SEPTEMBER 2020

‘Stardust’ memories

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A new book by the Hudson Valley publishers of coffee-table tomes on Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry and Madeleine Albright’s pins considers the brief life and fantastic art of French jeweler Frederic Zaavy.

Inside the new Wegmans

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The employee area of the 732-car parking lot at the new Wegmans in Harrison was almost full while the area reserved for customers was empty when we toured the long-anticipated food store in Harrison just two days before its grand opening on Aug. 5.

‘Radio’ days

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WAG music critic Gregg Shapiro talks with Amanda Homi of VickiKristinaBarcelona about the trio’s reinterpretation of Tom Waits’ music.

That’s Italian

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When it comes to the Business 101 mantra “location, location, location,” the family-run Trattoria 632 certainly hit pay dirt when it opened 10 years ago on Anderson Hill Road in Purchase.

An environmental ‘actionist’

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Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, who’ll speak in a virtual event of the Jay Heritage Center in Katonah Sept. 10, counters fear with facts in her delightfully conversational “Inconspicuous Consumption.”

Create style, not fashion

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When creating your home, think in terms of what is personal and pleasing to you in terms of colors, styles, patterns and artwork, and don’t be afraid to follow your own instincts.

And the Oscar for Best Costume Design goes to…

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Among the categories that fill the Academy Awards, the honors for Best Costume Design have always existed somewhere under that proverbial radar in terms of sparking public debate or controversy. But if you take a deeper dive into the category’s history, it seems to be among the most intriguing of the Oscar competitions.