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A fall ritual: heading out to pick out a pumpkin. This time, we went to Van Houten Farms in Pearl River. The afternoon light was so pretty, I couldn’t help snapping a bunch of photos. Here they are.
The farm’s friend Kris, along with Laura Straus of Piermont Straus gallery, recreated a 1930s Piermont to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the filming of The Purple Rose of Cairo in the village. She hung historic photos from the 30s […]
It couldn’t have been a more beautiful night for an outdoor dinner under the stars. Irene, who is on the board of the Rockland Farm Alliance, invited us to the annual fundraising dinner. This is the first time it was […]
This takes outdoor movies to a whole new level. Kris and the Rivertown Film Society put together a showing of classic cartoons, broadcast onto the side of the telephone building downtown. The whole village gathered! The set-up: Chatting before the […]
Our final stop on our whirlwind sightseeing trip to the Berkshires: Mass MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. It’s in an incredible restoration of old factory buildings in the center of downtown North Adams. Art is everywhere, even the parking […]
The Clark Art Institute is one of those world-class museums set far away from big-city life. Along with Tanglewood, the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Jacob’s Pillow, it brings art and culture to this corner of Massachusetts, and what makes “summering […]
Kris had opened her latest exhibition at Piermont Strauss gallery in Piermont: Festoonology. It is a collection of her nature-inspired ideas, shaped into objects to explore. Holding the magnifying glass up to the flowers opened our eyes to see something […]
I can’t believe the season is over. Here’s celebrating a wonderful summer of picnics and Bambi, dancing and ice cream.
Another fun Nyack event: summer movies in the park. Tonight, The Princess Bride. And free popcorn, too! Look at that gorgeous Tappan Zee Bridge, too.
Outdoor movies aren’t just for Sour Cherry Farm Paradisio! This evening we head downtown for upscale bar food at 8 North Broadway and a showing of “Maciste all’Inferno,” a 1925 Italian silent film, scored live by SexMob, Steven Bernstein’s jazz […]
Untermeyer Gardens was once one of the most famous and most visited gardens in the country. Samuel Untermyer purchased Greystone, the former estate of Samuel Tilden, and hired Beaux Arts architect Welles Bosworth to design gardens around 1915. From the […]
So lucky to have tickets to see the best musical to come to Broadway in years. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius, and this show is all that it’s hyped up to be. Go!
We’re so lucky to have the talented slide trumpet player Steven Bernstein living right here in Nyack! It means after a big tour, he and his band can come play our little Friends of the Nyack Mostly Music concert in […]
My friend Carrie, the visuals editor at lohud and The Journal news, arranged for a fabulous event: food photography lessons by our talented journalists. We sold all 30 tickets and even had a wait-list! Here’s a recap I wrote for […]
We’d never been to the Hudson River Museum! And with a weather forecast of nasty, nasty, nasty and Greg needing some time to finish some work at home, it was the perfect opportunity. Sam and I sat for a show […]
The gang gathered at magic hour to drink wine, watch the sunset and discuss “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. On this evening, however, it was all about all the light we could see. The sunset was […]
The kids dug big holes, built sandcastles and generally kept busy playing and swimming. That meant for us? Reading. Dozing. Snoozing. Reading. I read nearly the entire fiction issue of the New Yorker — including both Jonathans — and Sarah […]
Jane was felled by a fever, so we had a sleepover with Mae. Samantha slept in the studio with her, and the girls had some fun hanging out in the morning with me. Didier for breakfast! And a quick […]
Good times down at the Classic Car Show in Nyack. Beautiful weather, super-cool cars, and a family dinner at Brick House afterwards. The Family Truckster, complete with Aunt Edna! A whiny child: Cool cars: I would totally […]
For our annual BDoF with the sister outpost, Greg, Sarah and I headed to the Whitney, then out for drinks and dinner with Boo and Christy. What a cool new building… just look at those terraces! The inaugural exhibit: Les […]
My friend Sally is having her second baby, so instead of a shower, some friends got together to throw her a sprinkle! Some very cool women here! Caroline, Sarah, Sally and Katie. Missing from the photo is my new friend […]
While in Orange County, we popped by to see the controversial Orange County Government Center, a building designed by Yale School of Architecture dean Paul Rudolph and built in 1967. Like the old Whitney, designed by Marcel Bruer, it is […]
The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship came to Westchester Country Club this year, and the paper was lucky enough to get a few tickets. Greg and I took advantage of a hot Friday afternoon to walk the course, follow a few […]
What a fun day! We spent the day wandering around the Botanical, visiting the Frida Kahlo exhibit, the Rose Garden and the Native Plant Center. A brief meet-up with Julia, Catherine and Boo was the icing on the cake. We […]
This is the first Garner Arts Festival since Hurricane Irene ravaged the space in 2011. Glad to see that it’s back. We took a lot more kid-centric view of it this time — and couldn’t spend nearly as much time […]
A trip to the Mankato Farmers Market, wherein Annie buys a few handmade washcloths as a gift to Samantha and Hunna takes home a variety pack of salted nut rolls. Handsome Adirondack furniture: A couple of goofballs: Salted Nut Rolls: Farmers: […]
The afternoon of day 2 of our Minnesota trip, in which we go out to lunch, visit the Mankato Brewery and hit up an antique shop. I forgot to take photos of our food at Ummies, but here is the […]
Our first day in Minnesoat, in which we stop by Angie and Mark’s, I crack my phone screen and we take a detour to the Mall of America to get it fixed. We also have lunch. On the plane. She […]
Broadway goes uptown tonight: Kelli O’Hara stars in the King and I, showing at Lincoln Center’s Vivan Beaumont Theatre. Kelli, Boo, Mary and I attending, but Mary leaving before the photo session the courtyard. A wonderful evening all around.
Leigh Flayton, otherwise known as the Farm’s great friend Boo, had a triumphant day May 5, 2015: Cherry Lane Theatre in the West Village hosted a live reading of her play, “The Generator.” Alex Hare directed, and the cast included Michael […]
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
