April 9, 2007 Issue
Cover Story
Office Life
New Yorkers, as we all know, spend an inordinate amount of time toiling away under fluorescent lights, breathing their co-workers’ air, trading idle gossip, yessing their bosses, and occasionally, perhaps, doing a spot of work. Ranging from office etiquette to the insider stories of policemen and marketing executives to the actual desks of Martha Stewart, Simon de Pury, and Mayor Bloomberg, this issue explores all aspects of workplace mores: the science, the rules, and the displeasures that come with forced cohabitation.
Features
Mr. Clean
The Mets’ third-baseman David Wright, with his dimples and packageable fifties charm, is emerging as a heartthrob to rival Derek Jeter.
Skyfarming
A Columbia professor believes (we’re not kidding, and neither is he!) that if crops were grown in skyscrapers, global warming would be reduced, and the city made cleaner and more livable, too.
The 13-Year-Old Prostitute
Had 13-year-old Lucilia been smuggled here to work in a Queens brothel, she’d be viewed as a victim of human trafficking. But because she’s an American citizen, she is considered a criminal.
Intelligencer
Rudy’s Rove Connection Hits the Road
Staffer Margaret Hoover sucks it up.
Beyoncé: Not So Parkolicious
Neighbors upset with pop star’s entourage of cars.
Is Hillary Secret Rev. Al Ally?
New way to attack Barack.
Another Run at Becoming Bowery Boulud
Chef tries, tries again to open restaurant on the LES.
Madonna’s Condo Ray of Light
Opens her heart to Chelsea.
Patti LaBelle No Idol Worshipper
Diva says of American Idol contestants: �They’re pitiful!�
It Happened Last Week
Some weeks just roll out like an endless breakfast buffet in the Big Scrapple.
Gogoling
A guy Jhumpa Lahiri briefly dated claims to be the real-life Gogol.
Bingo Academy
Anxious parents gather to find out if their kids were lucky enough to get into a charter school.
Israeli Egg Farming
There is a shortage of Jewish in vitro eggs. Hopeful parents are turning to the Promised Land.
The Disappeared
The cops took his high-tech protest bike and left him with lingering paranoia.
Strategist
Best Bets
�Sharp little mechanical pencils� and other corner-cubicle delights.
SingStar Pop
SingStar Pop, which goes on sale this week, lets you sing along with 30 music videos from artists like Cyndi Lauper, Franz Ferdinand, and Alicia Keys.
The Nap Revolutionary
Sleep deprivation made Nick Ronco crazy. So crazy that he opened a space-age sanctuary for power napping on West 57th Street.
Look Book
A Parisian New Yorker who loves her white hair and her �sympathique� painter husband.
Restaurant Review
Keith McNally’s latest fails to sparkle or shine or make salt cod taste good.
In Season
Just like ramps, asparagus, and Shack Burgers, eggs have a season. Consider this recipe from George Weld, reigning grill-maestro at Egg.
Insatiable Critic
Quiet as an octopus, Wild Edibles stuffed a mini eat-at counter and eight two-top tables into its small seafood shop on a Third Avenue stretch.
A Good Egg
What does a fresh egg look like? Take a gander.
Lay Ladies Lay
Widen your sunnyside-up horizons with specialty eggs.
He Is the Egg Man
Wylie Dufresne reveals his ultimate fantasy: taking a bath in hollandaise sauce.
Grade AA
Ten egg dishes to cluck over.
Mating
The latest craze on the streets is sex on the street.
Real Estate
The city’s doormen have their hands tied.
Movers
The celebritization of Brooklyn shows no signs of abating: Actress Lili Taylor may be next to join the ranks of recent thespian immigrants to the borough.
Triple Assessment
Light, views, space�our panelists say there’s little to dislike about this apartment, located in a condo built just two years ago.
The Culture Pages
The Loneliest Soprano
Edie Falco finally gets to clip the Jersey claws that belonged to TV’s most loyal wife.
Process
In the studio with Fountains of Wayne.
The Music Review
Robert Glasper’s jazz piano trio echoes the sweet sounds of Fort Greene in the late nineties.
The Art Review
Celebrating the eccentric urban cultures of Barcelona and Venice as if they were our own.
Senior Moment
Yale photo guru Tod Papageorge has taught his share of art stars. Is it his turn now?
The Movie Review
Will Ferrell plays loving havoc with the American male psyche.
Art-House Conundrums on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
The critics' dilemma: If you trumpet a little-known wonder too loudly, the very audience you rustle up is guaranteed to leave the theater feeling underwhelmed.
The Theater Review
Vanessa Redgrave’s Joan Didion, a little colder onstage than on the page.
Vomiting�Cathartic or Not?
A. M. Homes, memoirist, talks about why she doesn’t like memoirs.
Can You Tell a Lot About Debut Novelists From Their Times Book Review Covers?
Does a cover slot on The New York Times Book Review guarantee future success?
The Approval Matrix: Week of April 9, 2007
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
Columns
The Download
Classic nerd logic compelled Google to buy YouTube and go to war against the media Establishment.
The Week
Foreign Alternatives
Three simultaneous shows mark the U.S. debut of Brussels-based Pierre Bismuth.
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
Turn on the TV.
Good Friends
Performances enriched by friendships, past and present.
Easter Feasts
Where to dine on Easter Sunday, uptown.
Easter Feasts, Part II
Where to dine on Easter Sunday, downtown.
Departments
Letters to the Editor
Readers sound off on challah, health insurance, London, and more.
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
- [email protected]