Town & Country articles from March 2002

Town & Country archives from March 2002

What's it all about? (Editor's Letter).
March 1, 2002... It may be premature to think about spring fashion in early March--indeed, to think about fashion at all--but if you are anything like me, you may be ready for some new beginnings. Let's face it, it's been hard to care about the latest in...

Parties.
March 1, 2002... NASHVILLE GOES EXOTIC Nashville's thirty-ninth-annual Swan Ball, held in the Swan Garden of the 55-acre Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, added just a touch of the exotic to its traditional mix of entertainment and honors (this...

Spring dining: in the same way that the first crocus portends the end to cold winter days, chefs worldwide are busy preparing menus filled with lighter, brighter fare. So if you're seeking to invigorate your palate after three months of heavy eating, look no further than the restaurants we present here. (On The Town).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Miami If AZUL only the vibrant, exhilarating cuisine of chef Michelle Bernstein, it would still probably be the best restaurant in Miami. That Azul happens to be set within the stunning new Mandarin Oriental hotel, located between overhyped...

Cultivating color. (In The Country).
March 1, 2002... This year's crop of colorful outdoor furniture, tools and clothing will surely brighten your garden and inspire thoughts of spring. Clockwise from left: GARNET HILL'S blue Watercoil hose ($38) and nozzle ($12), 800-622-6216. Turquoise floral...

Zins are in ... again. (In The Country).(Zinfindel wine)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... From the mid-seventies to early eighties, when California winemakers were struggling to establish their reputations, many produced sweet Zinfandels--most of which were forgettable. Well, today's improved versions of sweet Zins deserve another...

High marks for gardening. (In The Country).(Joseph Seton)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... For years, Joseph Seton, a successful New York surgeon, has been happiest puttering around his Westchester garden. Like a growing number of passionate gardeners, he attended the occasional lecture to hone his skills. Finally, Seton took the...

Armchair angling. (In The Country).('Leaper: The Wonderful World of Atlantic Salmon Fishing')
March 1, 2002... Discover the obsession behind the wading and waiting in Leaper: The Wonderful World of Atlantic Salmon Fishing (Lyons Press; $50). Edited by frequent T&C contributors Charles Gaines and Monte Burke and published in association with the Atlantic...

Hot potatoes. (In The Country).(favorite potato chips)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Let's just say that choosing a favorite potato chip is like assigning blame: they're both self-defeating wastes of time. There's no such thing as a bad chip; some are simply better than others. My picks: BEST NATIONAL CHIP With just...

All we want for March is ... (Fashion & Style News).
March 1, 2002... ALL WE WANT FOR MARCH IS... the quintessential white blouse, and this season, Carolina Herrera delivers all sorts of versatile designs--with plunging necklines and fitted or flared sleeves--in cottons for day, silks and satins for night....

Spring into summer. (Fashion & Style).
March 1, 2002... Don't save white until Memorial Day--wear it now. Clockwise from top: TOD'S Rodeo bag ($1,100). SERGIO ROSSI bag with wood handles ($695). CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Sparta Flat sandals ($360). COACH Trixi wood wedge sandals ($156). CELINE floral...

The great belt way. (Fashion & Style).
March 1, 2002... For spring, everything looks better with a decorative belt--especially one accented with jade, mother-of-pearl or gold coins. From left: SIMON ALCANTARA FOR J. MENDEL mother-of-pearl, jade and leather belt ($1,250). OSCAR DE LA RENTA BY SIMON...

On the money. (Fashion & Style).
March 1, 2002... Penny loafers have long been favored by stylish men. Although we don't recommend accessorizing yours with coins, we think these classics are worth every cent. Clockwise from top left: Brown loafers by RALPH LAUREN FOOTWEAR ($425). COLE HAAN...

The coral craze. (Jewelry).
March 1, 2002... As warmer weather approaches, coral surfaces once again. Clockwise from top left: FARAONE MENNELLA Sardinian-coral torsade ($4,000), Renaissance Collections, NYC, 212-765-8145. ANTONINI coral necklace with pave diamonds ($7,100), Mayfair...

Out of the woods. (Jewelry).
March 1, 2002... Clockwise from top left: CONTAMESSA diamond and wood cuff ($28,000), at Fred Leighton, NYC, 212-288-1872. VAN CLEEF & ARPELS diamond and wood Butterfly brooch ($4,850), 800-VCA-5797. DEAN HARRIS ebony bangle ($2,000), at Barneys New York,...

The wonderful Wallace: perhaps the finest small museum in London is also one of the least known. Welcome to the Wallace Collection. (Connoisseur's World).(Hertford House, London)
March 1, 2002... The brouhaha that surrounded the unveiling of London's Tate Modern in May 2000 drowned out the extension, inaugurated a month later, of another great, but all-too-often-overlooked, London institution: the Wallace Collection, in Hertford House....

Cultural calendar. (Connoisseur's World).
March 1, 2002... NEW YORK, MARCH 7-MAY 26 The good, the bad and the happening--the Whitney Museum of American Art delivers its State of the Union address in the form of the 2002 Biennial. WASHINGTON, D.C., THROUGH JUNE 8 The Folger Shakespeare Library...

Voigt victorious. (Connoisseur's World).(opera singer Deborah Voigt)(Brief Article)(Interview)
March 1, 2002... The American diva Deborah Voigt has startlingly blue eyes, a delightful laugh and a voice so magnificent that it has made her the world's foremost dramatic soprano. It soars over immense orchestrations and has a rare, amazingly warm, velvety...

At auction. (Connoisseur's World).
March 1, 2002... It's Asia Week again at Christie's and Sotheby's. The sales start with an arresting array of Indian and Southeast Asian works (March 20 at Christie's; March 21 at Sotheby's) and Chinese art (March 20 at Sotheby's; March 21 at Christie's). This...

Magnificent Murillo. (Connoisseur's World).(Bartolome Esteban Murillo exhibit)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Every so often, history is unkind to an artist who once enjoyed wide celebrity. "Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-82): Paintings From American Collections," at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, from March 10 to June 16, is drawing...

The art market. (Connoisseur's World).(rare art book dealers)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Looking for an out-of-print art book? Visit the Internet. Browse several sites, since books may be posted on each by different dealers, at widely differing prices. Buying procedures also differ: Bibliofind.com, ABE.com (Advanced Book Exchange)...

The new jet set: with a private-plane time-share, you and your family can bid travel headaches "buh-bye." (Traveler's Notebook).
March 1, 2002... "My goal in life is never to fly commercial again," says Paul Hills, a businessman living in suburban Chicago. Few people would blame him. As one of thousands of passengers flying over the Atlantic on September 11, Hills was aboard an aircraft...

Concorde flies again. (Traveler's Notebook).(airline back in the after tragic accident)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Last November, nearly sixteen months after the loss of its first plane in twenty-five years of commercial service, CONCORDE returned to the skies. Outwardly, the fleet of thin, elegant aircraft (seven operated by British Airways, five by Air...

First-class coach. (Traveler's Notebook).(Twill Reversible Tote )(Evaluation)
March 1, 2002... In time for spring, Coach has added the Twill Reversible Tote to its preppy and exceedingly popular Hamptons collection. Designed to roll up neatly to fit into your suitcase, the soft, lightweight bag--both weather- and stain-resistant--is...

Museum's Tours de Force. (Traveler's Notebook).(American Museum of Natural History ; New York)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Since 1869, the American Museum of Natural History in New York has not only displayed the many wonders of the natural world and foreign cultures but has also spearheaded their discovery. This year, the museum celebrates the work of three of its...

Jamaica's Top Tees. (Traveler's Notebook).(White Witch golf course)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... JAMAICA | Golfers have a new reason to visit the Caribbean: Jamaica's White Witch course, at the Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall. Opened a year and a half ago, the 18-hole championship course was named after the fabled 19th-century mistress of the Rose...

Warming trend. (Beauty Mark).(cosmetics)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Recent cosmetics sales confirm that big comfort can come in small packages. Lipstick sales, for instance, saw double-digit growth this past fall. As Leonard Lauder, chairman of the Estee Lauder Companies, explains, such sales increase when...

Guest appearance: the lovely, lively Cornelia Guest relishes her new role as representative for La Prairie, the Swiss skin-care company. (Beauty Mark).(Interview)
March 1, 2002... Cornelia Guest, daughter of C. Z. Guest and the late Winston Guest, and goddaughter of the Duke of Windsor, competitive equestrienne and erstwhile celebutante, is elbow-deep in skin cream these days. Who'd have thought it? Any of us who...

Taming your nightmares: think of recurring bad dreams as important messages from your psyche, and then learn to decode and even rewrite them. (Health).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... You've been here before: the dreamscape of terror. You've struggled in vain to drag yourself out of quicksand; fled (on leaden feet) from swift pursuers. You may have strolled down the street only to find that you're dressed in nothing but,...

First blush. (Design).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Pink is for optimists. That's you, right? Clockwise from left: Silk and leather pillows by MARK SNIDER (from top: $317, $225, $175), through Metropolitan Design Group, 212-944-6110. VENINI handblown Veronese vase ($2,100), available at Georg...

Design trends.(decorations)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... 1. Swedish artist Ingegerd Raman designed the Drop of Water glass decanter ($90) for her country's Nordic Watercolor Museum in Bohuslan; now the ocean-blue carafe, whose lid doubles as a drinking glass, is available in the United States through...

Living less large: the world has changed--and with it, our idea of money's worth. (Wealth).(change in social attitudes towards consumerism)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... My wife and I are renovating our house, and whenever I get caught up short over how much it is going to cost, I reassure myself with one of my lifelong mottoes: Shallow people are greedy for money; profound people are greedy for real estate....

Fighting words: how metaphors tinged with violence have invaded our language. (Social Graces).
March 1, 2002... The day major-league baseball teams resumed play after the September 11 attacks, I was watching the San Francisco Giants game on TV as the announcer Mike Krukow described the replay of a home run that Andres Galarraga had hit into the...

Go west: who better to model this spring's all-american western look than Janel Moloney, an all-american western girl?(actress)(Interview)
March 1, 2002... "I always wanted to be an actress, even when I was a little girl," says thirty-two-year-old Janel Moloney, who plays Donna Moss on the award-winning TV show The West Wing. She didn't, however, expect to become a role model. An average of 19...

Down to earth: go natural with leather accessories accented with turquoise and coral.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... This page: Chloe turquoise bag ($1,022). Opposite, from left: Bottega Veneta deerskin bag ($690). Gucci mini leather flap bag ($995). Hermes Egypte sandals in orange-lacquered wood and leather ($245). Three-strand turquoise-nugget necklace...

Stars in stripes: this spring, stripes strike us as just right, especially when they're worn by our quartet of Broadway's brightest talents.(fashion)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Caption: Opposite: The always-dapper DAVID BROWN is the Oscar-nominated producer of such film classics as Jaws, The Verdict and A Few Good Men. But this native New Yorker reserves his highest regards for Broadway, where he's producing a new...

Fashion or folly? In these trying times, fashion still matters.
March 1, 2002... Why bother with fashion at all, or with matters of style, this spring? Our country has been traumatized. War rages in a distant, harrowing land. Many here still mourn. Nothing seems the same. In the aftermath of September 11, there is an...

The bohemians: easygoing elegance and ethnic touches create this season's most exotic look.(fashion)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Unconventional wisdom: At left, Miu Miu's Moroccan-print cotton dress ($890), with a Susan Lennox kunzite necklace ($700) and an R. J. Graziano cuff ($150); at right, a Miu Miu dress ($870), with Stephen Dweck's carved-turquoise, topaz and...

Pacific whites.(hotels, places for shopping and entertainment in San Francisco, California; fashion)
March 1, 2002... Author William Saroyan once described the vibe of San Francisco as being akin to works of literature. "Every block is a short story," he said. "Every hill a novel. Every home a poem." If the thoroughfares in this picturesque town really could...

Weddings.(society notes)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Warren Chapman, Jr. (Sarah Genevieve Shy) Memphis, Tennessee Mr. and Mrs. Erik Lynch Witkowski (Mary Esther Lynch) Marblehead, Massachusetts Mr. and Mrs. Donald Woodford Webb, Jr. (Dr. Jacquelyn Kelli Greer)...

Fashion and shopping information.(Directory)
March 1, 2002... SPRING INTO SUMMER Page 70: Tod's bag at Tod's boutiques nationwide, 800-457-TODS; Neiman Marcus, 800-937-9146. Sergio Rossi bag at Sergio Rossi, NYC, 212-396-4814, Costa Mesa, CA, 714-751-7311. Christian Louboutin sandals at Christian...