Another Le Cirque Farewell: Finally, Goodbye to that TV!

This was my fourth restaurant wake of 2004-and by far the jolliest and least sentimental. It is fitting that Le Cirque folded its tent on New Year’s Eve, when the entire world was clowning around and hardly paying attention. That’s how owner Sirio Maccioni wanted it-to get it over with and move on.

“I wish Read More

The Man Upstairs

The damage control in Hollywood may or may not live up to its promise of less violence and more films with gentler, unifying themes in this time of reflection, anxiety and fear. For now, Hearts in Atlantis is up at bat-not great, but a nice start. Based on the collection of stories by Stephen King Read More

So Lonesome We Could Cry: The Romance of Capitalism

The slide, or slump, or fall-sorry, correction -was amazing but not surprising.

There is a predictable cycle to disaster stories, whether natural, military, social or economic. First, the story breaks like a dam. Details flood in: the hushed accounting of damage, the tales of panic, the furrowing brows of the male announcers, the smiles of Read More