November 13, 2000 Issue
"Paris Las Vegas is brilliant, with its half-size Tour Eiffel. Inside, not even Monet-inspired carpeting masks the relentless whine of slot machines."
-- Gael Greene, "Great Escapes"
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FEATURES | Great Escapes Survivor George Kalogerakis tests his sporting (and cultural) prowess on four tropical islands -- St. John, Barbados, Anguilla, and the Dominican Republic. Viva Vegas Can a Manhattan gourmande who doesn't gamble find culinary happiness amid the clang of the slots in Las Vegas? Gael Greene comes back a winner. Rocky Mountain Higher Two years ago, eco-terrorists tried to burn Vail (in fact one of the more environmentally sensitive ski resorts) back to the Stone Age -- and on its ashes has risen a resort that's even more of a skiers' paradise. Daniel Kunitz reports. Canada Goosed Why are some powder powers thinking of flying north this year? Ethan Smith discovers why at Mont Tremblant (while sampling the caribou and polishing up his French between runs). The Artful Lodgers It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the exquisite torture of two home teams. Chris Smith covered the drama between the Mets and the Yankees; and a team of writers and photographers fanned out to report on the chaos as an entire city went nuts for baseball. GOTHAM | DEPARTMENTS Intelligencer BY BETH LANDMAN KEIL AND IAN SPIEGELMAN This Media Life The media republic of Dave Eggers Hollywood DreamWorks' micro-managing method MARKETPLACE Sales & Bargains Purse pros who make old bags new Web Watch Do-it-yourself sites on home repair THE CRITICS Bagger Vance's faux-Zen idiocy; Charlie's Angels' spandex fun Theater The Full Monty's new clothes Art Adrian Piper's critique of pure race | Architecture BY JOSEPH GIOVANNINI Cooper-Hewitt's fascinating chairs Dance ABT's embarrassing fall season Television Unconvincing O.J.; a new Napoleon The Underground Gourmet Two old-world Italians Restaurants Pipa's happening tapas Pop Music Only the best from Outkast; lazy Jay-Z |