How Hot Was It in New York Yesterday?

So hot that the slack-eyed visitors to Dali: Painting and Film at the MoMA were melting more than the framed timepieces, even in the Museum's maxed AC. Do not miss, however, the excerpts from the dream sequences in Spellbound and Destino, the finally finished collaboration of Dali and Disney that was meant as part of a sequel to Fantasia.

So hot that the effortlessly stylish got beat down like the rest of us. Eyeliner smudged, hair frizzed except on those smart enough to have a shorn summer cut, faces flushed, sweat lines stained all the usual unfortunate places on clothes, tank tops became stank tops. Stand clear of them on the subway.

Night returned some order to this universe, but in the day, heat, it's the great equalizer.