Gift ideas for your holiday host or hostess
Entertaining is part of the holiday season when hosts and hostesses open their homes to many friends and family to celebrate a time of giving and togetherness. Gifts for the host and/or hostess can show appreciation to the men and women who go above and beyond. A hostess gift can be as simple or as...
To pet or not to pet?
Many people consider pets great holiday gifts. But in spite of their popularity as presents, pets do not always make the most appropriate holiday gift. Giving a pet as a present seems like a great idea, but shoppers might want to give it more consideration before giving a gift that is such a big responsibility....
The ‘Twice Baked Twins’ offer dessert gifts
Judy Vig and Joy Paoletti — also known as the Twice Baked Twins — share their love of cooking through television appearances, newspaper columns and just whenever they have a chance. They are making it easier to eat like they do this holiday season, with their ForkFulla and 2 Bite Delite Biscotti which have recently...
Creative Gifts for kids from the Glass House Design Store
The Philip Johnson Glass House Design Store in New Canaan is a source for creative and architectural children’s gifts this gift-giving season. The budding architect can produce early designs using the Tegu’s magnetic building system and Lego’s Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe. Go modern with children’s furniture, including Little Bert, the replica of...
All aboard with Santa for holiday treats
We know that Santa gets around during the holiday season, but sleighs are not his only favorite mode of travel. • At the Danbury Railway Museum, a classic 1903 station with a railroad yard filled with vintage train cars, visitors can ride a working vintage train through the yard to Santa’s Workshop. They will find...
Shop Atelier360 for inspired holiday gifts
A new fashion statement has arrived on Greenwich Avenue in time for the holiday season. Atelier360 opened its doors at 113 Greenwich Ave. last month and offers luxury fashion, accessories and lifestyle products each with a positive impact and a unique story. New Canaan residents Veronique Lee and Liz Logie are the faces behind the...
Entrepreneur designs fireside benches
Home is where the hearth is, as the saying goes, and New Canaan retired banker turned entrepreneur Peter Hovey has created new ways to entice us to sit by the fire, bringing family and friends together by designing a line of fireside benches called “Club Fenders,” a name that harks back to the 18th and...
Healthy holidays: A party survival guide
Abiding by a healthy nutritional plan can be challenging, but eating most meals at home makes it more manageable. Buying the right foods, counting calories and cooking your own meals are steadfast strategies to keep pounds at bay. But what do you do when the busy holiday season fills your social calendar? Being surrounded by...
Bring out the trimmings, the lights and the memories
Whether it’s a two-foot coffee table tree, minimally decorated, or an aromatic spruce that nearly touches the ceiling, there’s exciting anticipation when tree trimming time comes ’round. At Karen and Ian Tesar’s house in Wilton, the tree is at the heart of a holiday reunion with family and friends. Karen recalls: “When the children were...
Holiday decorating
Holiday visitors to the Ridgefield home of Mary and Tom McInerney are greeted by some 50 red ornaments of varying sizes hanging from the ceiling of the deep porch across the front of the former carriage house, accented with white lights, green topiaries and assorted characters sitting on the child-size benches. “It’s kind of a...
The “other” type of skiing: Cross-country
When most people hear the word “ski,” they automatically think downhill. But there is another type of skiing that is cheaper (i.e., free) and can be done on your own property – if it is flat and large enough – or at a nearby field or town or state park. It’s called cross-country skiing, part...
