Town & Country articles from May 2009

Town & Country archives from May 2009

Women of my year.(In Your Own Words ...)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... The net-net for me after I read every single article in the February issue was realizing that your featured "Wonder Women" are not only focused, driven, ambitious, creative and confident achievers but also, paradoxically, "Wander Women" (with...

Still voting for Palin.(In Your Own Words ...)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... Somehow your February edition forgot to include Governor Sarah Palin as one of the "superwomen." She has all those traits that you seemed to be seeking for the issue: smart, attractive, working mom... ran for vice president. Guess if she...

Oaxaca, wow!(In Your Own Words ...)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... It is with delight that I--and the many people to whom I recommended it--read Jaime Gross's informative and welcoming article on Oaxaca, Mexico, in the January issue. As an aficionada of this enchanted area for more than fifty years (I am...

Present sense?(In Your Own Words ...)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... I was appalled by Joan Caraganis Jakobson's article "Where Have All the Presents Gone?" in the December issue. As I sat this past Tuesday watching President Obama's inaugural address, my attention was attuned to the current selfish and...

Keep your focus.(In Your Own Words ...)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... During these difficult economic times, when many may be looking for work and have very little else but despair, it is a good idea to give more attention than usual to our friends and family. We don't do this enough, and especially not when...

The long goodbye.(In Your Own Words ...)(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2009... In renewing my subscription, I must take a moment to acknowledge "A Widow's First Five Years," by Barbara Lazear Ascher [from "Dealing With Grief," July 2007]. It has helped me through the last year. Everything she describes is the way it is....

Correction.(In Your Own Words ...)(Correction notice)
May 1, 2009... In our February issue, we misidentified the building shown on page 40 of our "San Francisco Opera" story. The building is city hall, not the War Memorial Opera House, which is located across the street.

Loved the piece on DVF!(In Your Own Words ...)( Diane Von Furstenberg )(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I was lucky enough to receive a copy of her memoir, DVF: A Signature Life. The best part: she inscribed it "To Sabrina, Enjoy It All!" So simple and yet so full of meaning. Of course, she used the boldest of markers...

San Francisco smphony.(San Francisco: Parties)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Purpose: To celebrate the symphony's ninety-seventh season opening. The Highlights: Abundant good food and music. First, three separate dinners took place for the 2,700 guests. The Patrons Dinner was held in a...

Studio Museum in Harlem.(PARTIES: New York City)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Occasion: The fortieth anniversary of this renowned contemporary-arts institution, which showcases works inspired by black culture around the world. The Venues: The Museum of American Finance for cocktails and...

Sarah dicicco photography.(scene & be seen: A calendar of events, trunk shows and benefits taking place at a store or location near you.)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clients from all over the country choose Sarah for her innovative approach and high level of quality and service. Her vibrant, fresh photography encompasses the use of natural light and captures the grace and...

Stolen moments with Verdura.(scene & be seen: A calendar of events, trunk shows and benefits taking place at a store or location near you.)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Town&Country and Verdura hosted a reception and book signing party to celebrate the launch of Editor in chief Pamela Fiori's new book, Stolen Moments, The Photographs of Ronny Jaques. Held in the Verdura Salon on...

Opera Carolina.(PARTIES: Charlotte, NC)(Bella Notte gala)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Event: The fourth annual Bella Notte gala, the company's season kickoff, was held at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, in Charlotte. The Setting: Since the fete took place a few days after the...

A bounty of bistros.(ON THE TOWN)(Restaurant review)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SPRINGTIME WEATHER IN PARIS is as unpredictable as the French themselves. When April showers come in May, nothing raises the spirits like a meal in a good Paris bistro. The food is tasty, the portions are generous,...

Chardonnay for Connoisseurs.(IN THE COUNTRY)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As America's most popular and easy-to-pronounce white wine, Chardonnay enjoys the benefits of fame but also suffers its pitfalls. Although the grape is on everyone's lips, overexposure has a price: specifically,...

Master of the house.(IN THE COUNTRY: Napa Now)
May 1, 2009... In the wine-country outpost of Yountville, California, oenophiles are lingering for longer than usual at Ma(i)sanry Napa Valley. the newest enterprise of banker turned vintner Michael Polenske, of Blackbird Vineyards fame. Inside his...

A catalogue come to life.(IN THE COUNTRY: Napa Now)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Just down the road from Ma(i)sonry and tucked behind Yountville's historic V Marketplace is the new NapaStyle, in a soaring space formerly occupied by stables. The shop is stocked with kitchen and tabletop...

Olivia Chantecaille.(FASHION & STYLE)(Brief article)(Biography)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OCCUPATION: Creative director of Chantecaille Beaute, an upscale cosmetics line she launched with her mother in 1997. BACKGROUND: Born and raised in Manhattan, Chantecaille grew up spending holidays in France, her...

Candy colors.(FASHION & STYLE: Trends)
May 1, 2009... Add a delectable cocktail dress to your spring repertoire. VERSACE pink silk-chiffon dress ($3,950), 888-721-7219. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MILLY orange silk-chiffon pencil dress with ruffled sleeves...

Hold everything!(FASHION & STYLE)
May 1, 2009... Don't be fooled: these petite evening bags have plenty of room for your essentials--lipstick, cell phone, credit card, comb, keys--and they're lovely to look at, too. Clockwise from top right: JUDITH LEIBER satin Juliette ($2,895). VALENTINO...

Two men for Four Seasons.(FASHION & STYLE: Men)(restaurant)(Interview)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALEX VON BIDDER, co-owner with JULIAN NICCOLINI of New York's Four Seasons restaurant, says of the diners assembled: "You can be sure that everyone having lunch here right now has something going on at the table...

Midas touch.(JEWELRY)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Simple, classic, seasonless--gold cuffs are always in fashion. 1. AARON BASHA Tiger ($6,800), 212-935-1960. 2. POMELLATO Cocco Collection ($11,575), 800-254-6020; pomellato.it. 3. YOSSI HARARI Corset ($17,050), at...

For mom.(JEWELRY)
May 1, 2009... A heartfelt selection of delicate baubles in hues of gold and blue. SIMON ALCANTARA 14k-gold and turquoise earrings ($835), at selected Saks Fifth Avenue stores, 877-551-SAKS; simon-alcantara.com. MONICA RICH KOSANN 18k-gold and diamond...

Citrus time.(WATCHES)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... The latest look in watches to get our attention? Straps in zesty orange. Clockwise from top left: BREGUET 18k-gold Ladies Classique with alligator strap ($12,3501, 212-288-4014. JAEGER-LECOULTRE 18k-gold and diamond Reverso Lady with alligator...

Our favorite foundations.(BEAUTY & HEALTH)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... T&C's choice formulas for achieving a flawless and natural-looking finish. GIORGIO ARMANI Lasting Silk UV Foundation SPF 20 ($58) is the brand's answer to high-definition cosmetics. Light-reflecting and mattifying powders ensure a perfect...

How Hermes does it.(BEAUTY & HEALTH)(Hermes Parfums)(Interview)
May 1, 2009... First you may notice that their names are unusual and a bit tricky to pronounce. Then, once you pull the cap off a bottle of Brin de Reglisse, Un Jardin sur le Nil or Poivre Samarcande, you'll inhale a whiff, a little surprise, of fragrance,...

Must-dos for May.
May 1, 2009... 1. SOAP UP Don't hesitate to open Agraria's Luxury Bath Bar in Lemon Verbena ($20): olive oil, shea butter, yucca oil and kukui-nut oil add up to a soap that's even more of a treat than its pretty packaging, agraria.eom. 2. REVIVE...

Latisse.(NEWS FLASH)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... The FDA has approved the first-ever prescription eyelash medication, Latisse (about $120 for a one-month supply), from Allergan. Applied like a liquid eyeliner, Latisse contains a small dose of bimatoprost, the active ingredient in a drug...

Artists in residence: they came, they saw, they set up their easels: colonizing the Hamptons has always appealed to visual artists.(ARTS & CULTURE)
May 1, 2009... WHEN TERRIE SULTAN arrived a year ago as the new director of the Parrish Art Museum, in Southampton, New York, she reacted the way many first-timers do to the surrounding cultural scene. She was "absolutely shocked," she says, by the exhaustive...

Show-and-tell on the east end: what's on this summer.(ARTS & CULTURE)(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 1, 2009... BRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Classical and contemporary music are in the mix during this concert series (July 29-August 23)--even Broadway star Kelli O'Hara gets in on the act on August 14. 2429 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton;...

Getting the hang of it.(ARTS & CULTURE)(interior designer)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... Art collectors often wind up with a new appreciation for what they own after sitting down with interior designer Richard Mishaan. When hired to refurnish a house or an apartment, the Colombian-born New Yorker will sift through art accumulated...

The Art Institute spreads its wings.(ARTS & CULTURE)(Art Institute of Chicago)(Brief article)
May 1, 2009... The Art Institute of Chicago has expanded a number of times since opening its Beaux-Arts building on Michigan Avenue in $893, and its Modern Wing-debuting this month, with a crisp design by Renzo Piano--not only gives the museum much-needed...

Parting words.(ARTS & CULTURE)(Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir )(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whether or not your parents are Pat Buckley and William F. Buckley Jr., it's wrenching to say goodbye. And since their son, Christopher Buckley, is himself not just a wry best-selling author of fiction and nonfiction...

May must-sees.(ARTS & CULTURE)(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [EXHIBITS] Beauties--and a beast? New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates Kate, Veruschka, Dovima, Twiggy and more supermodels turned style icons in the Costume Institute's spring...

Sharp shops: before, during and after the summer season, our favorite Hamptons home stores stylishly serve up the goods.(DESIGN TRENDS)
May 1, 2009... Turpan is 500 square feet of modern hits for home and body. Some are iconic, others deliciously under the radar. Opened: 2000. Specialty: High-functioning designs for kitchen, bath and dining room that show, according to cofounder Greg Turpan,...

Hanging out in the Hamptons: the East End isn't just for New Yorkers anymore. Its genteel Main Streets, stunning beaches and top-flight restaurants are drawing discerning travelers from across the country and around the world.(TRAVELER'S NOTEBOOK)
May 1, 2009... AT THE FAR EASTERN end of Long Island, a forty-mile stretch of bucolic beach towns beckons with an unexpected mix of rustic charm and glossy high style. Though it was cultivated for decades as an insular retreat for New Yorkers, the Hamptons...

Relax Already! How to remain calm in an anxious state.(SOCIAL GRACES)
May 1, 2009... Relax! If ever a word didn't demand an exclamation point, that one's it. I don't know about you, but I can't relax in the imperative. A comma, maybe, as in "Relax, and let me pour you a glass of Chardonnay." I can even kick back in...

Cozying up in classic: summer pleasures top the menu when Joanne de Guardiola and family are at home in their Southampton.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over the past decade or so, as the Hamptons have provided tons of grist for tabloid gossip columns, it has become easy to forget that another, more cordial social milieu still thrives on the East End of Long...

Bright spot: it may be tiny and tucked out of sight, but this house has had an outsized effect on its new owners.(Kim Heirston, Richard Evans)
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Bridgehampton, the home of art adviser Kim Heirston and her husband, Richard Evans. is a cedar-lined box that glows with light reflected off Mecox Bay. A Charlotte Perriand daybed from...

Safe harbor: an authentic seaman's house is just what one young family has been waiting for.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FOR A SMALL town on the bay side of the Hamptons, ostensibly north of where the action is, Sag Harbor has seen some pretty lively times. It's been a staging post for the British Army in the Revolutionary War, a...

Land lovers: Peter and Alex Matthiessen talk about continuity and change in their corner of Long Island.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] READERS OF Peter Matthiessen's books of fiction and nonfiction would be challenged to say exactly where the author lives, although they'd be right to assume it's well outside a major city. Matthiessen has written...

Weddings.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mr. and Mrs. A. Barry Hirschfeld Jr. (Nao Minami, in Hatsuko Endo) Tokyo, Japan [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mr. and Mrs. Andrew William Dickey (Emilia Maria Moreira, in Pronovias) Panama City, Panama ...

Horoscopes.
May 1, 2009... May [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Taurus April 21-May 21 What's wonderful about your character is your ability to hold steady in the face of confusion and turmoil. And by the time May draws to a close, you're going to be very glad you...