When French parks and gardens became, well, French
In 19th century France, a perfect storm of revolutionary equality and maritime botanical discoveries ushered in a new era of landscaping and, with it, a new approach to art.
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A rare flower
Daniel Ost brings a playful individuality to floral, garden, interior and industrial design.
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Cherry blossom time
The works of South Korea’s Lee Kui Dae, recently seen at Canfin Gallery in Tarrytown, prove it’s always cherry blossom season in the heart.
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The bearable lightness of Roma Downey
The “Touched by an Angel” star and “The Bible” producer is all about an attitude of gratitude as she launches “Box of Butterflies,” her inspirational memoir.
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What price beauty?
Beauty has its price, and it turns out that it’s at least $1,000 – the cost of the Lancer’s Legacy Youth Treatment, part of a facial WAG experienced at Neiman Marcus Westchester.
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Meghan Markle says it with flowers
Prince Harry’s bride-to-be love peonies, roses and all the stuff that romantic dreams are made of.
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Café La Fondita arrives
The sights, scents and tastes of Latin America come to Mamaroneck at Café La Fondita.
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A haven in the mind
The Bronxville Wellness Sanctuary is all about finding more joy in your life.
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The mermaid’s complex lure
Mermaids and mermen – universal symbols of longing and ambiguity – are having another moment.
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Into Africa – and memory
William G. Armstrong Jr. and wife Clarinda Higgins are the authors of “Against the Current,” about her cousin Mark Higgins, who gave up a life of comfort to work for Albert Schweitzer in Africa.
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Croc on
Lacoste – the luxe sportswear company – is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its polo shirt with a new “crocodile” (alias, brand ambassador) and new bedding made out of the shirt’s material.
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The iron panda – Xi Jinping
In the age of the “strongmen,” Xi Jinping may out-tough the other tough guys.
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A haven for all creatures
Wainwright House is a holistic center dedicated to mind, body and spirit and “all creatures great and small” in a 17th century-style stone château on Milton Point.
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The nature of beauty
Sylvie Chantecaille has combined her passions for family, philanthropy, cosmetics and the natural world into Chantecaille, a cosmetics company celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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Center of equestrian America
Since the 1970s, Wellington it has become the place to be for equestrian sports in the United States, particularly in the winter.
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Social time at Greenwich Polo
This summer, the action at Greenwich Polo Club isn’t just on the field. There will be more opportunities for players and fans to socialize.
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One cool equestrian
Lucy Davis, the new trainer at Old Salem Farm in North Salem, works with riders on the mental as well as physical aspects of equestrian competition.
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At home in cafés
Being a part of and apart from while creating in a café.
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A desert flower at home in Hawaii
The New York Botanical Garden previews an eye-opening look at Georgia O’Keeffe’s work in – of all places – the Aloha State. Who knew?
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Her mother’s daughter
With filmgoers flocking to “The Post,” Lally Weymouth talks about her mother – the movie’s heroine, legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham – and their lives in journalism.
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