When French women wore cashmere
In the Paris of the 1950s, Monique Lévi-Strauss and her anthropologist-husband, Claude, would stroll through the Paris Flea Market, “lured,” she writes, “by our…
Body of work
There’s something Matisse-like about the nudes of Betsy Podlach. Perhaps it’s the flat shapes of saturated colors that evoke Japanese woodblock prints. Or the…
Romancing the clay
Florence Suerig reads The New York Times’ sports pages carefully every day. But it’s not because she’s a fan of any particular sport or…
Kiss and tell
“By now, he was breathing so heavily. He had me hold the receiver to my ear, and an answering machine came on. It was…
Hat trick
Call it “When Harry Met Janet.” There Janet T. Langsam was, an NYU student journalist interviewing former President Harry Truman. “I don’t remember a…
Power-packed dynamo
Gina Cappelli has a name that needs no introduction. Her late, beloved father, Luca A. Cappelli Jr., was the founder of Cappelli Development. Her…
Cupid, take note
Photographs courtesy of Betteridge Jewelers. Well, we shopped till we dropped in December. Then we had a little lull in January to recover our…
Bad girls just playing to the crowd?
According to various year-end lists, the most Googled word in 2013 was twerking, thanks in large part to Miley Cyrus’ appearance at the MTV…
Editor’s Letter
February – what a fascinating little month. Only 28 days (reportedly because the Emperor Augustus wanted more time for his month, August), but boy,…
Getting it now at Neiman’s
Neiman Marcus Westchester is holding its Last Call sale Friday, Jan. 24. But you can get a sneak peak Wednesday, Jan. 22 and Thursday,…
Horsing around
Bloomie’s is also among those going all out to ring in the Chinese Lunar New Year on Jan. 31. (See following item as well.)…
Super duper
Well, it’s the first Super Bowl in the New York metro-area, and New York is going nuts – but in the best possible way,…
Blind date
On Sunday January 26, from 1 to 4 p.m., Via Vanti! Restaurant & Gelateria in Mount Kisco will host “Dining in the Dark,” Westchester’s…
A novel debut
This just in from the department of shameless self-promotion: I’d like to call attention – humbly, I might add – to my novel “Water…
ArtsWestchester captures movement
Any photographer will tell you that catching something or someone on the move is one of the greatest challenges. ArtsWestchester in White Plains opens…
In memory of…
The Axial Theatre in Pleasantville has extended the deadline for submitting applications for its Heisler Scholarship Playwriting Course to March 14. The scholarship is…
New horizons
Start the new year off by exploring new vistas in “Landscapes,” an exhibition of works by members of the Mamaroneck Artists Guild in Larchmont…
Shapewear that’s ‘yummie’
It’s fair to say that few people enjoyed themselves more at Bloomingdale’s recent “Makeup Date” than Heather Thomson, who emceed the Sunday morning event…
Fitness center designed for a life time
Photographs courtesy of Life Time Athletic. For those who want to do everything from train like a Super Bowl champ to grab a healthy…
Off-field fun
Photographs Courtesy of the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee. Al Kelly and company pull out all the stops for a ‘Super Bowl of firsts’…