Contents
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009
DEPARTMENTS
ALL ABOARD
8 Welcome Aboard and
Happy Holidays
DETOUR
26 Fun and (Olympic)
Games
Funnyman Mo Rocca experiences his
own miracle on ice in Lake Placid.
30
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Greenbacks Over
Broadway
The Great White Way has the best year
in its history.
34
BUSINESS CLASS
Slip, Slidin’ Away
The age of the PowerPoint presentation is over—bidding it a fond adieu.
Best of 2009
76
CAFÉ CHATTER
Days of Wine and
Beef Wellington
Classic dishes turn up on new menus.
Best of 2009
86
COCKTAIL
A Drink to Remember
The speak-easy makes a comeback.
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FINAL STOP
Why I Love ...
Roxbury, Conn.
Film director and author Rebecca Miller
on her summertime hometown.
Contributors, page 6 • Puzzles, page 102
Station/Route maps, page 100
Left: A bourbon Rickey at The Gibson. A sweet treat
at the Omni Parker House in Boston.
“Of course, not every presenter is ready to
swap his or her overhead projector for four
brightly colored markers. ” — PAGE 34
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FIRST CLASS
The art of the trapeze
• Let’s hear it for
the men • No gift
like games for the
holidays • Shape-
shifter fashion •
Robert De Niro’s
Christmas valentine •
The Guggenheim for
kids and Civil
War road trips •
At Union Station,
Sesame Street
celebrates 40 years •
Seasons’ libations ...
CITY GUIDE
Miracle on 34th
Street, Baltimore •
Festival of Trains •
Fiddler on the Roof •
Tim Burton delights
at MoMA • Annual
Army/Navy game in
Philadelphia • The
Bard goes to Provi-
dence • Ain’t it got
that swing? • China’s
terra cotta warriors •
Radio City lights up
New York ...
UP TO SPEED
ABBA live • National
aquarium cultural
series • Christmas
in Newport • Jude
Law as Hamlet •
It’s a Wonderful
Life in Wilmington
• The magic of The
Nutcracker • Princess
Diana: A Celebration •
Body Worlds 2 & The
Brain • Inside Harry
Potter’s world ...
