BELÉM, Brazil — The masked gunmen pulled up to Wanda’s Bar at 3:49 p.m. on May 19 and began firing the moment they left their vehicles. Two people, including Wanda herself, died on the patio. Inside, the gunmen worked in silence: two in front, shooting unarmed patrons at the bar and in the main room, Continue Reading
MONTREAL — David McMillan, one of Montreal’s most influential chefs, estimates he has eaten at L’Express, the city’s premier French bistro, more than 500 times. His meal is almost always the same: pistachio-studded chicken liver pâté, followed by veal kidneys in mustard sauce. “I still have this feeling of elation, like it’s Christmas, when I Continue Reading
Photo: Joshua Allen; Grooming by Sylvia Dimaki/Halley Resources DAY ONE8:20 a.m. Wake up and start messing around with E. 10:45 a.m. She interjects our conversation with the occasional “I love you.” I know I don’t. I should have seen this coming. Now I’ve got to get out of this mess. 12:18 p.m. Receive a text Continue Reading
Photo: Joshua Allen; Grooming by Bryan Lynde DAY ONE12:30 p.m. I left Queens to follow my skydiving-instructor boyfriend to Mexico, where I’m working in sales. The honeymoon is so over. I badly need to move back. DAY TWO1 p.m. Find boyfriend flirting online with hot friend. I tell him he’s an asshole. DAY THREE8:15 a.m. Continue Reading
Portrait by Matthew Woodson DAY ONE12:30 p.m. I dash to JFK. I am on one of my MFM swinging adventures tonight, flying to one of our finest flyover states. I have Adult Friend Finder to thank. 12:31 p.m. My swinging M.O. is simple: Exchange recent pics of him and her. Talk on the phone. Set Continue Reading
From left: The Car Salesman in a Relationship With an Older Woman, 32, Brooklyn Heights; The Temporarily Celibate Actress, 23, Astoria; The Single Brooklyn Bartender, 23, Williamsburg; The Mailroom Worker in an On-Again-Off-Again Relationship, 35, Upper West Side.Photo: Joshua Allen; Grooming by Bryan Lynde So there’s this iPhone app called Grindr. It’s a GPS-enabled social-networking Continue Reading
Ink & Oil (2002), by Lars Hübner.Photo: Courtesy of Lars Hübner The Panel: Photo: Portraits by Joel Kimmel The seduction community began online with guys sharing tips on how to pick up women in bars. How has the art of the pickup changed with massive online-dating and hookup apps? Zan Perrion: The reason the seduction Continue Reading
“Rain Room” at MoMA.Photo: Kristin McDonnell A Rendezvous for Every Couple The Lower East Side Avant-GardistsCrash happy hour ($2 beers, $3 grilled cheese) at gallerista bar Café Dancer* (96 Orchard St., nr. Broome St.; 212-677-1808). Listen to ambient noise at salonlike music space Spectrum* (121 Ludlow St., nr. Delancey St., second fl.; spectrumnyc.com). The Harlem Continue Reading
(Photo: Peter Hapak/New York Magazine) Only about 5 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are run by women; double the sample size, and the proportion is the same. Compensation levels for female CEOs appear to lag as well, though it’s hard to tell because there are so few of them. On Continue Reading
First LookIn August, Swedish menswear designer Stephen F brings turquoise suits and hand-sewn suede shoes to his first Stateside shop (829 Washington St.). Illustration by Jason Lee (Photo: Courtesy of the vendor) 1. Accessories bar: leather ties ($160); green suede belts ($150).2. Downstairs: personal shopping, with a sofa and coffee table.3. Drawings: artist illustrations Continue Reading
