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June 14, 1999 Issue
"You look to your left and your right, and everybody is richer than you are. You say 'We have a larger apartment,' and then you realize they have an estate in Bedford."
-- a newspaper columnist, from "Isn't It Rich?"
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| FEATURES ENVY Isn't It Rich? Surrounded by freshly minted multimillionaires, Manhattan's merely wealthy raise their kids in Carnegie Hill apartments smaller than the ones they grew up in, struggle to pay for Brearley, and vacation on Cape Cod instead of Nantucket. A sob story for the nineties. Spending Spree Forget Gulfstreams. This year's megaconsumers demand bigger jets, smaller (chauffeur-driven) cars, and Big Sky spreads. IPO Envy Holding your head high when everyone -- everyone but you, that is -- seems to be winning the dot-com sweepstakes. Numbers Racket Around Wall Street watering holes, the much-discussed magic number -- cash-out time -- has hit $10 million or more. Problem is, these $200 million types keep upping the ante.
Grounded BY ETHAN SMITH Pavement's lo-fi, punk-accented first album came out when Seattle's finest ruled the charts. Four discs later, front man Steve Malkmus & Co. have refined their sound and come to an uneasy peace with being rock stars in a hip-hop world. Invisible Man Three days spent disappearing into the urban throng -- from Van Cortlandt Park to Harlem to Coney Island -- gives a battle-weary New Yorker back his sense of home. A meditation from the streets. | GOTHAM The mayor and the reporters make up; Howard's unlikely gifts GOTHAM STYLE Bust-boosting tees; disco beads DEPARTMENTS An appreciation of Rick Lazio, the other GOP Senate hopeful Media In the presidential preseason, the pundits work harder than the pols The Insatiable Critic Jonathan Waxman's dreamy Tuscan fantasy at Colina MARKETPLACE Utility chic: Hurricane-proof umbrellas, a tote for every occasion Smart City True heros: Where to savor the best Italian sandwiches Sales & Bargains Beauty and the beach
| THE ARTS Movies BY PETER RAINER Buena Vista Social Club swings; Instinct's insane Theater Richard Greenberg's Hurrah at Last deserves only half a clap Classical Music The noirish Sorry, Wrong Number was destined to be an opera CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |