By Bill Primavera When I open my new condo door in a Trump building, the first thing I see are gleaming, dark hardwood floors that give me a great feeling of clean space and quality living. As a realtor, I
Read MoreReaders have been asking for advice on wine drinking standards. As you acquire a more refined taste, and preference, for certain wines, there are accepted axioms floating around the “Bacchusphere” that become confusing. Many are still relevant, but others have
Read MoreBy William Primavera Thomas Wolfe wrote that “You Can’t Go Home Again,” but I have frequently revisited homes where I have formerly resided, even one I didn’t remember. Just recently I enjoyed an almost surreal experience in revisiting my first
Read More“A picture is worth a thousand words.” “Every picture tells a story, don’t it?” These phrases have a deep-rooted legacy in American culture, both written and sung. As products of their time, they conveyed an aesthetic that was as much
Read MoreMatt McCarthy had a language of his own, a vernacular you had to be around often to truly appreciate, much less understand. Born and raised in Putnam Valley and an early-’80s graduate of Peekskill High School, we could fill this
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera My wife gave me a real chuckle the other day when she asked, “By the way, what does ‘btw’ mean?” Margaret is actually quite savvy in the tech world, but obviously this abbreviation had passed her by.
Read MoreWine bottle stoppers. Much has changed in the last 10 years. Natural cork dominated the closures for bottles over many centuries. And, in spite of inroads from other forms of closure, they still do. But in the end, natural cork
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera There’s some lucky stiff spending eternal life on top of Marilyn Monroe thanks to either his vanity or warped humor or his wife’s open-mindedness or wealth. Whatever the circumstances, it led to someone shelling out $4.6 million
Read MoreIn past columns, I’ve written about the overwhelming conclusions of multiple studies on the health benefits of a moderate consumption of wine. Two glasses a day for men and one a day for women provide antioxidants and other compounds (polyphenols)
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Sometimes when two people decide to get married or live together, the going can be tough in combining tastes for furnishing and decoration, especially among those who have lived on their own and established individual preferences. Most
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