From Russia with(out) love
When it comes to great geopolitical relationships, you might think U.S.-U.K. U.S. and Russia? Not so much. It wasn’t always that way. Catherine the…
Hometown hero
In the city by the Bay – the one Tony Bennett left his heart in – Steve Young is regarded as the legend who…
Icing on the cake
By Georgette Gouveia Sue Merz at Chelsea Piers Connecticut. Photograph by Anthony Carboni. Watching the Olympics, you imagine that the most memorable moment for…
High on super-latives
I have a friend – a vibrant woman and superb hostess – who always responds to good news in the same way. “Super,” she…
Sentimental journey
“Oh, I learned to love the fallow way,” Judy Collins sings in “The Fallow Way,” “when winter brings the valley down.” I couldn’t help…
Serving up murder
It’s criminal what Doubletree in Tarrytown will do to ring in the New Year – sort of. The hotel is hosting a murder mystery…
Celebrating the Eve
Moderne Barn is always ready for the holidays, and this New Year’s Eve is no different. For the first seating (5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec….
Born to run
Say you don’t know how to do it now So you run It’s not that you’re bleeding, but you’re through it now So you…
Bah, humbug!
New this year to Historic Hudson Valley’s Philipsburg Manor is “A Holiday Open House,” providing a cozy, storybook setting to salute the season. From…
More holiday fun
Photographs by John Vecchiolla One of the great seasonal traditions is the 1954 film chestnut “White Christmas.” Now you can enjoy it live, courtesy…
Another chance to ‘Sparkle’
Mourning, Eugene O’Neill wrote, becomes Electra. And so does storming. Last weekend’s storm Electra – Who knew these storms had names; still, good choice,…
Job one
Life Time Athletic is holding a job fair at Marriott’s Courtyard Tarrytown Greenburgh 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7. The new 206,000-square-foot wellness…
Ride on, Rudolph
Christmas Past comes to life in Greenwich this weekend with the 5th annual Holiday Stroll. This much-anticipated tradition features horse-drawn carriage rides; carolers and…
Leaving the door a-JAR
Many jewelers long to make a big splash, adorning celebrities with their pieces, selling them in the glitziest emporiums. Not so the man who…
Cartier diamond
Peter Martins leading rehearsal. Photograph by Paul Kolnik. Courtesy of New York City Ballet. It was February 1976, and the New York City Ballet’s…
Queen of diamonds… and pearls, emeralds
Husbands may come and go, but diamonds, as the James Bond film says, are forever. So it was for Elizabeth Taylor, who had a…
Red hot rubies
Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend and sapphires may be more popular, but there is something about rubies, isn’t there? They’re the color…
EDITOR’S LETTER – DECEMBER 2013
As we get older, the birthdays tend to blur. But there’s one birthday – I must’ve been 8 – that I will never forget….
Holiday sanctuary
The THANN Sanctuary Spa at the Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown sure knows how to throw a party. Was it the hibiscus Champagne…
Kiss, kiss
Don’t be surprised if you’re bussed when you visit the Private Salon at Tiffany & Co. in The Westchester. The silver and jewelry emporium…