Two for the show
Photographs by Bob Rozycki Off a long, winding road in the heart of Westchester County’s horse country, amid manses and sprawling estates, stands Old…
Capturing personalities, both two- and four-legged
There’s a lovely softness to Susan Dorazio’s art – a feathery texture, a diffusion of light born of a careful layering of paints, classical…
A horse and dog show
One of the lesser-known stories from the legendary life of Seattle Slew involves his relationship with a Pinscher of a pooch. Lance the Doberman…
Signs of the times
What’s your sign? No, not Pisces, which we’re in, or Aries, which we’re headed to. I mean, your Chinese sign. Were you born in…
You’re an animal. Now kiss me.
“Birds do it, bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. Let’s do it. Let’s fall in love.” Easier sung than done, Cole Porter….
Editor’s letter APRIL 2013
If you’re a regular reader of WAG – and if you are, we thank you – then you know that May traditionally is…
High-tailing it to Highclere
So I’m sitting with a group of ladies at The Sacred Heart Church of Hartsdale’s boffo combined St. Patrick’s-St. Joseph’s Day party and what…
Seduction in Bloom
They mimic moths, slippers, stars and even dancing ladies, indeed anything they can to entice you into their world of enchantment. “Orchids,” Mark Griffiths…
Save the Date
Join Bloomingdale’s in White Plains and WAG at 5:30 p.m. on March 21 for an Eileen Fisher fashion show. Fisher, a Westchester resident, will…
What’s in a name?
Plenty nowadays. The new pope’s choice of the name Francis is significant as St. Francis of Assisi – servant of the poor, lover of…
“Pi” squared
Watching “Life of Pi,” new on DVD this week, for a piece you’ll find in WAG’s April “Animal Magnetism” issue reminded me of reading…
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Did you happen to catch Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts on the cover of The New York Times’ admirably revamped T fashion magazine? Yes, of…
Editor’s letter MARCH 2013
On March 11, 2010, I brought my Aunt Mary home from a physical rehab facility for what would be the final chapter of her…
REACH-ing out
Photographs courtesy of REACH Prep Sheltering young minds is what REACH Prep is all about. The Stamford-based nonprofit helps high-achieving students in low-performing schools…
Where the heart is
In Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday” (2006) – one of the guiltiest pleasures you’ll ever have – two lovelorn women decide to trade their private…
Shelter from domestic storms
As the youngest of five growing up in Brooklyn, Joe Torre would come home, see his father’s car and hightail it over to a…
Getting down with “Downton”
For Julian Fellowes – the Oscar-winning writer (“Gosford Park”) behind PBS’ “Downton Abbey” – the great English country homes are shelters not of the…
The closer
Mariano Rivera breathes new life into New Rochelle church In baseball, as in business, the closer is the one who seals the deal, who…
Career leap
How excited are we at WAG to see that Chase Finlay has been promoted from soloist to principal dancer at the New York City…
Swings for Torre Foundation
This year, Joe and Ali Torre will hold their Safe at Home Foundation’s annual golf fundraiser on July 17 at Sleepy Hollow Country Club….