Food Manna Dew The other night at Manna Dew, a couple in their twenties played chess at the bar as they sipped Shiraz from oversized goblets, a reflection of this wine bar/restaurant's hybrid appeal. Manna Dew encourages hanging out (there's an open mike on Thursdays and live music By Editor
Style 10 Tips for Selling in a Buyer's Market ● Don’t try to wait it out. "I don't see a major turnaround for at least 18 months," says Nancy Kalodner, owner and principal broker at Benchmark Real Estate in Otis, MA. "It's not like day trading. You don't sell a By Editor
Arts Berkshire Theatre Festival To Get a Facelift If you've ever gone to the Berkshire Theatre Festival, in Stockbridge, MA, you know that the parking situation can be like a screwball comedy, with student volunteers sending you and your car in circles and sometimes into ditches. Now, as an 80th birthday present to itself, BTF has By Editor
Food Chaseo's Pork Medallions with Apples and Onions 2 pork tenderloins 2 T. chopped rosemary leaves (optional) 1/4 c. olive oil 2 T. butter 2 onions, sliced medium-thick 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and cut in eighths 2 T. brown sugar 2 T. demi-glaze (or 1 beef bouillon cube, crushed) Splash of brandy Season the By Editor
Food Swoon Kitchenbar Is there another restaurant in Columbia County as New Yorky (in a good way) as this smashing place? Swoon Kitchenbar owner-chef Jeffrey Gimmel, a former top toque at Michael’s, and his partner in all things, Nina Bachinsky-Gimmel, once a pastry chef at the Union Square Café, met By Editor
Food Gigi Trattoria Owner Laura Pensiero calls the food here “Hudson Valley Mediterranean.” We call it refreshing. By Lisa Green
Food The Stagecoach Tavern Contemporary country cuisine in a quintessential New England tavern By Lisa Green
Style Tweaking Tradition: Sprucing Up A Vintage Sears Colonial It's a Leave It to Beaver house with a Queer Eye sensibility. The couple who lives full-time in this 1930s house are both flight attendants with American Airlines, the sort of guys who you'd expect to live in a luxury high-rise within commuting distance By Editor
Parties Jazz at Home in Falls Village Last night, Dale McDonald invited sixty friends and neighbors for cocktails and a jazz concert in her barnlike living room, which overlooks the Housatonic River. McDonald, who's on the board of the Falls Village Community & Cultural Center, wanted to introduce the sounds of Back Country Jazz a By Editor
Arts A New View of the Hudson Until last year, film-producer (forthcoming: "The Duchess" starring Keira Knightly) and screenwriter Carolyn Marks Blackwood had never shown her photographs to anyone. Once she did, a whirlwind ensued. Since then, her work has been shown at Paul Rodger's 9W Gallery in Manhattan in a show, By Editor
