Making the cut
We can’t help but notice when someone has a fabulous haircut or luminous color. What is it about hair that garners so much attention?…
May 2016
Spring cleaning your skin with Dr. Whitney Bowe
Written by Whitney Bowe, MD As the weather gets warmer, you’ll want to switch up your skincare products, trading richer moisturizers for lighter, more breathable…
Plant yourself in the garden for a fruitful workout
British horticulturist and garden designer Gertrude Jekyll once said, “A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness. It teaches industry…
Chicken Zucchini Poppers
I tried these and loved them. Chicken Zucchini Poppers make a really quick, light meal that kids will go crazy for. Try this recipe…
Méthode (Ancestrale) acting
In southern France there is everything. There are small metro areas complete with tall buildings and trolley systems. There are charming micro villages brimming…
Sense and sensibility at Hudson Garden Grill
Photographs by Danielle Brody After spending an afternoon amid a breathtaking display of daffodils, tulips and orchids (courtesy of “Orchidelirium”) at the New York…
Blondie’s Treehouse continues to grow
As Howard K. Freilich’s company nears its 40th anniversary, it has just expanded with the acquisition of the award-winning kokobo greenscapes, a landscape design/build…
Jerusalem: City of Gardens
Known variously as the City of David, the Holy City or simply “the Golden,” Jerusalem has had many nicknames in its long history. Yet…
Chic choices
FLUTTERING BUTTERFLIES (1) Kim Seybert, the home goods designer featured in a 2015 WAG profile, draws eternal inspiration from the world around her. Her latest…
Traveling by design
For Kobi Halperin, design is in the details. His canvas begins with a monochromatic palette, but his final portrait tells a story of dedicated craftsmanship…
Accessories inspired by the garden itself
Botanicals are spreading through fashion like wildflowers. Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana, Ted Baker and other designers have gracefully incorporated imagery from botanical books…
Meredith Fredrick sheds light on an age-old technique
Meredith Frederick — whose work graces R & M Woodrow Jewelers in Rye — wasn’t always a jewelry designer, but fate would have it…
A full face-lift
Written by Renae Cohen It’s my pleasure and passion to design homes that reflect the lifestyles and personalities of the owners. When I first…
Steeped in Bronxville history – Grey Arches and Tanglewylde Cottage
Few men of influence have stamped a community more than the way real estate and pharmaceutical titan William Van Duzer Lawrence did Bronxville: Houlihan…
Bedford 2020 fights climate change from the ground up
For Bedford 2020 — closing in on its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Bedford 20 percent by 2020 — this has been…
Musical chairs at Caramoor
In 1946, Walter and Lucie Rosen opened their country home in Katonah to the public for a concert that proved to be the first…
Marin Mazzie captivated by her husband, her music — and her life
During a master class at Scarsdale Public Library on the first day of spring, three-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie smiles warmly at students…
Chinese Reaganomics
Written by Seymour Topping Reading the news out of Beijing nowadays, you may very well be puzzled as to what philosophy is guiding the…
New jewels align on gossamer wings
Zip necklaces. Ballerina clips. Dazzlingly compact minaudières. Watches whose hands evoke the filigree flitting of fairies. And jeweled chrysanthemums and dragonflies whose velvety textures…
Stopping to smell the Roses for Autism
The Pinchbeck Rose Farm is rooted in Connecticut agriculture. The 118-acre property in Guilford first opened in 1929 and is now in its fourth…
Up on the roof, with greenery
There’s something magical about being “Up On The Roof,” as the song says. Think of Bernardo and Anita weighing the relative merits of “America”…
Realtor Joseph Barbieri guides buyers to Greenwich
Joseph 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
Gabriel 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
From 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
The 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
When 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’
“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
The 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
There’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
Boscobel 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
“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
This 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
In early spring on Amelia Island, the Atlantic Ocean foams at the mouth, spitting froth along the creamy, prickly shore. Overnight, rain gives way…