December 4, 2006 Issue
Cover Story
Can’t Get No Satisfaction
As burnout has been studied and probed since its coinage in the seventies, strange contradictions have been revealed about whom it strikes and why. Overwork is not the only concern, the young are more likely to feel depleted than the old, and working mothers may be most immune. Feeling better?
Features
The Once and Future Kissinger
At the age of 83, Henry Kissinger is fighting another war. Only this time, he’s having a hard time articulating which side he’s on.
Bonfire of the Puggle
When a beloved pet goes missing, a Manhattan couple offers a $1,000 reward and an ex-con says he can lead them to their dog. They meet him outside a housing project at midnight, and the adventure begins.
Intelligencer
Eliot Spitzer’s Comptrol Issues
The horse race to (possibly) replace Hevesi.
Blood on the Stage
Dylan union fight.
Andy’s Montauk Estate Finally Bought
The whole East End’s for sale!
Truffle Kerfuffle at Border
Busted by suspicious beagle.
Observer Kid to Shrink the Pink?
Cheaper, girlier as a tabloid.
Cold Comfort
With the mercury plummeting, the city bundled up for a frosty week.
Big Pimpin’ Grandmas
The Nets audition a troupe of old folks to grind to hip-hop during halftime (it’s not their favorite music).
Still Acting Up
Twenty years running the “gay Elks Lodge.”
Kazakh Couture: Very Nice
The recently maligned country struts its stuff at a fashion show in Manhattan. Furry hats are in!
Sketchy Café Society
The new faces of West Village quasi fame.
Strategist
Best Bets
What parents need to survive a brand-new baby.
Retrostyle
How to live as if it were the thirties, forties, and fifties, and three New Yorkers who actually do.
Shopaholic
The H&M of shoes opens in Soho.
Ask a Shop Clerk
Jaki Batton of Burton Soho.
Shop News
Store openings this week.
Look Book
A couple talks about their marriage of personal styles.
Travel
Exploring the Left Bank of the Hudson.
The Restaurant Review
Platt reviews a revamped Picholine.
Mr. Big Box
Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr invaded New York by spending $26 million on Morimoto and Buddakan. Now he’s been named Zagat’s Restaurateur of the Year.
In Season
How to make a fine salad of Asian pears.
Insatiable Critic Gael Greene
A serious chef reigns in the kitchen of the optimistically resurrected Russian Tea Room.
Restaurant Openings
Week of December 4, 2006: Pardo's, Nespresso Boutique Bar, Charles' Southern Style Kitchen, Da Enzo Ristorante.
Red Red Wine
Scientists claim that resveratrol— a minor component of red wine—turns mice into superathletes. Here's where to get your daily dose.
Real Estate
What bonus season will do for the market.
Live Like a Poet
He wasn’t quite the only poet left in Greenwich Village, but he may be the first (and last) one to have such a great apartment.
Triple Assessment
Four months after the owners put this co-op up for sale, it’s still a wallflower. Our panelists gave it a thumbs-up. So why won’t it sell?
The Culture Pages
The Baronessa’s Dream
A literary baroness and her Tuscan court.
The Movie Review
A wretched slasher flick with interesting geopolitical implications; remembering Robert Altman.
The DVD Filter
New on DVD this week: Clerks II, The Ant Bully, Superman Returns, Scoop, Azumi, and Pandora's Box.
Broadway Novelty: Duncan Sheik
Q&A with the Spring Awakening composer.
The Sex Symbol Who Showers in the Dark
A lunch with nervous genius Bill Nighy.
The Book Review
Thomas Pynchon—also a big-canvas guy.
The Art Review
Speaking of canvases, the Guggenheim celebrates the moody art of Spain.
The Approval Matrix
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Columns
The Imperial City
Lou Dobbs, CNN’s merchant of outrage.
The Week
Life Begins at 35
Highlights from Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 35th anniversary celebration, where actors will be reading 35 new plays in 35 days.
Miracle on 95th Street
At the multigenre venue that is Symphony Space, December really could be the most wonderful time of the year.
A New Yorker’s View of the World, Revisited
Two museums and a gallery celebrate the master draftsman and illustrator Saul Steinberg.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Inscribed books make a way-better impression under the tree than usual—and Barnes & Noble knows it, which is why the signings proliferate come December.
Little House in the Big City
High-end real estate for tots.
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