February 10, 2003 Issue
Cover Story
Absolut New York
For many of us, drinking is a key to the city, a thrillingsometimes dizzyingromance that gives shape to our New York nights the way our jobs do to our days. It also, for many of us, gives rise to those morning-after questions: What did I say? Where’s the Alka-Seltzer? Is there something wrong with the way I drink? One writer’s search for liquid balance.
Features
Bar Crawl
We drank our way through swank bars, neighborhood dives, live-rock venues, and meccas for the do-it-yourself D.J. to bring you this clear-eyed (yeah, right) guide to 50 great New York City bars. PLUS: The best bar noshes.
Mad About the Boy
A jazz-club veteran who still can’t score a drink on a working night, 19-year-old Peter Cincotti is poised to make the leap from connoisseur’s secret to stardom. Did someone whisper Harry Connick Jr.?
Departments
Intelligencer
Madonna, Chelsea Clinton, Mario Buatta, and more.
Marketplace
Best Bets
The Met’s Color Magic watch, Pet Ped socks, and a new collection of baby bibs
Sales & Bargains
Ski coatsfor the city or the slopes
Gotham
Fashion Statements
Stop the presses! Two dailies get ready to duke it out during Fashion Week.
Hit Record
The White Stripes' red-hot vinyl LP (only 500 copies!) has the music industry in a frenzy.
Let-It-All Hangout
They're taking off at Idlewild, with nary a jet in sight.
Novel Approach
"All we really want to do is write!" proclaim these editors-in-chief.
New!
Bi For Now
Naked City: The newly straight woman: double the pleasure or two-time loser?
Columns
Book Review
Ann Godoff gets sacked at Random House, and publishing purists cry out in horror. But the high-minded book business lost its pulse long ago.
Swag and Swagger
At Sundance, product placement is everythingespecially when the product is stars
Critics
Masterpiece Theater
Lost in La Mancha has a high time with a filmmaking fiasco; The Recruit sinks in its own mediocrity.
Eastern Standard
East beats West in Shanghai Moon; Barry Edelstein delivers a far-fetched staging of The Winter’s Tale.
Perfect Philharmony
The Israel and New York Philharmonics join forces in a propulsive concert.
Freedom Over Me
In Unchained Memories, a stellar cast brings the voices of slavery to life
Pyrrhic Victory
Without its guiding spirit, Martha Graham’s fabled company falters.
'21' Pickup
Upstairs at ‘21’ delivers opulenceat the expense of authenticity.
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