November 2, 2009 Issue
Cover Story
The Sex Diaries
More than two years and 141 entries since we began asking New Yorkers to record their sex lives, a sense of the city’s libido has begun to
emerge. Is it a pretty picture? Edited by Arianne Cohen; essay by Wesley Yang
On the Cover: Photographs by Joshua Allen for New York Magazine.
FEATURES
The Indecider
About New York’s governorship, as about so much in his recent political career, Rudy Giuliani can’t fully, wholeheartedly make up his mind.
The Devil in David Letterman
How the late-night talk-show host handled his extortion crisis says a lot about the peculiar mix of function and dysfunction that got him in, and (for now) out, of the mess.
Intelligencer
Bernie Kerik’s Tumble
Bernard Kerik used to run the city jails and then the whole NYPD, but last week, he went to jail himself.
Fight Another Day
Bill Thompson’s (relatively) gentlemanly approach to his against-the-odds campaign is its own strategy.
The Science of Shortness
Parents need to grow up.
PsyOps Rock!
�Hit me, baby, one more time.�
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
95 Minutes With Edward Norton
Cabbing out to JFK to pick up three Maasai warriors.
Katie Lee, Movin’ Out
It’s just Katie Lee now.
Early Bloomer
Brian Mahanna, 28, is a policy adviser to the mayor’s reelection campaign.
Strategist
Best Bets
Professional Halloween makeup, handy tables for holiday parties, and more.
The Underground Gourmet Review
Can Steve Hanson seize the burger-king throne?
In Season
The fall Greenmarket teems with cabbage of all sorts.
Restaurant Openings
Week of November 2, 2009: Le Caprice and Tipsy Parson.
Save Room for the Wilkinsons
A Danish delight goes undercover at a Brooklyn saloon.
Winter Travel 2009
The bargain hunter’s handbook.
It’s a Bargain! For Now.
Those tax breaks that kept condo fees low? They’re expiring�and buyers are noticing.
Culture
The Laugh Factory
Ricky Gervais adds the New York Comedy Festival to his empire of funny.
Brooklyn Hearts Huppert
Europe’s grande dame of cinema finds her American niche.
The Theater Review
Sienna Miller and Jonny Lee Miller heat up the icy After Miss Julie. Plus: The Memphis blues.
Magical Realist
Kate Baldwin on the improbable return of Finian’s Rainbow.
The Movie Review
Lars von Trier’s highbrow horror show. Plus: The awkward joys of Gentlemen Broncos.
Hoop Memes: Bill Simmons
ESPN.com’s �The Sports Guy� has a new tome, The Book of Basketball.
Arise!
How a few Chinese students from the freshman class of ’78 changed composition.
Is This a Michelangelo?
Or a persuasive nineteenth-century fake?
Ballet Electric
The intricate daring of Karole Armitage
Agenda
The Budget Déjeuner
La Grenouille’s �Ardoise� lunch is now offered Tuesday through Friday.
Departments
Comments: Week of November 2, 2009
Readers sound off on circumcision, Mayor Bloomberg, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of November 2, 2009
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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