January 1, 2001 Issue Contents

Celebrated Weekend
Features
A Winter's Ale
Pull up a stool next to Old Man Winter and knock back one of these seasonal suds, brewed especially for this frosty time of year.Now that the third m...
Well Connected
Pay-phone modems were just the begining. Today, airports offer you private offices, T-1 lines, Internet kiosks, even broadband access. And wait until...
Reach Out And Touch
A new crop of travel-savvy tech toys is coming your way. They manage workloads, order groceries, and even - hubba, hubba - keep the love fires burnin...
Cultural Exchange
Museums mix it up for 2001 with some of the most exciting exhibits in years. Don’t miss these 10 globe-bending blockbusters. The world has becom...
Hal’s Revenge
What if computers are smarter than we knew? And now that our collective guard is down, is this year, JIM SHAHIN asks, the real millennial deal?I don'...
Silver Birds
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Politics And Presidents
What do Jimmy Carter and John le Carré have in common? Two of the new year’s newest books.
Products For Work And Play

Intel Pocket PC Camera ($149) You can have it both ways. Tether Intel’s camera to a PC and send visual mail, create Web page...

Trip Talk
"I still dream about Miraval’s hot-stone massage." — Broadway star and Arizona spa maven AUDRA McDONALD, on the kind of visio...
The Better Manager
RECRUIT RIGHT If you want to hire the best, don’t try to stump your prospect during an interview, say human resource consultants Frederic...
Worth Repeating
"It’s the stupidest invention ever." Internet millionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, on the :Cue:C.A.T., in an interview on Dallas r...
What To Watch
In between NHL games, don’t forget about the NFL. It’s the playoffs after all. Watch the best teams butt heads in the divisional playoffs J...
Travel Trick
SLOPE SIGNAL ELIMINATE THOSE PUNCH-CARD PAINS WITH UTAH SKI RESORT'S NEW ELECTRONIC LIFT PASS Those cumbersome punch passes and bar-code scann...
Year In, Year Out
Happy New Year! Assuming you’re sitting on a plane reading this now, we survived what most believe was technically the new millennium without th...
Job Titles Of The Future
Executive Cheerleader WHO Stephen Dinger COMPANY Washington Council for Private Education AGE 50 HAS HELD TITLE FOR One y...
Ideas Rule, But Cash Is Still King
"When we started searching for investors, we had incredible faith in our idea. But we were a little naive about the dynamics of raising money. "We st...
For This Lawyer, The Web Appeals
You don’t expect many partners at white-shoe law firms to make the transition to the quick-footed world of the Web. But David Feinberg, 41, is d...
Follow Me To The Web
Until recently, connecting with folks for conversation on the Internet meant visiting chat rooms or hoping that your buddies were online when you wer...
Money Talk
Q: What’s the difference between the new ETFS and index funds? A: Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are like mutual funds built on a st...
Know It
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE NEW SURVEY SHOWS TRAVELERS COMBINE BOTH Who says business travel isn’t fun? According to a survey from Crowne Plaza...
Executive Reading
Make a Name for Yourself By Robin Fisher Roffer, Broadway, $23.95 Robin Fisher Roffer does not want to be known as the Sweepstakes Queen of Ca...
Staff Choice
Here’s one way to shake it up if you ever find yourself in Waco, Texas. Associate editor is nuts for the peanut-butter malt from the HEALTH CAM...
See It
SMOOTH MOVES MAKE SENSE OF MARTINI MANIA WITH MARTINI & ROSSI'S TRAVELING EXHIBIT
Read It
HOLLYWOOD AND DINE 200 LOS ANGELES DINERS SERVE IT UP
Experience It
CARVE OUT A LITTLE CULTURE SKIP THE LODGE SCENE: TAKE IN SOME BALLET OR OPERA AFTER A DAY ON THESE COLORADO SLOPES Enjoy a day on the slopes, ...
Restaurants
SKI SPREE A DAY OF SCHUSSING MEANS WORKING UP A SUPER APPETITE. GOOD THING WE FOUND THESE THREE NEW RESORT-TOWN EATERIES Ski hard, sup large. ...
Hotel
BACK TO THE FUTURE CHECK IN FOR A LITTLE TIME TRIP AT MIAMI BEACH'S RENOVATED 1939 CENTURY HOTEL It’s a new millennium. Again. And a new ...
Experience It
A KILLER MEAL DEADLY BLOWFISH TURNS DELICACY IN HANDS OF ONE TALENTED TOKYO CHEF There’s no fish like blowfish. And no better place to tr...
Experience It Five Minutes, Miss Dietrich!
FIVE MINUTES, MISS DIETRICH! EXPLORE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF GERMAN FILMMAKING AT BERLIN MUSEUM The Iron Curtain may have fallen, but they’...
Nightlife
TWILIGHT TIME SEE COLORADO'S SETTING SUN FROM YOUR SLEEK SNOWMOBILE Dash and dine (in that most unusual order) on a twilight snowmobile tour i...
Floating Hotel
GOIN’ WITH THE WIND YOUR CARIBBEAN ITINERARY IS LITERALLY UP IN THE AIR ABOARD THIS 160-FOOT LUXURY SCHOONER The luxury of yachting meets...
Carry It
WORLD- CLASS WALLET POCKET THIS PASSPORT-FRIENDLY FILOFAX You shouldn’t judge a man by the size of his wallet. But if the wallet is made ...
Hotel
BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE PACK YOUR PELTS AND HIT THE ICE: QUEBEC GETS THE WORLD'S COOLEST NEW HOTEL Order a double on the rocks — a double...
See It
ALL THAT GLITTERS BRING YOUR SHADES: CATHERINE THE GREAT’S SILVER, GOLD, RARE GEMS, AND OTHER PRICELESS TREASURES LIGHT UP THIS LONDON EXHIBI...
Fashion
BAA BOYS Winter roars in like a you-know-what. (We meant lion, smart alecks.) This year, fight back swathed in shearling. We’re se...
Gadgets
WHERE’S THAT PHONE? Start the year off with a cordless phone that really goes the distance — up to eight miles to be exact. T...
Cd Reviews
NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTIONS Charles Mingus The Best Of Charles Mingus (Rhino) With his spidery fingerwork that teetered between ...
Health
IMAGING THAT How many of us begin each year with a diet and a renewed commitment to exercise? Yep, just about all of us. Frederick W. Fey, pre...
Sports Q & A
THE DOMINATOR In his 11 seasons in the NHL, DOMINIK HASEK has twice been named the league’s MVP and has five Vezina Trophies for t...
Stage
THE REAL THING There was a time when New York theater wasn’t produced by Disney. Both the beauties and the beasts were human. A lot of ti...
Bar None
SCREAMING YELLOW MONKEY The hottest new bar in the Sarasota, Florida, area is The Monkey Room at The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on Longboat ...
Facts Figures
FACTS FIGURES$18 Cost of sending a one-pound package halfway around the world via the U.S. Postal Service, using Express Mail International. $45.50 ...
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