Author Archives: By ALEX WILLIAMS

Tales of a Winter’s Night: On a Bus From Brooklyn, the Party Rolls

A party bus tricked out with a dance floor, moody lighting, a D.J. and free alcohol harks back to an era with fewer rules.


The New Math on Campus

When women outnumber men at a college, dating culture is skewed.


No Longer Their Golden Ticket

The affluent era of $160,000 starting salaries and full employment for law grads is over, as the legal profession lurches through its worst slump in decades.


Back in Racing Form After Dropping the Fork

A 34-year-old tames his passion for eating and returns to professional cycling.


That Hobby Looks Like a Lot of Work

Yokoo Gibran, in her Oatmeal Soopascarf, started a business on Etsy.These days, the fantasy of building a career on Etsy, an eBay of the do-it-yourself movement, is not just the stuff of dreams.


A Night Out With Mike D’Antoni: Mike D’Antoni Searches for a Winning Formula for the Knicks

Dinners held before Knicks’ games help shield the team’s head coach, Mike D’Antoni, from frustrated fans.Mike D’Antoni, the head coach of the New York Knicks, started a tradition this season: a catered dinner, players and coaches only, a couple of hours before each game.


Becoming the Alpha Dog in Your Own Home

Jenny Hope and Simon Cote with their son, Rowan, 3, and Heidi. Ms. Hope applies lessons from the Dog Whisperer to raising Rowan.Parents are borrowing from Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, who is known for inspiring discipline, order and devotion.


A Night Out With | Brooklyn Decker: Her World on a String

The model Brooklyn Decker, left, with Joe Zee, the creative director of Elle, during a workout session in Manhattan.Hanging out with the model Brooklyn Decker, who’s starring in Elle’s new “Make Better” series of fitness and beauty DVDs.


Boîte: Never Too Old to Act Young

In the Village, fun comes to you at Carnival.Carnival at Bowlmor Lanes, which opened last month on University Place, is not just any club; it owes more to the memory of P. T. Barnum than Steve Rubell.


A Night Out With | Sandra Bernhard: Lyrics, Not Laughs

It’s open-mike night at Sugar Bar, but Sandra Bernhard isn’t doing a hardcore stand-up routine. Instead, she is cooing and crooning.Hanging out with Sandra Bernhard who isn’t doing a hard-core stand-up routine; instead she’s cooing and crooning at the Sugar Bar on the Upper West Side.