Here’s a New York Times story that’s both completely useless—ie, irrelevant to a vast majority of readers—and deliciously fun. It chronicles the apartment-hunting and furniture-buying adventures of two beautiful young stars on Broadway:
He and Ms. Powers, who has a role in the new musical “Happiness” at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, went to Macy’s, where they tested mattresses for two hours but could not agree on a model.
“I picked out a perfectly fine mattress,” he said.
But the indefatigable Ms. Powers was not satisfied: “I said to the salesman, ‘Have you shown us everything you have to offer?’ ” Finally, he showed them top-of-the-line Aireloom mattresses (which range in price from $6,000 to $18,000) and they bought a king-size bed that barely fits into their bedroom.
“It’s all natural wool and cotton. It’s what the Reagans slept on,” she said. “It’s what Brad and Jennifer slept on — or maybe Brad and Angelina.”
Mr. Cavenaugh is still reeling from sticker shock. “It’s the most expensive thing in the apartment,” he said. “I’ll sleep well when we are finished paying for it.”
They do need a lot of sleep. “We sleep nine hours a night — to stay healthy, we have to,” Ms. Powers said. “Matt can sleep until noon.”
Most nights, they go to sleep after eating dinner at home after their shows. “Tonight we’re having chimichurri salmon and Caribbean rice with carrots, and he has to watch ’American Idol’ with me, which we DVR,” she said.
