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Braza In Our Back Yard: Home to Fashion Emergency Solutions

By Lisa Green I’m not positive about this, but it’s extremely probable that some of those celebrities you see on the red carpet are wearing a Braza Bra product, and that’s not an interesting fact just because the products are the kinds of things that prevent wardrobe

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RADC: A Warehouse Of Treasures At Hudson's River Side

Shelina's By Jamie Larson Hudson's position as a world-class destination for great art and antiques is well deserved. But as its stature has risen briskly over the past 20 years, an ever-increasing percentage of the city’s old eccentric vibe (which drew artists and

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A Scattershot Of Spring Thoughts

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. Our garden writer, Madaline Sparks, is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years she was the contributing garden editor

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Get Ready For Trade Secrets, Our Very Own Garden Of Eden

Bromeliads dazzle at the booth of grower David Burdick's Daffodils and More. Photo: Stephanie Stanton Photography. By Madaline Sparks If you have never been to Trade Secrets, the annual two-day garden event in the Litchfield Hills, really try to make a point to go this year. It

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GreenBuilt Insulates Homes From Harm...With Hemp

By Jamie Larson Hemp — genetically distinct from its sister plant, marijuana — has long been used for paper, textiles and organic body care. But now GreenBuilt, a Columbia County company, is using hemp plants to create an eco-friendly and startlingly efficient building material called Hempcrete. The versatile material, unfortunately, has

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BerkChique! Is Back

By Marilyn Bethany Berkshires fashion icon Vicki Bonnington will begin planning next year’s BerkChique!, a charity clothing sale she co-chairs with Rebecca Weinman, as soon as this year’s (May 6 - 8 at the former Crane Stationery factory in Dalton, Mass.) wraps. As Bonnington, whose cast-offs last

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David Pirrotta Brands Pops Up At Privet Lives in New Preston

By Amy Krzanik Some brands are so exclusive that you can only find them in Los Angeles, New York City and… New Preston, Connecticut. No, that’s not a typo. Thanks to Privet House owners Suzanne Cassano and Richard Lambertson’s Privet Lives pop-up shop, launched in July of

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The Wandering Eye: Local Boy Makes Good

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). Rokeby In the upper Dutchess/lower Columbia world, “Rokeby" looms large as the river house, more because of its former glory and current lore than the building itself. For the

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Organic By John Patrick Trunk Show Is A Natural At J. Seitz

By Jacque Lynn Schiller Sustainability and transparency are buzzwords often thrown about these days. But for Hudson Valley resident and the namesake behind Organic by John Patrick, fair labor and green awareness shouldn’t be radical ideas but the norm. In fact, he introduced the world’s first certified organic

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Choosing A Favorite Flower Is Like Picking A Favorite Child

The Rural Intelligence region is fortunate to have so many gardening experts close by. This week, we welcome Madaline Sparks to our gardening column. She is the principal in her own design, installation and maintenance business, Madaline Sparks Garden Design, with clients in Columbia and Berkshire counties. For 12 years

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Susanna Salk's 'Little Things' Come To Life In New Preston

By Lisa Green As far as we’re concerned, New Preston, Conn. is already a destination. The cluster of high-end antiques and specialty stores and markets are unparalleled in their quality and picturesque setting, even among our region’s justifiably famed claim to “charm." How many village shopping

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Classical Tents & Party Goods Hosts A Warehouse Sale

If you’ve been to a tented event in the Rural Intelligence region, you’ve probably been to one set up by Classical Tents and Party Goods. And if you’ve oohed and aahed over the table settings, the chairs, the dance floor or the lighting, you now have a

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