Serena Williams and the beauty trap
At the US Open the end of this month, Serena Williams — one of the most successful players in tennis history — will attempt…
Walk the line
Nik Wallenda has been “walking” on a high wire since before he was born. His mother, Delilah, was still performing on it when she…
Achilles on the Hudson
For four performances this month, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival will present “An Iliad” under its big tent at Boscobel House and Gardens in…
American Pharoah reigns
He’s made the current Vogue and the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s met Julia Roberts. And, California boy that he is (by way of…
Horse power
“What’s so unique about our sport is that you have an animal doing most of the work,” says show jumper Brianne Goutal. And that…
Sinfulness on display
Sin — the ultimate pastime. Certainly, the Fairfield/Westchester Museum Alliance must think so. Throughout the summer, the alliance, which consists of eight venues in…
Community Plates ‘app’ way to serve Fairfield County’s hungry
In Fairfield County, some 110,000 people do not necessarily know where their next meal is coming from. That’s about one-sixth of the population, roughly…
Good eats, good life
“People here are very nutrition-savvy,” Jacqui Justice, director of nutrition at NY Health & Wellness Westchester in Harrison, says of WAG country. “They come…
The books of Ruth Reichl
Photographs by John Rizzo. In 2009, Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, was in a Seattle restaurant while on tour with…
Kathie Lee Gifford: In vino veritas
Little-known fact about Kathie Lee Gifford, America’s co-hostess with the mostest: She was born in Paris, where her father, a U.S. Navy chief petty…
Banking on an end to hunger in Westchester
Nancy Lyons is talking about children’s backpacks and some of the items she and her team put in them — cereal, powdered milk, fruit,…
Passionate about passion fruit
Just as May WAG (“Passion Flowers”) took its inspiration from the passion flower, so July takes its cue from the bittersweet, seedy fruit that…
Mmm… chocolate
In 2012, Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal for the Australian Open men’s singles title in a nearly six-hour match that is still the longest…
It’s all about the bass
Ferruccio Furlanetto is one of the most versatile basses in the world, at home in both Mozart and Verdi. Honored by New Rochelle Opera,…
Italy comes home to Lago
Photographs by Bob Rozycki. Valerio Morano Sagliocco is a charming landscape specialist whose enthusiasm for food may exceed even his fondness for gardens…
The great race
Italy, the 1920s: Two young aristocrats, Franco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, take a weekly road trip from their hometown of Brescia to Milan, racing…
Parkers in Rye: much more than a travel shop
When Catherine Parker was a child, her mother, a teacher, told her that “The world is the biggest classroom.” Then she set out to…
If Peter Oundijian has a baton, he will travel
He had carved out a distinguished career as the first violinist of the acclaimed Tokyo String Quartet. But focal dystonia, a repetitive stress condition,…
Captivated on the Cape (Cod)
Photographs courtesy Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club. Visitors to Cape Cod can be forgiven for pretending they have reservations at Ocean Edge…
Tuned in to adventure with the Travel Channel
Since its inception in 1987, the Travel Channel has been on a mission to provide compelling programming that takes viewers beyond their everyday destinations,…