Silver Spooon

Co-dependency for the metropolitan set may not last very long. Spoon, a ³Life and Style Magazine for Couples,² released its premier issue earlier this winter. With this instruction manual in hand, every Madison Avenue warrior twosome will soon be untarnishable.

To attain coupled nirvana, Spoon says: ³First, become inspired.² Then move to bigger and better things: outdo your best friends¹ weddings, scoff at their wine suggestions and secure the jealousy of every other couple at the gym. Keep track of your own honey though; this cosmopolitan rat race takes no prisoners.

Happily, the linking double-Os in the gilt banner provide a perfunctory nod to 80s extravagance. An ironic gesture? Not likely.