September 17, 2007 Issue
Cover Story
My Empire of Dirt
In the spring, one Brooklynite took the �locally grown� spirit to the extreme by building a farm in his yard and vowing to eventually spend a month eating only what he’d raised himself. There have been frustrating lows (a severed finger, a crop-destroying storm, a cannibal rabbit) and rewarding highs (weight loss, the feeling of handy self-sufficiency). But will there be edible food?
Features
Rupe’s Attack Dog Gets Bitten, Keeps Barking
Hard-charging editor-in-chief Col Allan spent the last year at the center of one embarrassing Post incident after another. But he remains the undaunted master of the tabloid art, and he can still drink you under the table.
The Girl in the 9/11 Bubble
How Emma Rathkey, the teenage daughter of a man who perished in the Twin Towers, finally found solace in the company of those who’d suffered the same loss.
Intelligencer
�Giving’ (and Also Getting)
Bill Clinton says invest in ethanol, and he might make money if you do.
How Kimora Got Her Groove Back
Current flame Djimon Hounsou a good fit.
Still a Hard-Knock Life for LL Cool J
But seeks peace with Jay-Z.
No Safe Harbor for Sag’s Shops
Land grab brings worries.
It Only Looks Like a Jungle Gym
Don’t hang on the art, please.
It Happened Last Fortnight
As a cabbie strike made it easier to flag down a school bus than a yellow taxi last week, the Big Apple did its best to keep moving forward.
Mogul Dick Parsons Likes Cigars, Believes in Terroir
But please don’t complain to him about your cable service.
Head Case
The mystery of the very well-timed sale of Damien Hirst’s $100 million skull.
Don’t Strip So Close to Me
Getting to the bottom of Sting and David Bowie’s problems opening a burlesque club in Nolita.
Libeskind Alive! (At Least in SoCal)
Where the original Freedom Tower was actually built, plastic brick by brick.
Columns
The Imperial City
The Democrats’ chance to become the party for grown-ups.
Strategist
Best Bets
Quilting and other tasteful hobbies.
Shop News
New store openings this week.
Ask a Shop Clerk
Alexis Bittar, 465 Broome St., nr. Greene St.; 212-625-8340
Look Book
A lanky playwright.
Restaurant Review
One of the best Italian restaurants around�and one of the trendiest.
In Season
True, a perfectly ripe heirloom tomato needs no further embellishment than some extra-virgin olive oil and sea salt. But with the lumpy love apples overflowing their Greenmarket stands, a little variety can’t hurt.
Insatiable Critic
Accademia di Vino could be just what the neighborhood was waiting for: a comfy, laid-back spot to order a few $4 antipasti, a seriously al dente pasta to share, and wine by the glass.
Restaurant Openings
Week of September 17, 2007: Papa Lima Sandwich, Pamplona, and Kingswood.
Great House
Finishing a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
Real Estate
Hurricane paranoia hits the insurance industry.
�Fantastic Four’ Star Transforms Her Plans
Jessica Alba has been spotted apartment-hunting in Chelsea, most recently in the new condos at 246 West 17th Street.
Triple Assessment
For the privilege of living in a cast- iron loft building in Tribeca, you’d usually have to pay seven figures. That is, unless you can find a miniaturized version of the dream.
CULTURE
MisShapes’s After-Party
A global nightlife brand tries to grow up.
The Movie Review
Try as he might, Paul Haggis can’t mess up an Iraq-war detective story.
In a Festive Mood on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
Nothing signals the start of high-culture season like the onslaught of fall film festivals: Telluride, Venice, Toronto, oh my!
Righteous Dude: Terrence Howard
Oscar nomination in tow, Terrence Howard has set off into the world of practically color-blind casting.
The Art Review
MoMA demonstrates why painting isn’t dead, and never was.
Five�Four�Three�
More shows to see in their final days.
The TV Review
A cop show in post-Katrina New Orleans? K-Ville is up to the challenge.
Most Honorable Son
Meet Ben Kuroki, now 90 years old. A Nebraska-born Nisei, he volunteered for the Army after Pearl Harbor.
Torchwood
In a convenient rift in the space-time continuum, Captain Jack’s supersecret �Torchwood� team of young scientist-investigators use scavenged alien technology.
Anticlimactic
HBO’s great show about bad sex.
The Theater Review
Charles Mee adroitly brings political relevance to a Greek tragedy, again.
�Spring’ Allergy: Jonathan Franzen
Why Jonathan Franzen wrote his own Spring Awakening.
The Week
Don’t Let the Author Get Away!
A Mo Willems audience.
Liquid Diet
Three new places at Chelsea Market (75 Ninth Ave., nr. 16th St.) in which to sip, slurp, or, perhaps, raise a pinkie.
Making Marty Proud
Three events worth arriving early for at the Brooklyn Book Festival this Sunday.
The Joys of Togetherness
Who says group shows are just for summer?
Behind the Music
A pair of performances with preshow lectures that are anything but pedantic.
Drama in Dumbo
Our picks from the fall lineup at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
Departments
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