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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.