March 15, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
Best of New York 2010
Our obsessively vetted annual compendium of where to go for the best of everything —
New York’s most estimable food, stores, stress-relief outlets, home services, kid stuff, and places to get (and stay) beautiful. Inside, you’ll find the city’s finest Canadian sandwich, a dance party where you’ll never hear
the words “last call,” the boutique with the biggest designer discounts per square inch, a grocery-delivery service that surpasses FreshDirect, and much more.
On the Cover: Design by VSA Partners, New York
Features
The Cheney Government in Exile
The former vice-president has a plan to ensure his legacy: the political future of his daughter Liz.
The Liveliest Mind in New York
Tony Judt’s dazzling, cantankerous brain is one of this city’s great treasures. Now, two years into a devastating battle with ALS, it is all he has left.
Intelligencer
The Big Shake
New York hasn’t had a big earthquake in 126 years, and history suggests that we’re likely to have one every century or two.
Ford Theater
The crazy logic of an outsider/insider carpetbagger candidacy.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Are We Running Out of Talent?
Reality TV’s new crisis.
Raging Hormones!
Major League witch hunt.
The Price of Rangel’s Fall
New York loses big.
37 Minutes With Shaun White
The best snowboarder in human history likes to skateboard aimlessly around New York City.
Vanessa Williams Is Sad About Ugly End for Betty
“Thank God I’m not singing ‘Send in the Clowns,’” she says.
Ryan McGinley’s Fosse Dreams
Ryan McGinley wishes he could remake All That Jazz.
Columns
The Outsiders
They represent change, not business as usual. And they’re … Democrats!?!
Culture
Sweetheart of Early-Adult Angst
Mumblecore’s Greta Gerwig goes mainstream with Greenberg.
The Movie Review
Dakota Fanning can’t quite save The Runaways. Plus, the frenetic attack of Green Zone.
Lines, Please
If you can’t move your face, can you still act with it?
Everything But the Robots
A Kuniyoshi retrospective reveals the roots of manga.
The Architecture Review
After decades of putting up awful buildings, Columbia tries to break its streak.
A Tall Drink of Still Waters
On Justified, Timothy Olyphant returns to his calling: the smoldering lawman with issues.
Outsider Artist
Shilpa Ray turns alienation into lusty, bluesy rock.
The Book Review
David Shields’s new “manifesto” is a pain in the ars poetica.
Agenda
The Gluten-Free Gourmet
Roberto Caporuscio of Kesté Pizza & Vino adds three special pies to the menu.
Departments
Comments: Week of March 15, 2010
Readers sound off on Rupert Murdoch, the Ultimate New York Playlist, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of March 15, 2010
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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