Conte nts
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2008
DEPARTMENTS
ALL ABOARD
8 Our Great
American Stations
22
DETOUR
To the Art House
Catch some of the world’s greatest artists on exhibit in the Northeast Corridor.
26
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Yuks and the City
Five years of the New York
Comedy Festival.
30
BUSINESS CLASS
The Global
(Corporate) Citizen
Attorneys and business executives use
their expertise to improve the world.
68
CAFÉ CHATTER
Garden of Eating
The Hudson Valley is one of the
preeminent food regions in the world.
82
COCKTAIL
No Contest
Beer or wine? A sommelier and brewer
try to settle the age-old debate.
100
FINAL STOP
Why I Love ...
Washington, D.C.
ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson
returns to his hometown on the Potomac.
Contributors, page 6 • Puzzles, page 98
Station/Route maps, page 96
ARRIVEMAGAZINE.COM
“I’ll admit that wine can be delicious,
but I don’t understand why people
assume it’s superior with dinner.”
— PAGE 82
11
FIRST CLASS
Keyboard heaven •
Last chance to see
this year’s BoSox •
Up close and personal
with a Muppet icon
• Reinventing your
wheels • Stupid hu-
man tricks • Looking
good on the gridiron
• A guide to A-list
gadgets • Bookbags:
the best part about
back to school • East
Hampton’s Pollock-
Krasner House ...
55
CITY GUIDE
Baltimore Book
Festival • A People’s
Geography • Head of
the Charles • Jazzfest
at Berklee School
of Music • Pathway
to the presidency •
Behind prison walls
• Architecture of the
quilt • Children’s lit-
erature exhibition in
NYC • Broadway on
Broadway • Rhode
Island’s melting pot •
Avedon in D.C. ...
88
UP TO SPEED
Master Harold ... and
the Boys • Gordon
Parks’ photography
in Delaware • Blonde
ambition • Duke
Ellington Jazz
Festival • Cirque du
Soleil in Jersey •
O Brother, Where
Art Thou? • Pirates
booty in Philadelphia
• Newport Mansions
wine and food festival
• There’s still time for
WaterFire ...
