By Kim Velsey 12/21/12 4:01pm

Manhattan Transfers

Very Upper West Side.

Elle Editor in Chief Robbie Myers Gets Glossy Spread on UWS

In the listing photos, Roberta Myers and Frank Michielli’s new co-op at 924 West End Avenue looks a little fuddy duddy. But the place, as they say, has great bones, bones that we’re sure its new owners—two souls uniquely suited to sussing out the aesthetically pleasing—will be able to take full advantage of.

And while Ms. Myers, the longtime editor of Elle, and Mr. Michelli, a partner at Michielli + Wyetzner Architects, are certainly well-equipped to dispense of the great-aunt paint job and floral wallpaper, they aren’t the only ones who saw potential in the two-bedroom, two-bath apartment. Read More

By Jesse Oxfeld 9/27/11 9:42pm

theater

Rutina Wesley, above, and Jonathan Groff and Eddie Kaye Thomas, below, in The Submission.

The Submission at the Lucille Lortel; The Bald Soprano at City Center Stage II

Theater, like most entertainment, requires suspension of disbelief. (Wait, why are these people living their lives in a three-walled, brightly lit room?) But tolerance for that suspension exists on a continuum, and a serious drama about a hot-button political topic has a much greater obligation for plausibility than does, say, a musical comedy about Mormon missionaries. Read More

By Jason Horowitz 4/22/08 6:31pm

The Scene in Philadelphia

Here’s what’s happening at the corner of Walnut and 18th street in Philadelphia, where Obama and Clinton supporters are shouting their candidates names at each other.

In the middle of Rittenhouse Square Park a representative of "Cowboys for Obama" is giving an interview while twirling a lasso and talking about Will Rogers and Cherokees. Read More

By Nicholas von Hoffman 10/16/06 12:00am

Betting the House In Hedge-Fund Nation

“Don’t gamble: take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.”

—Will Rogers

Yogi Berra couldn’t have said it better. This viewpoint is in accord with today’s thinking, which is to take your savings, spend Read More

By Nicholas von Hoffman 10/16/06 12:00am

Betting the House In Hedge-Fund Nation

“Don’t gamble: take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.”

—Will Rogers

Yogi Berra couldn’t have said it better. This viewpoint is in accord with today’s thinking, which is to take your savings, spend money Read More

By Scott Eyman 10/24/05 12:00am

An Uncomfortable Character: Stepin Fetchit’s Dead-End Role

There’s a letter from Stepin Fetchit in the John Ford papers at the Lilly Library. It’s handwritten, articulate, dignified, very desperate. He’s not asking for a handout, he’s asking for a job. The letter dates from the early 1950’s, when the shiftless, shuffling part that Stepin Fetchit played had become not merely outmoded, but incendiary. Read More