Quick Bits: Vasectomies, Burglaries and Spike Lee

- Uptick in vasectomies on UES: "On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where the financial industry’s collapse has compressed many a household budget, Dr. Marc Goldstein says he has been performing more vasectomies than usual over the last five months." [NY Times]

- Apartments at Lex and 70th, and 81st and Second are hit by burglars. Items lost: a "treasure trove of jewelry," diamond earrings, a laptop and an iPod. [NY Post]

- Spike Lee is getting a six-figure check for letting Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant film their upcoming comedy, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, in his Upper East Side townhouse, formerly owned by artist Jasper Johns. [NY Mag]