Having it all isn’t a myth—just ask Babba Rivera. The Tuxedo Park, NY resident, mother of two, wife and founder somehow finds time each day to do school drop-offs, shop the local farm stands, run a successful startup and still manage dinner on the table. An Upstate transplant by way of Chile, Sweden and Brooklyn, Rivera is the brains (or rather, the flowing locks) behind Ceremonia, an award-winning clean hair brand rooted in Hispanic heritage. Her heavenly-smelling formulations benefit from active ingredients derived from Latin American fruits such as guava, papaya and pequi. And while there’s no shortage of…
Photography by Dori Fitzpatrick exclusively for The Mountains I’d only just returned from a morning trail run in the southeasternmost corner of the Berkshires when I got a call…
Almost four decades ago, I was a contributing editor to Interview magazine. I’m also an insomniac. Consequently, I routinely wrote at night and went to bed late. That is, until…
Photography by Jordan Millington-Liquorice At the I-can’t-believe-I’m-here ultra luxe resort, Nemacolin, “nothing is impossible” is much more than the founder’s motto. It’s become the driving force behind every action,…
Photography by Dori Fitzpatrick About eight years ago, I started writing (and posting on social media) a weekly e-mail blast I dubbed 5THINGS2LIVE4 (Five Things To Live For) to…
Photography by Douglas Friedman (courtesy of Patti LuPone) My heart rate is quickening as I approach Patti LuPone’s door at her sprawling home in the bucolic town of Kent, CT…
Photography by Quentin Bacon When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn…
Nigel Barker is the ultimate multi-hyphenate. The world came to know his rugged good looks and buttery-smooth British accent during his tenure as a longstanding judge on America’s Next Top…
Music is music. If it moves you, it moves you. If it doesn’t, then it doesn’t.” So simple, yet so profound—which makes a lot of sense coming from a bass…











