Becoming a dissolute ad executive from another era takes persistence and attention to detail. It is not merely a matter of scoring an early '60s Kingsbridge suit by John Taylor Ltd. of Tarrytown ($110 at Cheap Jack's in midtown Manhattan) and a skinny Harry Rothman tie ($45). You can't just vacuum up Lucky Strikes. No, if you want to be a piece of serious collateral damage in the phenomenon that
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The basement of the Walbridge building is being cleared out to make way for a new bar, restaurant or nightclub on Caroline Street, while Esperanto's plans to expand its dining room.
If you want to be a piece of serious collateral damage in the phenomenon that is AMC's "Mad Men," which just won an Emmy for best drama series, you've got to know where to go in Manhattan.
As a former general in the GOP, I get a lot of emails from various operative types around the country. Many are old comrades from the forgotten wars of old Republican statewide campaigns.
By Douglas Max Utter Audiences looking for traditional media at the Cleveland Institute of Art's 2008 Faculty Show won't go home entirely disappointed, though a sea change is evident even in areas that have usually tended toward the conservative, like glass, metals and ceramics. Little in the way of painting has found its way onto the gallery walls this year - but that's been more or less true
The Olympic city says it is ready to communicate with visitors, but an eight-year campaign to improve foreign language skills has had to contend with a resolutely monoglot culture, reports David Stanway
Technorati says blogging is mainstream, we think the numbers indicate otherwise. Blog search engine and ad network Technorati released its 5th annual State of the Blogosphere report and the numbers are quite interesting. Technorati says its findings indicate that blogging is now mainstream. We're not so sure. Although reading blogs is becoming increasingly mainstream, is writing