Innholdsfortegnelse for 6/11-6/24/18 i New York Magazine

1 Adam Sternbergh sat in on Yale’s most popular course and gave readers his notes on what he learned about how to be happy (“The Cure for New York Face,” May 28–June 10). Beth Comstock, the former vice-chair of General Electric, wrote, “I can’t stop staring at this cover … We buy the fairy tale of perfection, and it makes us miserable. In business and in school, increasingly we think we can’t fail, so we don’t even try something new … Behavior change is the answer.” The author Mary Karr called it “a tractor beam of truth on happiness.” And Tal Ben-Shahar, the co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy who pioneered Harvard’s hugely popular course on positive psychology, responded: “Reading about Yale’s most popular class indeed made me happier. My…

FIRST LOOK Early this fall, online homewares empire One Kings Lane will open a permanent store in New York (143 Spring St.). Kitchen: A custom-designed kitchen with an island and breakfast nook, showcasing plates, glassware, silverware, and linens. Living Room: Filled with seating options selected from the website, like a Faux Poodle Curved Sofa by Kim Salmela ($2,995). Bedrooms: A fully set-up kids’ room with a navy-painted spindle bed and a birch toy bin; a master bedroom with an upholstered leather bed. Gifts: A long wooden table on a vintage Persian rug laden with décor and gift items like a Ugandan woven-raffia plate ($110). Art: Two full walls displaying a variety of paintings and prints from emerging and established artists, like a giclée print on watercolor paper by…

1 Read Catalonia Today As a supplement to El País, get the news and op-eds from a Catalan point of view (in English) via this online publication. 2 Follow @eatinbcn The Instagram of Barcelona Diaries, a food-and-travel guide, is full of appealing dishes from around the city. Captions are in Spanish, but restaurant links are included. 3 Read Homage to Barcelona Everything you need to know about the history of Catalan nationalism. Colm Tóibín lived in Barcelona during the later Franco years and still spends part of every year in the city. 4 Read Barcelona This weighty book by Robert Hughes, art critic and author of The Fatal Shore, is widely accepted as the book on Barcelona history. 5 Check Artssspot.com An up-to-date list…

“The point of a chopped salad is not to make sawdust,” says Strausman. “We don’t necessarily chop; we cut.” Fifteen types of vegetables, each one cut to Strausman’s specifications, plus lentils and cannellini beans. Cento Italian canned tuna on top because, says the chef, “every New Yorker loves canned tuna.” Eight types of lettuce go into this salad. “I always say if we closed, the farmers in California might have to pull their kids out of college.” In May, Nick Kenner, CEO of the fast-casual chain Just Salad, announced the death of the chopped salad, to the great dismay of many customers. “Chopping seems so 2006,” he told the Post. This was news to Freds at Barneys chef Mark Strausman, who has been converting vegetables…

THERE ARE NO SECRETS ANYMORE. At least, that’s what West-world creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy seemed to admit earlier this year when they announced, during a Reddit AMA right before the launch of season two on HBO, that they were considering releasing a 25-minute video giving away every upcoming plot twist ahead of time. “That way the members of the community here who want the season spoiled for them can watch ahead, and then protect the rest of the community, and help to distinguish between what’s ‘theory’ and what’s spoiler,” they explained. The video itself turned out to be an elaborate prank, with West-world’s Evan Rachel Wood Rickrolling fans by singing “Never Gonna Give You Up” while co-star Angela Sarafyan accompanied her on saloon piano. The circumstances leading to…

WHEN MICHELLE WOLF says she didn’t pay that much attention to all the hoopla that followed her White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech, in which she called Sarah Huckabee Sanders an Uncle Tom for white women, she is probably being at least a little bit disingenuous. That she has been very busy, though, is true: The week after, she flew to Utah and ran a 50-mile “ultramarathon” on a salt flat in just over 12 hours. After that, back to New York to put the final touches on The Break With Michelle Wolf, her very own Netflix show, which debuted last month. “I literally just left D.C. as fast as I could,” she says. Everything Wolf says comes out of one side of her mouth in an abrasive half-shriek, with flat,…

WHEN YOU LOSE THE PUBLIC THEATER LOTTERY Romeo & Juliet, New York Classical Theatre, W. 103rd St. and Central Park West, through June 24 Twelfth Night, Boomerang Theatre Company, 68th St. a nd Central Park West, June 16–July 15 WHEN YOU WANT TO STAY UPTOWN Romeo & Juliet, Hudson Warehouse, Riverside Park, through July 1 Hamlet, Hudson Warehouse, Riverside Park, August 2–26 IF YOU DON’T GO ABOVE HOUSTON STREET A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare Downtown, Battery Park, June 14–24 Romeo & Juliet, New York Classical Theatre, Battery Park, July 2–15 WHEN YOU WANT TO PICNIC Twelfth Night, The Drilling Company, Bryant Park, July 27–29 Macbeth, The Drilling Company, Bryant Park, August 24–September 8 IF BROOKLYN BE THE FOOD OF LOVE A Midsummer…

Where are you guys headed? SUZANNE: I just picked Oliver up from White Bird Summer Camp in Prospect Park. They put on a play every Friday—Moby-Dick, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But they’re very interpretive. Moby-Dick, which they did recently, didn’t even have a whale, I don’t think. Now we’re headed to our garden plot. What do you plant? OLIVER: Rhubarb. Green beans that were digged out by squirrels. Cucumbers. Peas. My favorite is the cucumbers. Actually, I think my favorite is the rhubarb. As long as they’re with something. Like scones. Is that how you usually dress for the garden? OLIVER: No. Usually jeans and not stripey socks. SUZANNE: Ollie has always had a funny sense of style, though. When he was really little, we went into an American Apparel…

8 a.m. I pick up a croissant, the best in the area, at La Fabrique (Carrer de Radas, 35). For a more relaxing breakfast, I’ll grab a table on the terrace of La Bohème (Carrer de Blai, 65), an Argentine spot in the middle of Plaça dels Ocellets, for pancakes with dulce de leche. 10 a.m. From there, I head to Montjuïc and explore the Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera (Carreterra de Miramar, 38), a cactus garden with zigzaggy paths and beautiful views of the sea below. 12 p.m. A stop at La Font del Gat (Passeig de Santa Madrona, 28) for a coffee on its lovely terrace, before heading to the Jardins de Joan Maragall (Av. dels Montanyans, 48), a secret garden open only on weekends from 10…

Sunbathe in Sitges 30 minutes from city center by train “This Catalan seaside town is heavy on the leisure: Wander the cobblestoned streets, lay out on one of its many beaches, or order up paella at any oceanside restaurant (Mare Nostrum is great and very traditional). All activities come with a backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea.” —XESCO ESPAR, former professional handball player Sail Around El Prat de Llobregat 30 minutes from city center by taxi “Barcelona is a great spot for sailing. The Centre Municipal de Vela El Prat offers a sailing course (€22 for 1.5 hours; velaelprat.com) with a Patí Català, a lightweight wooden boat—just one sail and no wheel, rudder, or handle to control it. The boat reacts with the position of your own weight. It’s very fast:…

IS THERE A BETTER SUMMERTIME SANDWICH (cured-meats-and-cheese division) than the muffuletta? Invented in New Orleans by Sicilian immigrants to feed hungry Louisiana laborers, the muffuletta (moo-foo-LET-ta) has several distinguishing characteristics—chief among them the soft round loaf it’s built on before being sliced into pielike slabs and the pickly olive salad that goes on the bread. What really sets the muffuletta apart from other sandwiches, though, is that it gets better with age. You have to let a muffuletta rest like a T-bone steak, you have to allow it to breathe a little. If you can hold off from devouring a freshly made muffuletta, it only improves as it sits and its flavors meld, making it particularly suited to picnics and road trips. The only problem with muffulettas is that they’re…

CONAN O’BRIEN’S 25-YEAR CAREER has been unusually eventful. There were his rocky early days on Late Night, the ill-fated eight-month stint as host of The Tonight Show, and now the news that his TBS show, Conan, will move from one-hour to half-hour episodes beginning in 2019. Here are his tips for keeping in the game. 1. Find new revenue streams. It was a happy accident when video-game companies said, “Could you review us? We’ll pay for it and we’ll pay the talent, and that money will go into your show coffers as advertising.” And I said, “You don’t understand. I’m bad at video games, I’m contemptuous of them, and I’m going to shit all over yours.” But it doesn’t matter to these giant companies. It’s a perfect have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too situation for…

THEATER 1. See Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf Martha strikes back. Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, through June 24. The always-fascinating Elevator Repair Service debuts a new play by ensemble member Kate Scelsa. Part homage to Edward Albee’s classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and part feminist evisceration of it, it promises a wild evening of subverted power dynamics and fierce “revenge on an unsuspecting patriarchy.” SARA HOLDREN CLASSICAL MUSIC 2. Hear New York Philharmonic An enchanted evening on the grass. Great Lawn, Central Park, June 13. New York’s hometown band is in a particularly New York–y frame of mind these days, celebrating the centennial of its late chief Leonard Bernstein with orchestral dances from On the Town. Lenny shares a bill with urban dance scores by two Very…

LIFE IN THE TRUMP administration often sounds like senior spring. There are no expectations, popularity is capital, and the uncertain future is terrifying. The stakes, of course, are higher, but it’s the teenage drama that’s addicting. Because all good reality-TV shows are carried by casts of grown-ups reliving the drama of their high-school years, here is Trump World’s cast of characters when they were fresh-faced teens. Steve Bannon FORMER CHIEF STRATEGIST Benedictine College Preparatory School, ’72, Goochland, VA Dance Committee, German Club, Monogram Club, Debate Team, Company Efficiency Award. John Bolton NATIONAL-SECURITY ADVISER McDonogh School, ’66 Owings Mills, MD Had leading roles in The Fantasticks, Carousel, and Finian’s Rainbow. Betsy DeVos SECRETARY OF EDUCATION Holland Christian High School, ’75 Holland, MI When her school didn’t have dances, she persuaded her…

Netflix is famously secretive about how many people watch its shows and movies. But it’s let slip a few stats via the company’s official Twitter accounts. “To the 53 people who’ve watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?” —@netflix, 12/10/17 “Black women aren’t just riding the wave—they are creating it. 8-10 Million people have watched ‘Roxanne Roxanne’ on @Netflix so far.” —@strongblacklead, 5/23/18 “Some personal news:—33 Netflix films in 2018 so far—Watched 300 million times—By 80 million accounts.” —@NetflixFilm, 5/23/18…

ESTIMATED INJURED AND KILLED IN BLAST 10 KILOTONS Puny by current standards, a ten-kiloton terrorist bomb detonated on the ground in Times Square would deliver a blast nearly as destructive as the nukes dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 550,000 250 KILOTONS This is the nuke that North Korea is believed to have tested last year. Though smaller than many warheads, a 250-kiloton bomb, detonated in the air, would create a larger shock wave and fireball than a ground explosion. 2.9 MILLION 800 KILOTONS Russia’s ballistic missiles often carry multiple warheads that disperse to hit multiple targets. A single warhead would destroy most buildings in Manhattan and expose people from Park Slope to Secaucus to thermal radiation. 4.6 MILLION 5 MEGATONS China’s DF-5 missile carries a “city buster” nuke that could…

THE GOAL: Find the best ceiling fan. Veterans of the field guided us away from propellers with small motors that only circulate properly when set on high and toward more efficient models that pass the government’s recently updated energy standards. THE VERDICT: Monte Carlo’s Maverick ($649 at ylighting.com ) is the Prius of ceiling fans. Powered with an energy-saving DC motor (as opposed to the older AC motors), it alternates among six speeds, uses a meager 27 watts of energy (compare that to your typical 60-watt lightbulb), and will run you $5 in energy costs a year. So little that Energy Star rated it one of the most efficient fans of 2018. Unlike a Prius, its modern, elegant design stands out within its category with blades hand-carved of hearty balsa…

TO AN OUTSIDER, Barcelona is an easily peggable city: Perched on the Mediterranean, it’s known for its beachside cafés serving olive-oil-slathered squid, cozy bars hosting impromptu guitar concerts, and, of course, all that dripping, Gaudí-designed architecture. Laid-back though it may seem, Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, one of Spain’s 17 comunidades autónomas, has been at the center of a political and cultural struggle that dates back centuries. Today, that struggle has erupted into a constitutional crisis, with Catalonia’s parliament declaring independence last fall and Spain declaring that move illegal. As of now, Catalonia remains part of Spain, and talks between the two entities are ongoing—which should get more interesting now that there’s a new Catalan president, Quim Torra (a hard-line nationalist), and Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy was just forced…

Casa Bonay ( from $100; casabonay.com ) “I love getting drinks in the shockingly deep-green, high-ceilinged lobby of the very fashionable Casa Bonay. The hotel has three very cool restaurants, plus a great coffee shop, Satan’s Coffee Corner.” —TARANA SURI, creative director Hotel Brummell ( from $130; hotelbrummell.com  ) “A bit off the beaten track in Poble Sec, but it’s an easy walk to La Rambla. The interiors are done up in a tropical-modern style, and there’s a rooftop pool and terrace. The staff is generous with insider tips, so hit them up. Bonus: Yoga classes in Verónica Blume’s the Garage, located in the same building, are included in the price of the room.” —BARBARA APPOLLONI, architect Hotel Neri ( from $263; hotelneri.com…

FREDDIE HIGHMORE, slight, pale, well-mannered, and low-key English, is, at 26, so earnest that he seems to be from another, less desperately self-branded time. I meet him at the Essex House hotel on May 15, the morning of the ABC “upfronts” at Lincoln Center, where the network showcases its programming to advertisers and the press. This year’s festivities focus, imprudently in retrospect, on Roseanne Barr and the network’s “heartland strategy.” That strategy includes Highmore’s feel-good show, The Good Doctor, which premiered last fall to ratings nearly as high as Roseanne’s. We sit in the window, and he orders a decaf and apologizes, first, for being in sweatpants and, later, for being the British star of a hit American TV show—“You thought you’d gotten rid of us and then, like, here…

THE RICKAVERSE IS EXPANDING at an accelerating rate. Adult Swim’s megahit, adults-only cartoon sci-fi series Rick and Morty, which last fall completed its third season, has recently been renewed for 70 episodes. It’s also spawned an array of products to sate viewers’ thirst for the show’s blend of wit and nihilism. Some are fan-made, others are official, and none of them will make any sense to those uninitiated. We asked the show’s creators, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, to discuss some of their favorites. PICKLE RICK BABY ONESIE JUSTIN ROILAND: “I don’t even know what to say about this one. People dress their kid up like R2-D2, and people get decapitated and stuff in that franchise.” POCKET MORTYS MOBILE GAME DH: “I play it constantly. You can have a lot…

IF YOU’RE AN ALL-DAY FESTIVALGOER, RANDALL’S ISLAND Panorama Music Festival, July 27–29 Janet Jackson, the Weeknd, the Killers, SZA, David Byrne, St. Vincent. Electric Zoo, August 31–September 2 Marshmello, Virtual Self, Martin Garrix, Kaskade, Tiësto, Alesso. IF YOU LONG TO BE BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST, GOVERNORS ISLAND Jazz Age Lawn Party, June 16–17 and August 25–26 Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra. IF YOU WANT A DAY (AND NIGHT) AT THE BEACH, CONEY ISLAND Barenaked Ladies , June 27, with Better Than Ezra. The Beach Boys, August 17. IF YOU’RE A TOP-40S LOYALIST JONES BEACH ISLAND WBLI Summer Jam, June 15 Shawn Mendes, Backstreet Boys, Dua Lipa. Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival, August 18–19 Future, Kehlani, Machine…

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JUICY HISTORICAL NOVEL Confessions of the Fox: Jordy Rosenberg’s debut tracks the Bonnie and Clyde of 18th-century London and the academic who’s obsessed with reading and heavily annotating an account of their lives. (One World, June 26) IF YOU LOVE THE DARKEST OF HUMOR My Year of Rest and Relaxation: In Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel, she locates the humanity in the most narcissistic of heroines: a young woman who attempts to take a year of “R&R” by medicating herself to zombielike levels à la the sleeping cure. (Penguin Press, July 10) IF YOU MISS WILD, WILD COUNTRY The Incendiaries: R.O. Kwon’s debut novel, which follows college students Phoebe and Will, is one of those slim novels that contain multitudes. When…