Royalty treatment at Maison D’Alexandre
byThe Greenwich-based salon, which Alexandre Chouery opened in July, provides clients with a palatial experience – all around a large dining room table.
March 2017
Exploring home
Timeless ‘Beauty’
byOnce upon a time — well, actually, about a quarter of a century ago — an animated musical scored by North Salem’s Alan Menken…
Designs that say ‘ooh la la’
byLori Morris’ sumptuous designs have been featured in the Robb Report and Dujour and Upscale Living magazines. And the overstuffed furnishings. And the blowups…
The Audi family’s fine furniture legacy
byA walk through a Stickley Audi & Co. furniture showroom, such as the one in White Plains, reveals a rich history living in harmony…
Unique designs in the Kingdom of The Thunder Dragon
byEvery nation creates its own distinctive culture expressed in its literature, music, art, architecture and design, which is usually inspired by the surrounding environs. …
Cooper Hewitt to explore the 1920s
byCalling all flappers and their sheiks. Something’s coming to town that promises to be the bee’s knees, the cat’s meow and really just swell….
The Met Breuer marries the present and past
byLike politics, art is not immune to the swing of the pendulum. Where the traditional and the representational once reigned, the contemporary and the…
Tula Telfair’s hyper-realistic art
byAt first glance, it’s hard to distinguish the work of Tula Telfair from photography. These remote wilderness scenes, however, aren’t recreated from photographs or…
Touch of glass
byAt the New York Botanical Garden’s recent press luncheon, Todd Forrest made his way to the podium of the Grand Hyatt New York’s Manhattan…
Banking on the arts
byWhen other corporations bailed on the arts in the Great Recession, Bank of America doubled down. The American multinational banking and financial services giant,…
Dynamic duo
byComedy legend Robert Klein turned 75 in February, yet he never dwells on his age. “I forget how old I am sometimes,” he says….
Serving up songs and reflections
byWritten by Gregg Shapiro Greenwich singer-dancer Audrey Appleby hopes you’ll be “shaken, stirred and swept away” by her cabaret act at Café Noctambulo at…
A whole new ‘World’
byWritten by Gregg Shapiro With two full-length albums to its name, 2014’s “Is There Anybody Out There?” and 2015’s “When The Morning Comes,” pop…
Derek Jeter designs his second and third acts
byHighlights from Derek Jeter’s storied baseball career are often famous enough to be described in quick phrases. There’s The Flip, the “Mr. November” World…
The complex design of the ‘One China’ policy
byWritten by Seymour Topping President Donald J. Trump, in flippant disregard of a binding American historical commitment, thrust the United States recently into a…
Searching for the perfect house while at home in Westchester
byDr. D. Douglas Miller has a design for life that works very well, weaving together his many talents and interests into an almost seamless…
How life changed in an instant for the Woodruff family
byLee Woodruff, wife of popular ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, was visiting Disneyland in late January 2006 with their four children when she got…
In praise of eclecticism
byDo you know what stylists are? You always hear about them in connection with movie stars and their outfits. Stylists usually remain fairly anonymous…
A beautiful haven indeed
byPhotographs courtesy Sotheby’s International Realty. The Belle Haven section of Greenwich certainly lives up to its name, situated as it is on a peninsula…
Lymph Candy offers a clean approach
byMegan Hartman-Sparks and Pierre Andre were new parents fed up with what they have called “the lack of transparency in the cosmetic industry.” Leery…