11 December 2002

New York's currently: speaking in front of a class

Treasury secretary-designate John Snow's railroad company CSX Corp. paid no federal income taxes in two of the last four years, despite seeing more than a billion in pretax profits, and paying Snow $36 million.

Trent Lott prefers to endorse Strom Thurmond for Presidency every 22 years.

Pataki begged to stop transit strike. Related: New Yorkers go bike-shopping.

The Guardian asks writers for their favorite books this year.

Many people protest when offices relax their dress codes, others protest when dress codes are raised.

This is one of those sweet smells like cut flowers, like fresh-baked bread, that's part and parcel of life in every city across the world. Brooklyn coffee roaster cited for offensive odors.

The New York Public Library owns more than 25,000 restaurant menus. Related: William Grimes finds pure Mexican soul food on 'a cheesy block east of Madison Square.'

Affectionate profile of Paul Muldoon by Sven Birkets.

Man calls police when hoodlums attack his car, mysteriously turning water into frozen crystals.

My favorite criteria is when pieces of a work of fiction--a line or a moment--come back to you after you've read the work when you're doing something entirely different. And I don't know how to catalog that. Powells interview with Alice McDermott.

Little LUGs: New York high school girls want to be gay-ish.

Beautiful if a tad derivative clothes and web design at United Bamboo.

A teacher of mine in college once said you have to remember when you are reading history what halls were open to people and which were lighted. It stuck with me. Interview with historical spy-novelist Alan Furst.

Another advent calendar: Electric December.