September 14, 2009 Issue
Cover Story
The Long Night of Late Night
As Jay Leno moves to prime time, the game changes once again: Peter W. Kaplan asks how David Letterman became the talk show’s true star and the unlikely national dad for our era; Jason Gay interviews interviewers Dick Cavett
and Jimmy Fallon on the ageless art of interviewing; and Adam Sternbergh explains how the future of late night is really in the daytime. Plus: An insomniac’s guide to the evolution of weeknights after 11:35.
On the Cover: Photograph by Robert Trachtenberg.
Features
Last Home Standing
Jacqueline Tamaklo lives in one of New York’s most foreclosure-ridden neighborhoods. And now she’s fighting not to end up like the Joneses.
The Coy Exhibitionist
Jonathan Ames has made a career out of self-exposure. Or so he would like you to believe.
Intelligencer
Madoff Sell-off
Bernie Madoff’s summer home went on sale via the Corcoran Group.
My Silver Palate
Sheila Lukins, Café des Artistes, and the colorful dawn of this gourmet age we live in.
Giant Mistake
Why replace the Meadowlands?
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
101-Year-Old Married Couple
What are the odds?
68 Minutes With Anna Wintour
The editor of Vogue is on a mission to save fashion. First stop: Queens.
Subbing for Paul Rudnick
Elyot Vionnet, an erudite, fastidious, semi-retired substitute teacher, has ventured out to Cake Shop.
Welcome Back, Kaiser
Tom Kaiser joined the Achievement First Endeavor charter school when it opened in 2006.
Columns
Obama’s Mule Team
To pass health care, he’ll need to find a way to harness that most stubborn of species: centrist senators.
Strategist
Best Bets
A French concept store on Fifth Avenue, Orchard Street's new retail mix, and more.
The Look Book
“My parents wanted me to study medicine, but instead I went to Pratt.”
The Restaurant Review
Daniel Boulud’s first venture below 44th Street dishes up gourmet burgers, hot dogs, and beer.
In Season
The Romanesco zucchini is characterized by its distinctive ribs.
Closet Skirmish
She wants a leather jacket. Mom prefers a nice blazer. The wardrobe wars, in pictures.
Baby’s First Pictures
Documenting a bundle of joy, simplified by an expert.
For the Serious Shooter
Joseph O. Holmes on his favorite new toys and tools.
The Self-Employment Catch-22
For freelance workers, buying a house just got that much harder.
Culture
I Am My Own Wife
As a new generation discovers artist Genesis P-Orridge, he fulfills a quixotic long-term project: turning himself into his late spouse.
The Movie Review
Three new documentaries slam conspicuous consumption, oil companies, and greedy traders.
No Impact Woman: Michelle Conlin
The man of the documentary No Impact Man is Colin Beavan. But the star of the film is his wife.
Cracking Dan Brown
Reckoning with the author's page-turning empire.
The Book Review
The horrification of Jane Austen.
Phish Out of Water
Trey Anastasio trades jam-band superstardom for the New York Philharmonic.
Holy Roller: Caleb Followill
The itinerant childhood of Caleb, Nathan, and Jared Followill is straight out of Flannery O’Connor.
Agenda
Southern Comfort
On September 14, New York’s fried-chicken frenzy infiltrates Tribeca.
Departments
Comments: Week of September 14, 2009
Readers sound off on Mayor Bloomberg, the meatpacking district, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of September 14, 2009
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Write a Letter to the Editor
Letters may be edited for space and clarity. Please include a daytime phone number.
- Mail to
-
- New York Media
- 75 Varick Street
- New York, NY 10013
- NYletters@newyorkmag.com