Still serene
Sometimes a place can change only to remain the same in essentials – delightfully so. Witness the new Sankara Spa at the Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown.
A 2020 YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester Visionary Award winner and a 2018 Folio Women in Media Award Winner, Georgette Gouveia is the author of “Burying the Dead,” “Daimon: A Novel of Alexander the Great” and "Seamless Sky" (JMS Books), as well as “The Penalty for Holding,” a 2018 Lambda Literary Award finalist (JMS Books), and “Water Music” (Greenleaf Book Group). They’re part of her series of novels, “The Games Men Play,” also the name of the sports/culture blog she writes. Her short story “The Glass Door,” about love in the time of the coronavirus, was recently published by JMS. Read WAG’s serialization of “Seamless Sky” here. For more, visit thegamesmenplay.com.
Sometimes a place can change only to remain the same in essentials – delightfully so. Witness the new Sankara Spa at the Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown.
We were delighted to learn that another house on the site recently sold for $6 million to a hedge funder and family.
Is nature really both so wondrous and terrifying? Or is it merely the personification and reflection of the civilization we have created?
When the French want to impress – and dress – they go to Versailles.
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.
Daniel Ost brings a playful individuality to floral, garden, interior and industrial design.
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.
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.
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.
Prince Harry’s bride-to-be love peonies, roses and all the stuff that romantic dreams are made of.
The sights, scents and tastes of Latin America come to Mamaroneck at Café La Fondita.
The Bronxville Wellness Sanctuary is all about finding more joy in your life.
Mermaids and mermen – universal symbols of longing and ambiguity – are having another moment.
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.
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.
In the age of the “strongmen,” Xi Jinping may out-tough the other tough guys.
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.
Sylvie Chantecaille has combined her passions for family, philanthropy, cosmetics and the natural world into Chantecaille, a cosmetics company celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Since the 1970s, Wellington it has become the place to be for equestrian sports in the United States, particularly in the winter.
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.