Checking In: Mary Stuart Masterson (Please Come Back) Exclusive: Our fave 1990s “It” Girl is still some kind of wonderful. | By Sarah Carpenter Even if you haven’t seen anything she’s been in since she played the unforgettable tomboy facing unrequited love in Some Kind Of Wonderful, you’ll recognize Mary Stuart Masterson. Oh, and she rocked Fried Green Tomatoes and the adorbs Chances Are as well. For one thing, she looks the same almost three decades later (why didn’t I ask her about skincare?) and for another, she’s the type of actor whose face never left your memory—though she’s moderating…
In the picturesque town of Pittsfield, MA in the heart of the Berkshires, a brewery and tap room opened last year with the goal of challenging conventions and advocating for…
One of the late Tony Bennett’s best loved songs was “If I Ruled the World.” With music by Leslie Bricusse and lyrics by Cyril Ornadel the song was originally from…
Everyone has their very own favorite apple orchard in the mountains. Having three kids, we went to so many different venues over the years in Rockland, Orange and Sullivan Counties.…
New York City is celebrating a summer of resilience and renewal, finally shedding the pandemic-shocked past in search (once again) of unapologetic fun. With a surge of new energy pulsating…
The Life Of Pie It was a wistful moment when the venerable John Andrews Farmhouse Restaurant shut its South Egremont doors this past winter, but pizza fans will rejoice when…
Photography by Daniel Schwartz Among the first tasks European colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony set out to do—400 years ago—was to plant apple trees. Why? Because in Colonial America…
Heading east for an important meeting, it flew by my view on the left, driving up Route 23. Like a beacon for what, I didn’t know, but it caught my…
Photography by Shannon Greer Fan-girling Ruth Reichl is tricky. With a career that’s bursting at the seams with remarkable accomplishments—from celebrated restaurant critic for The New York Times to serving…