Inside December 2012

A holiday sparkle

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Web summary: Laurie Davis has been creating all things glittery through her Wilton-based company, GlitterWorks Studio, since 1999. We take a peek into her workshop.

A dazzling legacy

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Doris Duke, the American heiress and philanthropist, created a Hawaiian retreat called Shangri La in the late 1930s. The elaborate exploration of Islamic arts was ahead of its time – and continues to dazzle decades after it was built.

Party princess

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To Jill Prince, her company is more than her family business—it’s her family. “I would definitely say that growing up as a Prince is like growing up in the Partridge Family,” she says with a laugh. “Every family occasion always ended up with song and dance.”

They’re the Topps

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Winston Churchill once said that meeting Franklin D. Roosevelt was like uncorking your first bottle of Champagne. Heath and Jacqueline Lachman give off some of that same sparkle and effervescence. She’s an outgoing Midwesterner (by way of Cleveland). He’s a laidback New Englander (by way of Norwalk). Together they’re a one-couple stimulus package in the tiny, tony village of Bronxville as the owners of Topps Bakery and the new Topps Wine and Liquor.