Up on the roof, with greenery
byThere’s something magical about being “Up On The Roof,” as the song says. Think of Bernardo and Anita weighing the relative merits of “America”…
MAY 2016
Celebrating spring
Realtor Joseph Barbieri guides buyers to Greenwich
byJoseph Barbieri has been among the top Realtors in Greenwich for nearly 30 years, with a portfolio that includes $75 million Hillandale and the…
The man behind the cases
byGabriel Rimedio influences how people shop without using any words. Instead he lets his visuals speak for him and his clients. Rimedio is a…
Music and dance’s rites of spring
byFrom the dawning of woodwinds to the fluttering of strings to the primal burst of percussion, music has sought to capture the yearly rebirth…
The Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens warms up for spring
byThe Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens in Stamford is ready for a new spring season with the aid of a newly designed mobile touring app…
Cold Spring’s annual rebirth
byWhen WAG was deciding on stories for this, our “Celebrating Spring” issue, Cold Spring came to mind. Sure, its name drew us in, but…
‘Paradise Found’
by“Paradise Found: Gardens of Enchantment” by Clive Nichols (teNeues Publishing Group, 176 pages, 154 color photographs, $55) weaves its magic in a most unusual…
A gem of a Conservatory
byThe Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk may have only opened for its 2016 season a few weeks ago, but its historic conservatory is already…
Into the woods
byThere’s a lovely air of serenity about Kaya Deckelbaum, the Hastings-on-Hudson sculptor who welcomes WAG on a chilly spring morning. But like the forest…
Beauty on the Hudson
byBoscobel House and Gardens was just awakening from its winter slumber when WAG chose a less than weather-friendly day for a visit. The otherwise…
The courtyard of Tao bliss
by“In this image, there lies deep meaning. Yet when we would express it, the words suddenly fail us.” …Tang Dynasty (618-906), poet Tao Ch’ien Among the…
The New York Botanical Garden at 125
byThis year marks the 125th anniversary of a place that was incorporated in northernmost New York City “for the collection and culture of plants,…
Leaving our hearts on Amelia Island
byIn early spring on Amelia Island, the Atlantic Ocean foams at the mouth, spitting froth along the creamy, prickly shore. Overnight, rain gives way…