ITALIAN, AS YOU LIKE IT

Written by admin on January 28, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Like so many dedicated restaurateurs, opening his first restaurant was a lifelong dream come true for Nick Nubile. In fact, there is a dreamy quality to the dining room, with its crimson accents, gigantic reproductions of paintings by Raphael and Da Vinci all along the west wall, stately clothed tables and dark cherry upholstered banquettes.
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BEST BURGER IN THE (UPPER) WEST

Written by admin on January 28, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

With waits of 40 minutes or more for a hamburger, thank goodness Danny Meyer opened an indoor Upper West Side outpost of his popular Madison Square Park Shake Shack. Like most food phenoms, Shake Shack has drawn “Yelps” from obsessive fans (“Insanely delicious!!!!!”) and equally obsessive detractors (“The Shake Shack is Port-Authority bad—not worth the
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HARDSCRABBLE ATHLETE MEETS GLOBAL TALENT

Written by admin on January 22, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

In the world squash scene, the United States doesn’t even register as a provincial backwater; it is a blip, a minuscule speed bump compared to powerhouse countries like England, Egypt, Australia and Pakistan. At least that was the reality facing Chris Gordon eight years ago when, as a precocious and promising young American squash player,
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BLOGGING AND TWITTERING TO KEEP THE POUNDS OFF

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

It was a couple of weeks before New Year’s when it dawned on John Derek Bentley. “I have to do something different,” Bentley told himself, “because I’m kind of sucking at life.” A 21-year-old freelance web designer from South Portsmouth, KY, Bentley was not thrilled with his job. He wanted to travel the world, he
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FORGET PILLS, TAKE PILATES

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Hipsters? Exercise? Cognitive dissonance! Observed in their natural habitat, one might conclude the beloved New York hipster maintains his or her waif-like shape through a steady diet of cigarettes and cocaine. But don’t be deceived! Like anything else a hipster does, a nose-candy-slim physique is carefully cultivated
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DON'T FALL PREY TO THE FIVE MYTHS OF HEALTH CARE

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

President-elect Barack Obama has promised to make healthcare reform a top priority. But in order to follow through, Obama and lawmakers on Capitol Hill must reject some long-standing misconceptions about health care in this country. Here are five such myths. Each is widely repeated, deeply held—and dead wrong
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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

I did not lose any money because of Bernard Madoff. Good for me. I, however, have become fascinated by those who did. Some of the people were wealthy, others famous, some had advanced degrees in finance, while some were just plain, good, hardworking folks. If it could happen to them…
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POISED FOR PLAYOFFS AND DEFYING THE ODDS

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

For several years, the Beacon High School boys’ basketball team has put together moderately successful seasons. The Blue Demons tend to finish near the top of the pack in their division, but fall early in the playoffs. Heading into the 2008-2009 campaign, there was plenty of reason to doubt Beacon’s ability to contend once again
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PRIME RIB PARADISE

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Enthralling carnivores from the very day it opened in 1982, Ben Benson’s has continued to set quite a high standard for Manhattan steakhouses, riding the crest of the steakhouse craze that has to a remarkable extent characterized special-occasion American dining for the last two decades. Not unlike the restaurant’s eponymous friendly founder and owner, Ben
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A LUST FOR THE CRUST

Written by admin on January 15, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

Unassuming little Café Viva, with its jumble of nondescript tables set up across from the pizza oven, has been on Broadway for nearly as long as I can remember. The menu calls attention to the “Natural” and “Kosher” pizza, blessed by Rabbi Yaakov Spivak, so a sign says. These are not words that normally entice
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