Bonni Brodnick Blog

By BONNI BRODNICK I t’s tee time! The Pound Ridge Golf Club , which was ranked #2 in Golf Magazine’s 2008 list of “Best New Courses You Can Play,” is now open for the season. Dust off your clubs and check out this world-class layout crafted by legendary designer Pete Dye, who is considered to be among the most influential golf course architects of the last five decades. Some of the course’s highlights include the par-3 15th hole, where you’ll find elements of natural beauty inherent to the entire property on one hole, including a tremendous rock backdrop. The par-4 5th hole puts a premium on precision and strategy, and the par-5 16th hole has an uphill length that requires careful thought for the second shot. Until the weather warms up, first tee time is at 10 a.m. There are a limited number of golf plans and passes still available for the 2009 golf season. For more info, call the pro shop at 764-5771 or visit poundridgegolf.com and click BOOKGOLF. Reservations can be made for the enti...

March 21, 2009 "Talk of the Town" By Bonni Brodnick P ound Ridge writer Josina van der Maas is conducting a series of monthly workshops, “Writing the Memoir,” at Hiram Halle Library . Her own book, “Papa’s Papers,” a personal narrative about growing up in Holland during World War II, reveals her earliest childhood memories as idyllic. Then came mobilization, the War, the dangers and deprivations, and the difficult post-war economic recovery period. When faced with limited options for her future, Josina decided to come to the United States to attend college. The memoir ends with her arrival in New York when she was 18. It’s a wonderfully told story. The next “Writing the Memoir” workshop—which is open to writers of all abilities—takes place on Saturday afternoon, March 28 at 3 p.m. at Hiram Halle Library. For more information, call 764-5085 or go to http://www.poundridgelibrary.org/ . M y husband asked my father for my hand in marriage in the Rose Room at the Alg...

By BONNI BRODNICK A re you dyeing? Are you suffering from fried hair, too? Are you seeking coiffed redemption? Hair stylist Robert Ciri is doing a new extensive process for re-conditioning hair with Aestelance moisturizing products. It’s been a long winter. Treat yourself to a deep treatment so that you don’t have to duck the paparazzi in Scotts Corner Market. To miraculously beautify thyself, make an appointment with Robert at 764-4077. J oe Cavise , Pound Ridger and artistic director of Off Center Dance Theatre (OCDT), will host the 7th Annual Invitational Dance Concert on Saturday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at Rye Country Day School’s Dunn Performing Arts Center. Joe’s troupe—which includes Camille Swersky , a fellow Pound Ridger and Fox Lane high School student—will hoof it with other dancers from NYC’s Arts in Motion (AIM), New England Academy of Dance, and members from Connecticut Ballet. Joe, who has been hailed as “Westchester’s Dance Man” by nationally published Dance Teacher Magazi...

By BONNI BRODNICK R ichard L. Major , Pound Ridge historian extraordinaire, has just come out with a wonderful book, “A History of the Betsey Hunt House.” Published under the auspices of the Nancy Wasserman Memorial Fund for the Pound Ridge Historical Society, the book lovingly shares the history and mystery of the home in which Dick and his wife, Joan, moved into in 1962. The Betsey Hunt House, located in the historic district of our town’s hamlet, is on the State and National Register of Historic Places. After years of intensive research, Dick learned that the house was built between 1777 and 1823. He brings the readers on an inquisitive journey that not only introduces us to (among many) Betsy and Alsop Hunt, Major Ebenezer, Lewis, Horatio and Ezra Lockwood, but also shares with us two interesting coincidences: “My wife and I were married at the Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue and 12th Street, NYC. This church was the successor of the Wall Street Church of which Betsey Hunt was a ...