Editor’s Letter
by“I didn’t go to the moon. I went much further — for time is the longest distance between places.” — Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass…
JUNE 2019
A destination wedding close to home
byThe new LaKota Oaks in Norwalk offers a destination wedding site close to home.
The Season of George Winston
byWAG music critic Gregg Shapiro talks with George Winston about the seasons of his life and his role in the solo melodic piano movement.
Camping it up at The Met
by“Camp: Notes on Fashion,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new Costume Institute exhibit, has some hot artistic hunks and elegant threads, a provocative idea and plenty of pink. But by pitching too big a tent, the show’s theme eludes it.
An elusive, itinerant life
byDuring the late 19th century, the Old Leatherman was an intriguing if mysterious presence in Westchester and Fairfield counties.
A multifaceted journey
bySean Cohen, president and CEO of Rand Diamonds, has helped the men and especially the women of Botswana gain more control over their diamond industry.
Celebrating a citizen of the world
byThe late singer-songwriter, poet and author Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) was a global icon. A museum in his hometown of Montreal mounted a tribute exhibition to this citizen of the world that’s now on an international tour – with its first stop the Jewish Museum in Manhattan.
The summer of ’69
byWith its seasons of bright lights and shadows, the year 1969 offers a not-so-distant mirror in which we find not only nostalgia but hope for our own polarizing, challenging time.
Still Tom Terrific
byReggie Jackson once said that Tom Seaver pitched with heart. But then we always knew that.
Queen of the day trippers
byTravel writer Stacy Lytwyn combs Connecticut for excursions that offer inspiration and refreshment, all within 24 hours.
Goin’ spacey
by“Space Invasion,” presented by commercial real estate finance firm UC Funds, will be a summer-long public art exhibit along the streets and parks of Stamford’s downtown.
More than ‘one night in Bangkok’
byThailand is trending. And why not? This is a country in which the impossible can become probable, where a street vendor can have Michelin accreditation, goats do recycling and chickens, like other workers, are on duty, retired or on holiday.
Natural inspiration
byIn “Tracing Thin Places,” her new book of poetry, Alice Feeley revisits Block Island as muse and measures the distance between “what’s there and yet to come.”
Leaps to fame
byThough vastly different men, ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev and opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti were larger than life figures who defined their art forms. Now these irresistible legends are the subjects of new films.
Charting a middle course
byThe New Rochelle Public Library honors journalist Fareed Zakaria, who strives “not to pick sides” in describing what is happening on the ground.
Fashionably casual
byStep into the new Weekend Max Mara boutique in The Westchester in White Plains, hang a left and you’re immediately summering on Nantucket.
Another take on Italy
byFor those searching for an off-the-beaten path experience comes Thames & Hudson’s “New Map” series by “Hip Hotels” series author Herbert Ypma.
A fab debut (puns not included)
byWAG Wanderer Jeremy Wayne is back doing double duty as our Wonderful Dining columnist. Here he raves about The Gramercy (though not its bad drink menu puns).
Turkish delight: a journey of love & design
byEast meets West as Ossining-based fashion designer Neil Bieff designs dresses for son Gwyn’s marriage to Turkey’s Ikbal Bozkaya.
A ravishing retreat
byStylish entertaining is easy-breezy in this magnificent stone and clapboard manse in Riverside that lets the inside out and the outside in.