April 4, 2005 Issue
Cover Story
Tears of a Cop
Last November, Bernard Kerik was a 9/11 hero, a partner in Rudy Giuliani’s lucrative consulting business, and the president’s top choice to take over the Department of Homeland Security. Then, in under a month, he lost his job, his prospective job, and his reputation. Now, for the first time, Kerik talks about what went wrong and how it felt to fall so far, so fast.
Features
Is Arranged Marriage Really Any Worse Than Craigslist?
Letting your parents pick your spouse may seem like an absurd anachronism. But is it really any worse than the capricious New York singles scene? An unmarried woman’s account of a dating life split between two worlds.
Waking with the Fishes
The Fulton Fish Market, soon to move to the Bronx, is one of the last gasps of the blue-collar life in lower Manhattan.
No Business Like Shvo Business
Michael Shvo is a real-estate superstar—and an object of almost universal loathing by his fellow brokers. How a near-broke Israeli immigrant made it to the top by breaking the rules of an industry that few thought had any.
Intelligencer
Intelligencer Gossip
The birth of a "new fur" controversy, hits keep coming at Gramercy Park, Milk & Honey's star mixologist, and more.
It Happened Last Week
“April is the cruelest month, / A smile will make it better. / But if you frown and act depressed, / You’ll only make it wetter.”
Millionaire for Ferrer
The mayoral hopeful's moneyman betrays his class interests to fight Bloomberg.
Jacobean Drama
Stop invoking my name! Jane Jacobs on the West Side development brouhaha.
Great Toddle Forward
Mandarin: the new language craze for toddlers.
Columns
The National Interest
Schiavo and Social Security may not be the Rove blunders they seem at first glance.
The Bottom Line
The world’s not ending its dependence on oil anytime soon, so why not profit from it?
Strategist
Best Bets
A lightbulb that lasts seventeen years, plus hardy outdoor bowls and Tuscan olive oil.
Mating
Amy Sohn parses Michael Jackson’s sexual identity.
Look Book
A shimmering shrink.
The Best Seller
The Hug Salt and Pepper Shaker set
Sales & Bargains:
This week's hottest sales & bargains
Ask a Shop Clerk
Jerry Laboy of JR Cigar/Montecristo.
Shop News
Store openings this week.
Market Research
A guide to toilets in every price range.
Map No 9: State of the Union
Navigating the rejuvenated Union Square.
Restaurant Review
The Modern, Danny Meyer’s bid for four stars.
In Season
How to conquer razor clams.
Ask Gael
Unlike the typical Chino-Latino hash on upper Broadway, Asia de Cuba mixes up a Tower of Babel in every dish.
Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Week of March 28, 2005: Amorina, Luscious Food, Roberto Passon, Piola, and Cafe Trotsky.
Hot Mamma
One of the oldest tricks in the New York Italian-restaurant book is putting a mamma fresh from the Old Country in charge of the kitchen.
I Remember Mamma
Italian mothers have always been a secret weapon in the New York restauranteur's arsenal.
First Roe
American shad, the quintessential springtime fish, is prized for its roe and flesh that’s notoriously hard to debone. Why not let the professionals do it?
Malt Shops
With authentic British chippies multiplying, fish and chips are nearly as prevalent as steak-frites—and just as decadent.
Local Gourmet Grocers
A side-by-side comparison.
Real Estate
The hottest block in Harlem.
Body
Investigating ‘neutraceuticals.’
The Culture Pages
The Cheerful Transgressive
Larry Clark, bard of depraved teens, insists he’s a moralist at heart.
Theater Review
Jessica Lange and Christian Slater are game but mediocre in The Glass Menagerie.
All Shook Up Reviewed
If Elvis impersonators had a union, do you suppose this latest incarnation of the "jukebox musical" could have been prevented?
Movie Review
The avenging noir heroes of Sin City give graphic violence a good name.
Book Review
Jonathan Safran Foer’s 9-year-old narrator can’t capture the surrealism of 9/11.
Go Figure
The publishing industry’s version of the People’s Choice Awards.
Art Review
Looking past the buzz at the Warholian work of Damien Hirst.
Robert Gober Reviewed
The artist's first New York gallery show in eleven years.
Show and Tell: Elmgreen & Dragset
End Station, a site-specific project by a pair of Scandinavian artists.
Serious Clown: Bill Irwin
Pop Review
Beck sweetens up.
Kemado's Lone-Star Invasion
The hottest New York bands at South by Southwest.
The Tori of My Life
How I fell out of love with my pop crush.
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