Feed

Paul Wachter

Our Private Intellectuals: Brad Pitt Goes To Climate Class!

On Dec. 9, several of Columbia University’s top climate scientists gathered at their colleague Jeffrey Sachs’ townhouse on West 85th Street to help a new student catch up on the latest research on climate change. Of course, no mere undergraduate could command four hours of the professors’ attention on this unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon. Don’t Read More

The Court’s a Catwalk; These Models Can Dunk!

The Reebok Sports Club on Columbus Avenue and 67th Street is quietly fielding the most competitive non-summer basketball league in the city, and there’s one team everyone wants to play: Team Zoolander.

That isn’t their real name. They are named, prosaically, Team No. 2. But at some point, the other players in the league realized Read More

The Court's a Catwalk; These Models Can Dunk!

The Reebok Sports Club on Columbus Avenue and 67th Street is quietly fielding the most competitive non-summer basketball league in the city, and there’s one team everyone wants to play: Team Zoolander.

That isn’t their real name. They are named, prosaically, Team No. 2. But at some point, the other players in the league Read More

Manhattan Merlot Mystery: Why Is Wine So Pricey?

On one of the first warm days of spring, I slipped out of my office to buy a bottle of wine for a dinner party. I didn’t have much time, so I ducked into the closest wine store, on 57th and First, and headed to the Bordeaux section looking for something familiar. Château Simard, a Read More

Manhattan Merlot Mystery: Why Is Wine So Pricey?

On one of the first warm days of spring, I slipped out of my office to buy a bottle of wine for a dinner party. I didn’t have much time, so I ducked into the closest wine store, on 57th and First, and headed to the Bordeaux section looking for something familiar. Château Simard, a Read More