Hank Stuever: Downie Is My Homeboy

New York City: Hank, congratulations you on another fantastic year of The List. It’s daring, as always, as well as dead-on.

My question, a technical one: Does “In” mean more of “What’s In, As Of Right Now” or “What The Public Will Be Into This Year”? That is, is The List reportage… or prognostication? I suppose one answer is that it can vary depending on the trendiness of each reader — but I’d like to know -your- intent behind it.