The lure of the thunder dragon

Audrey Ronning Topping was 10 years old when she heard the song “Faraway Places” and knew it was beckoning her. Now, eight-decades later, those “faraway places” are wonderful memories. Among the most wonderful memories and strangest-sounding-name was that of Bhutan, Kingdom of The Thunder Dragon, so she had to go.

Kate Spade, by any other name

Whether it was with a statement necklace or a book with an inspirational saying or one of her signature vibrant handbags that marked a young woman’s coming of age and defined a generation in the good-times ’90s, Kate Spade had a way of lifting you up.

All Tiffany, all day

Speakers at the “Becoming Tiffany” symposium at Lyndhurst offered an in-depth – and often entertaining – glimpse into the life and work of Louis Comfort Tiffany.