New York Magazine: July 21, 2008 Issue

Strategist

Spurn the Bottle

Liquid containers that don’t get tossed (as well as a few other water-related items).
Tested : The Don’t-Budge Bikini

I needed a bikini that was functional (as in, I could swim in it) yet cute (for poolside lounging).
The Look Book

“My wife mainly wears her own designs.”
The Restaurant Review

Scott Conant brings his uptown cooking downtown.
In Season

If snap peas are the definition of gustatory ease, favas are their polar opposite.
Restaurant Openings

Week of July 21, 2008: Tabla Street Cart, Delicatessen, and Peaches.
Insatiable Critic

Clearly, Jean-Georges Vongerichten is betting our town’s noodleheads will be moved by Matsugen.
Working the Squeeze

Lemon prices have risen 35 percent over the past year, necessitating new insights for sidewalk-stand proprietors.
Miami, or Yankees Tickets?

Yankees tickets, please. Or a facial. Better (local) ways to cash in credit-card points.
Fun With Wickets

Inspired by the cricket-heavy novel Netherland, two dozen friends discover the pleasure of a really slow game.
NYU’s Olive Branch

The school wants to expand—and says it’ll be a better neighbor. Good luck, guys.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

July 21, 2008

Escape From the Holy Shtetl

Features

Morning in America

I Have Seen the Future of Rock and Roll, and It Is Not the Hold Steady

One With the Freaks

Columns

McCain’s Hillary Problem

Meet the Press Now

Culture

Death by Gonzo

The Theater Review

The Art Review

The TV Review

The Other Joker: Jim Holt

The Movie Review

Temperature’s Rising on the Curve, As Autumn Looms!

On Location: Meryl Streep

The Approval Matrix: Week of July 21, 2008

Intelligencer

Sam Waksal’s Return to New York

No Blackouts for Plutocrats

Where’s Russell’s Beef With Jesse?

Why Won’t Jerry Impeach Dubya?

Bill and Jill Join the Times Masses

Final Whistle for Uptown Toy Chain

It Happened Last Week

The Slugger Gets Into the Groove…

…Beckoned, by Madonna, Over the Borderline

Agenda

We All Scream

Tudor City Turnaround

Strategist

Spurn the Bottle

Tested : The Don’t-Budge Bikini

The Look Book

The Restaurant Review

In Season

Restaurant Openings

Insatiable Critic

Working the Squeeze

Miami, or Yankees Tickets?

Fun With Wickets

NYU’s Olive Branch

Departments

Comments: Week of July 21, 2008

Artifact: Using Heroin Safely

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