Reality TV star books popped up the minute reality shows hit big, and everyone's trying to catch the 15 minutes of fame wave

Now I have to give up the Bravo moniker, which quickly became an inside joke among my friends who now lovingly jab at my transformation from Bravotee to Bravoite.

Manhattan, L.A., Sydney, Bali ... Hoboken? Yup. The W Hotel luxury empire opened its first New Jersey outpost last week, right across the Hudson from the more glittering borough.

In the 15 years since Bill Clinton approved the provocative "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" plan, the social stigma often tagged to homosexuality has, in many cases, dropped away like molting feathers.