April 28, 2012

Sag Harbor: More Beauty Wanted



What's better in life than spending the weekend with best friends? Along with taking long walks, visiting garden centers, driving past windmills and high hedges, we visited an art gallery in town. The owner, a former Goldman Sachs-er, spoke about the new trend in paintings: people are craving beauty and realism. 

"Someone mentioned an exhibit at a modern art museum in NYC. One of the pieces portrayed a woman with a long line of you know what trailing out of her you know what.  Is this art?" the owner said. 

We need more beauty in our lives.  

I say, "Wear mascara."

"Refresh your lipstick after every meal." 

"Patronize realism."



Cruising down the L.I.E.

The Long Island Expressway is no lie at all. Have you ever L.I.E.d on a Friday night? The traffic can be excruciating. I saw the light and just kept driving.

April 18, 2012

April 14, 2012

The Connection between POUND RIDGE PAST and Bedford

Many thanks to Erica's Kitchen in Bedford Village for now carrying Pound Ridge Past.
Looking for divinity? This morning I went to Erica's and had a delicious moment: tea and one of Liz Larkin's out-of-this world lavender/blueberry scones. (This is what Saturdays mornings were made for, weren't they?)

Erica's Kitchen is at 1 Court Road (914.205.3900). Pick up a copy of the second edition of my book, Pound Ridge Past, and indulge in the organic yummeries of this country eatery.


April 12, 2012

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN ... Annaclaire's debut


Oh, to be an undergrad.
His this link for a fun read in The Cornell Daily Sun by my daughter, Annaclaire.


* Go Big Red!

April 4, 2012

POUND RIDGE PAST: I Can Almost Hear the Roosters Crowin'






Stop by the Sunday Farmers' Market in front of Antiques & Tools on Westchester Avenue in Pound Ridge, N.Y. on Sunday, April 8, from noon to 4 p.m. I'll be signing books so that you have your very own copy to read about POUND RIDGE PAST, and what people did here once winter finally waned. Read about blueberry picking, pea pod shucking, Victory Gardens, and roosters crowin'. Embrace yesteryear when one of the top-of-mind concerns was trying to figure out how to keep the ice block from melting so fast in the ice box. Oh ... and there's also some cool stuff about Tallulah Bankhead.

Ahhh, yes ... those were the days.

[Up music.]

[Fade in rooster standing on stone wall.]

[Up crowing.]

[Fade out rooster.]

[Fade crowing.]

[Pan right to background of The Ridge at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation.]

[Fade out landscape scene.]

[Fade music.]

[Turn your cell phone back on.]

April 2, 2012

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