Giovanni Roselli’s fitness fundamentals
byThe highly accomplished martial artist Bruce Lee once said, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the…
JUNE 2016
Global celebrations
Your signature, your style
byWhen we see someone who maintains a consistent look, what we see is her signature style. With celebrities and icons, it is their brand….
Amaretto Baked Ice Cream Chocolate Cherry Bread
byThere’s no need to serve ice cream in the hot sun when you can bake it. This is a really easy way to make ice…
Accent on Aussie wines
byThere’s something about an Australian accent that makes me smile. It’s not only the melodic rhythm and the tempo of the talk but also…
Dinner by Italian imports
byOn a recent Friday evening, Jackie Ruby’s kitchen was filled with fresh ingredients from Arthur Avenue, along with decanted wine and two Valentinos in…
A world of wines
byWooden shelves filled to the brim with bottles of wine from across the globe sit floor to ceiling, lining the walls of Val’s Putnam…
Homefront Farmers plants a growing business
byWhen Ridgefield resident John Carlson first started his at-home farming company, Homefront Farmers, the responses he received in his first two years of business…
Mike’s Organic Delivery: From Kalahari to kale
byFrustrated with a decade-long career in marketing, Mike Geller went to the desert. The Kalahari Desert in Africa, specifically. He spent three months there,…
Chic choices
byPARISIAN DELIGHTS [1] We’ve all daydreamed about April in Paris, but let’s be honest — we’d accept a trip to the City of Light any…
At home in the world at ‘Taste of Waldorf Astoria’
bySure, I love to travel, but sometimes I just like to sit back and soak it up at home. Earlier this year, I was…
Beating cancer, winning at polo
byPolo player Brandon Phillips was born for horses. He grew up on a horse farm outside Toronto. His father and brother were amateur polo players at…
Lost in the secrets of Whitehall
byI’ve been in old houses that were filled with life and antiques, new houses with unexpected colors, but reflecting respective cultures, mansions that warmed…
What they wore
byVisitors to Lyndhurst will find themselves with quite a challenge soon — deciding which of the dresses, hats, shoes or bags on display is…
What lies in the middle: Judith Jamison on the dance of love
byTall and regal, Judith Jamison strides onto the stage of The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University with the élan…
World map handbags
byFor stylish fashionistas — and fashionistos — on the go, it’s hard to beat Alviero Martini S.p.A. The brand — founded 25 years ago…
Ultimate green houses
byFreud said “Biology is destiny.” For houses, geography may be destiny. Witness Sri Lanka, subject of Thames & Hudson’s luscious coffee-table book “At Home…
In the region of Ice(land)
byIceland is hot. The New York Times Magazine has written about the Zen healing powers of its communal pools, warmed by hot springs, that…
In, out of and over Africa
byAfter you’ve packed your suitcase and your passport, be prepared with one more thing before departing for a safari in Kenya — an answer…
The traveling woman’s wardrobe
byMaintaining a beautiful wardrobe while traveling can be stressful. But Italian designer Chiara Boni has a solution. Boni — who brings her collection to…
‘This wide and universal theater’
by“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare observes in “As You Like It,” “and all the men and women merely players.” But Davis McCallum —…