Douro Restaurant Bar has been a Greenwich favorite for three years now. When the Portuguese hotspot moved from Putnam Avenue to 363 Greenwich Avenue last December, co-owners Rui and Maria Correia, who are cousins, gave it a more stylish, contemporary appearance.
There has been a grocery store on Forest Avenue off Playland Parkway for as long as I can remember. Growing up, it was Butler Brothers.
Well-known around town as a photographer — his portraits of young athletes in motion, Purchase Street at night after a perfect snowstorm, a stop-motion Times Square traffic scene before Bloomberg insisted on a pedestrian plaza, and still life flowers that have as much life as any of Georgia O’Keeffe’s —Kevin Gebhard recently changed his focus.
It’s official! The first half of 2012 was the hottest on record dating to 1895. Even the CEO of ExxonMobil has acknowledged global warming.
My husband and I really had to pat ourselves on the back. Our adult children actually wanted to go away with us. We must have done something right if they were willing to tolerate us longer than the ten minutes it takes to wolf down a family dinner.
If you drive south on the FDR Drive, just below the 96th Street exit, you can see, for a fleeting moment, the official residence of New York City’s mayors.
Cancel whatever you were planning during the day next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and set aside plenty of time to shop Rye. Our town’s annual sidewalk sale comes but once a year. You won’t want to miss out on all the savings, activities, and fun.
The arrival of Loco Latte, a great new coffee shop in the retail space of the Highland Hall complex on Purchase Street, is a welcome addition for commuters, nearby residents and office workers, and the Rye Country Day community.
As part of its goal to promote health, the environment, and safe streets, the Rye YMCA kicked off a Bike to the Y program on a Sunday in March.
A few weeks ago I met my husband in the city for a charity event. There are three things you can count on in such a situation: it will take me the entire day to figure out babysitting and carpools for my kids, I will arrive 20 minutes early to the train station, and I will be grossly overdressed.
