Real Estate Family Compound This Sheffield property has enough room for a very large family to visit comfortably. There is a guest house, six-bedroom main home, post-and-beam barn, kids' playhouse and lots of outdoor space. The 1,500-square-foot guest home has a full kitchen and two sun porches By Editor
Real Estate Historic Weekender This historic compound in Washington has an 18th-century main home and a guest cottage that still maintains its period character with antique floors and original hardware. The three-bedroom main house has six fireplaces, exposed beams, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, living room and stone patios with scenic By Editor
Real Estate Open For Guests In Milan, a 118-acre property includes a rambling farmhouse with a restored brick barn that has been turned into a guest house, which has an open-floor kitchen, living room and dining room on the first floor and two large bedrooms upstairs. There is a fireplace in the kitchen/ By Editor
Food Papa's Best Batch (Food Truck) A smoked meat sandwich trailer in a bucolic setting By Jamie Larson
Style Oatmeal Studios: Always Good For A Laugh A trade show display. By Lisa Green When Oatmeal Studios gathers its team for a creative brainstorming session, it’s no ordinary staff meeting. The greeting card company based in Lenox Dale, Mass., has been in the business of making people laugh for over 35 years, and the writers, illustrators By Editor
Community KentPresents 2016: A Festival Of Big Thinking, Year Two Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is interviewed by Christopher Buckley on "World Order" last year. By Jamie Larson Out in the beautiful and remote hills of Litchfield County, Conn., KentPresents is about to embark on its second annual “influential new ideas festival." In our own back By Editor
Parties Challenge Accepted For North East Community Center Rachel Louchen reports from Lakeville.North East Community Center's (NECC) annual Chef & Farmer brunch is always a well-attended event and, this year, it sold out more quickly than ever. On Sunday, July 31, the Hotchkiss School's bucolic Fairfield Farm (featuring jaw-dropping views of By Editor
Parties Texas Meets Cuba...at Clermont Lisa Green reports from Germantown. When you need a theme, it helps to look at your honorees' backgrounds for inspiration. Carey Maloney (RI’s The Wandering Eye) and his husband and co-honoree, Hermes Mallea, principals in the M (Group), provided both the genesis and the decorations for the By Editor
Food Recipe: Summer Squash And Scallion Quesadillas One of our favorite events every summer is The Sylvia Center’s Farm-to-Table dinner, hosted by Great Performances in the fields of Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, N.Y. The mission of The Sylvia Center is to inspire young people and their families to eat well through hands-on By Editor
Parties Summertime In Bloom For Fete Des Fleurs Rachel Louchen reports from Lenox. Berkshire Botanical Garden's 15 acres of flowers and gardens were replaced by croquet on the lawn of The Lenox Club for the annual Fete Des Fleurs, one of the most anticipated events for BBG (second only to October's Harvest Festival). On By Editor
Community The Rural We: Erik Bruun Erik with his daughter, Rebecca. Last year, Erik Bruun stepped into the job of CEO at SoCo Creamery. This isn't his first engagement in a notable South County institution, though; he's a founding board member of both Railroad Street Youth Project and Project Native. His unexpected By Editor
Real Estate Stone Estate Spectacular views outside are perfectly framed inside at this mountaintop home, which is an equal mix of rustic and elegant. Secluded on 30 wooded acres in Monterey with sweeping three-state sunset views, the house has soaring ceilings, huge windows, oak floors and cherry cabinetry. There are six bedrooms, four- By Editor
