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Frederick’s Migrates South, And a Charmed Set Follows

Euro-chic Frederick
James Hamilton
Euro-chic Frederick

The young blond Frenchman, dressed all in black down to his leather wristband, drinks champagne with  read more »

Frederick's Migrates South, And a Charmed Set Follows

The young blond Frenchman, dressed all in black down to his leather wristband, drinks champagne with  read more »

I Was a Male Warhol Bride! Pop Go Barneys’ Windows

Glass house:  An example of my festive efforts.
Anna Del Gaizo
Glass house: An example of my festive efforts.

I feel that Andy Warhol spoke for all of us when he said: “You can’t take a princess to  read more »

I Was a Male Warhol Bride! Pop Go Barneys' Windows

I feel that Andy Warhol spoke for all of us when he said: “You can’t take a princess to dinner a  read more »

For an Airplane, a Tragedy; For a Writer, an Opportunity

That Reporter--or, as he called himself, T.R.--sat at his desk and thought about words. It was a Wednesday in New York, and an airplane had hit an apartment building. Had what? Hit it? A building? Yes, it had. Debris had fallen from the sky. Debris lay scattered in the street. Debris and facts.

Who would gather the facts? Other reporters would gather the facts. They were out there, in the rain, the other reporters. Rain was falling, like the debris had fallen. Rain was falling on the other reporters.

But T.R. was thinking about words. Words were his tools, because he was a writer. Perhaps he should start calling himself "T.W." He was not some grunt-working fact-gatherer. T.R. was an interpreter. Other people could gather the bricks and mix the mortar and lay the bricks and plaster the walls and make sure the building stood up and install the plumbing. T.R. was the architect. That was a metaphor. T.R. knew that was a metaphor; that was the sort of thing that a writer would know.

T.R. looked at his screen.  read more »

Hold Steady! It’s Wolf Parade!; Also, Waits, Beck, John Legend

Beck in Chelmsford, England, Aug. 19.
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Beck in Chelmsford, England, Aug. 19.

In the beginning of September, Beyoncé celebrated her birthday and Justin Timberlake brought  read more »

MondoWeiss

FIFA says that its ranking system, elaborated with the help of Coca-Cola, has been "reliable" over the years.

Bloomberg's Snapple Portion

While Bill Clinton and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee took on obesity uptown with pledges from Coke and Pepsi to cut down soda portions for kids during the school day, Mayor Bloomberg was left to defend his favorite soft drink.

"Snapple has calories like other things," said Bloomberg.

The Rich Get Thinner, The Poor Get Diabetes

If you live in ZIP code 10021, the odds are that you don’t have diabetes, that no one in your fami  read more »

The Rich Get Thinner, The Poor Get Diabetes

If you live in ZIP code 10021, the odds are that you don’t have diabetes, that no one in your  read more »

Kimchi Gets a Chelsea Makeover: Nouveau Korean Place Plays Cool

Open the D
James Hamilton
Open the D

“Refined” is not an adjective normally associated with Korean food.  read more »

Snapple Beware: She's the Gadfly In the Food Industry's Soup

"Just when I think I've heard everything, I learn that Snapple is buying out our school system," sai  read more »

Our Tender Youth Imperiled-Yet Another Corporate Menace

Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers , by Alissa Quart. Perseus, 239 pages, $25.  read more »

Republicans Scrap Old Vows As Media Naps

Expectations for the Congressional leadership have reached such a dismal level that they can now get  read more »

We're Not Health Freaks: The Park Is Our Mental Valhalla

Unlike those New Yorkers who are fully invested in self-improvement, I start my days-at least warm s  read more »

It's War Against Afghans-On Second Avenue

While others have been dining at restaurants like Jean-Georges, Le Madri and Gramercy Tavern to help  read more »

A Sprawling Problem: Dealing With Land Use

It is heartening to learn that some people have heededPresident Bush's call for citizen action rathe  read more »

Buy This Book! Buy the Store! Shopping Will Set You Free

An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern America , by Gary Cross.  read more »

Allen and Buffett: Two Greedy Guys

To understand the Coca-Cola Company's recent, senseless decision to fire 20 percent of its work forc  read more »

New York Values, Examined at a Tavern in India

My wife and I got a ride from the ashram back to Mysore on Dec. 29, and the road was awful.  read more »

Hello, Old Cock! East Is East Is Neither Barmy nor Belkuf

The English and Irish imports must be confusing someone, apart from me.  read more »