June 30, 2003 Issue
Cover Story
Summer Fun
There are thirteen glorious (and, we hope, sunny) weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Herewith, 41 activities—from drinking to surfing to shopping to blueberry picking—to help you make sure that all of them are ones to remember.
Departments
Letters
Readers sound off on New York's new pill-popping culture.
Between the Lines
Editor-in-chief Caroline Miller on New York new look.
Smart City
Best of New York
No longer pizza’s underachieving sibling, the calzone goes upscale at Otto
Best Bets
Summer essentials, from retro cushions to the latest digital Leica
Sales & Bargains
Discounted Ferragamo, Nicole Miller, and cool modern furniture
Test Drive
The city’s best picnic baskets, sampled and ranked
Beauty
Luxe lip color, summer hair care, and a Lancôme brow salon
Intelligencer
Intelligencer Column
Nicole Kidman and Jude Law get busy
FedExing Pvt. Lynch
Diane chose a special locket, Katie sent books. How would you woo Jessica Lynch?
Capital Offense
No more Bear Mountain Compact: Albany’s days as Sin City are coming to an end.
Jailhouse Rock
From prison stripes to Plaid: An ex-con’s new club.
Butt In!
A Dutch gay mag is the toast of New Amsterdam.
Columnists
This Media Life
The media let the Bushies get away with their stance on WMD. Then the FCC gave them a big gift. Coincidence?
The Bottom Line
WorldCom has broken all the rules. But thanks to the federal government, it’s still coming out on top.
Naked City
The latest sex symbol is . . . pregnant
Critics
Movies
Low-budget thrills in 28 Days Later; Swimming Pool’s French sexpot
Theater
Ghosts, Ingmar Bergman’s swan song at bam, was a triumph
Art
The elegant, clear-eyed modernism of Charles Sheeler at the Met
Classical Music
Daniel Barenboim dives into all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas
Television
Offbeat Dead Like Me creeps into Six Feet Under–land
Restaurants
Update on the updates at the Carlyle and P.J. Clarke’s
Pop Music
Steely Dan loses its sense of humor on Everything Must Go
Top Five Lists
Iced Tea
Top 5 Performances in Gay Theater
What’s onstage for Gay Pride Week? Don’t be stonewalled.
City Tours
Five walks that remind you how much you still don’t know about New York.
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