Head of the class
In the film “My Dinner With Andre,” two men of the theater — Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn — have a conversation about the…
A new Old Master
“A lot of people say I should’ve lived in the 17th century,” Peter Layne Arguimbau says. And indeed the Greenwich painter lives very well…
Their bodies, themselves
“Why have there been no great women artists?” It’s a question that feminist art historian Linda Nochlin posed in a seminal 1971 essay and…
Gilmor girl
If you’re a fan of antiquing, galleries, independent bookstores, coffeehouses and gift and tea shops, than you would enjoy a day in Millerton in Dutchess…
Where philanthropy’s always in fashion
“You don’t know how many times I’ve covered this face with kisses,” Avril Graham said teasingly as WAG recently presented her with a copy…
A new Hole in the Wall Gang
“Fondita” means “hole in the wall,” and that’s what the building on the corner of Center Avenue in Mamaroneck was — a takeout place…
In defense of individuality
What does it mean to be an individual in the age of Selfie Nation amid the new culture of narcissism? What, after all, could be…
To serve Africa and America
As a young priest in his native Nigeria, the Rev. Philip P. Tah buried two uncles, both suicides. While the Roman Catholic Church in…
A Greenwich landscape – on Greenwich Mean Time
WAG readers know Valerio Morano Sagliocco from articles on his Lago restaurant in the Silver Lake section of Harrison — where patrons quickly become…
Sound Beach vibe
If you’re looking for the laid-back yin to Greenwich Avenue’s high-powered yang, you need look no farther than Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich….
Giving lie to John Donne
Photographs by Devin Groody, courtesy Sotheby’s International Reality. “No man is an island, entire of itself,” the 17th-century poet John Donne wrote. “Every man…
A ‘shoe’-in
It is a retail department so individual that it is said to have its own zip code. Now Saks Fifth Avenue Greenwich is set…
Sizing up the female body
When first lady Michelle Obama addressed the Democratic National Convention, she did so in a cobalt-blue, silk crepe, cap-sleeved A-line dress that underscored her statuesque beauty and the Dems’…
Rafael Nadal – fashion muse
One is as American as his signature red, white and blue palette. The other is a sensual Spaniard whose muscular power game has catapulted…
Hot, hot, hot in Rio
With the Rio Games, the mainstream media discovered what women, gays and the ancient Greeks have always known: Olympic bodies are hot, particularly the…
The body as foil
Nzingha Prescod is a woman of firsts. An elite foil fencer – No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 10 in the world –…
Han’s beholden beauties
You look at images of Debbie Han’s “Season of Being” series and you think, How clever she is to create a group of sculptures…
Neiman gives itself a makeover
If a cosmetics department is the face of a store, then it’s fair to say that Neiman Marcus Westchester’s has recently had a makeover….
If the shoe fits…
On Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich — where the tony meets the laidback — there are any number of enticing shops, from the…
Quite literary, a Bronxville beauty
What would Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump make of Sinclair Lewis? More to the point, what would he have made of them? In accepting…