January 15, 2001 Issue Contents

Celebrated Weekend
Features
Meetings With Muscle
By following these easy steps, you can have meetings that are think tanks instead of time wasters. Not much has changed in face-to-face meetings over...
Canadian Cool
There aren't many Rocky Mountain resort towns that offer world-class skiing without the usual winter crowds. And if you don't visit Banff soon, you m...
Consider These Messaging Devices For Sending Out Your Sos

RIM BLACKBERRY ($499) The BlackBerry e-mail device you’ve heard so much about just got better. Research in Motion’s ne...

Chevrolet S-10

CHEVROLET joins the small-crew-cab pickup race with its me-too, the new S-10 series. Best features: lots of functional cabin spac...

Technology Q&a
Q: Is there a way to remotely control my home’s air conditioning, alarms, lights, and other systems when I'm out of town? A: There are a ...
Try It
THERE'S A NEW GAME IN TOWN CASH IN AS DETROIT'S NEW CASINO GIVES YOU A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY Take a gamble on Detroit. The Motor City’s newl...
Trip Talk
"I love America, but I can’t spend the whole year here. I can’t afford the taxes." -Mick Jager Source: Interview magazine
What To Watch
The first of this year’s four Grand Slam tennis tournaments is served up January 15 through 27 with the Australian Open in Melbourne. Catch the ...
Wear It
FUNCTIONAL, FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR THAT WILL FIT IN YOUR CARRY-ON? THESE SPACE-SAVERS MAKE IT POSSIBLE If the shoe fits, pack it. The Timberland...
Television
HAPPY REAL MILLENNIUM Despite what the marketing people told you, this year — this month — starts the new millennium. Welcome to it....
Worth Repeating
"It was really hard when I was 13. … It was like, ‘Go play with your Barbies.'" - Ashley Power, 15-year-old CEO of Goosehead, which produce...
Click It
SITE59.COM Love to go? Hate to plan? Then log on to www.site59.com for a list of unique last-minute (within ...
Staff Choice
Here’s one way to shake it up if you ever find yourself in Waco, Texas. Senior editor is nuts for the peanut-butter malt from the HEALTH CAMP...
Read It
NEED TO KNOW? Q: Where’s Tegucigalpa? Check Philip’s World Factbook (Sterling, $17.95). A traveler for the reference shelves, this a...
Hotel
LOBBY THIS MAKE AN IMPRESSIVE ENTRANCE AT THE CLARIDGE HOTEL IN MIAMI BEACH Even after all the electoral furor in Florida, there is a lobby th...
Nightlife
LOUNGE LIZARDS UNIT NEED A NEW REASON TO DRINK IN HOLLYWOOD? THIS ONE'S ON US The “Vixen” and the “Virgin Sacrifice” aren&...
Hotel
BOSTON'S BEACON CHECK INTO THIS HISTORIC BUT HIP HOUSE Don’t just tour those historic brick walks and gaslit streets of Boston’s ele...
Hear It
PHONE HOME THIS OFFER ISN'T, WELL, PHONEY - IT RINGS TRUE Rent a car, get a phone. Avis Europe, the continent’s leading rental-car compan...
See It
AMERICAN BEAUTY YOUR U.S.A. IS ON DISPLAY: HEAD FOR CHELSEA MARKET TO TO TAKE A PEAK To showcase its digital photo-printing prowess, Epson Ame...
Pack It
SOFTWARE FOR THE STREETS NEW NAVIGATOR TELLS ROAD WARRIOR WHERE TO GO Rev up the rental car and let your map do the navigating. DeLorme’s...
Restaurants
METRO MEALS THREE OF-THE-MOMENT EATERIES WELL WORTH FINDING Hankering for some suburban eats? Explore these funky new worth-the-trek restauran...
Hotel
ROCK HARD ORLANDO'S NEW HOTEL WILL FILL YOUR NIGHTS WTH NOTES Put a musical soundtrack to your theme-park trek at the new Loews Hard Rock Hote...
Nightlife
FLASHORAMA VEGAS (WHERE ELSE?) WILL ROCK YOUR SOCKS OFF WITH THIS SWINGING SHOW It’s part carnival act, part rave. The Argentine theatric...
Menu
HAIL, CAESAR The first of the great American main-course salads — the Caesar — has made a comeback at many of the best upscale resta...
Ride It
STAIRWAY TO HEAVENLY WHO NEEDS STAIRS WHEN YOU'VE GOT ACCESS TO THIS TRENDY TRANSPORT A stairway to Heavenly would be nice. But a gondola is m...
Pop Culture
NOUVEAU RICHE The dot-com revolution gave birth to more than Internet start-ups — it spawned a NEW NOBILITY, according to Danniell...
Fitness
RATE YOUR READINESS The running experts at Road Runner Sports have created five free online fitness calculators to help you determine your tar...
Music
CHILL OUT RICK NELSON Legacy (Capitol) Few artists deserve a boxed set as much as this underrated New Jersey singer. His 30-year career...
Gadget
CLICK, ZIP, STORE Insert the memory card from your digital camera into the Iomega FOTOSHOW to transfer your photos to a 250-megabyte Zi...
Sports
ADVANTAGE GAMBILL Since turning pro in 1996, JAN-MICHAEL GAMBILL has been one of the hottest players on the tennis scene. The 23-year-o...
Job Titles Of The Future
CHIEF SUPER MOM WHO Jill Dalby Ellison (jill@besunsensible.org) COMPANY ActivityOne.com AGE 34 HAS HELD TITLE FOR ...
Home
HAVE A SEAT Now that your little brother can identify an Eames rocker, and your mother can toss a Philippe Starck chair on top of a box of Tid...
Put Your Customers In Charge
“It’s true what they say: The customer is always right. Mercata was the first online marketplace to capitalize on group buying. When we lau...
For This Banker, The Web Adds Up
The world of finance is less about the future than it is about past results: gross margins, returns on net assets, quarterly earnings. Maybe that...
I Play; Therefore I Am
FUTURIST Mark Pesce, 38, who took a leave from his position as chair of the Interactive Media Program at the University of Southern California...
Executive Reading
BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: THE TRIUMPH OF ANITA RODDICK AND THE BODY SHOP By Anita Roddick, Thorsons, $24.95 Anita Roddick has some explaining to do...
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