February 12, 2007 Issue
Cover Story
Say Everything
Kids are using the Internet to create records of their lives so permanent and personal it makes even some twentysomethings feel like they’re on the wrong side of a generation gap. But the MySpacers are the ones adjusting constructively to a phenomenon that affects us all—the inevitable death of privacy.
Features
Snakes in the Garden
It seemed a good match: on one side, old-fashioned oligarchs looking to modernize Wal-Mart’s image; on the other, the big-city types who could make a fortune doing it. By the time it was over, a Madison Avenue heavy had been summoned to Arkansas to answer questions about his splashy lifestyle, and nobody was happy except the lawyers.
American Jeremiad
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become our nation’s most animated secular prophet of apocalypse.
Intelligencer
Miss USA Still Likes the Nightlife
At least according to Miss Universe.
The Freewheelin’ Hayden
He wanted to act like Dylan.
Movie Moratorium in Magic Kingdom
Studio is sleeping beauty.
Kerry Kid Goes Hollywood
Waspy pic not about her dad.
Indie Publishers Act All Indie
But McSweeney’s digs deal.
It Happened Last Week
The opening of several exhibitions seeking to rehab the legacy of the city’s master builder, Robert Moses, kicked off a parade of heavy construction equipment last week.
Happy Family
Hillary Clinton throws Chuck Schumer a book party. Thirty minutes later, all the guests were still hungry for attention.
The Partner Tax
What’s $60,000 when you’re making millions? Enough to resent.
Starchitectonics
As the Museum of Modern Art’s new chief curator of architecture and design, Barry Bergdoll, who started his job last month, has suddenly become one of the city’s most influential tastemakers.
Ommm vs. Yummm
Foie gras battle sizzles on; politicos and celebs face off.
Strategist
Everything Guide to Shoes
The shoemaniac’s companion: Which ones to buy, how to find the right size, how to trip gracefully while you get used to them, and more.
Best Bets
Chocolate-covered Cheerios and more endearingly unconventional Valentine’s gift ideas.
Ask a Shop Clerk
Aziz Osmani of Kalustyan’s.
Shop News
Store openings this week.
Look Book
The bewhiskered subject of a beard-design competition.
The Restaurant Review
Jeffrey Chodorow spent so much time collecting gaudily absurd décor for Kobe Club that he forgot about the food.
In Season
A cara cara oranges with roasted beets–hot pepper–and–bitetto olive salsa recipe from a Franny's chef.
Insatiable Critic: Agata & Valentina Ristorante
Good Italian soul food, not inexpensive but almost reasonable.
Restaurant Openings
New this week: Olympic Pita, Blue Ribbon Bar, and Westville East.
They Feel Good About Their Necks
An unfamiliar cut is showing up on local menus, prompting the question: Is neck the new cheek?
Real Estate
How to house-hunt with your cell phone.
The Culture Pages
The Endless Fifteen Minutes
Why Andy Warhol won’t leave our culture alone.
The Movie Review
Two excellent portrayals—one fictional, one not—of a miserable era in East Germany.
Production Notes: Toilet Cam
An indie film’s got to have a gimmick, and American Standard’s is this: All scenes of the still-looking-for-a-distributor romantic comedy were shot in New York bathrooms.
Auctions
A bull market in highbrow photography.
The TV Review
The producers of Lost try to hide the fact that the show is a creepy thriller at heart.
Dracula
While it's unclear whether anyone wants another Dracula, this one’s sturdy enough.
Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
An account of Strayhorn’s troubles as a gay man in the homophobic jazz world of the forties and fifties, and a case history of Oedipal struggle.
Playing the Slots: Monday Night
Study this tough-love guide to making the hard but necessary choices in your weekly TV regimen.
The Theater Review
Great acting battles shoddy writing in the Frank Lloyd Wright play.
An Afternoon in Chelsea
A guided tour of the art district's best galleries right now.
The Infidel Speaks
The memoir-worthy life of Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
The Approval Matrix
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
The Week
Head of the Class
The New School for Drama’s “Random Acts!” showcase brings out three first-rate playwrights’ short stuff.
On the Rise
An architecture center builds an audience.
Forever Young
Our picks from a festival of new work by members of Youngblood, a company of playwrights under 30.
Bright Young Things
Two galleries transformed by illumination, a third by alliteration.
Columns
The Imperial City
From the lame-duck-in-chief all the way on down to those outdated CDs, our society is clogged with anachronisms. Let’s get on with it!
The Bottom Line
Ten foreign stocks to shelter your money from the Bush Effect.
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