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• The Center of the Center of the World
  Pick any N.Y.C. street corner—say, West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue—and you're there, By TOM ROBBINS
  There is always a debate about whether New York is the center of the world—and it is a huge waste of time. Proof of New York's supremacy can be found on any street corner. To choose one at random, consider the intersection of West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue. You say, "Oh, right. Shoe... More >>
• You Might Want to Lose Those Chains
  Fashion a new life on your road to being free, By Angela Ashman
  On Fashion's Night Out—Anna Wintour's citywide September party to get everyone shopping again—I was speaking with local designer Maria Cornejo, one of Michelle Obama's favorites, about something that has been bothering me for a long time: the popularity and proliferation of... More >>
• Brooklyn Rocks! (1 Comment)
  We shouldn't have to tell you this, but we'll try, By Rob Harvilla
  Someone—and I'm glad it won't be me—will write a book about the Brooklyn indie-rock scene in the next five years. (Prospective titles: Brooklyn (We Go Soft), A Tweet Grows in Brooklyn, My Friend Flickr, I Don't Mean to Seem Like I Care About Material Things, Bleed American Apparel,... More >>
• Mouths Wide Open
  Our town—what a dish! By Robert Sietsema and Sarah DiGregorio
  Some of us look back nostalgically to a decade ago, when food-related matters were far simpler. Each year, there was a score of significant restaurant openings to be covered, a small passle of important new products, a few memorable cookbooks, and just a handful of dishes that knocked us on our... More >>
• A Party to Start All Parties
  The Greenhouse effect: Perfect climate at Sunday night's Vandam, By Michael Musto
  Welcome to Vandam, the Sunday-night party at Greenhouse, where old-school meets new-school meets still-going-to-school—a perfect reflection of the current melting-pot mélange that is making up nightlife in transition. All sexualities, genders, and professions mix in this two-floor,... More >>
• The Price of Success
  Enjoy your baseball. (Attendance not required.) By Allen Barra
  Going to a ball game was a big deal when I was in high school. It started with my father getting a schedule a couple of months before the season and circling the best games—well, the best games you had a shot at going to. Forget the really good games with traditional opponents, but against... More >>
• Fuck the Apocalypse!
  Preparing for the second coming . . . and the third...and the fourth..., By Sharyn Jackson
  Don't you just find complete and utter destruction of life as you know it totally sexy? Admit it, your DVD of The Day After Tomorrow has treasured placement in your collection alongside Deep Throat. You fantasize about the horny cannibals in Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Isn't there a reason every... More >>