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June 28, 1999 Issue
Summer Fun: June 28-July 5, 1999
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| FEATURES Summer People Every season has its heroes; here are a dozen of this summer's. For these heat seekers, from pop sensation Ricky Martin to Knicks late bloomer Marcus Camby, from bikini queen Malia Mills to Timmy the Gorilla -- June marks the beginning of prime time. Escape Hatches Paddle the Hudson. Go summer-clubbing. Work out with spiritual warriors. Discover New York's Riviera. Twenty-five ways to have fun without heeding the siren song of the A/C. Best Bets By the shore, on the road, or in town, the hot-weather totes, togs, and toys that will keep you cool, calm, collected, and chic. A city's worth of waterfront spots at which to eat, drink, and admire the shimmering skyline. The universal language of horsepower (and toplessness): Our intrepid reporters test-drive five new convertibles with major vroom. Out and About The sacred and the profane -- a Matthew Shepard tribute; Homo Comicus -- peacefully co-exist on Gay Pride Week's calendar. Spike Lee's bleak Summer of Sam, about the mayhem of summer 1977, is an antidote to Austin Powers's crushed-velvet sixties nostalgia. Clean Plates Pared-down dishes from Mario Batali and Gray Kunz that showcase the freshest foods. | GOTHAM The cops' new undercover disguise -- drug busts in drag GOTHAM STYLE Designer D.J.'s; the king of caviar DEPARTMENTS Do you know the way to Elmira? Media The Herald Tribune: the last vestige of a gentler globe-trotting age Cityscape Condé Nast's new tower is a business venture in green clothing The Insatiable Critic Checking the accents at a handful of Gallic bistros MARKETPLACE Bikini waxing at painless prices THE ARTS Travolta can't save the lifeless General's Daughter Books The unfinished Juneteenth is merely an Ellison collage | Theater BY JOHN SIMON Wonderland is just too cute; Gemini has aged badly Dance MacMillan's surreal Anastasia still fails to convince Pop Music Missy Elliott takes on the lesser rappers who've "bitten" her sound CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |