"If you have tears, prepare to shed them now." —Marc Antony, in 'Julius Caesar,' Act 2, Scene III As long as there have been alt-weeklies, there have been Best Of lists. As America has become increasingly "wired" to the Internet, those lists have migrated to the Web, where, like the swallows to San Juan Capistrano or the buzzards to Hinckley, Ohio, their predictable annual visits make for brief spectacles that are full of shit. Thus is it time for this year's Best of Citysearch survey, where visitors can vote for the best this or best that. This being New York,... More

Thanks to reader Greg, we're able to present to you the pizza-family-tree graphic that originally ran with Eric Asimov's June 10, 1998, New York Times story "New York Pizza, the Real Thing, Makes a Comeback." Greg graciously volunteered to snap a picture of this illustration, which hangs on the wall of Totonno's, at the most recent meeting of the Slice Pizza Club. It's a little blurry—it's difficult to get a good photo in low light and when you're trying to get newsprint into focus—but we think you'll be able to read it.... More