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September 18, 2000 Issue
"Some people go to New York and they're never really a New Yorker. Bill Clinton will be a New Yorker in five minutes."
-- Donna Shalala, "Mr. Clinton Goes to New York"
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| FEATURES | Mr. Clinton Goes to New York BY JENNIFER SENIOR Bill Clinton has always been ambitious, lustful, and self-involved -- a New Yorker waiting to happen. And once he's taken a bite out of the Big Apple, there's going to be no keeping him on the farm in Chappaqua. There'll be morning jogs in Central Park, lunches at the Grill Room, and dinners at parties -- and McDonald's -- all over town. And if he can make it here . . . Queerer Than Thou Showtime's Queer As Folk boldly goes where no TV show has gone before: gay men's bedrooms. And what it finds -- 29-year-olds taking teenagers home with them -- has made it a risqué, controversial hit in England. But is America ready to see gay sex in the city? Brand-New Bags Charged with reviving a slumping American icon, Coach's creative director Reed Krakoff took the company's bags from the pages of the The Official Preppy Handbook to the cover of Women's Wear Daily. One day, he might even be carrying them into a Coach hotel. Schools for Scampi You'd think Manhattanites would sooner starve than cook. But a shocking number wield a whisk in their own kitchens, with a little help from brilliant instructors who teach everything from mastering moussaka to cooking up five easy pizzas. | GOTHAM The Roundabout gobbles up the American Place Theater; Pete Sampras volleys with a rooster; Tuvalu gets wired GOTHAM REAL ESTATE The man who set off the battle of the brokers readies his next salvo GOTHAM STYLE Camouflage goes uptown; Chanel goes to Woodbury Common DEPARTMENTS The National Interest Dubya's slip about Adam Clymer seemed beside the point, but it could become a turning point Media The new new Details: Can one magazine be all things to all men? MARKETPLACE Bracelets with buildings; a rocking horse with style | Sales & Bargains BY SHYAMA PATEL Where to find boss tweed Travel France: now 20 percent off; now playing onboard: any DVD you want to see THE CRITICS Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous is almost sappy, but it's saved by rock and roll Books In his ambitious first novel, David Mitchell destroys the world he depicts so skillfully Television Too much violence on TV? Try A Force More Powerful, a history of peaceful protest Restaurants Believe the tripe: Meigas's Galician fare is better than its décor CUE Classifieds |
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