What recession? NYC bargain-hunters find cut-rate Gucci bags
by Hana Choi and Sara Eisen
As she checked out a shelf of colorful Hermes Birkin bags at New York’s Fisch for the Hip, real-estate broker Seena Stromberg explained the allure of consignment shopping in a recession.
by Dinna Chan Vasquez
We are not going to come up with a list of material things we want for 2009 here. Instead, what we have is a wish list of (mostly) intangible things, some of which may not be immediately possible. Still, we believe that is better to start the year on an optimistic note than to mumble, ‘‘We’re not gonna make it.’’
Why Baler?s Best Picture win is laudable
BY ISAH V. RED
Honestly, I am nearly in that state where all hopes for a better local movie industry have been lost.

