What's hot on the Playground

  1. The Gates

Christo has done it again. This time he has transformed New York’s Central Park into a swaying sea of saffron. The Gates reminds everyone what makes installation art so fun.

 

  1. Desperately Seeking Fiona Apple

Remember Fiona Apple, the under-fed, outspoken singer-songwriter whose last album title was so verbose it took up the entire album cover? In the six years since, When the pawn..., she has recorded a third album that is supposedly un-marketable and languishing on Sony executives’ shelves. Devoted Fiona fans have created an online campaign and protested outside the record label’s offices. If they had listened to their idol, they would have realized that this world is bulls**t and gone with themselves.

 

  1. Pink Fingernails

Although pink nail polish has been around for decades, one wouldn’t have known from looking at women’s fingernails in the past few years. Now, many girls at Duke at least have forsaken the trend of wearing light or colorless polish and are having their nails painted various shades of blush, rose and fushia. Nail polish manufacturers are tickled pink.

 

  1. Salsa at Patio Loco on Franklin St.

You might need to venture into enemy territory, but you won’t find salsa this hot anywhere north of the border. Get your dancing shoes and check out this hoedown every Saturday from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

 

  1. The Mad About You Collection

Now Mad About You fans can finally take Paul and Jamie Buchman (and Murray) home with them. Although it had long avoided the trend of ’90s hit TV shows going to DVD, the show is now available as a four-disc collection of the 22 best episodes. Laugh at the Buchmans’ neuroses, cry at the heartbreak and celebrate when love conquers all.

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