November 24, 2003 Issue
Cover Story
Kerry On
Earlier this year, Senator John Kerry looked like the easy front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president. Too easy, as it turned out. Having lost his advantage to fiery populist Howard Dean (and late entry Wesley Clark), Kerry’s now in the fight of his political career. Can an introverted, Yale-educated war hero rescue his campaign and prove he’d be a better president than candidate?
Holiday Gifts
Finding the right gifts for family and friends need not turn the weeks after Thanksgiving into the nightmare before Christmas. (Or Hanukkah. Or Kwanzaa.) For our holiday gift guide, we’ve scoped out the season’s best clothes, high-tech gadgets, home design, jewelry and watches, beauty treatments, tools and kitchen equipment, art books, sports gear, and toys. We’ve even added an array of indulgences to pamper the people on your list.
The buyers’ guide tells you where to find it all.
Plus: Our annual list of charities that deserve your generosity.
Departments
Letters
Readers sound off on gays with children.
The Help Desk
New-baby neurosis, deli-counter etiquette, and calling the press on your ex
Smart City
Best of New York
Footlight Records: Your source for soundtracks, show tunes, and all the cult offerings a music lover could want
Test Drive
Makeup lessons at the city’s top salons
Sales & Bargains
Deal of the Week: The Manolo look for less at Beverly Feldman
Plus, this week's Sale Listings
Travel
Inspired ideas for kicking off the new year in style
Ask New York
Who can copy my glasses frames?
Intelligencer
Intelligencer Column
Jenna Jameson’s Penthouse plans. Plus, Diddy's umbrella man turns designer.
Tale of the Tape
How can Paris salvage her image this time?
Royal Blush
An open letter to the Artist Still Known as Prince (Charles).
“Hey! Ho! Let's Roll!”
Seventies revivalism strikes again, with a new all-female roller-derby league.
Open Fawcett
Farrah spouts off about her Broadway un-debut.
Mistrial of the Century?
Our jury of experts takes on the Durst verdict.
Her Kind of Town
Jennifer Westfeldt—of Kissing Jessica Stein fame—makes her Broadway debut in the old-fashioned (but feminist!) Wonderful Town.
Columnists
This Media Life
In an age when liberal success is suspect, underdogs are the new heroes
The City Politic
Things are looking up for New York Democrats. So why should they be worried—very worried?
Hollywood
Joe Roth: A consummate Hollywood player who suddenly has a lot to prove
Critics
Books
Andy Warhol as indulgent father in Steven Watson’s Factory Made
Theater
Mystery trumps meaning in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker
Architecture
Two startling shows presage the future of architecture
Classical Music
An unrecognizable La Juive returns to the Met
Dance
The Ballet Boyz make exuberant art
Pop Music
Jay-Z’s sensational farewell album
TV Notes
John Leonard reviews Sister Helen, Full-Court Circle, and more
Underground Gourmet
Inimitable Italian at 50 Carmine
Restaurant Openings
Wonder bread from the Indian Bread Co., Thanksgiving day dining, and the great Payard gives pumpkin pie a makeover.
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