Westchester Magazine July 2007
Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience brings the wizarding world to Westchester County starting in autumn.
If you have driven through White Plains recently, you can’t help but notice that the skyline looks a little different than it did last decade this time. This change is largely due to the ventures ...
It’s no Google Image Search, but the new “Greetings from New Rochelle” exhibit has visual appeal, be it quite low-tech. In 1908, there were over 650 million postcards mailed in the United States. As a whole, these ...
Hot? We thought so. If you live in Peekskill, we’ve got the perfect cure for the summer swelter. Today at 3 p.m., County Executive Andy Spano will join Peekskill mayor John Testa in cutting the ...
Westchester isn’t exactly one of those places that instantly pops into your head when you think of graffiti, but a young artist by the name of Christine Milo plans to change that. The 27-year old ...
Slap on the SPF 60 (or just double up that SPF 30) and head for some summer sun at any of the cool beaches in and around our fair county. We’ve got tips on the ...
Who said that Westchesterites need to endure the crowds and commute of trekking to Manhattan for the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks? We’ve got plenty of Independence Day events lined up right here in our ...
Inn Out of Focus at Pound Ridge A new tenant. An old, well-loved space. Can Chef Greg Gilbert (late of Jackson & Wheeler) make it work? There were all the ...
Rustic French Food in Tiny Bedford A little pomp, a little pretense, but mostly lots of good old-fashioned French country fare By Julia Sexton Food writers love to invent disparaging names ...
Then & Now Still Pumping Back in the 1920s when gasoline was a princely 23 cents a gallon, thousands of drivers rumbled up and down Route 22 (which now runs from the ...
Central Attraction 5 Questions For… Asia Nitollano, newest member of The Pussycat Dolls Q: What made you want to be a Pussycat Doll? A: I’ve been watching the Pussycat Dolls ...
Home Theater The Host DVD Release Date: July 24, Magnolia Pictures This South Korean film may sound like Godzilla on steroids—after all, a giant, slimy, man-eating beastie slithers out of the water to ...
Arts & Entertainment Totally Zany It’s tough listening to music with young kids. While you might be in the mood for the White Stripes, they’d rather hear the Wiggles. Musician Dan Zanes ...
Datebook Asia Nitollano Starting last March, The Pussycat Dolls—the burlesque dance troupe-turned-recording artists behind the maddeningly catchy No. 1 hit, “Don’t Cha”—conducted an intense, multi-week audition for a new member through their ...
P.O.V. Don’t Ask…Don’t Tell? What Do You Do When a Friend’s Kid Misbehaves? The ink had not yet dried on my 16-year-old son’s driver’s license when I received an uncomfortable ...
Spotlight On… The Quieter, But Not Gentler, District Attorney Strong and stylish—Janet DiFiore finally got the job she’s always wanted. By Meredith Berlin Quick—Who’s Westchester’s District Attorney? Jeanine Pirro? ...
County Golf A Trance Encounter For most golfers, visions of our last worm-burning drive, shanked iron, or lipped-out putt fill our brains as we stand over the ball trying to persuade our ...
Growing Up Guthrie Chappaqua resident Nora Guthrie is determined to make sure the world remembers her father and his music. Nora Guthrie is a professional memory keeper. The 57-year-old daughter of ...
Westchester Chronicles Mommy, Why Is There a Fireman’s Pole in Your Bedroom? A trendy workout promises to free your inner sex kitten. Can this suburban mom leave her hang-ups in the minivan? ...
Just Beachy Everything you need for a stylishly fun-filled day in the sun Photography by Dawn Smith Produced by Marisa Iallonardo Styled by Halina Sabath and Marta Kujawa ➀ Straw ...