Local Flavor
Perhaps no one in history has gotten so carried away by the taste of a cookie — and one dunked in tea, at that — than Marcel Proust in “Swann’s Way.”
Author: Photography by Rob Downey
Trees & Traditions
Jill Mattek takes Christmas seriously, so seriously she starts making merry with ornaments and greenery the day after Halloween and doesn’t stop until well into February.
Guardians Of The Mangroves
We have not inherited the earth from our Fathers, we are borrowing it from our Children. – Ancient Indian proverb.
Making Sense Of Feng Shui
According to Nancilee Wydra, author of eight books about Feng Shui, the concept offers eight emotional benefits: personal empowerment, a positive future, strengthened relationships, a clear and dynamic legacy, expressing compassion, strong positive self-image, culling wisdom and gleaning the best from your personal past and health in physical, mental and spiritual areas.
Television For Kids, By Kids
It may not be Nickelodeon Studios, but at the end of a long hallway inside the Agnes Wahlstrom Youth Playhouse is a television studio dedicated to children.
Local Flavor
Did you ever wonder where the good restaurants find their beefy tomatoes, their tender mache, their knobby salsify? (Also known as Oyster Plant, recipe follows.)
Who Was "Bean" Backus?
AE “Bean” Backus, best-known for his Florida landscape paintings, was an exceptional artist who lived an unusually liberal lifestyle.
Living With Art
On a sunny afternoon, with rays of light shining through the windows, Virginia Knapp leans back on a sofa, crosses her long legs and smiles.
Link To The Deep
Do you know anyone who has a Master’s Degree in education, a pilot’s license, a natural talent for money management, a wicked backhand and a respectable golf handicap?
Grand Central
Banyan, Cypress, Date Palm, are winding streets shaded by spreading oak canopies where doves hide their nests and cicadas hum their same-note songs.
A Mediterranean Jewel In John's Island
It’s amazing the wonders you can discover once you turn off a main road. In John’s Island there’s such a turn, one that takes you down a shadowed lane lined with rows of podocarpus columns, sculpted sentries surrounded by pink begonias.
Capturing Our Coast On Canvas
Reid August Christman’s seascapes and coastal paintings take us back to a time when our link to the beauty of our surroundings was as near as the next spectacular sunrise.
Brushing Up On The Classics
The Admiralty Gallery on Ocean Drive has a new exhibition on display: It pairs music with visual art, and benefits the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
