Manhattan

A city awash in cards A city awash in cards

Inside New York's underground poker scene, where no one thinks about the recession, or their rent money, when there's a good hand to be played.
  • Scenes from a housing boom

    At the height of the real estate bubble, I was desperate to buy a home. I had no idea what kind of trouble I was borrowing.
  • Attractive men scare me, so I only date ugly ones

    I would like to have sex with an attractive man -- but I babble like a moron at first sight!
  • Scarlett and Penélope do Barcelona

    Can a sapphic love scene between Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz make Woody Allen seem relevant again?
  • Girls in heat

    The third season of HBO's "Sex and the City" is going for the groin as well as the brain.
  • My date with the Bushies

    In which a young Brooklyn writer goes in search of savvy, cosmopolitan Manhattan residents who admire the president.
  • We're from New Jersey -- you're not

    Celebrities, championships, sylvan woods, deeply grounded people -- that's Jersey. The provincials from Manhattan will never understand.
  • Manhattan in wartime

    A city that never sleeps takes a fitful nap after its nightmare.
  • Shipwrecked in Manhattan

    His sailboat sank in the middle of the Atlantic, but how he found his way back to sea was even more unexpected.
  • A touch of Springfield

    Abraham Lincoln's hometown is a great place for a family vacation.
  • Making it in Manhattan

    By Garrison Keillor
  • The purse of the Barrymores

    Jaid Barrymore busted for gun possession and illegal postering.
  • Wake up! Is this Cloud-Cuckoo-Land?

    Will we get stuck with a fumbling Bush? Given the evil eye by Hillary? Deafened by the shrill mania of gun controllers? And will Kate Winslet ever get the Oscar Helen Hunt stole from her?
  • Last chance

    I've settled on a program of crying to Barry, waiting for Randy and avoiding Matt. But things don't go quite as planned ...
  • Fates collide

    It's hard to maintain a web of deceit in a small town like New York.
  • The softer side of Henry Rollins

    Can it be? In his new one-man show, Black Flag's former lead singer seems to be wandering toward the land of warm 'n' fuzzy.
  • Media circus

    After a tense moment in our underwear, Jasmine, Allison and I crowd around for April's talk show debut.
  • Out of order

    It's hard talking to a wire-wearing snitch, especially when my crotch is on fire.
  • Occupational hazard

    Hot wax and bad news don't mix.
  • Saved by the silence

    A lesson in deception after a quickie threesome prepares me for my probing boyfriend.
  • Caught between Milt's lips and a hard Matt

    No one trusts me anymore, not even the people I'm not lying to.
  • Totems and taboos

    When the IRS strikes, my favorite john wants to kiss me and my boyfriend refuses.
  • The pleasure principle

    Why is it that my body comes with some men and not others?
  • Loose lips

    Will Allison give away the farm to the IRS? Should I tell all to my most valuable client?
  • Colliding worlds

    Matt is my intimate but knows nothing about me while Eileen the acquaintance knows everything.
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