June 26, 2006 Issue
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Cover Story
The Urban Etiquette Handbook
A guide to navigating a social landscape that presents more
opportunities to embarrass oneself every day. When are you allowed to talk on your cell phone? How do you respond to a racist joke at a dinner party?
When is it okay to hook up with a friend’s ex?
Plus: David Cross on how to talk to celebrities, Amy Poehler on how to talk
to white girls, waiters on how to talk to waiters, and more.
Features
Last Seen On September 10th
A young doctor goes missing. No body, few clues. Her family believes she died a hero in the World Trade Center, but cops tell a very different story. The mystery of the 2,750th victim.
The Minutes of the Guantánamo Bay Bar Association
Manhattan corporate attorneys like Josh Colangelo-Bryan went to Gitmo to defend an abstract principle: due process. But what Colangelo-Bryan found were men�sometimes innocent ones� moving closer and closer to suicide.
Vu.
The very latest developments in the world of buying, selling, and lusting after real estate, including an assessment of what went wrong at Astor Place, a peek at the cheapest apartment left in Manhattan, and a rundown of every single property for sale on Central Park West.
Intelligencer
Hillary’s Friendly Skies: Air Lockheed
Military-industrial complexities for senator.
Is This Love? Wailers Get Up, Stand Up
But actually it’s not love.
Fire Island Reality Show Gets Beached
It’s no Margaritaville.
Club Owners Fret Over Jay-Z Ban
Sippin’ on Cristal forever?
Bloomberg’s Red Glare
Fireworks squad invades Penn.
Gooooal Oriented
Some weeks, anything seems possible.
Luau in Tutus
Balletomanes get down with corps of their affection (and a dancing volcano!).
The Influencer
The No. 1 lobbyist in town on smoke-filled rooms, (non-)conflicts of interest, and our scandalous lack of public toilets.
Summery Judgment
Divorcing couples fight over who gets the beach house.
Free-Range Pups
Suit seeks to end the early-morning leashless lives of city dogs.
Strategist
Best Bets
An adorable method for fighting aphids, a giant coloring book, and more.
Shop News
Lulu Castagnette openings this week.
Hippie Deluxe
How big is New York’s appetite for pretty, bohemian things? As it turns out, enormous.
Bottle Service: A Brief History
Nowadays, no New York club opening is complete without it. Here’s how we wound up paying $300 for a bottle of Stoli delivered to the table.
Look Book
An extravagantly mustachioed NYU student.
The Restaurant Review
The new Mr. Chow is about the same as the old one.
In Season
Sohui Kim’s pork-and-chive dumplings.
Insatiable Critic
How can it be that for three months this offshoot of the Nantucket restaurant Sfoglia hasn’t popped up on our foodie radar?
Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Week of June 19, 2006: Bondi Road and S'MAC. Plus, takeout at Sullivan Street Bakery.
Getting Iced
With iced-coffee season in full swing, it’s refreshing to come across purveyors who make a bit more of an effort than pouring hot brew over stale ice cubes.
Dishing It Out
Bill Buford grills Mario Batali, his culinary mentor and the colorful subject of his new book, Heat.
Seventh-Inning Snacks
With a few homegrown vendors now on the roster, Yankee Stadium's food may be over its culinary slump.
The Culture Pages
The Approval Matrix
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
The Very Good Girl
If only Anne Hathaway had a dark, sordid personal life to reveal.
The Movie Review
An anti-war-on-terror doc from Michael Winterbottom that’s artful but credulous; loving Keanu Reeves for who he is.
Are You There, God? It’s Me�Adam Sandler
Playing God has never been more popular. A look at four of the be-a-deity film offerings.
Process
How Radiohead picks its set list.
Free Radical
Oskar Eustis on a genuinely free Public Theater.
Long Story Short
A once-banned play about oversexed teens gets a Duncan Sheik makeover.
Architecture
A dark rethinking of MoMA�by the architects who didn’t get the commission for the museum’s expansion.
The TV Review
The Blade vampire brand misses Wesley Snipes.
Cowpoke: Thomas Haden Church
The endearing actor (Wings and Sideways) discusses his role in the upcoming Western Broken Trail.
Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason
An actual conversation between intelligent adults, about serious subjects.
Columns
The Imperial City
The Observer’s new sugar daddy (and mommy).
Obit
Remembering Sergeant Joe Velez, whose dreams came true at exactly the wrong time.
The Week
Dada Diversions
Gallery shows to round out the not-to-be-missed Dada survey at MoMA.
Gotta Get Away
Picks from the Caramoor International Music Festival, beginning this week in Westchester County.
The Top Five: Kids' Summer-Reading
Including Pirates by John Matthews and more.
Sounds Good, Eh?
Three indie acts from up North mark Canada Day! on June 25 at Central Park Summerstage.
Talking Points
June marks the 35th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers ruling, and this week the experts speak their minds.
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