restivo yesterday when they celebrated "Superhero Day." In the tradition of many a high school, there's a Senior Week where seniors have dress up and do silly things, and Long Beach has a "Superhero Day," in addition to "Nerd Day" and......

Sometimes when screeners check your luggage at the airport, you get your bags back with stuff missing. But one woman actually got something - and the Transport Security Administration is disturbed because it was a TSA screener's shirt inside. WABC 7 reports that Staten Island resident Debra Sander found the shirt in her bag after flying Jet Blue to Tampa, via Newark airport, over the Easter weekend, and the shirt looks "official" with badges and......

Gothamist loves stories about public bathrooms, so we got a kick out of today's NY Times feature on the two month, two-hundred grand restoration of Bryant Park's beautiful public bathroom. The bathroom, built in 1907, reopened today, and boy, does it sound amazing:The Baths of Caracalla it is not, but the new interior has grand 10-foot coffered ceilings, mosaic tiles, a crown molding of painted wood, illumination from brushed stainless-steel wall sconces, indirect cove lighting,......

Do you love AutoCad, have a fondness for Architectural Record, drafting tables, and fun architectural renderings? If so, you could be The Bachelor on ABC's reality love show. But not all architects need apply, ABC has a specific idea in mind: "Basically we are searching for a 27-33 year old single, handsome, successful, charismatic guy who would like to be whisked away to an exotic, tropical location dating 25 beautiful girls." We assume that George......

- Scott Harper, the dude who fell into the netting behind home plate at Yankee Stadium, was arrested for possession of marijuana - yes, that totally fits - New Yorkers can get a free credit report today: Just go to Annual Credit Report or call 1-877-322-8228 - Comedian Eugene Mirman posts funny calls he made on the Village Voice's site - Even though some college dorms are making themselves over, one thing is clear: It's......

Over the weekend Gothamist had a chance to go to The Burger Joint on 3rd Avenue, which shouldn't be confused with Burger Joint at Le Parker Meridian. The Burger Joint is a no frills burger stop with very few options in the way of toppings - cheese and grilled onions. The burgers are almost slider size (think a little bigger than White Castle), so one might not be enough if you're hungry, but four......

Winning the bumper prize for first celebrity bad idea of the New Year (if Michael Jackson's CBS interview happened one week later, he'd have it sewn up), Britney Spears marries a childhood friend in Las Vegas. For us, the cherry on the top is her being escorted down the aisle by a bellhop. As reports say it was a joke and that the two are planning an annulment already, Gothamist would like to point out......

The traveling secretary of the Yankees got into a fight with a security guard at U.S. Cellular Field (apparently that's the Chicago White Sox's stadium) after the Yankees clinched the A.L. East title. David Szen, 51, was charged with misdemeanor battery; the Post says it was over whether or not a TV crew could film the Yankees celebration. Of course, Gothamist recalled that George Costanza was the Yankees' assistant to the traveling secretary and we......