New York back issues from February 2009:
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Feb 02, 2009 ... 1 The New York Times as we know it may be sinking like the Dow, but there was plenty of love--and even an offer of cold hard cash--for the hallowed institution in response to Emily Nussbaum's story about the team of Times staffers who are trying to reorient the newspaper for the digital ...
Intelligencer.(calendar)(Brief article)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009 ... <Pre> JANUARY-FEBRUARY M 26 T 27 W 28 T 29 F 30 S 31 S 1 </Pre> Cheech and Chong perform at Radio City. 1/13 + The Super Bowl: Steelers vs. Cardinals in Tampa. 2/1 + Chinese New Year--Chinatown's dragon parade will ...
GOP bosses say take a hike, Mike: don't want mayor at their party.(Intelligencer)(Grand Old Party, Michael Bloomberg)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... MAYOR Michael Bloomberg was elected twice as a Republican, but left the party in 2007. Now that he's running again, he wants back in, but city GOP leaders aren't so sure. "All five county chairmen are extremely upset, and at least four are not willing to endorse the mayor for election," ...
Bookish for Bernie? Madoff-lit boom busts.(Intelligencer)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... IT LOOKS like the bull market for Bernie Madoff books is over. Of the eight reported to be in the offing, only five are now signed up. The Journal's Robert Frank (Richistan) decided not to do one, and Financial Times columnist John Gapper got "interest from publishers but not at the level ...
DeathWatch stalks galleries: virtual Schadenfreude.(Intelligencer)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... AS IF ART DEALERS weren't upset enough about falling prices, now there's short--selling of galleries. Last fall, the How's My Dealing? blog (which rates gallerists' treatment of their artists according to anonymous informants) began a gallery "DeathWatch" thread--and dealers are on edge ...
Affleck vs. 'Newsweek' moral TARPitude.(Intelligencer)(Ben Affleck, Troubled Assets Relief Program)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Ben Affleck, like most Hollywood stars, thinks that magazine covers really matter. Last week, he was criticizing the TARP bill to a reporter for Politico and said that "Newsweek, I feel like, is basically culpable for the first [$350 billion]," referring to the weekly's "King Henry" cover ...
Neighborliness up in smoke: hotel fireplace not cozy.(Intelligencer)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE COOPER SQUARE Hotel is finally, mostly, open for business, but neighbors say its lobby fireplace is smoking them out. "I had to leave my apartment. I couldn't breathe," says Carrie Schneider, a resident of 207 East 5th Street, which sits directly behind the hotel and is apparently ...
Hope floats.(IT HAPPENED LAST FORTNIGHT)
Feb 02, 2009; ... AS MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS-educated Barack Hussein Obama recited the (judicially garbled) oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States, it seemed like most of New York's media, political, business, and Twittering classes had traveled to Washington to witness the historic ...
Yes, we (possibly) can! Why Obama's inaugural realism promises great things.(Intelligencer)(Barack Obama)
Feb 02, 2009; ... The SPEECH AMONG POLITICAL strategists, it's an article of faith that the most optimistic candidate wins the election. This assumption isn't based on focus-group hoodoo, but the work of the renowned psychologist Martin Seligman and his then-colleague Harold Zullow, who in 1990 ...
Michelle O: fashion's unsettled relationship with its newest icon.(Intelligencer)(Michelle Obama)
Feb 02, 2009; ... The CLOTHES MICHELLE OBAMA always looks good: impeccable and offbeat, simultaneously approachable and glam. Her choices involve the kind of designers--Thakoon, Maria Cornejo--worn by editors and insiders who know people on Barneys' fourth floor. That's why she's been hailed as ...
Advertisements for themselves: the search for Malia and Sasha look-alikes to sell products.(Intelligencer)(presidential daughters Sasha and Malia Obama)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... The KIDS MADISON Avenue is scrambling to adjust to a new era, when the most admired people in America are a black family. To reflect this reality, talent scouts are on the hunt for models who look like the Obama children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10. "People are looking for girls ...
Party lines.(Inaugural Ball)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE NEIGHBORHOOD INAUGURAL BALL WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 20. Before D.J.-ing this party, what did you do for the Obama campaign? "I was a surrogate knocking on doors. I personally registered 1,000 people. One time ...
With friends like these: the left quadrant of Obama's base wants to stay relevant by staying angry. And the right doesn't have anything to do but get angry. So who's his biggest problem?(THE POWER GRID)(Barack Obama)
Feb 02, 2009; ... EVERYBODY LOVES Barack Obama. Or at least that's how it seemed for a brief shining moment early last week, when the new president faced the heaving, teary, rapturous, incomprehensibly vast crowd that had gathered on the National Mall to celebrate his ascension and what it said about their ...
The zany adventures of (senator) Caroline Kennedy: in which the most private of persons decides to go public, only to learn that mother always knows best.
Feb 02, 2009; ... CAROLINE KENNEDY was missing. For about five hours last Wednesday, as her wildly unlikely bid to become a U.S. senator was on the brink of collapse, one of the city's most famous women disappeared. At 3 p.m., Kennedy had set off a political and media cataclysm with a single, ...
Stock-surfing the Tsunami: ordinary investors may flee the market's dizzying ups and downs, but Peter Milman and his kind hang on tight while riding the giant waves of uncertainty. There's nothing more exhilarating than to catch the perfect surge.
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE SCREENS ARE crawling with red and green. But mostly red. "What is this?" The stock market is headed down again, as it was yesterday and the day before that. A 32-year-old trader named Peter Milman sits slumped under fluorescent lights in an open-air trading office ...
Rose's last turn: Patti LuPone's final day as Mama Rose in Gypsy: a diary in photos.
Feb 02, 2009; ... HERBIE: Honey, don't you know there's a depression? ROSE: Of course I know, I read Variety! HERBIE: Don't you know what it's doing to vaudeville? TWO DAYS BEFORE her final matinee as Mama Rose in Gypsy, Patti LuPone cried herself to sleep. It was the best ...
The best bit.(STRATEGIST)(Standard Hotel)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... This is the view from room 1013 of the Standard, Andre Balazs's new High Line-straddling hotel (from $195 a night; 848 Washington St., nr. W. 12th St.; 212-645-4646), designed by Todd Schliemann of Polshek Partnership Architects with decor by Roman and Williams. It's spectacular, as you ...
The New-Hotel Glut: the economy's nose-dived, and tourism's dropping, yet there's never been more lodging here--and the rooms have never looked this good. Four exciting new accommodations, and where to take your hometown vacation.(THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO:)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... What's With All These New Hotels? THE STANDARD, the Ace, the Jane, the Cooper Square; now, or very shortly, these stylish hotels will be adding hundreds more rooms to New York's existing 85,000. Any expansion at this moment in time seems odd, but a hotel boom--with the resurgent ...
A delicate Colossus: the Standard Hotel is a big, brawny exhibitionist with a surprisingly sensitive touch.(THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO:)
Feb 02, 2009; ... SOME BUILDINGS are coy about showing what holds them up. The Standard Hotel flaunts its musculature--its naked concrete piers ripple like a bodybuilder's legs, heaving the glass-walled structure 60 feet in the air. Those shapely supports hit the ground in a sensitive part of Manhattan, a ...
My night at the Standard.(THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO:)(Standard Hotel)(Brief article)(Hotel review)
Feb 02, 2009; ... I'VE LIVED in New York all my life, but I love checking into a hotel as if I haven't. Mostly I love the new views, but also the way the experience tricks me into noticing things I usually ignore (like rivers!). When the Standard opened very quietly in late December, I had to try it; the ...
The everything guide to: new hotels.(Cooper Square, Ace, and Thompson LES)(Directory)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Designed by architect Carlos Zapata, with razor-sharp interiors by Antonio Citterio, the luxuriously modern Cooper Square (from $255; 25 Cooper Sq., at Bowery; 212-475-5700) rises like a glass wing over the Bowery. Guest rooms are small but thoughtfully set up. Each is stocked with books ...
Vacationing at home: don't go to Paris this spring, go to Brooklyn! Three reasonably priced weekends outside your usual habitat.(Gem Hotel Chelsea, The Nu Hotel, and Holiday Inn Manhattan View Long Island City)(Hotel review)
Feb 02, 2009; ... MANHATTAN GEM HOTEL CHELSEA 300 W. 22nd St., at Eighth Ave.; 212-675-1911 OPENED: November 2008 It's a bit cramped, but on the whole, the Gem feels like you're staying in a friend's Chelsea townhouse (if your friend offered nightly turndown and ...
The weird science of hotel pricing.(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... HOW DID you get stuck shelling out $229 for your room when the guy next door paid $159? According to Bjorn Hanson, who teaches hospitality courses at NYU, hotel-room rates can vary wildly depending on where you look (the hotel's website versus online discounters), when you book (six months ...
The look book.(Jimmy La Fontaine)(Interview)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Jimmy "Pearl" La Fontaine, Municipal Worker What do you do for the city? I work for the Department of Correction. Something to do with prisoners. I can't say more than that. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Is this what you wear to work? I don't have to wear a ...
Bright and brand-new: seven finds fresh from the stores.(BEST BETS)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... (1) Future Sullenbergers can pilot (and scribble on) Cardboardesign's recyclable airplane ($49 at Print Icon, 7 W. 18th St., nr. Sixth Ave.; 212-255-4489). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (2) This trove of vintage Diane Von Furstenbergs comes with a story: While doing her New ...
Hot number: downtown's 10 Downing is trendy, but tasty.(FOOD)(West Branch)(Restaurant review)
Feb 02, 2009; ... IN RESTAURANT LAND, like everywhere else, there's a quirky, unfathomable quality to the wisdom of crowds. Some places never get off the ground, some take off after one good review, and some are popular the minute they open their doors. 10 Downing, which opened a couple of months ago in an ...
Winter squid.(IN SEASON)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... A few things you may not have known about the squid: Along with its cephalopod cousins the octopus and the cuttlefish, it is the brainiac of the mollusk family. Squids like to swim by the light of the moon, preferably backward, and they're at their sweetest, tenderest best right ...
The longest (two) yards.(FOOD)(sandwiches)(Recipe)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Six-foot heros, those Super Bowl-party standbys, needn't be unsightly loaves stuffed with grim cold cuts. We asked three sandwich-genius chefs to tackle the buffet behemoth. Two liked the results so much they decided to sell them for Sunday's big game--but if you'd ...
While supplies last: you may not have gobs of disposable cash at the moment. On the other hand, sales have never been this good, as the terrible economy and late-January clear-outs collide. Here's where to find a $10 smartphone, a designer suit at half off, or a new set of fluffy towels dirt cheap.(STOREFRONT)(Buyers guide)
Feb 02, 2009 ... HUMIDIFIER At Gracious Home, this Air-O-Swiss air purifier and humidifier is $100, down from $395, through 2/3. 766 Sixth Ave., at 25th St.; 212-414-5710. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CELL PHONE At Circuit City, the ...
The curse of Hedda Gabler: Mary-Louise Parker is the latest to tackle the iconic role. Can she, finally, get it right?(THE CULTURE PAGES)
Feb 02, 2009; ... THEY ALL WANT to play Hedda, the female stars of stage and screen unjustly deprived of characters in the canon with real stature--despite the fact that she is a borderline psycho who resists our sympathy, and that Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler is an obstacle course over a minefield: creaky, ...
Mortgage-backed insecurity: at BAM, Sam Mendes's production of the Cherry Orchard is a bold beginning to a daring series.(THEATER)(Theater review)
Feb 02, 2009; ... PEOPLE SPEND a lot of time talking about money, asking for money, looking on the floor for money, and arguing about money in the intelligent, well-acted [Revival] of The Cherry Orchard at BAM that kicks off the Bridge Project. "There was lots of money in here yesterday, and now there's ...
Becky Shaw.(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009; ... BY GINA GIONFRIDDO AT SECOND STAGE. THROUGH MARCH 15 GINA GIONFRIDDO'S Becky Shaw, which just defied the theater slump to extend into mid-March, is every bit as clever as Tracy Letts's epic hit August: Osage County, and almost as full of what one of her characters ...
Class distinction: an Oscar nominee for best foreign language film also happens to be one of the best films in any language.(MOVIES)(The Class)(Movie review)
Feb 02, 2009; ... IN LAURENT CANTET'S edgy, semi-improvised drama The Class, real-life high-school teacher Francois Begaudeau plays a version of himself, a teacher at a Paris high school in a poor neighborhood, and every class he leads is a juggling act that's deeply disillusioning--then inspiring--then ...
A wishy-washy Oscar.(NOMINATION NIT-PICKING)(Academy Awards)
Feb 02, 2009; ... TWO DAYS AFTER Barack Obama's inauguration came the announcement of this year's Oscar nominations, and ... did Academy voters not get the memo from Washington? The one about making a sharp break with the past and boldly going forward? Perhaps they did, but they neglected to read it all the ...
Hard times, happy festival the strongest lineup in years launches a passel of new stars.(Sundance Film Festival)
Feb 02, 2009; ... CALL IT THE OBAMA Sundance. In the midst of our 44th president's inauguration, upbeat romances and comedies bloomed and a polyglot cast of talent ascended. Dire, agitprop pessimism faded; humor and narrative roared back in new guises. The following five films are our picks for the ...
Six to watch: Carey Mulligan wasn't the only actor to pop at Sundance.(BREAKOUT PREDICT-O-METER)(Sundance Film Festival)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... 1. Tom Hardy For his brutal, operatic performance as Britain's most violent prisoner in Bronson, this former pretty boy packed on pounds of muscle to transform himself into a man who lives to fight and fights to live. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2. Gleendilys ...
N.Y. spotlight local makes very good.(Cary Joji Fukunaga)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... It was a strong festival for first-time New York filmmakers, but Brooklyn's Cary Joji Fukunaga made the most noise. His Sin Nombre, picked up by Focus, chases a young Mexican gangster running toward Texas and away from his ...
Influences Andrew Bird.(MUSIC)(Interview)
Feb 02, 2009; ... CARNEGIE HALL isn't a natural destination for most indie rockers, but it makes perfect sense for Andrew Bird. The born-and-bred Chicagoan is a classically trained violinist who has developed into one of the most distinctive and creative songwriters working today. This week, he performs ...
Springsteen's hungry heart: how do you remain a rock god for more than 40 years? You ride the Zeitgeist, play your politics, and don't apologize for the house in Beverly Hills. Bruce Springsteen, who releases his fifteenth studio album this week, may be a blue-collar troubadour, but he's also a savvy caretaker of his own image.(LIFESPAN)(Biography)
Feb 02, 2009; ... STUDENT OF ROCK SEPTEMBER 23, 1949 Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, to Doug and Adele Springsteen. 1955 Enters school at St. Rose of Lima. "I don't remember anything nice about it." 1964 Joins his first band, the Rogues ....
The language of bruce.(Bruce Springsteen)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Springsteen has written 256 songs, totaling 68,263 words <Pre> THE LANGUAGE OF BRUCE Springsteen has written 256 songs, totaling 63,263 words. HIS TOP-TEN FAVORITES: NIGHT 373 DOWN 325 BABY 317 MAN222 GIRL 207 LIGHT 193 DAY188 LOVE 175 TOWN ...
Movies.(AGENDA)(movie schedules)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... MAYHEM AT 72ND AND BROADWAY There's nothing like a fix of seventies New York to make you either nostalgic for the affordable rents or grateful for the passing of junkie squalor. For The Panic in Needle Park (1971), director Jerry Schatzberg let his actors feel their way through Joan Didion ...
Theater.(AGENDA)(theater schedules)(Directory)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... SERIAL STAR The last time Kathleen Turner was on a New York stage, she was in absolute command, as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? took advantage of all her best qualities--the smoked-out voice, the boozy affect, the barely contained fury. She's back in town for another tailor-made turn: ...
Art.(AGENDA)(art museum schedules)(Directory)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... THE MIRACLE OF RED Jason Fox's new paintings hit the retina with a saturated blare of intense color. Strange biomorphic beings and shapes hover like giant molecules that slowly metamorphose into faces, figures, and places. deft paint handling, protoplasmic form, silky surfaces, and ...
The word.(AGENDA)(book reading schedules)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... "IN SEARCH OF MEMORY" discussion SERIOUS BUSINESS 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (212-415-5500) Neurologist and New Yorker contributor Oliver Sacks talks with Nobel laureate Eric Kandel about the workings of memory. 1/29 at 7; $27. BRYAN MEALER Reading ...
Music & dance.(AGENDA)(concert schedules)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... MEREDITH MONK Monk's multimedia works go beyond music and dance, becoming miniature worlds in which she explores the limits of sound, motion, and feeling. Yet she hasn't had an all--out showcase in New York in years; this week, the Whitney hosts Monk and her troupe for a ...
Kids.(AGENDA)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... EVENTS CARL HIAASEN Stories One day only Free TEEN Bank Street Books, 610 W. 112th St., at Broadway (212-678-1654; bankstreetbooks.com) The author reads from his latest young-adult mystery novel, Scat, about a scary biology teacher who goes missing. 1/28, ...
Nightlife.(AGENDA)(concert schedules)(Calendar)
Feb 02, 2009; ... CONCERTS ANDREW BIRD Pop Seated show Rare event MELLOW Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, Seventh Ave. at 57th St. (212-247-7800) The singer-songwriter from Chicago plays songs from his recently released album, Noble Beast. 1/28 at 7:30. ...
Restaurants.(AGENDA)(Directory)
Feb 02, 2009; ... ONE-POT COOKING What's a rabbit potpie doing in an Italian wine bar? Going quite nicely with a glass of Refosco. According to Gottino's Jody Williams, the wintry dish is her first foray into what she calls heirloom American cooking. Considering how rich it is, the dainty size is a benefit ....
New kid on the coast.(REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE)(apartment building)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Folks drawn to the electric appeal of the Gold Coast are lining up at 225 Grand, a stylish rental building soon to rise above the Jersey City waterfront. The interior spaces are drenched in natural light, with eye-opening views of the New York skyline. Designed by the prominent ...
Pencil it in.(REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE)(The Residences at Dixon Mills)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... There is more reason than ever to grab a luxury pad at The Residences at Dixon Mills, a historic condo conversion in the heart of hip downtown Jersey City. Soon to open is an amenities facility, The Club at Dixon Mills, a redo of the old Dixon Mills Powerhouse, complete with basketball and ...
Perfect Union.(REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE)(Altessa condominium)(Brief article)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Soon to be the crown jewel of Union City, the striking 15-story Altessa condo has opened sales with 100 upscale residences, knockout views of the Manhattan skyline and a rooftop terrace with pool and running track. Single professionals and young couples are also keen on the exceptional ...
I come from kansas: New York crossword.(Crossword)
Feb 02, 2009; ... Across 1 Happen 6 Questioning utterances 9 Lee J. or Ty 13 Olympus residents 17 Kind of geometry 18 Monogram component: abbr. 19 Memorable Gracie 21 Topmost draft status 22 Late ...
The approval matrix: our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.(HIGHBROW)
Feb 02, 2009 ... * Jon Stewart complains that Elizabeth Alexander's inauguration poem, and poetry in general, is boring. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * Amato Opera, the little-downtown-company-that-could, will be closing after 61 years. * The pedestrian, Target-like costumes in ...
Comments.(Letter to the editor)
Feb 09, 2009 ... 1 The trench warfare over whether Wall Street traders are tearing apart our country or practicing capitalism in its purest form was in full rockets red glare in the debate over Joe Hagan's story about day traders ("Stock-Surfing the Tsunami," February 2). For maximum head-spinning ...
Don't mess with senator Tina.(Intelligencer)(Kirsten Gillibrand)(Brief biography)
Feb 09, 2009 ... PRONOUNCED Keer-sten Jill-a-brand: But her friends mostly call her Tina. At 42, she is the youngest senator. Her dad, Douglas Rutnik, was close to state GOP bigs, including Senator Al D' Amato and state party chief Bill Powers. He also dated Zenia Mucha, ...
IT ain't so, Joe: it wasn't A-Rod's fault; it wasn't Cashman's. It was Torre's.(Intelligencer)(New York Yankees' former manager Joe Torre)
Feb 09, 2009; ... "INSIDER'S VIEW of What Went Wrong in the Bronx," read the headline of last week's Michiko Kakutani Times review of The Yankee Years, the book written by Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci with Joe Torre's cooperation and input. In her piece, the paper's chief book critic refers to "the ...
Will weiner blink? the race to be Bloomberg bait.(Intelligencer/Posts)(Michael Bloomberg and Anthony Weiner)(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009; ... THE biggest question of the mayor's race right now is, Who is going to be the first to drop out from being Michael Bloomberg's sacrificial Democratic opponent? Neither City Comptroller William Thompson nor Representative Anthony Weiner wants to call it quits. As one campaign adviser puts ...
Who's right for the 'Times'? ISO: UWS-friendly conservative.(Intelligencer)(The New York Times)
Feb 09, 2009; ... LAST WEEK, Bill Kristol wrote his final column for the New York Times, and it's probably safe to say that no one will miss him. Even conservatives found his column galactically dull--unsurprising, dutiful recapitulations of Republican conventional wisdom--and on occasion filled with ...
The neighborhood news.(Intelligencer)(news from different neighborhoods of New York)
Feb 09, 2009 ... GREENWICH VILLAGE A man who'd robbed $1,500 from a bank was arrested when it was discovered that the note he passed a teller was written on paper containing the name of the Staten Island landlord from whom he was renting a room. EAST VILLAGE A Veselka ...
Pessimism porn: a soft spot for hard times.(Intelligencer)(a pessimistic prediction of economic conditions)(Essay)
Feb 09, 2009; ... MY WIFE busted me again the other day. I had slipped away from her and the kids and into the fantasy world of the web. But not the kind of fantasy you're probably thinking of. This was pessimism porn. A friend had turned me on to a futurist named Gerald Celente, who anticipated the Asian ...
William H. Macy: speed-the-Plow's savior dons multiple socks and graciously accepts raw tuna.(65 Minutes With ...)
Feb 09, 2009; ... WILLIAM H. MACY'S dresser, Laura Beattie, has an urgent message: "I think I've finally figured out what to do about your socks." The curtain has just fallen on the Wednesday matinee of Speed-the-Plow, and Beattie is almost breathless as she helps Macy out of his character Bobby Gould's ...
Kennedy Pals dis upstate upstart.(GRUDGEKEEPERS)(Robert Kennedy Jr. on governor David Paterson)(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009; ... Robert Kennedy Jr. doesn't blame Governor Paterson for sullying his cousin Caroline's good name. "I don't think David Paterson had anything to do with any mudslinging," he said at a benefit for his organization, Riverkeeper. "He's a good governor, and he's a good person." But his friends ...
Cheap Date.(SCORE!)(Warehouse Wines & Spirits)(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009 ... Perhaps it's only when the bubble bursts that we learn the real cost of bubbly. Leftover bottles of a private-label blanc de blancs special cuvee from the now-defunct strip club Scores have turned up at Warehouse Wines & Spirits ...
E's potentially that into you.(TV DINNER)(Kevin Connolly)(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009; ... In He's Just Not That Into You, Kevin Connolly wants to settle down, preferably with Scarlett Johansson's character, but she's not that into him. "I really related to my character, because I'm also at that stage in my life," he says, at Peter Luger steakhouse, where he always goes when ...
Back and forth.(Intelligencer)(Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts)(Brief article)
Feb 09, 2009; ... We asked Liev Schreiber if he is as brave in real life as he is in the movie Defiance. Naomi Watts was eavesdropping. "I made love to a chicken in a cabaret in graduate school. It was called A Post-Apocalyptic Tryst." "That's brilliant. You thought of that ...