SMALL NEWS IS BIG NEWS
By Bill Primavera There is a Chippendale-style settee in my living room which serves not only as a comfortable place to plop down, but also as a vivid reminder of the day I walked over to the old B. Altman’s
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By Scott Levine On July 11, NASA released the first photos from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which launched at the end of last year and now studies the universe from a point in space about a million miles
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It was an idyllic setting – Tuscany. A few weeks ago, my family and I finally ventured on our COVID-delayed multi-generational vacation. My wife and I, our married children and their five children, headed to a villa we rented in
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By Bill Primavera As The Home Guru, I am a fan of the history of all things associated with the home, especially their origins. The things we use every day, mostly without thinking about how they got to be what
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In six miles square, the most of that water, we have found so many songs that we never tried to count them. We knew very well that we could not go into lumber camps and the forecastles of coasting schooners,
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“Hello, this is Mr. Tsitra Macs from The Fine and Rare Wine Investments Consortium. May I speak to Mr. or Mrs. B. Boomer?” “This is Mr. Boomer.” “Good evening, sir. I understand you are presently retired.” “Yes, I am; been
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By Bill Primavera As a realtor, I must confess that I have definite biases about certain aspects of the homes that I research and show to clients. Chief among them is a preference for solid ways of building things, such
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By Morris Gut We had made a late afternoon reservation to see “Elvis” at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, our first time back to a movie theater since 2019. Beforehand, we decided to stop for Sunday brunch at
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By Richard Levy It’s like suspended reality. A couple of weeks ago my amazing, vibrant life was 100 percent normal. Then one night I was rudely awakened to chest pains that felt exactly like I was having an acid reflux
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By Bill Primavera It has been so many years since I took an interest in antiques collecting that I really don’t remember what first attracted me to them. I don’t think I began collecting items from yesteryear for investment purposes
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