Her appearances on "The Hills" this season, apart from one memorable episode, have mostly been limited to asking LC about her drama. Now Whitney Port cashes in with her own series set in New York with herself in the spotlight.

Rumors about Whitney getting her own show have been running rampant for a few seasons--ever since she went to New York and tangled with SuperIntern Emily, really--but the blonde buddy Lauren met while interning at Teen Vogue a century ago finally confirmed the news. She'll be living in NYC and working for Diane von Furstenberg, whose show she was spotted at last month during Fashion Week.

We were hoping MTV would call the show something like, "The Skyscrapers" or "The Rivers" or "The New Jersey," but they've already allegedly decided on the name of the show and it's "The City."

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It's been a bit since we've heard anything out of the "Real World: Brooklyn" kids, but that doesn't mean they've stopped kicking around their nabe. City-centric blog NewYorkology spied the cast at Red Hook's landmark grocery store:

"Real World: Brooklyn" kids filming in the Fairway parking lot... in the backseat of a car.

There you have it: Even when laying low, reality stars are trashy.

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Fall is harvest time in America's farmland, and, if you look closely enough, in the cities too. Brooklyn, which probably isn't the first place that comes to mind when you think "harvest," has a fall food festival of its own this weekend.

The Gowanus Harvest Festival will bring locally-grown veggies, potato sack races, pony rides and other down-home excitement to the banks of the (not-so) scenic Gowanus Canal. Of course, this is still Brooklyn, so there will be live indie rock and local microwbrews on hand as well. Obviously.

The festival, which takes place Saturday, October 11, will be held at outdoor performance space The Yard.

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· The Yard [Official Site]
· Fall Festivals coverage [Jaunted]

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In case you haven't heard, static institutions are out, and mobile museums are all the rage. So if you thought you saw a UFO-like-thing landing in Central Park earlier this week, it was just the latest traveling museum to touch down in NYC: The Chanel Contemporary Art Container.

The museum combines a trend we do like--British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid's space-age, deconstructive design--with a trend we don't like--blurring the line between fine art and commercial fashion. (All of the art has been "inspired" by Chanel handbags.) But, we'll get on board with anything that looks like a "happening," so we'll be in line next week for our tickets, when the museum opens in Rumsey Playfield.

The movable museum, which has already been in Tokyo and Hong Kong, will be open in New York October 20 through November 9, before continuing on to London, Moscow and Paris.

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· Chanel Contemporary Art Container [Official Site]
· Architecture Travel: Putting New on Top of Nothing [Jaunted]

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Global economic collapse only means one important thing to alcohol fiends: Lose the martini lounges; bring back the dive bars.

That's why the New York media world is still mourning the lose of Siberia Bar, the absolutely-no-frills Midtown watering hole where in the old New York, you could sit down for shots with New York Times editors, transvestites and 90-year-old barflies on any given weeknight.

Celeb-chef Anthony Bourdain waxed poetic about Siberia Bar in his poor-chef-in-seedy-Manhattan memoir Kitchen Confidential. Now that the Travel Channel star is back in NYC for the upcoming New York City Wine & Food Festival, the New York Post asked him where he's drinking away his riches these days.]]> BS 2008-10-08T15:30:40-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/10/8/91841/6131

New York has an annoying tendency to take every rustic ethnic cuisine and turn it into a high-end eating experience. Sometimes it's completely unwanted--do we really need $1000 paella?--but sometimes it works.

On the "it works" front: Naya a "futuristic" Lebanese restaurant just opened in Midtown East. The shimmery white-and silver design is so nightclub-y that you're forgiven for being skeptical of their food credentials.

But the menu makes it clear that the East Side is ready for Lebanese. Look for pan-seared halloumi cheese seasoned with pomegranate sauce, tomatoes and olives; Lebanese-style steak tartar with bulgur, onion and mint; and Lebanese milk pudding flavored with orange blossom water.

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· Naya [Thrillist]
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To honor rapper Jay-Z's humanitarian work with helping stymie the world's water crisis, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon busted out a rap at the UN Global Leadership Awards celebration this week in New York. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas also showed up to take in the awkward-but-endearing performance.

The quality on this clip is lousy, but its worth a look if only to see the world's diplomatic leader attempt to kick it.

Sort of reminds us of the cringe-worthy moments when our parents attempted to display their hipness with teenage lingo when delivering the obligatory "Don't do drugs!" speech in high school. Check it:]]> ced138 2008-10-08T11:30:41-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/