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August 23, 1999 Issue
"I don't know about the rest of the country, but in New York, he's as famous as any celebrity. Plus, he's fun, he's charming, and he's emotionally up-front -- he doesn't play games." GROUND RULES: Not everything in every issue appears on our website. If it is available online, the article title appears below as acolored, underlined "hot link," which you can click on to read the full text; ifthe article title below is black, the full text of the article is notavailable online. For more information on getting copies or reprints of articlesthat aren't on our web site, call New York Magazine's Information ServicesDepartment at 212-508-0755.
-- Candace Bushnell on Alfonse D'Amato, from "Fonzie's Got A Brand New Bag"
| FEATURES Fonzie's Got A Brand New Bag BY JENNIFER SENIOR After being trounced by Chuck Schumer, Al D'Amato might have been expected to spend some time licking his wounds. Instead, he's followed the Ed Koch plan for turning failure into triumph: never more than a cell-phone call from Washington, playing backdoor man–cum–consigliere to power brokers and serial canoodler to a bevy of comely lasses, unfettered by fusty conflict-of-interest rules, free to grab a ride on Donald Trump's jet. For the Fonz, life couldn't be better. Central Casting What do Tom Brokaw, Sandra Doubleday, Robert Rubin, and Howell Raines have in common? They all get a kick out of casting a fishing lure the size of a golf pencil at an imaginary 24-inch window twenty yards out at sea while standing on the rocking bow of a small skiff at 7:30 in the morning. For this pleasure, they have Paul Dixon to thank. THE URBAN OUTBACK Tuscan Square BY WENDY GOODMAN Garden designer Rebecca Cole was so enchanted by the narrow, winding streets of Siena that she transformed the alley outside her Village duplex into an evocation of an Italian hill town. Country Living How designer and TriBeCa shop owner J. Morgan Puett turned a clutch of 1850s farm buildings -- a barn, a horse shed, even a chicken coop -- into a country estate. Have a look around; just don't feed the bears. | GOTHAM Drought schmought: rising water in Brooklyn and Queens GOTHAM STYLE A 5,000-year-old skin-care regimen; the next small thing from Rebecca Taylor DEPARTMENTS How welfare reform turned out to be a good thing for Democrat pols Media In the new world of children's publishing, books take a backseat to brands MARKETPLACE The iMac of bathroom scales; a total eclipse in your living room Smart City Early electronica: radios and televisions that won't get grandpop all confused Sales & Bargains The other blue jean: The look is denim, but who said it had to be Gucci?
| THE ARTS Movies BY PETER RAINER Steve Martin's Bowfinger affectionately spoofs Hollywood Books In Faster, James Gleick looks at our need to speed things up Classical Music A trilogy of operas set in Central Park boasts some big-name writers but lacks an inspired score Dance Mark Morris's Dancing Honeymoon is a late-summer night's dream of easy living Television A Cooler Climate surprises; Halle Berry shines in Dorothy Dandridge CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |