Let the medical tourist beware
Traveling can be an interesting and exciting part of our lives, and sometimes we are lucky enough to combine the pleasures of travel with…
Read MoreJune 2013
Open Road
Class & Sass
By Martha Handler and Jennifer Pappas M – I love live concerts but the bigger city venues often leave me wishing I’d stayed home,…
Read MoreWhat has been your favorite journey?
“My favorite journey was to Israel for my twins’ B’nai Mitzvah. … It was quite a moment in my life.” — Kevin Brown, CEO,…
Read MorePlay it smart to stay healthy away from home
By Erika Schwartz, MD The worst nightmare for most of us living in our present-day “flat world” where getting on a plane and leaving…
Read MoreSoaring to glittering new heights
Open roads have taken Elyse Zorn Karlin to some interesting places. Not only has her work kept the Port Chester-based jewelry historian, author, lecturer…
Read MoreRoad trips
D. TOURS TRAVEL recommends New Zealand for a road trip. Compact and ruggedly beautiful, it’s almost as if the universe created New Zealand first…
Read MoreDreamy destination: Las Catalinas, Costa Rica
By Martha Handler (Ed. note: Last month Cappy Devlin introduced us to some of her favorite spots in Costa Rica. This month, Martha Handler…
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Pets on vacation – yea or nay?
’Round about April I become giddy with vacation planning. I gather the family around the computer as we winnow down our options and pick…
Read MoreGIRLS GONE WILD IN PARIS
There’s something about mother-daughter trips that make women smile. Perhaps it’s because for many of us they evoke the rite-of-passage trips we took…
Read MoreThe lake house
Photographs by Bob Rozycki and Tim Lee Actors Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy built Mystery Lake, a stunning Pound Ridge property artfully situated on…
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Road warrior
Capt. Harry Wales came to America in May, and like many soldiers traditionally have done, he paid his respects to comrades-in-arms, serenaded a pretty…
Read More‘Oscar’ night
Photographs by 5th Avenue Digital The star of White Plains Hospital’s 120th anniversary gala wasn’t in attendance. But his presence was felt in every…
Read MoreSuitable companions for your trip
Whether you’re escaping for the weekend – or just determined to fit what you’re packing in a carry-all – these bags make stylish sidekicks:…
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Traveling in comfort and style
Photographs by Bob Rozycki There’s a terrific moment in “Pride and Prejudice” – not the one with Keira Knightley but the definitive version with…
Read MoreWhere Greenwich and Europe aren’t an ocean apart
The Homestead Inn in Greenwich is so much more than that. “We are a full-service luxury hotel,” says Theresa Henkelmann, proprietor with husband and…
Read MoreIngraining signature style
Photographs by Bob Rozycki and courtesy Thomas Throop Thomas Throop has traveled many roads in his two-plus decades as a furniture maker. The most…
Read MoreTraveling man
By Tarice L.S. Gray Imagine your life’s work as a journeyman, traveling with and chronicling the endeavors of some of the most influential men…
Read MoreDrawing inspiration from travel, nature
Landscape painter Joy Moser has learned much about art from visiting other places. “During my travels, (husband) Marvin and I had taken hundreds of…
Read MoreOne Lionheart-ed lady
Susan D. Grissom, director of the recently renovated Lionheart Gallery in Pound Ridge, savors her small-town life, with its regular forays into New York…
Read MoreMountain Man
When Kurt Kannemeyer sees a mountain, be it literal or symbolic, he sees an opportunity rather than an obstacle. And that perspective has, as…
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