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relationships Why Can’t Our Friendship Survive Your Baby? Nothing threatens adult relationships like when some friends have kids and others don’t. podcast By Allison P. Davis
theater The Final Sondheim The complete, from-beginning-to-end story of how Stephen Sondheim, David Ives, and Joe Mantello created the musical Here We Are. By Frank Rich
screen time The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip. By Lane Brown

Intelligencer

the money game

Michael Lewis’s SBF Book: 3 Important Things to Know

Here’s the best of what is in the book — and the biggest things Lewis missed. By Kevin T. Dugan

early and often Kevin McCarthy Suffers a Historic Humiliation The House Speaker loses his job thanks to the far-right he appeased in the first place. By Ben Jacobs
emergency alert alert Your Phone Will Be Kind of Annoying Tomorrow And conspiracists are really going off about it. By Matt Stieb
politics Trump Hit With Gag Order After Targeting Judge’s Clerk He alleged on social media that a clerk in his fraud case has ties to Chuck Schumer, in his latest incident of insulting figures in his legal cases. By Nia Prater

the national interest
Why Democrats Shouldn’t Bail Out Kevin McCarthy Let justice be done, though the Kevins fall. By Jonathan Chait

early and often Good-bye, Kevin! Please Don’t Try to Come Back! The former Speaker was not loyal to anybody or anything other than his power. Good riddance. By Ed Kilgore

early and often Capitol Hill Dysfunction Helps Trump, the Chaos Candidate Drama among Republican House members distracts from Trump’s trial and makes him look relatively stable. That’s good news for his 2024 campaign. By Ed Kilgore

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The Cut

power

Who Is Ashton Kutcher’s Anti-Sex-Trafficking Org Helping?

By Angelina Chapin

parenting Jenisha Watts on What We Owe Our Families, and What We Don’t Jenisha Watts was raised by people who did not keep her safe. Here, she talks about parenting her own child in the shadow of that history. By Kathryn Jezer-Morton
pfw spring 2024 Sarah Burton’s Stunning Final Bow The creative director of Alexander McQueen’s last collection was a tour de force. By Cathy Horyn
astrology Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of October 2 On Wednesday night, communication planet Mercury enters Libra. By Claire Comstock-Gay

pfw spring 2024 Seán McGirr Has Been Appointed to Lead McQueen And the reactions are … mixed. By Danya Issawi
real estate King Charles Awards Prince Andrew a ‘Stay of Execution’ A new report claims the disgraced royal will hold onto his big huge house. By Danielle Cohen
pfw spring 2024 Snug As a Bedbug in a High-Fashion Rug The pests took over Paris Fashion Week. What now? By Danya Issawi

Vulture

a wonderful thing to do

Brian Jordan Alvarez Won’t Take ‘Sitting’ Success Lying Down

“I want to chart.” By Rebecca Alter

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

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marvel Did Jonathan Majors’s Arrest Affect the New Season of Loki? Executive producer Kevin Wright has some answers before the season two premiere this week. By Alejandra Gularte
theater review Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Where the Stories Intertwine Too And the wigs deserve an award all their own. By Sara Holdren
jump scares Kyle and Mauricio’s Marriage Won’t Survive the RHOBH Trailer The Housewives have declared open season on Kyle’s marriage. By Brian Moylan

show notes
The Arconia Might Just Be Hell Let’s stop pretending Only Murders in the Building is a comedy. By Nicholas Quah

chat room
Stevie Nicks Sees ‘No Reason’ to Continue Fleetwood Mac By Devon Ivie

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The Strategist

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holiday gifts 2022 The Best Gifts for Pregnant People, According to Pregnant People Including soothing body oil and a bunch of soft, stretchy, and actually nice-looking maternity clothing. By Lauren Ro
gifts they might actually want The Best Gifts for Tea Lovers, According to Sommeliers, Consultants, and Writers Handy tools, chic accessories, and delicious varieties for curling up with a cup. By Emma Wartzman
october prime day 2023 The Best Early October Prime Day Deals Including our best laundry hamper and Oral-B electric toothbrushes. By Sam Daly

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Curbed

parks

Maybe Manhattan Needed a Beach

The Gansevoort Peninsula is a sweet, sandy little respite. By Clio Chang

great rooms The Sisters Sharing a House in Prospect Lefferts-Gardens Zoë Wendel moved into her sister’s three-story house to help with renovations. She made this floor is entirely her own. By Wendy Goodman
a truly terrific new york listing A One-Bedroom Tucked Into an Upper East Side Mansion It has several Juliet balconies. By Adriane Quinlan
housing Rent Stabilization Isn’t Going to the Supreme Court This Time The justices declined to hear a case against rent regulation brought by New York landlord groups. But there will be others. By Clio Chang

interior design Battery Park City’s Early-Aughts Rentals Go Luxe A Robert A.M. Stern building, before and after big money changed the downtown buyer’s landscape. By Kim Velsey
architecture What Was Trump Tower? His co-star, his political launch pad, his longest-term companion. By Christopher Bonanos
environment Scenes From a Flooded New York Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion. By Curbed Staff

Grub Street

openings

Destination Shawarma on St. Marks, Finally

Spice Brothers and “the art of building the perfect spit.”

impossible tables A Seat at Torrisi? It’s Easier Than You Think. But whatever you do, don’t leave. By Zach Schiffman
guides Where to Eat in October The best restaurants for right now. By Edward Hart
the grub street diet Dwight Garner Always Has a Muffuletta in the Freezer “I’ve loved nearly every muffuletta I’ve ever had, but these are special.” By Alan Sytsma
restaurant review Sartiano’s Is a Members-Mostly Club Our restaurant critic finds caviar, calamari and a Kardashian at Scott Sartiano’s Soho Italian joint. By Matthew Schneier

guides
33 Eating Adventures A summer itinerary for truly intrepid food lovers. By Alan Sytsma

the grub street diet Coolstuff.nyc Co-founder Anna B. Albury’s Grub Street Diet “Dessert served as a great excuse to extend the afternoon into a round of dominoes.” By Alan Sytsma

the year i ate new york Greenpoint Versus Greenpoint Can a quickly changing neighborhood learn to coexist with itself? By Chelsea Peng

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