departments
12 | All Aboard
Introducing Amtrak’s new
President and CEO
The best winter activities abound throughout the Northeast Corridor (page 46).
15 | First Class
NY Comedy Festival • Flashy
flash drives • Stop laptop
snoopers • Cool schools
24 | Detour
Hark, the Theater Angels
Sing What’s on stage this
holiday season
30 | Business Class
All About the Benjamin
Happy 300th birthday to
America’s founding father of
business, Benjamin Franklin
The Bus Stops Here
38 The newly retired Pittsburgh Steeler, Jerome
“The Bus” Bettis, has a new playing field—NBC’s
Football Night in America. | BY DENNIS MCCAFFERTY
53 | Café Chatter
The best restaurants of 2006
Winter Wonderlands
46 Wax those skis and lace up your skates, it’s time
to get out and play. The best winter activities in
the Northeast. | BY LISA RENAUD AND JOHN ROSENTHAL
64 | Up to Speed
Special events and travel
incentives for Amtrak riders
72 | Final Stop
Why I love ... Washington,
D.C. NPR’s Diane Rehm is
home for the holidays
COVER: Photo Courtesy NBC
69 Station Maps and
Acela Route Map
