The way that a pilot named Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger saved all 155 onboard his disabled commercial jetliner was the feel-good story of 2009. Locally, however, the “Miracle on the Hudson” helped launch some bad feelings in the Forest Lakes neighborhood. Since the incident and following a series of Congressional hearings and the release of previously [...]
The top lot of a dozen paintings by Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius — and the auction overall — was “Humpback Grizzly” from the H. Wendell Endicott Collection that attained $460,000. Portsmouth, N.H. :An offering of a baker’s dozen of paintings by Frank W. Benson in the first hour of Copley’s sporting art auction July 22–23 [...]
West Virginia’s hunting seasons get underway with a bang this week. Actually, it will probably be with a series of bangs. The season for mourning dove and the early Canada goose season open on September 1. Doves are abundant and often draw a large crowd on the first day of the season and a somewhat [...]
When a goose or a duck wakes up on just about any fall morning he’s thinking about just one thing: his belly! Oh there may be some preening and quiet gabbling first but when everyone in the flock is on the same page and they take flight they’re looking for breakfast. I have often been [...]
’Fashion is architecture,’ as Coco Chanel memorably proclaimed, and a new exhibition at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art explores the synergy of the two disciplines. Turkish fashion brand Dice Kayek has taken aspects of Istanbul – including some of its most iconic buildings – and translated them into sartorial form. The exhibition’s 12 themes [...]
I knew it was going to be good before I even opened it. After all, the box did say Bergdorf Goodman. I slowly untied the white ribbon, took the cover off and pulled away the tissue paper. Then my jaw hit the floor. The first thing to come to my mind? Only my very favorite [...]
Following the news that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has been using Rikers Island inmates to do his dirty work for years, the Brooklyn Paper reports that his chain gang may be going the way of the Canada goose. If his shows in Asser Levy Park are even allowed to go on next summer (neighbors [...]
A few years ago I had a breast reduction, and although the benefits of this surgery were innumerable (e-mail for details, ladies), I found myself going through a strange period of adjustment. For many years, my breasts had been the focus of men’s attention; I could go out to bars with spinach in my teeth [...]
The battle over labor at next month’s Fashion Week events appears to be headed for court. The biannual event is moving from Bryant Park to Lincoln Center for the next five years. Local One, which provides labor for most events at Lincoln Center, says it does not have an agreement to cover events where the [...]
In an upscale lakeside subdivision in Springville in St. Clair County, J.C. Ralph’s backyard often raises eyebrows. Why in the world would someone want statues of coyotes in his back yard in such a nice place? It’s the uninformed who ask such a question. Those aren’t statues. They are decoys. That’s easy. To strike fear [...]