Farm as life
So how does a woman who worked for an orthopedist in Bridgeport wind up with a farm in Easton and go, as she says,…
Brant’s sweet tooth
Care for a little à la mode with your pie, Mr. Brant? Or perhaps we can top it with a little whipped cream? Art…
Frederic Kieffer’s culinary odyssey
Though he was raised just west of Paris, chef Frederic Kieffer’s favorite holiday is a classic American one. “Thanksgiving represents the harvest,” he says….
Curses! Harry Frazee’s Larchmont home hits the market
Did a lovely Queen Anne home in Larchmont ignite the most famous curse in sports and the birth of a baseball dynasty? The 5,554-square-foot…
The real Fantasy Island
A few short years ago, Velaa Private Island in the Maldives was an uninhabited place. Now as charted in the new “Velaa: Island for…
Beating cancer, winning at polo
Polo player Brandon Phillips was born for horses. He grew up on a horse farm outside Toronto. His father and brother were amateur polo players at…
World map handbags
For stylish fashionistas — and fashionistos — on the go, it’s hard to beat Alviero Martini S.p.A. The brand — founded 25 years ago…
Ultimate green houses
Freud said “Biology is destiny.” For houses, geography may be destiny. Witness Sri Lanka, subject of Thames & Hudson’s luscious coffee-table book “At Home…
In the region of Ice(land)
Iceland is hot. The New York Times Magazine has written about the Zen healing powers of its communal pools, warmed by hot springs, that…
‘This wide and universal theater’
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare observes in “As You Like It,” “and all the men and women merely players.” But Davis McCallum —…
Man of British style – James Sherwood
Headed to London this season, perhaps for the official celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday June 10 through 12? Why not take James Sherwood…
World culture, one stop
Barbara Johnson’s store in Southport is 800 square feet, but it contains the world. Canvas bags from Kenya. Peace bracelets from Laos. Blouses from Madagascar. Textiles…
Greek to me
I have been in love with the ancient Greeks since I was a child. It began with a Scholastic book on the Greek gods…
Steeped in Bronxville history – Grey Arches and Tanglewylde Cottage
Few men of influence have stamped a community more than the way real estate and pharmaceutical titan William Van Duzer Lawrence did Bronxville: Houlihan…
New jewels align on gossamer wings
Zip necklaces. Ballerina clips. Dazzlingly compact minaudières. Watches whose hands evoke the filigree flitting of fairies. And jeweled chrysanthemums and dragonflies whose velvety textures…
Up on the roof, with greenery
There’s something magical about being “Up On The Roof,” as the song says. Think of Bernardo and Anita weighing the relative merits of “America”…
Music and dance’s rites of spring
From the dawning of woodwinds to the fluttering of strings to the primal burst of percussion, music has sought to capture the yearly rebirth…
‘Paradise Found’
“Paradise Found: Gardens of Enchantment” by Clive Nichols (teNeues Publishing Group, 176 pages, 154 color photographs, $55) weaves its magic in a most unusual…
The New York Botanical Garden at 125
This year marks the 125th anniversary of a place that was incorporated in northernmost New York City “for the collection and culture of plants,…
Leaving our hearts on Amelia Island
In early spring on Amelia Island, the Atlantic Ocean foams at the mouth, spitting froth along the creamy, prickly shore. Overnight, rain gives way…