Feasts, With a Little Help from Our Local Friends
Thanksgiving is a time to come together with family and friends who are extended family to give thanks and celebrate all we have to be grateful for.
DRESSING ON THE SIDE: Button Up That New Overcoat
Great news, if you’re choosing a new winter coat, there are no rules!
Seriously Funny
Seriously Funny:
Four female comics, including Rye’s own Kim Berns, took center stage at Ladies Comedy Night at The Rye Arts Center November 7, bringing Manhattan-worthy and non-stop laughter to a sold-out all female audience.
BEYOND RYE: Navigating Nantucket Off Season
The water is too chilly for swimming and the ice cream shops are closed, but there are plenty of reasons to visit Nantucket, with foliage at its peak, in the fall.
DAY TRIPPIN’: Voyage of My Pequod
Don’t call me Ishmael. On the other hand, “whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth, whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul,” I jump on the train and head for the Isle of Mannahatta, or, as it is becoming known, Berkeley by the Hudson.
Open for Business: Fine Antiques Reign at York
Economies come and go but family businesses come to stay.
Good Reads: On the Shoulders of Ants
Sometimes people judge nature books by how big they are, or how many full-color photos they contain.
Let Us Now Praise Good Men
Let Us Now Praise Good Men
It was all quiet on the Village Green in the hours leading up to the 11th hour of the 11th day of November. But shortly after 10 that crisp fall morning, veterans, organizers, and camera crews began arriving on what soon began to seem almost hallowed ground.
High Anxiety: How One Mom Is Holding Up in the College Application Process
There is nothing like the college application process to make you yearn for the old days — a solid dinner and a good night’s sleep in preparation for the SATs; maybe a few college visits before settling down, pen in hand, to tackle a handful of applications.
RUMINATIONS: Caveat Emptor
Have you noticed how men’s clothing sizes have completely changed? Over the summer, I went to Lord & Taylor to buy a bathrobe.