Best NY Mag Ever?

So I go to the mailbox (bottom row second from the right for #40A) and as occurs once weekly, a brand new issue of New York Magazine was waiting for me. Stepping into the elevator, I take a look at the cover, as per usual, and decide, this may be the greatest New York Magazine ever.

For those of from outside the 212, this is not The New Yorker magazine. Breakin it down for you SAT style...New Yorker is to the upper east side as New York is to Flatiron District (ok...soho). New Yorker is to Seinfeld as New York is to Weeds, if the Greatest Show on TV were set in the city at least. Or if you want to get personal, New Yorker is to Danny Craig as New York is to Chris Johnson, just without the facial hair. But i digress...

To start with on the cover I see a full-color 8 inch photo of "Stephen Colbert" (ie in character) promising an interview with Stephen Colbert (ie the parson). The other cover articles, in no order...

• Jukebox:Dylan, Beck, Killers, Ludacris
  
• Sofia Coppola
  
• Beer for Grownups
  
• Rove's Last Stand
  
• 2 more cautiously optimistic 2006 Election (sponsored by Diebold) articles

This much me in one place...i basically had to read the whole thing straight through. Gotta hand it to my Aunt Selma for initially settin me up w/ the subscription a few years ago. And of course the 2 best parts of the magazine aren't even on the cover: crossword and real estate listings. New York crossword puzzles are just right for me...just hard enough so I can't ever quite finish. The perfect parable to end a magazine issue so clearly written with just me in mind...

at least until i buy the 4BR on pg 103

Update: So it turns out Danny Craig now has facial hair too. That kinda kills my running metaphor that you may have just read. Now, part of me wants to go back and edit the work I did on this...but I'm not the type to revise history. I mean, denying that I implied Danny did not have facial hair would be akin to saying that Iraq is not currently in a state of Civil War.