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Category Archives: Travel-USA Northeast
Hamptons Show House 2016
From the outside, this year’s Hamptons Show House looks very much like so many of the $5 to $20 million properties for sale on the East End. There are the lawns, the pool, the tennis court, the decks set up … Continue reading
On (and Off) Dune Road
It was “just another” bike ride along Dune Road from Westhampton Beach to East Quogue—viewing various houses from the sublime to the ridiculous—when I spotted a path leading through the protected marshland. I got off my bike and began to … Continue reading
Posted in Beach houses, Conservation, The Hamptons, Travel-USA Northeast
Tagged Biking, Dune Road, Hamptons, Long Island, Nature Walks, Quogue, Walking Paths, Westhampton Beach
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Artifacts of Civil War America
Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting the Freeman Store & Museum, a charming historic house in the Town of Vienna, Virginia, a Washington, D.C., suburb. Built in 1859 by storekeeper Abram Lydecker, a New Jersey native, the house … Continue reading
Sheep and Wool and Much More
When my friend Frana Baruch, artist, graphic designer and craft fair and flea market aficianado, first told me that the New York Sheep and Wool Festival was “the best thing ever,” I thought she was kidding. Well, several chapters of … Continue reading
Vest-Pocket Nursery
This was not what I expected to find, walking down the street in Lower Manhattan on the way to a photo shoot on a weekday morning: an open-air plant nursery wedged into a narrow lot between two buildings. Most people … Continue reading
Dahlias, Dahling
This is the season for those spectacular blooms that mark the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Here they are in a garden I spotted on a bike ride in the Remsenberg section of Westhampton, New York. If … Continue reading
Posted in Horticulture, Private Gardens, The Hamptons, Travel-USA Northeast
Tagged Annual Flowers, Cleome, coneflowers, Dahlias, Echinacea, Flower Gardens, Westhampton
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Nova’s Ark Project
While driving up Millstone Road in Water Mill to the Hamptons Show House, I was astonished to catch a glimpse of large-scale sculptures in a meadow. A stop at this site, Nova’s Ark Project, was the real event of the … Continue reading
A Visit to the Connecticut College Arboretum
This place is deceptive. It’s advertised as a native plant garden, and you expect to see unusual, colorful plants. At first you think that there’s nothing much here. Then you look closely, and among the dappled light and shade, small … Continue reading
Julia Child’s Kitchen
On a recent visit to Washington, DC, there was nothing I wanted to do more than visit Julia’s kitchen at the new Smithsonian National Museum of American History on the Capitol Mall. The museum has the vibe of the office … Continue reading
Kiku at The New York Botanical Garden
An Immortal’s Elixir Chrysanthemum dew: Lift it up. Take a big sip And you will be immortal Not aging, not dying! –displayed on the Botanical Garden’s Poetry Walk Kiku means chrysanthemum in Japanese, I’ve learned, and this is chrysanthemum-viewing … Continue reading
A Chinese Garden in a New York Backyard
At the end of May, I took my daughter-in-law, Yan Zhang Miller, to see the garden of the newest member of the Garden Club of Irvington, Dongkai Zhen. Dongkai, left, has lived Westchester County, New York, for 24 years. She … Continue reading
Along the Road
Her name is Bernadette, and she’s been living in the same light green ranch house, around the corner from our rabbinical house in Norwich, CT, for more than 50 years. When she’s not tending her own garden, she’s beautifying the … Continue reading
A Family Farm in the Hamptons
When you think of the Hamptons, do you think of boldface names, private jets, multi-million-dollar mansions, and parties you’re not invited to? Think again. Off Route 27, there’s a whole ’nother side of the Hamptons. Drive slowly and you’ll see … Continue reading
Hamptons Designer Show House 2014
This year’s Hampton Designer Show House seems like its made for a huge extended family that entertains lots of guests. There are so many comfortable, inviting sitting areas that, say, you had a book in one hand and a drink … Continue reading
A Big Fish Story
Tuesday was family day at the beach, Tiana Beach on the stretch of Dune Road between Westhampton Beach and the end of the road. The weather was perfect, the beach was uncrowded, and the water was fine. Where to have … Continue reading
The Healing Power of Art
My friend, the painter Leona Frank, of Westport, CT, writes: “I want to share some exciting news with you. I learned on Thanksgiving that five of my flower paintings will be acquired by Bridgeport Hospital (Yale New Haven Hospital) for … Continue reading
Garden Party in The Hamptons
A beautiful Saturday evening in late summer, a lovely setting, reflections in the pool, a sunset over the water, clinking wine glasses, and good conversation. In the Hamptons, a region noted for spectacular gardens, this was a garden to remember, … Continue reading
The Berkshire Botanical Garden—a Painterly View
In West Stockbridge, MA, the Berkshire Botanical Garden—a short distance from the Norman Rockwell Museum, Chesterwood, and other attractions—beckons. The entry garden is one of the most glorious mixed borders anywhere (and where I first saw and fell in love … Continue reading
Honoring Farm Stands on the “Honor System”
The Berkshires of western Massachusetts—the region that includes Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey and Stockbridge—might be the prettiest area in the whole country. Only three hours from New York City, it has everything one could want in a weekend … Continue reading
Posted in Farms and Farm Markets, Travel-USA Northeast
Tagged Berkshires, farm stands, Monterey MA
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Storm King: Music of the Fields
“The smell of spray paint, grinding cold steel and the sizzle and spit of the welding torch are very cozy and comfortable to me—they are my version of the memory of the smell of chocolate chip cookies in the oven. … Continue reading
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