Life + Culture

Ask Leslie

Your Guide to Life's Dilemmas Article by Leslie Kumar When was the last time you had a new experience? I’ve been thinking about this lately as I watch my two daughters grow up. I have the awesome privilege of watching them try new things all the time. They’re constantly discovering, experimenting, learning and, yes, occasionally failing big time. But they keep trying. As adults, I think we get a little too comfortable with what we know. We have our routines, our restaurants, our friends...

Entertainment

He Knows Exactly Who You Are

Walker Ward turned affluent America’s most recognizable characters into comedy and found himself a new career Article by Laura Sabia If Walker Ward has ever made you feel personally attacked, congratulations: you are probably exactly his audience. Maybe you recognized your husband in Greenwich Dad, dressed head-to-toe in Peter Millar before loading Sconset and Madaket into the Rivian for chocolate croissants no one will eat because everyone is “on the shot.” Perhaps you have met Nantucket...

Shopping

THE HOLIDAY PARTY PLAYBOOK

What to Wear, What to Say & How to Show Up Article by Tanya Meyers & Leslie Kumar | Photography by Dante Pierre The holidays are here - our favorite party season!  With all that fun can come a lot of questions. The holiday party invitation arrives, and suddenly we’re getting asked: What should I wear? What do I bring? How long should I stay? What do I say to someone I’ve never met? And what exactly is the right thing to do when the invitation leaves a few details up in the air? These are...

Food + Beverage

Roasted Harvest Salad

with Squash, Beet & Apple Article by Isabel Smith, MS RD CDN If there is one salad that shows up at my table all November long, it's this one. By the time the farmers' markets shift from tomatoes to squash and the kids' fall sports schedules are in full swing, I want a dish that feels like the season on a plate: roasted butternut squash and beet, crisp apple, hearty kale, and a maple-kissed vinaigrette that ties it all together. It's the salad I bring to Friendsgiving, pack for lunch after a...

Home + Design

A Century of Knowing Katonah

Kelly Raneri carries Charles Department Store’s legacy forward through connection, care and thoughtful evolution Article by Laura Sabia | Photography by Amy Drucker and Stefan Radtke Walk into Charles Department Store and Katonah’s history is not framed behind glass. It is alive beneath tin ceilings, across creaky wooden floors and in conversations between customers and a family that has served this community for more than a century. Founded in 1924 by Charles and Isabelle Raneri, the...

Home + Design

Designing Life Inside the Home

Brittany Zachos creates enduring Northern Westchester interiors shaped by architecture, family rhythms and the people who truly call them home Article by Laura Sabia Before Brittany Zachos considers a palette, furnishing or finish, she begins with a more revealing question: How does this family actually live? The answer guides every home created by Brittany Zachos Interior Design Studio. A formal dining room may host special gatherings for one family; for another, it must move between office...

Professional Services

The Tailored House

A perfectly tailored suit rarely calls attention to itself. What you notice is the person wearing it. The proportions feel right. The choices seem natural. Nothing looks borrowed.I have always thought a house should work much the same way.We tend to begin conversations about houses with descriptions of their appearance. Traditional or contemporary. Formal or relaxed. Lots of glass. Perhaps stone. There are photographs, saved images, rooms someone admired on a trip. All of this is useful. It...

Entertainment

The Leslie List

Your Guide to Life's Little Luxuries Article by Leslie Kumar The Girlfriend Getaway There is a particular kind of tired that a spa day doesn't fix. It's the kind that comes from being the one who knows where everyone's everything is. The kind where someone is always asking you where their shoes are, what's for dinner, or if you've seen that thing they had two seconds ago. What fixes it, I have found, is one night away with women who are also tired in exactly the same way. We did it in...

Health + Wellness

The Life After

Adam Vohra turned his hardest chapter into a life built on recovery, connection, purpose and helping others find hope Article by Laura Sabia | Photography by Brook Road Photography Adam Vohra knows what it means to believe your life has gone too far in the wrong direction. For years, addiction shaped his choices, relationships and sense of self. Today, as founder of ARV Enterprises and a recovery coach, Vohra uses the story he once hid to help others imagine a different ending. His struggle...

Food + Beverage

The Luxury Lunch Is Back

Why the best seat in town is at 12:30pm Article by Dana Cifone | Photography by Inga Skuratovsky Years ago, if you wanted to make something happen, you scheduled lunch. Deals were negotiated over Cobb salads. Partnerships were born over espresso. Friends carved out two hours in the middle of the day because everyone understood lunch wasn't simply about eating, it was where business and life naturally intersected. Then our calendars got louder. Lunch became a protein bar between meetings...