While the city has no shortage of outstanding Latin cuisine (Rayuela, on the Lower East Side, is my favorite!), we have discovered an unsuspecting local alternative, right here in SoWestchester. Don’t let the less-than-glamorous address deceive you. Street Parking is easy to find and , once inside, Cinega Restaurant is surprisingly sleek, stylish and surprisingly [...]
On a recent day trip to Rhinebeck (more to come on that in a future feature), my family and I discovered a place genuinely like no other, a store so utterly unique and impressive, I find it challenging to describe. To call Oliver Kita Fine Chocolates “a store” feels sorely inadequate. I would not even [...]
Did someone say “daily cheese tasting?”. That is exactly what is going on, in Bronxville’s, Dobbs and Bishop Fine Cheeses. Decadent? Yes! Life changing too. I love cheese. . . crumbly Stiltons, creamy cheddars filled with cranberries, onions or chives. Who doesn’t love cheese? But I find I typically stick to only the cheeses [...]
Have you ever longed to give a perfectly spot-on, genuinely personal gift to someone very special to you? If so, I have found a truly extraordinary website for just such an occasion. “Mixing contemporary and vintage objects and textiles,” renown fine artist, Cynthia Newman, of Larchmont, creates poignantly personalized heirlooms for life’s most significant milestones.Browsing [...]
Though I am not a hard-core shopper, I have been known to enjoy window shopping here and there. That is exactly how No Stone Unturned caught my eye. Walking briskly by one day, on the way to my office, a simple small faux sapling, in a store window, caught my eye. From this delicate baby [...]
Having grown up in New England, I miss the quick and easy access to the beaches there. When we first moved to southern Westchester, I was thrilled with our close proximity to New York City, and completely enamored with our friendly neighbors and the tranquil leafy streets of our new home. Only two things were [...]
