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AROUND THE WORLD IN GREENWICH

Our dining scene has exploded over the past year, and it’s no run of the mill fare. It’s international and interesting to farm-fresh and fast-casual. Join us as we tour all that’s new—and delicious—in 2022.

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BUZZ Breast Cancer Awareness Month is the perfect time to honor the BCA and the groundbreaking research it funds. SHOP The new La Ligne on the Avenue will keep every fashionista in line. GO We take a mystical journey to Mexico in celebration of Dia de Muertos. DO Nancy Armstrong helps to demystify ADHD with her new feature film, The Disruptors.

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Halloween doesn’t have to be ruff for our four-footed friends. There are plenty ways to get them in on the fun; Greenwich Moms Network shares some festive seasonal events.

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Ifirst visited Happy Monkey on opening night back in June. The place was buzzing. The décor, staff, crowd, cocktails and food all, as cliché as it may sound, just made me, well, happy. The highlight of the evening was meeting the man behind it all— Jean-Georges. His beaming smile and jovial, yet modest, personality are not characteristics that you typically associate with a celebrity chef (though I can’t vouch for what goes on in the kitchen). It was a wonderful night that we have since happily repeated.

Veteran food writer Kate Hogan sat down with the Michelin-starred chef to talk about his forty-nine restaurants around the globe, the moment he knew the culinary world would be his domain, his foundation that funds aspiring chefs who otherwise could not afford to pursue the profession, and much more. The conversation is just one component of this, our annual food issue.

In “Around the World in Greenwich” (page 64), Kate gets us a seat at the tables of all the new hotspots in town. From Thai, Hawaiian, Latin and French to Italian-with-a-twist and inspired-American, the dining scene has gotten decidedly a little more global. And the vibes are as varied as the cuisine. Whether you’re looking to celebrate a special occasion, catch up with the girls or have a family night out (or in), there’s a new restaurant to try.

The good news is that Greenwich has lots of answers to the age-old question: Where should we go? The bad news is the decision has become significantly more difficult. The solution? Simple. Give your kitchen a rest, hit the town more often, and yes, clap your hands.

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October means Halloween. I don’t have to be reminded that kids love it (some 150 of them ring our doorbell), or about witches (I’ve met a few), and certainly not about black cats. I have one—a now-famous one named Annie because her furry face appeared on “Missing” posters all over Riverside and the internet this summer. Lovely neighbors rallied to my cry, along with dozens of landscapers, construction workers, mailmen, UPS drivers and Animal Control personnel. Then, lo and behold, three weeks later, Annie knocked (well, scratched) at the back door, meowing loudly—thinner, dusted with what looked like dandruff, collar frayed but very happy to be home.

Cats have never gotten enough credit, except from the ancient Egyptians. I like all animals, really—especially the kind you can hug. That rules out snakes, snapping turtles, frogs and porcupines, but they also have their fans—like Mr. Arden at Country Day, who had this huge frog he’d hide under a flowerpot on his desk on Parents' Night. When he lifted the pot and the thing raised itself up onto its hind legs, I witnessed one mother run for the exit.

Growing up, we were told we weren’t allowed cats in our apartment in Cleveland. In truth, my father hated them (I never understood why). My mother gave up that fight after one of us kids brought home a stray who proceeded to have a litter in the living room, and she had to make an emergency call

to the ASPCA to come get them.

All I ever asked Santa to bring me for Christmas was a kitten. In fact, the story goes that when I was little, a woman asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, and I told her I wanted to run a cathouse. (I never did live that one down.) So when Jack proposed to me, I told him there were three things I wanted in life besides him: a piano, a fireplace and a kitten. And he came through.

My first cat was named Sybil. She was marmalade color, exceptionally bright, and had something very Greek prophetess about her. She would sit on my shoulder as I drove down Shaker Boulevard, look both ways at stop signs, sashay up the front path into my mother’s building, get into the elevator, ride up to the second floor, walk into the apartment and stretch out on top of the lavender velvet Louis Seize couch with the gold fleur-de-lis. She knew she was beautiful.

Sybil’s life with us was short. She got hit by a car and didn’t make it. But the wise old father of a friend of mine had forewarned me: “Once you start getting pets, you’re going to cry a lot of tears over a lot of little graves. But they’re worth it.” He was right.

Next came Tina Marie, a longhaired gray that was unbelievably patient with children. One morning I found wee Jonathan in his Dr. Denton’s sitting on the silver lid of a big crystal punch bowl in a corner of the dining room. Inside, eyeing me wistfully, was Tina Marie. When

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she would deign to sit beside our two-year-old daughter, Audrey was ecstatic. “Look, Mommy,” she’d say. “Tina’s purring on me!”

And on it went. From Nancy and Bob Lane we got a kitten we called Toughie, until we discovered it was a female, so we pronounced it Toofee. Then there was Titty, Rutabaga and, oh yes, Brute, a little black one that our golden retriever Charlie, feeling paternal, liked to carry around in his mouth.

Having dogs and cats works just fine. No question, the cats are in charge. Even with their bowls brimming with Alpo, our goldens refused to step into the kitchen until the cats finished their meals.

Vincent, the seven-pound black-and-white Tuxedo cat Jonathan brought home from college, made history. “Skinny Vinny” lived to be twenty-three, the oldest cat our vet Steve Zeide had ever cared for. He even survived our house fire. We saw him run out the front door

and thought he was safe; but after making the final sweep of the house, a fireman emerged carrying Vinny, his nose covered with a tiny oxygen mask. He had been spooked by the commotion outside and had run back in to hide under his favorite chair upstairs in our bedroom. This, we were told, is unfortunately pretty common among pets and children.

How did Vinny manage to live so long? Dr. Zeide said it was because he was so thin and adaptable. Being neither, I guess I’ll die young.

Annie used to have a brother, Amos, who was very courageous. Once we saw him chase a huge red fox out of our backyard to protect his sister hiding under a bush. That’s almost up there with the cats we saw at the Moscow circus jumping through hoops of fire.

Amos was Jack’s nanny cat. They did everything together—take naps, read the paper, greet guests, everything. Amos would even hitch a ride on the seat of Jack’s walker

and enjoy being pushed around the house. Then they went to heaven almost at the same time, so now it’s just us girls.

Cats deserve to be celebrated. In London, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical CATS ran for twenty-one years, and in New York it became the second-longest-running show on Broadway. Agile actors costumed as cats stunned the audience by pussyfooting their way along balcony rails, and during intermission everyone was invited onstage to have Old Deuteronomy autograph their programs.

We were seated with friends up in the mezzanine, but by the time we worked our way down to the stage, lo and behold, Jack was already there! He’d slid down a chute the actors used from the balcony and almost landed in Old Deut’s lap.

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THE BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE CONTINUES TO FUND GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND SPEARHEAD EDUCATION AND AWARENESS by beth cooney fitzpatrick

traditional pool of cancer research funders.

“The problem was trying to take it to the next step. For academia and big funders the idea was too speculative,” Dr. Rimm explains. “They wanted to see more qualitative data and evidence before they got behind it.”

So he turned to the Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA), which was willing to take a risk and gave him the funding to start his investigation.

More than twenty years ago, Dr. David Rimm, the Anthony M. Brady Professor of Pathology at the Yale University School of Medicine, wanted to embark on a study he considered “high-risk, but with the potential for a high reward.” He was curious if the diagnosis of certain kinds of breast cancer could be more precise—and therefore more treatable—if pathologists were able to search for specific biomarkers in the blood of patient tissue samples.

The trouble was his hypothesis, at least from a funder’s perspective, was too unexplored and risky to attract grants from the

Because of that investment, Dr. Rimm was able to propel his research to a breakthrough place. The BCA-funded research helped Dr. Rimm and his team develop a form of tissue analysis that remains the method diagnosticians continue to use today.

Each year the BCA awards grants to two groups of investigators aimed at advancing the fight against the disease. By design, it focuses on young researchers, whose early work shows promise or innovative projects that need a kickstart to attract the interest of bigger funders. By funding these nascent projects and researchers in the early stages, the BCA hopes to get behind early stage theories that

could lead to long-term investments for more research from powerhouse funders such as the National Institutes for Health (NIH).

To date, BCA has targeted more than fifteen million dollars toward this effort. As an early benefactor, Dr. Rimm was so impressed with BCA’s innovative approach to funding research he joined its medical advisory board, a role he’s played for twenty-five years.

Recently, Dr. Rimm received another BCA grant to help his team explore the way certain breast cancers begin, known as carcinogenesis. “We’ve found a subset of breast cancers that seem to do that in a different way,” he says. “So the question we’re asking is, does that different mechanism result in a whole different flavor of breast cancer that might be treated or managed differently?”

The long-term goal, he explains, might lead to new ways to treat and manage these diseases. “The key understanding is that not all breast cancers are the same, and figuring out their unique qualities helps us fight them.”

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GM: HOW DID YOU BECOME A BCA VOLUNTEER?

CO: The short version is that I won a raffle! I attended the annual fashion show and luncheon— which we still hold every October— as the guest of another volunteer. The raffle item I won was a tennis outing that led me to the board member who scheduled the event. There was immediately a conversation about ways I could be more involved. In 2012 I was in the fashion show as a model of inspiration. And now, I’m the president! It was almost like it was meant to be.

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BCA BOARD PRESIDENT COURTNEY OLSEN

shares how her life story led her to frontlines of the battle against breast cancer

Awinning raffle ticket, a little fate and a personal journey as a breast cancer survivor led Darien’s Courtney Olsen to volunteer with the Greenwich-based Breast Cancer Alliance a decade ago. Today she leads the groundbreaking nonprofit as its volunteer board president. It’s a serious undertaking as the BCA devotes millions to supporting innovative breast cancer research, surgical fellowships near and far, and community-based programming focused on prevention and treatment in underserved communities.

In anticipation of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, which kicks off BCA’s busy agenda of annual fundraising and awareness events, we chatted with Courtney about her personal story, the nonprofit’s legacy of accomplishments and goals for the future.

GM: YOU WERE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AT JUST THIRTY-EIGHT AND HAD NO FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE. THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF MYTHS ABOUT BREAST CANCER THAT YOUR STORY BUSTS.

Courtney Olsen: I was completely shocked for all those reasons. I had never had a mammogram, because I wasn’t forty yet.

A lot of people assume if you get breast cancer it’s based on having a BRCA 1 or 2 gene. It turns out that I am not positive for the BRCA gene. I was tested after my diagnosis. I wanted to know, because I have a daughter.

But you know the biggest risk factor is being female. And for some reason, there’s a very high propensity of breast cancer in Long Island and Fairfield County. While there are risk factors, we just don’t know why some people get it and some people don’t.

At the same time, I don’t want a story like mine to scare people. I have so many friends who have a mammogram and they [the radiologists] see something and they freak out and they call me. I know hearing “We want to investigate this” is the kind of thing that takes years off your life. But what I stress to them is chances are you don’t have it. A lump doesn’t mean breast cancer. It’s probably a benign cyst, a fatty nodule. I always tell them take a breath, investigate,

GM: YOU ARE NOW A TENYEAR SURVIVOR. BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE, HOW IMPORTANT IS THE BCA’S FOCUS ON SUPPORTING OTHERS COPING WITH A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS?

CO: It’s super important! I consider myself so lucky. I had my husband and a huge support system. I had access to the best doctors in the world and a friend with me at every chemo appointment. Not everyone has that, and I believe that support— and knowledge—is power.

When you get this diagnosis you are dazed and confused and you really need someone at your side just as you are gathering information, because it’s just so overwhelming. We have a million resources right on our website and free online webinars that are amazing. I also think what we’re doing to connect medical care to the underserved is so key—things like free mammograms and biopsies.

When I was in treatment, I had everything I needed to fight this, and I want other people to have that, too.

GM: BCA HAS GROWN SO MUCH IN THE TWENTY-SIX YEARS SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LATE MARY WATERMAN, AS SHE WAS FIGHTING AN ADVANCED–STAGE BREAST CANCER. YET IT’S STILL A FAIRLY LEAN ORGANIZATION. HOW DO YOU GET SO MUCH DONE?

CO: Well, Yonni [Wattenmaker, BCA’s executive director] is a force to be reckoned with. Kristen [Linardos], Yonni’s executive assistant, has really grown with the organization and taken a lot off of Yonni’s very full plate. But the other thing that’s

Grady, Courtney, Whitney and Mark Olsen (with four-footed family member, Ginger)

impressive about the BCA is just how hard our volunteers work to make all this happen. We have an active and working board of twenty-six; twenty-seven if you include me. And we have so many other committed volunteers who are involved in so many ways.

GM: IN TERMS OF THE BCA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, IS THERE ONE YOU ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF?

CO: It’s hard to choose one, but for me it’s the breast cancer fellowships we endow. We need more of those. Having experts in breast cancer working in our communities, especially where people are medically underserved, is so critically important

I feel like these fellowships are a never-ending gift. We have a fellow we funded who is working at a hospital in a border town in Texas. She’s making a world of difference for her patients.

Then I think about the money we are giving to young researchers who are doing groundbreaking work. These are people who probably couldn’t get their grants funded otherwise, and that’s inspiring. It’s incredibly important to support them. But so is the van we have in New Haven that’s out in the community doing mammograms and biopsies.

See? Asking me to pinpoint one thing is kind of impossible.

GM: WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR BCA’S FUTURE?

CO: The world is ever-evolving. We dealt with Covid and had to pivot. Now, we’re trying to stay relevant and really get the word out about what we’re doing. We just hired two college interns, one to help us with social media. We need young followers and ways to attract the next generation of supporters. We also need to keep our hands in everything we’re doing. We’re hoping there’s not a recession that will impact the support of our donors.

GM: WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE FOR ANY PERSON GETTING THIS DIAGNOSIS TODAY?

CO: Get a second opinion and, if possible, a third, especially if the second opinion doesn’t echo the first. This can be an enormous undertaking and really overwhelming, but take the time you need to navigate this and get the right diagnosis and treatment plan.

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HER TEAM’S FOCUS: Investigating and developing breast cancer vaccines

HOW BCA HELPED: In the course of their research into a vaccine known as STEMVAC, University of Washington researchers found that while some patients were developing the desired immunities, about half were not. More research suggested that patients exhibiting a certain kind of T-cell in their blood, known as Bac-TA T-cells, were not developing the desired immune response.

Disis explains funding from the BCA allowed her team to enroll ten more patients in its clinical trial. They were tested for the presence of these T-cells in an effort to take a deeper dive into questions about why they might not respond to the vaccine.

WHY BCA SUPPORT MATTERS:

“They are not just our funder, they are our partner,” says Dr. Disis. “They are interested and excited about our research, want to hear about progress and offer suggestions from the patient point of view, which is invaluable. We wish we had more research collaborations like the one we have with BCA.”

HIS TEAM’S FOCUS: Potential new immunotherapy focused on managing the response of regulatory T-cells (Treg cells) to fight breast cancer

HOW BCA HELPED: Breast cancers in particular recruit Treg cells to suppress our body’s ability to carry out immune recognition of the tumor and destroy it, even at very early stages of disease. “The goal of our research that was funded by the BCA was to follow up on a very early discovery of ours, which suggested that Treg cells utilize a novel mechanism of protein synthesis for their development,” explains Dr. Schneider. Funding will help determine whether this discovery is correct and, if so, begin to explore how to exploit it to block Treg-cell development during breast cancer.

The early studies, funded initially by the BCA, are now funded by the National Institutes of Health and other breast cancer foundations.

WHY BCA SUPPORT MATTERS:

“The BCA support of our promising but risky early discovery has had an enormous impact,” says Dr. Schneider. “Funding by the BCA is responsible for enabling our later stage research that is now focused on development of a potential new immuno-oncology therapeutic for women with metastatic breast cancer. Without the seed-stage funding by the BCA, we would not now be embarking on new immuneoncology drug discovery.”

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The story of one OLYMPIAN’S MOST IMPORTANT VICTORY

Chaunte Lowe is used to physical challenges. Still, the four-time Olympian and world champion high jumper wasn’t prepared for her diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer when she was thirty-five and still a worldclass competitor. The shocking news came in 2015 when nagging suspicions about a tiny lump in her breast motivated her to seek a second medical opinion. Her gut instincts got her into treatment that saved her life.

Now cancer free, Lowe uses her global platform to encourage others to be mindful of their own breast health. The athlete will share some inspiration at the Breast Cancer Alliance’s Annual Luncheon & Fashion Show on Thursday, October 20 at Westchester Country Club in Rye. We talked with Chaunte about her passionate support.

GM: YOU BEAT TRIPLE–NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER, WHICH IS A FAIRLY COMMON FORM OF THE DISEASE IN WOMEN OF WEST AFRICAN DESCENT. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO USE YOUR PLATFORM TO RAISE AWARENESS?

Chaunte Lowe: With a diagnosis of breast cancer comes a responsibility to use my privilege as an elite athlete to help those who have been diagnosed— or may be diagnosed with breast cancer—and do everything that I can to help make their story and their outcome better if I can.

So, for me that means spreading the message of early detection and sharing my story of how I found breast cancer myself before even being of age for a mammogram.

GM: HOW WERE YOU DIAGNOSED?

CL: After hearing a story of a fellow Olympian that had found stage-zero breast cancer by doing self-breast exams, I began doing my own. The exams were uneventful for the first couple of years, but toward the end of the second year I found a tiny rice

sized lump. I immediately went to get it checked. I was initially told it was a swollen lymph node and not to come back for six years. But something was irking me. Something inside of me was telling me, “That’s not right.” Eleven months later I went in for a second opinion, and that’s when I was diagnosed.

GM: SO HERE YOU ARE, THIS INCREDIBLY HEALTHY OLYMPIAN. YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SHOCKED?

CL: I was floored at the diagnosis, because I believed I was doing everything right to make sure that I did not have this diagnosis. I was unaware that there were specific types of breast cancers that impacted African American women. That’s why it is so important for me to share the message, because I believe there are others that do not know their risk.

By sharing my story it might help them become more vigilant, and if there are those that would be diagnosed with breast cancers, hopefully they would find them at early stages where there are a lot more options and they are more treatable.

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GM: DID THE EXPERIENCES YOU HAD TRAINING AS AN ELITE ATHLETE HELP YOU COPE WITH TREATMENT AND RECOVERY?

CL: Yes! The mentality I had to take was the same one I used as an elite athlete coming back from pregnancy. I have three amazing children I call my three Olympic gold medals.

When I came back from each pregnancy, I had to learn to take it a step at a time, be very patient with my body, but consistent.

I understand the importance of prioritizing what’s important versus what might not be so important, and really giving myself the grace to develop naturally and not put the pressure on myself that I have to do everything right now.

I did decide to continue training for my fifth Olympic Games through chemotherapy and my double mastectomy, because I understood that the platform of getting on the world stage would amplify the message of breast cancer awareness. And I felt like having such a strong and lofty goal would be the anchor to pull me through the difficulties of treatment. I definitely feel like what I learned from training

for competition is what was able to help me get through treatment.

GM: YOU WERE A TEACHER AND REMAIN A BIG PROPONENT OF STEM-BASED EDUCATION. YOU MUST LOVE THE EMPHASIS THE BCA PUTS ON SUPPORTING BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND THE WORK OF YOUNG INVESTIGATORS.

CL: I always say that our future is in the hands of our children. When we get the opportunity to educate our students and expose them to the excitement of science, technology and mathematics education, as well as engineering, we are really setting ourselves up for a future that is going to be innovative and find solutions to the problems we are facing today.

I believe that when a woman or man goes through breast cancer, it is not only them that are impacted but their families, their children, the people that love them and watch them. And I think that when we get children excited about research, excited about finding solutions, especially for those that have watched loved ones go through it, there is a sense of urgency and passion that fuels them.

I love that BCA understands that and has actually put dollars toward that to really cement in the fact that our future is in the hands of our students. So, I am 100 percent in love with that commitment, and I am very excited to see what the young people of today will do to help us solve the problems that we are facing now.

GM: WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU?

CL: I was able to write a children’s book talking about my adversities, some of the difficult challenges I faced—including poverty, domestic violence and even homelessness— and giving students the tools to be able to navigate through those things. That’s coming out in March 2023.

During the pandemic I launched a business as a professional speaker— encouraging and inspiring and uplifting people within the workforce, within the foundation community, within philanthropy, being able to share that message of hope with groups big and small. It’s my passion project. It’s my life. I’m always going to stay fit, but of course continue to advocate for breast cancer awareness. I am so excited about what is to come.

ADVANCING THE MISSION

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YONNI WATTENMAKER ON THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SAVING LIVES

Once again, or perhaps still, we find ourselves in challenging times. As much as we hoped Covid would be in the rearview mirror, it is still a factor with which we need to contend; and due to a variety of world circumstances, our economic situation has been volatile,” says Yonni Wattenmaker, executive director of the Breast Cancer Alliance.

“Despite all of that, breast cancer persists. I recently fielded advice and referrals for three newly-diagnosed patients, and that was just in one week’s time. While not every week looks that way, too many do. As a result, our goals are steadfast. We want to educate as many people as we can with tips on prevention, the need for early detection, surgical options and advances in treatment. We want to build awareness of BCA’s work to expand the audiences we reach and, most important, to raise the funds necessary for doctors and scientists to keep advancing the field, improving outcomes and

saving lives. These annual luncheons, and our GoForPink initiatives throughout October, are where the bulk of those funds are raised. The more support and involvement we have in those efforts, the more impact we can make in the year ahead.”

The BCA will observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a series of October fundraising and awareness events. The annual Luncheon and Fashion Show: A Celebration of Beauty, Courage and Authenticity will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20 at Westchester Country Club in Rye.

The fashion show is presented by Richards and Carolina Herrera in collaboration with Creative Director Wes Gordon. Special guests will include Olympian Chaunte Lowe and Ann Caruso, celebrity fashion stylist and two-time breast cancer survivor.

For information on October events and to purchase tickets to the luncheon, visit breast canceralliance.org/events.

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“I think that when we get children excited about research, excited about finding solutions … there is a sense of urgency and passion that fuels them. I love that BCA understands that and has actually put dollars to really cement in the fact that our future is in the hands of our students.”

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LA LIGNE brings its signature stripes to Greenwich Avenue

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Many stores tout themselves as a “jewel box,” but the new La Ligne shop is the epitome of the concept. Stepping into the boutique reminiscent of a quintessential Parisian apartment, you’ll find sweaters and tops with the brand’s well-known linear designs, along with classic everyday essentials.

Founders Molly Howard, Meredith Melling and Valerie Macaulay used their years in fashion at the likes of Vogue and Rag & Bone to create the popular brand based on the principle that the stripe is a timelessly chic fashion statement. (Brigitte Bardot, Andy Warhol and The Cat in the Hat all famously loved the look.)

A bold stripe can be the perfect grounding for a floral frock or a subtle pop to an otherwise plain look. La Ligne carries stripes of all colors in varying styles, such as the Marin and the Bastien sweaters (both bestsellers since its beginning in 2016) in addition to everyday dresses and easy bottoms.

The Greenwich store marks La Ligne’s fourth location. And we’re so happy its here! 229 Greenwich Ave., 203-485-0009, lalignenyc.com

above: Breton cashmere sweater with lace front, $395

above: The store’s Parisian townhouse inspired interior left: A rack of signature patterns, colors and, of course, stripes

The store’s entryway, wrapped in far left: Smocked bodice long balloon sleeve dress, $495 Tan wide-rib cardigan, $325

Danielle Settembre, owner and founder of Hair Saloon & Café, is revolutionizing the beauty industry by combining beauty and hospitality while encouraging young female entrepreneurs to boldly chart their own paths. A Best of Westchester winner in 2021 and 2022, Hair Saloon & Cafe Is created with hospitality in mind. Guests are Invited to socialize over craft coffee, cocktails, and bites at our social bar up front, and indulge in luxurv beautv services inside the salon.

Mingle in our outdoor patio and café or enjoy our spa and hair treatments that include facials, full-body waxing, threading, eyebrow and lash specialties, and makeup. Our salon is designed to be Covid safe. We have nine stations all six feet apart with floor-to-ceiling windows between each. Our five shampoo sinks include built-in plexiglass that feature reclining massage chairs, private styling stations, and amenities for our clientele, including a communal color table outritted with charging units Tor multitasking. Our Full- service beverage program is offered during all services

Danielle Settembre, Owner and Founder (Danielle Settembre was selected by 914INC. magazine as a 2022 Wunderkind, a select group or the area’s best and brightest young professionals under 35.)

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Mystical Mexico

True luxury travel must be both exclusive and experiential. Later this month, a select group of VIP guests will join General Manager Frederic Vidal of Rosewood Resort’s Las Ventanas on a once-in-an-afterlife getaway to celebrate the Mexican holiday Dia de Muertos. A handful of select guests will journey with Vidal to a Mexican town known for centuries for its Dia de Muertos celebrations. To add to

the mystery, the hotel location will remain undisclosed. Vidal dreamed up this “Rosewood on the Road” experience a few years ago and has worked out every detail to ensure the experience is both luxurious and immersive. He did a buyout of a local hotel and will transform the property into a temporary Rosewood, complete with five-star service.

A LUXURY TRIP THAT WILL TAKE YOU ON AN UNFORGETTABLE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

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Dia de Muertos celebrations encourage visits from the souls of deceased relatives so that the living can share messages and prayers. Here, party hosts wear traditional Catrina face.

Though the location is secret, guests will visit Pátzcuaro, a magical town in the center of the country. The town sits on a lake of the same name, and on the nights of November 1 and 2, the water is illuminated with candlelit canoes. As the sun sets on the first night, Vidal and guests will embark on a midnight sail to Janitzio, one of five islands on Lake Pátzcuaro where locals spend all night at the cemetery singing,

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

Looking for the late-night party?

Slip through the nondescript door adjacent to the spa, pass the “Be as naughty as you want, just don’t get caught” sign and key the secret code into the vintage cash register (your butler will give you the code). La Botica is the hotel’s '20s themed speakeasy complete with live music by artist in residence, Rosalia de Cuba and her band. The bar is soundproofed, so get as loud as you want.

ROSEWOOD ON THE ROAD

The Mexican holiday is celebrated on November 1 & 2.

This trip takes place from October 31November 4

The experience is limited to eight couples. All accommodations, food and beverage, tours and transportation are included for $11,500 per couple plus tax and service charges. But as it’s invitation only, the experience is actually priceless.

dancing and telling stories of the departed.

The two-day holiday is based on the traditional belief that the departed can cross the barrier between this life and the next during this brief period. Family members decorate ofrendas (altars) and bring offerings of food and drink, for both the living and the dead. Unlike Halloween, it's not a night of fear or sadness, but a night filled with wild joy and celebration.

Kim-Marie takes in the majesty of the evening

An opulent welcome by Mariachi entertainers

The Signature Villa at Las Ventanas

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

Looking to impress that special someone? Have a gift-wrapped box delivered to your toes-in-the-sand dinner. When they lift the lid, they’ll find an array of high-tech buttons. Push the large one and watch the fireworks explode, literally. You can book private fireworks for $1,880 per minute (that includes taxes/ fees). And no, you can’t just keep pushing, the time is pre-allotted. We asked.

Those not among the lucky few to decamp with Vidal for the spiritual exploration can celebrate at Las Ventanas in Cabo San Lucas. The hotel hosts a party of epic proportions on November 1. Hotel staff work for weeks to create elaborate ofrendas honoring deceased coworkers and beloved guests, like Kobe Bryant. Guests join in the festivities by wearing colorful outfits and painting their faces “Catrina” style. Don’t know how? Your butler can arrange for a professional to do your make-up en suite before the party. My favorite decoration was the altar made for the former housekeeping manager, a vignette decorated with miniature Bacardi bottles and Marlboro Lights.

Las Ventanas was the first luxury property built in Cabo San Lucas and continues to set a global standard for five-star service. The hotel only has suites, and every suite comes with butler service. Book one of the twelve villas, and you’ll have a personal butler whose service begins before you even arrive.

I like to think “my” butler Jose remembers my visit as fondly as I do. He escorted me to each reservation and commented on every outfit change. He was the only one to cook in my villa’s sprawling kitchen when he made breakfast to order each morning. Pro tip: Ask for your breakfast to be served “floating,” and it will be arranged on a buoyant wicker tray and drifted to you as you relax in your private infinity edge

pool or in your hot tub cleverly hidden just beneath the surface of the pool. Speaking of hidden, the hotel has extensive underground tunnels, so you never see room service or housekeeping carts. When you order something, it seems to appear out of nowhere. Because it does.

I celebrated Dia de Muertos on property last year. When I mentioned to Jose my idea of creating an ofrenda for my mom, who recently passed, he printed a photo of her and delivered it in an embroidered frame. She loved sweets, coffee and TV, so I left those items along with a remote control at my simple altar.

Like most hotels in Cabo, the sea off the beach is not swimmerfriendly. But not to worry, there are pools aplenty. Every building has one, and so do each of the twelve villas. The infinity pool that wraps around the Ty Warner mansion is 328 feet long. Not surprisingly, pool butlers are on hand to provide services like wake-up calls, Evian misting and sunscreen distribution.

The smallest room you’ll find is a 960-square-foot suite. Fall rates for the Garden View King Suite start at $1,400. The one-bedroom villa is a total of 4,500 square feet. Each villa has an expansive infinity-edged pool with jacuzzi, palatial bathrooms, chef’s kitchen, a sprawling patio and folding glass walls for the ultimate indoor/outdoor living. Fall rates start at $7,600 per night.

An ofrenda dedicated to famed guest Kobe Bryant

Kim-Marie enjoying her "floating breakfast"

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Paying Attention

Old Greenwich resident Nancy Armstrong knows how debilitating Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder can be. She is the mother of three children—a boy and two girls— each of whom received an ADHD diagnosis as adolescents. (Her husband Tim, CEO of Flowcode and former CEO of AOL, was also diagnosed in the process.) At the time, there was very little public discussion about the disorder, which lived in the shadows, shrouded by shame, blame and misunderstanding.

With the release of her first feature-length film, The Disruptors, the Emmy-nominated producer sets out to destigmatize ADHD, a neurological disorder that affects nearly 10 percent of adolescents in the U.S. (and a rising number of adults).

The film follows five families as they navigate the challenges of living with ADHD and hears from a cadre of celebrities, including

Terry Bradshaw, Paris Hilton, Howie Mandel and will.i.am, who talk about their early struggles with ADHD and how they turned those struggles into career success. There are also a host of interviews with ADHD experts who help demystify the condition.

“People with ADHD tend to be our most creative,” says Nancy. “They are our entrepreneurs, our inventors, our Olympians, our CEOs, our artists and our risktakers. If we properly diagnosed every kid and provided them with the support they needed, just think about how much further we could go as a society.”

We visited with Nancy at her home in Old Greenwich soon after the film debuted to talk about her passion for the project, what it was like to shoot during the pandemic, and what she hopes people will take away from their experience.

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Q: WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO MAKE THE DISRUPTORS?

A: ADHD is a controversial and complicated diagnosis, and having raised three children with this brain type, I remember how desperate I was at the time to have something I could use as a tool to help me to manage the journey through the K-12 school system.

Q: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ROADBLOCKS TO AN ADHD DIAGNOSIS?

A: There’s a deep disconnect between what we as a society think we know about ADHD, and what we absolutely know from decades of research. It is not a behavioral issue. It’s neurological, and it’s highly heritable. While having a diagnosis of ADHD will mean some challenges that need to be managed, it also comes with some impressive strengths. It doesn’t have to be a liability; it can become an asset.

Q: IN THE FILM, THE MUSICIAN WILL.I.AM CALLS THESE ASSETS “SUPER SKILLS.” CAN YOU EXPLAIN?

A: We think of them as the opposite of the traits normally associated with ADHD, what top expert, Dr. Ned Hallowell, calls the triad of symptoms: the positive side of distractibility is curiosity, hyperactivity is energy and impulsivity is linked to creativity. That’s the silver lining. If you can learn to manage the challenges through diagnosis and treatment, then you can tap into a wellspring of possibility.

Q: HOW IS THE DISORDER BEST MANAGED?

A: There’s a whole box of tools to treat ADHD. There is no one answer. It’s always best to implement several including coaching, therapy and medication if it’s right for you—and that’s a very personal decision.

Q: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST MYTHS?

A: That it doesn’t exist. That kids who have ADHD could control their behavior if they just tried harder. Even when we tell people it’s neurological and we show them the science, they have a hard time accepting it. When it comes to other neurological conditions— Asperger’s, autism, dyslexia—we’re generally more tolerant of the individual differences around those brain types. We really struggle with ADHD because it’s behavioral and it tends to look intentional. These kids aren’t bad people. Their brains are just wired differently.

Q: YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY AND COMING TO TERMS WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS' DIAGNOSES.

WHAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR YOU?

A: It was after the birth of my first son. We had like a little honeymoon phase in the first twelve months. He was on a schedule and an angel

baby. When he was one and starting to come into his own world, things started to shift. I didn’t understand what I was seeing. Just before his second birthday, we got kicked out of our Mommy and Me class. That was a jolt. I said to myself, Why is this happening? While all of these kids are sitting quietly in their mothers’ laps, my son is running around the circle and pressing all of the buttons on the boom box.

Q: HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN YOU GOT THE HELP YOU NEEDED?

A: He was struggling as a four-year-old, and we started taking him to different doctors. He was diagnosed with sensory integration disorder. We finally went to a local specialist, and he told us our son had ADHD.

Q: AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

A: As soon as we got the diagnosis, that was the beginning of a new chapter. My husband realized he had all the symptoms of ADHD, and the doctor said it’s genetic—about 70 percent for boys and around 90 percent for girls. For me, it was a revelation. Suddenly we had two people in the family with this diagnosis.

Q: AND IT DIDN’T STOP THERE?

A: Our two daughters also have ADHD, and we missed it at first, because girls present differently. While girls and boys with ADHD both show the inattention and the impulsivity, girls may exhibit less of the hyperactivity that makes boys more visible.

Boys are also more prone to aggressive behavior, while girls have more of the emotional dysregulation and hypersensitivity. You might notice more tearfulness or moodiness, as well as a predisposition to anxiety and depression.

All of that can interfere with making friends, but sustaining friendships is core to a young girl’s emotional well-being. With both of my daughters we didn’t notice any impairment until they started middle school, and then they really started to struggle. We moved quickly to get them evaluated, so they could get the support they needed.

Q: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PARENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING?

A: We want our kids to feel good about themselves when they arrive at adulthood. Sustaining a constant barrage of negative feedback every day for years is demoralizing and detrimental to someone’s self-esteem— and you can’t launch your life in the world if you feel terrible about who you are. Our job as parents is to shepherd these kids to adulthood intact.

Q: IN MAKING THE DISTRUPTORS WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST?

A: We had no idea who would be willing to speak on camera about their struggles

with ADHD. So we were thrilled to be able to interview fifteen high-profile people who spoke candidly about the way in which their ADHD brains have presented some very real challenges, but who also have been essential to their stratospheric successes.

Q: YOU SHOT MUCH OF THE FILM DURING THE PANDEMIC. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

A: We started filming at the end of 2019. We did the expert interviews in the summer of 2020. I just got on planes and flew to where the experts were and covered myself in PPE [Personal Protective Equipment]. Sometimes I was the only one on the plane. Some of them came to my house. We roped off certain areas, kept all the doors open and covered ourselves in PPE. We just got it done. We did the interviews with the public personalities through a remote video app called Open Reel.

Q: WHAT DO YOU WANT VIEWERS TO TAKE AWAY?

A: I hope the film liberates parents to know that they are not alone and that it does get easier as children get older, but it’s a marathon. What a child really needs, apart from a diagnosis, is love, connection and support. Managed properly ADHD can be an asset and not a liability. That’s a profound message of hope.

Q: ANY FINAL THOUGHTS?

A: If you had a camera in our house five or ten years ago and now, there’s no comparison. It was quite chaotic. And it’s still a bit chaotic, but that’s our family. We have a bunch of big personalities in our house for sure, but it’s truly amazing when someone you love, who has struggled to find his or her path, finally discovers their passion, learns to activate their inborn strengths—and finds their place in the sun. As a parent, there’s no bigger reward than that.

Summer, Tim, Hope, Nancy and Jack Armstrong, at Hope's Greenwich Academy graduation

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FUN WAYS TO GET YOUR FOUR-FOOTED FAMILY MEMBERS INTO THE HALLOWEEN

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Part of the excitement of Halloween is the anticipation and preparation for the big day. When planning kids’ costumes, consider a theme that can incorporate the family pet. Many group costumes have pet versions.

Depending on breed, your dog may be able to fit into a theme without ever having to wear a thing. If you have a Dalmatian or spotted dog, dress a family member as Cruella. Terriers only require a basket and a companion dressed as Dorothy or a witch.

Try a twist on a classic theme like Little Red Riding Hood. A family member dresses as the Wolf and a red cape around your dog turns her into Red.

Boaters who bring their dogs on board can score double duty with a dog swim-vest that boasts a fin on the back. Your dog can be Jaws with a kid in surfer gear carrying a fake shark-bitten surfboard (DIY out of foam board).

Practical & Spooky

If your pet is used to wearing a sweater in the cold or a poncho in the rain, a number of dog costumes are essentially dog sweaters or rain slickers with an added touch.

CHEWY.COM sells a waterproof rain slicker for dogs with dinosaur ridges on the back. Or add a little light to those dark walks with a glowin-the-dark skeleton raincoat.

AMAZON sells a number of dogwalking harnesses with a superhero theme on the chest so your dog can be Superman or Wonder Woman.

PETCO’S Mexican serape poncho jacket looks spirited for Halloween and keeps pups warm all fall long.

PETSMART offers the Tipsy Elves brand, which makes a number of matching people- and-pet Halloween sweaters featuring skeletons or pumpkins. It also

offers vests for dogs (Thrills and Chills brand) that have small features on the back to transform your pet. Think bat wings or scorpion legs.

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WHY NOT PICK UP A FESTIVE LEASH AND COLLAR?

Whether you go with orange, fall leaves or skeletons, think about additional features like glow-in-the-dark or neon that can add function to fashion. Or grab a bandana with jack-o-lanterns or one that glows in the dark.

MAKE THE MOST OF THE FAMILY COSTUME

Take part in events leading up to Halloween. Plan to attend a local pet parade like Pet Pantry’s Howl and Prowl (Sunday, October 30, 1 to 4 p.m., 290 Greenwich Avenue) or plan your own party or neighborhood costume parade.

COMMON SENSE SHOULD PREVAIL

Only you know if your pet is ready for a costume or will be stressed around other people and pets in costumes. Taking a dog trick-or-treating can be overwhelming for both of you, so maybe your pet stays home in costume to greet visitors.

CONSIDER YOUR PET’S TEMPERAMENT

I’ve dressed my dogs up for Halloween for years, but each dog has a different

tolerance level. Never force a dog into a costume. Have him wear the outfit ahead of the big event, whether it’s Halloween or a pet parade, so you’re sure they’re comfortable. And to prevent accidents, never leave your pet in a costume unsupervised.

For the Scaredy Cats

The commotion of trick or treaters may scare off anxious kitties, so it’s a good night to keep them inside. But a great safeguard for cats (and dogs) is a waterproof Tractive

Apple AirTag

GPS collar (monthly subscription required) or use an Apple AirTag, the little device people often use to keep track of keys, in an AirTag collar. You can then track your pet on the Find My app.

Dr. Aparna Modi of Greenwich Animal Hospital suggests cats and dogs be microchipped. If lost, once they’re found Animal Control can scan the microchip to identify the pet and contact the owner.

Tractive GPS collar

Paws off the Treats

Remind kids to keep their Halloween pails up on counters and well out of your dog’s reach. The same goes for the bags of candy in the foyer ready for trick or treaters.

Kids love to count their candy on the floor, sometimes organizing and trading with friends. Make sure this is done with a door closed off from pets or on a table so an excited dog can’t run in and sample any.

In the case of a pet eating candy, Dr. Modi from Greenwich Animal Hospital suggests keeping the pet poison control number handy. Pet Emergency Rooms can have long waits, and contacting the Pet Poison Helpline provides

time-sensitive veterinarian guidance.

There is a $75 fee for a pet poison consultation (petpoisonhelpline .com, 855-7647661). Key factors about candy toxicity are how much a pet ate, what types of candy, pet’s size, age and when they ate the candy. The helpline can make recommendations based on these factors as to whether you should proceed directly to a pet emergency room. It can also coordinate with your veterinarian.

The Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) also offers a twenty-four hour poison emergency hotline 365 days a year. (888) 426-4435

The Big Night

Doorbells ringing and kids at the front door can be stressful for pets. Try an extra-long walk to tire your pup out. For some dogs, staying in their crate, a mudroom or place out of the way is the best way to spend the night.

The Goods

There are plenty of online resources for pet costumes. Make sure you have a measuring tape handy when selecting, as sizes vary by brand. Dog costumes are by far the most popular, but outfits are available for cats and even guinea pigs. Or, if you are tactile like me, take a trip to local retailers like Pet Pantry or visit the Petsmart in Stamford to check out the costumes in person.

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If you want something unique, Etsy is your destination. I bought a homemade Stranger Things Demogorgon costume for my dog, Lucy. If you can imagine it, most likely someone on Etsy has created it.

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To keep your dog busy throughout the night, have some treats ready— an engaging long-chew bone or a packed Kong are perfect.

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FUN OUTINGS TO ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR THIS MONTH by layla lisiewski

No. 1

A SPOOKTACULAR TIME

Get your little goblins ready for the annual Greenwich Greet & Treat. Greenwich Moms has partnered with greenwich magazine to bring Halloween to the Avenue on Saturday, October 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Businesses will participate with special in-store promotions and goodies for all. There will also be food trucks and Kids Zone activities including a bubble show, DJ, touch a firetruck and arts & crafts. greenwichmoms.com

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LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

landscape and discover a breathtaking display of more than 7,000 illuminated jack-olanterns—all designed and hand-carved on-site by a team of artisans. (New for 2022, watch the animated “Jack” Smith Shop in action.) Complete with synchronized lighting and an original soundtrack, this one-of-a-kind event is not to be missed. pumpkinblaze.org

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THAT’S AMORE

Dive into homemade dough at this fun handson pasta-making class with Federico Perandin, owner and chef of Cos Cob–based Il Pastaficio. The evening is part of the Greenwich Historical Society’s Create in

the Barn series of workshops. Participants will make and sample two types of pasta, one filled and one flat. The best part? You ‘ll take home the fruits of your labor, along with some special treats. October 20, 6:30 p.m.– 8:30 p.m greenwichhistory.org

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TAKE CENTER STAGE

Celebrate the newly renovated Berkley Theater at Greenwich Library on Saturday, October 15. The opening night event will feature a performance by the world-class Martha Graham Dance Company. A celebratory cocktail party in the library’s Reading Room with the dancers will follow the performance. Funds from this inaugural event will support the upcoming season of Center Stage programs, including two public

MGDC performances on October 15, plus a yearlong array of extraordinary cultural and educational experiences in the

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The steel drums playing as guests are ushered via golf cart to the bluff in Tod’s Point always sets the tone for one of the best nights of the summer—the Beach Ball. Rum punch was flowing and floral prints were popping on the lovely evening that raised funds for our beloved Tod’s Point. Vineyard Vines provided the prettiest tablescapes and swag. But it’s the view that is always the MVP of the night. greenwichpoint.org »

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Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) hosted its thirtyseventh annual tribute dinner at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The event honored Dr. David W. Altchek with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Andreas C. Dracopoulos, co-president of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), with the HSS Tribute Dinner Award. Drew Barrymore hosted the gala, and guests were treated to a performance by Gladys Knight. Legendary Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera presented the award to Dr. Altchek. The evening raised $5.9 million in funds to support the HSS mission to provide the highest quality care. hss.edu »

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Greenwich Cocktail Week (GCW) hosted its annual kickoff party to benefit Pathways of Greenwich at the Greenwich Botanical Center. Partygoers sampled cocktails from spirit sponsors Casamigos, Tito’s, Campari, Deutsch Family Brands, Arbikie Farm Distillery, Remy Martin and Litchfield Distillery. During Cocktail Week, participating bars and restaurants crafted exclusive signature drinks to support Pathways. Follow Greenwich Cocktail Week on Instagram for more information. @greenwichcocktailweek.

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The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) recently hosted its fifteenth annual Connoisseur’s Dinner at Sotheby’s in New York City. The evening honored Beatriz Illescas Claugus and Tom Claugus, founders of the Foundation for a Better World (FFBW). The event raised more than $1.8 million, every dollar of which will go directly toward research to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer’s disease. alzdiscovery.org »

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Greenwich Country Club has never looked more colorful than it did for the thirty-fifth annual Bruce Museum gala. The men were in black tie, but the ladies pulled out all the stops, looking like they stepped out of a Matisse. The event cochairs for the evening were Asya Geller, Caitlin Davis and Layla Lisiewski. With construction well under way, we cannot wait to see “the New Bruce.” brucemuseum.org

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The parking lot at Richards in Greenwich was a sea of pink for its annual Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) 5K walk/run for Hope. Participants enjoyed a great route through beautiful Bruce Park. The day helped to promote the mission of the BCA, which is to improve survival rates and quality of life for those impacted by breast cancer. breastcanceralliance.org »

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Deacon Mario Rabusion officiated at the ceremony at Sacred Heart Church in Savannah, Georgia, and a reception followed at Victory North.

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the food issue

your dining passport to new restaurants in town

by mary kate hogan

PHOTOGRAPHY BY VENERA ALEXANDROVA

and kyle norton

IN top: Cugine’s, The Lion, Happy Monkey middle: Ruby & Bella’s, La Cremaillere, The Lion bottom:Cugine’s, Happy Monkey, Nit Noi

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Our town hit the jackpot for restaurant openings over the past year. It seems that during the pandemic, the culinary creative juices were flowing like a fine wine. We all missed eating out so much, but our patience has paid off. While some new restaurants had to delay plans, they’re now in full swing, and we’re enjoying the bounty of new options—everything from fast casual Thai and rotisserie to the reopening of an iconic fine-dining French eatery to the much-anticipated arrival of worldrenowned chef Jean-Georges. Dining out locally has never looked this appetizing.

BY KYLE NORTON

PHOTOGRAPHY BY kyle norton

One of the world’s most celebrated chefs and a renowned global restaurateur, Jean-Georges Vongerichten may be the most noteworthy culinary personality to open a restaurant in Greenwich. This busy Michelin-starred chef is responsible for the success of forty-nine restaurants worldwide. Now he has put down roots in town with his latest venue, Happy Monkey on The Avenue. Jean-Georges grew up near Strasbourg in Alsace, France, with his earliest memories relating to food: His mom would prepare meals daily for the employees who worked for the family’s coal business, and Jo-Jo (as he was known as a child) enjoyed being a taste tester. When he was turning sixteen, his parents brought him to Auberge de I’ll to celebrate his birthday, a defining moment. He was entranced by the food as well as the magical presentation and service and knew this would become his career.

After working with top chefs in France and being inspired by time in Asia at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok, the Meridien Hotel in Singapore and the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong, Jean-Georges arrived in New York in the ’80s, and he still calls the city home. With more than a dozen restaurants currently operating in Manhattan, including his namesake Jean-Georges, he has opened restaurants around the globe from São Paulo to Singapore. Even as his portfolio grows, he continues to be involved in every aspect: concepts, menu, architectural design, hiring and training—all in an effort to create places that are timely and enduring.

We caught up with Jean-Georges to talk about Happy Monkey, his background and his vision.

You’re the talent behind some of the best restaurants around the world. What led you to Connecticut?

About eight years ago we opened the Inn at Pound Ridge in Westchester—a beautiful place up there—and we had a lot of people from Greenwich coming to eat. With the pandemic, people were moving out of the city to Connecticut and Westchester, so we thought it would be a perfect time to open in Greenwich.

A year and a half ago, our new partner Aurify [a hospitality investment group] approached us about doing a restaurant in Greenwich, and we said yes. We visited the location on the Avenue and met with John Rigos, Andy Stern and their team [from Aurify]. I said, let’s do something different. I don’t want to do French. As at ABC Cocina, we decided to bring a bit of Spanish influence, something fun, tequilas and margaritas. Everybody loves tacos and things, myself included. We decided to open something not too serious with great drinks, great ambience. Here we are. It’s been quite a run already. I’m very happy to be in Greenwich and so close to the city. It’s an amazing town with so much history. And it’s on my way to my country house in Waccabuc.

How has the process of opening a restaurant changed since the pandemic?

The past two years have been hard, and we wanted to turn it around and do something that transports people for a couple of hours: a place with different food and different ambience, a place to have fun. We tried to do something outof-the-box. People want to go out and enjoy life, leave the past. In Greenwich, there are so many restaurants, we had to bring something new. We created the design with my team. It was always so dark during the pandemic so we said, let’s do something colorful and fun. Let’s have a space that takes you away.

It definitely feels fun and tropical. It has been so well received so far. In the earlier seatings, we have a lot of families coming in with kids. Then it gets sexier as the night goes on. When you come after 8:30, it becomes a whole different restaurant, and that was the idea, to have something for everyone.

Happy Monkey has that party vibe. Is it true that you were known to throw parties and act as a host even at a very young age? Absolutely, I was kind of an entertainer. I like to

create ambience. When I was a kid, my brother, my cousin and everybody asked me to organize a birthday party. I was only about six years old. I was not doing margaritas at the time [laughs]. I would do the lighting, the music, I always enjoyed pleasing people. I think that’s why I came to the business, I think it is an extension of me. Maybe as you get older, you come back to your youth. Like we say, family and amigos, that’s what life is about.

What foods do you personally love? Any dishes you dream about? Some traditional foods from Alsace: potato, pork, cabbage. For a long time, Thai food was my favorite: It’s light, I like the acidity, the spiciness. I’m a big fan of contrasts of flavors, lots of chiles. When I created ABC Cocina and now Happy Monkey, this is also the food I like to eat. It’s not too heavy, I like the spice. I love Latin foods and South American. I like ceviches. For me as a chef, my inspiration is traveling. We have restaurants in Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo, soon in Kyoto, in Brazil, Mexico. Traveling has always been where I discover flavors and combinations of things. My palate comes from traveling around the world. »

When you’re not traveling, what do you cook at home?

At home, I make big platters of things. For example, arroz con pollo is one of the favorites for everyone. We make it very differently, in a Japanese style. We use Japanese sushi rice cooked in chicken broth and a little bit of kombu [Japanese seaweed] in the broth; it really wakes up the flavor of the chicken, the rice and the crispy skin. It gives a very umami flavor to the whole thing. When you mix the flavors of the world together, it becomes a better thing.

If a chef or a restaurateur came to you for advice, what would you say are the key ingredients to a successful restaurant?

When I was a younger chef, I tried to put everything on the plate, and it was too confusing. Today as we get wiser about food, we know that less is more. It’s very important that there’s no good cooking without good ingredients. We go to the market to get inspired. We buy as much organic as we can. Seasonal is so important. It doesn’t matter what you’re cooking, the ingredients are key. Ginger and

lemongrass are my favorite. I want the first bite to be as good as the last bite. You create cravings for people to come back to. If people don’t remember it the next day, if they don’t need to come back, then you’ve failed. You want people to remember the food, the drink, the flowers on the table. There are so many restaurants around the world, so you have to get people to come back for something. Then it will be a successful restaurant.

Can you share a bit about the Food Dreams Foundation?

We started the foundation about eight years ago to help young people around the world to go to cooking school, to give them scholarships. We have already sponsored around 400 people. It’s a big dream of mine to help people who can’t afford to pursue this career. We sponsor young people who have a passion for food and give them opportunities. We give people a chance to follow their dreams.

What keeps you energized and creative?

What do you look forward to?

Pleasing people, creating new concepts like we did in Greenwich. It keeps you young. I’ve been doing this for fifty years, and I still wake up in the morning and I run to work. I’m so excited about what I do. I’m very lucky that I chose a career that I still love after fifty years. People, customers, amigos give me energy and so I keep going.

above: Shrimp ceviche in “Aqua Diablo”

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Happy Monkey

376 Greenwich Avenue, 203-405-5787; happymonkeygreenwich.com

Legendary Chef Jean-Georges

Vongerichten has landed in Greenwich, opening Happy Monkey and bringing a fun, flavorful destination to town. The Latininspired menu, with executive chef Ron Gallo at the helm in the kitchen, features locally sourced produce, shareable snacks, small and large plates, crudos, salads, tacos and more. This new hot spot has a tropical vibe with lots of hanging plants, tiered lights made from raffia and rattan detailing. A prominent mural depicting Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with her playful pet spider monkey (a nod to the restaurant’s name) serves as a colorful backdrop. Wood slats on the ceiling and green velvet fabric on the banquettes help to absorb the noise from a lively crowd, making it possible to hear your conversations clearly while still enjoying stellar people-watching.

The margaritas are outstanding, especially the strawberry and spicy Diablo made with Dulce Vida Anejo Tequila, habanero and chili salt. Our server described the menu as familystyle, advising us to order lots of dishes to share. These were brought out in well-timed intervals for a leisurely meal.

Some plates are favorites from another Jean-Georges restaurant, ABC Cocina in New York. We can see why the arroz con pollo makes a reappearance here. This fragrant, lemony version with “crackling” skin is sublime, comfort food at its best. Among the “warm treats,” the squash blossom quesadilla is a seasonal star, crispy blue-corn tortillas encasing the tender edible flowers and melted cheese, all enhanced by a jalapeno salsa. Tuna tartare is not your average variety—cubes of fresh yellowfin with avocado, cucumber, mint and sunflower seeds. The tacos are delicious, especially the shrimp with a spicy peanut citrus slaw. For dessert homemade popsicles, churros and a sweet corn flan with caramel popcorn are among the tempting options. It’s a happy place for sure. »

above: Executive Chef Ron Gallo and Jean-Georges; Arroz con pollo below: Yellowfin tuna tartare

ALWAYS A PARTY Bianca

30 Greenwich Avenue, 203-900-1177; biancaofgreenwich.com

This little Italian oasis at the top of the Avenue, where it’s a bit quieter and easier to park, always seems to have a lively crowd inside enjoying the food, drink and on-point playlist. The restaurant opened earlier this year by Raffaele Ronca (winner of Chopped) and Rosario Procino, two pros originally from Naples who have shared success together at popular Manhattan restaurants.

italian right:Chicken milanese, ravioli and spaghetti al pomodoro far right:Pizza margherita (lunch only)

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The fresh cuisine draws on dishes from Naples and the Campania region. Bottle of red…bottle of white? The allItalian wine list is sure to please, and helpful servers have good knowledge to guide you, always letting you taste first. The menu features excellent pastas, fresh seafood, a lengthy list of starters for those who want to come for just drinks and apps. Bianca also recently launched a brunch menu featuring some decadent egg dishes, French toast, pizzas and a burger decked with Fontina cheese, bacon and mushrooms.

co-owners rosario priocinoand raffaele Ronca

Nightcap and midnight snack: Bianca’s kitchen and bar are open until 11:30 p.m. on weekends.

Signature drinks:Negroni, Railroad Gin and the Greenwich Bourbon

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or Old-World service and attention to detail, don’t miss this classic French restaurant just over the border in Bedford. The iconic seventy-year-old restaurant was recently revived when it was reopened by new owners, the Boies family and Peter Orthwein (a celebrated polo player) with Chef Thomas Burke.

A valet parking attendant greets you as you arrive, even though it’s easy to park your own car in the large lot. The entry is filled with paintings and antiques as you wind up stairs past a gleaming bar. It all feels like you’re at an elegant country restaurant in England or France with a cozy warren of smaller wood-beamed dining rooms, each decorated with hand-painted murals. Servers are dressed in black vests and pants, with many tending to each table.

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Dinners begin with an amuse-bouche (ours was aran›cini) to go with cocktails like the La French Crémaillère with gin, curacao, cassis, pineapple and bubbles. The menu features classics like a beef tartare, foie gras with rhubarb puree, escargot and lobster, yet it’s edited and modernized. We enjoyed a lovely heirloom tomato salad, the lobster angnoletti special in a ramp pesto with light foam on top and Faroe Island salmon.

Many dishes are presented with a large silver cloche on top, each set on the table and then lifted by the waitstaff at the same time. Decadent desserts include a strawberries and cream Napoleon, chocolate “cube” and a Grand Marnier soufflé, and there’s also a selection of after dinner drinks. La Crem is also serving a special Sunday Polo Brunch before the Greenwich Polo matches. »

46 Bedford-Banksville Road, Bedford, New York,

Chef Thomas Burke and Milton Londa

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Cugine’s

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Looking for something new and different for date night? Cugine’s Italian is a perfect spot for a romantic meal out as well as a good time with friends. This newcomer to Harbor Point from restaurateurs John and Morgan Nealon and Chef Rick O’Connor channels the speakeasy and Frank Sinatra era and brings an element of surprise to your evening. We loved the creative entry (you’ll see what we mean when you go, but let’s just say it is in keeping with the speakeasy vibe) and the dark, super-moody dining room with glimmering antique Russian and French crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

Co-owners John and Morgan were both present in all aspects of the service the night we went, chatting with guests and checking on details. Cocktails are a must. Try the Copacabana for a refreshing take on the Campari soda with grapefruit, tequila and lemon. Chef Rick’s crudo menu features a beautiful lineup of raw fish, and the sampler included tuna with a bit of foie gras, scallops in watermelon juice and arctic char with fried capers. The main menu consists of classics with a twist. Meatballs in a sweet tomato sauce are heavenly; honey-sweetened Brussels sprouts are cooked to just the right amount of crispness; a Caesar salad with white anchovies is zingy; Spaghetti Boia has a kick of spice. There’s a lovely dessert menu, but the vibe and late-night hours (open ’til 1:30 a.m. on weekends) definitely encourage you to linger over drinks.

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The super-cool speakeasy vibe transports diners to a bygone era.

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Nit Noi Provisions

3 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, 203-485-9303; nitnoiprovisions.com

AThai food eatery launched at the Westport Farmer’s Market has opened a storefront in Cos Cob. Owner North Shutsharawan and his wife, Jillian, are bringing the family’s favorite dishes to town. “So much of the Thai culture is focused on food,” says Jillian. Every recipe used at Nit Noi was passed down to North (via his mom) from his grandmother in Bangkok. It was when North and Jillian were living away from family and couldn’t find good, clean Thai food that the concept for Nit Noi was born. The couple was craving authentic Thai dishes without the added sugars and non-nutritious oils that some places use. The menu, featuring organic vegetables and pasture-raised meats, is designed to be healthy, dairy free, nut free, mostly gluten-free with a big vegan selection. Where to begin? Everyone loves the dumplings (pork or vegan), and North says, “We always steer first-timers to the Guay Teow Gai (GTG), a chicken-rice noodle soup with bok choy, bean sprouts and the Thai flavorings.”

As a vegan, Jillian is partial to the Tom Ka Gai with coconut, lime, tofu and pea shoots. The eatery already has a big following, with women in particular who come daily to pick up the top-quality, collagen-laden bone broth. Nit Noi makes 200 to 300 gallons of broth a week with bones from Ox Hollow, Millstone Farm and D’Artagnan.

Besides being a go-to for Thai meals prepared by Chef Pauline, Nit Noi also has a freezer stocked with broths and dumplings, plus a mini-market of sauces, condiments and supplies for home. North and Jillian intend to have events in the evenings, from cooking class to holiday parties. Check the website for classes to learn to prepare dumplings, curries and rice dishes. You can also plan a private event here and BYOB. »

north Shutsharawan with wife jillian and their son, bear

below:Fresh, healthy ingredients are the cornerstone of Nit Noi’s menu.

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ALOHA!

Island Fin Poké

136 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, 203-983-5672; islandfinpoke.com

FARM FRESH

Wildacre

147 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, 203-220-5070; wildacrerotisserie.com

What’s for dinner tonight? A delicious, healthy, easy answer has opened in Cos Cob. At Wildacre, rotisserie chicken and slow-roasted cauliflower are at the heart of the menu with plant-forward sides and zingy sauces to round out each meal.

Founder and French Culinary Institute-grad Ben Pote has given the rotisserie main a fresh spin. Having worked in everything from farmto-table restaurants to culinary consulting for a fast-casual Greek group in San Francisco and most recently at Sweetgreen, he had been dreaming of a rotisserie concept, and his wife suggested a California influence.

“Then it just clicked,” he says. “Fresh food, made in-house every day, using flavors and cuisines that are integral to California such as Mediterranean, Asian and Central American. From there the brand evolved.” The name Wildacre comes from both his love of the outdoors and the sourcing for his star ingredients.

The chicken is from Cook’s Venture, a company that practices sustainable farming

top: The family meal serving four: Whole chicken with your choice of four sides and four sauces

and raises heirloom birds that are free to roam and given non-GMO feed. While those qualities were vital, he says, “Taste is what sold me. As someone who has cooked professionally for years, I have never tasted chicken like this, it has such flavor.”

You can order a whole, half or quarter herbed chicken (or whole or half roasted cauliflower with Za’atar spices) and get two sides and sauces to make it a meal. Sides include roti potatoes, kale slaw, cucumber salad in a tahini dressing and crispy Brussels with a hint of sweetness from date syrup. There are also entrée salads for those who prefer the lighter side. To drink, try the gingerturmeric kombucha from Feel Good Booch and finish with a Cloud Bar, a special glutenfree brownie-like bar made exclusively for Wildacre by Cloudy Lane Bakery.

owner Ben pote

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Owner, Jamie Darnow (right) and Jessica Kelly, assistant manager

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VENERA ALEXANDROVA

Anew go-to for healthy lunches and dinners, Island Fin Poké opened in Cos Cob last spring by Old Greenwich resident Jamie Darnow. He decided during the pandemic to open a poke place, a fast-casual restaurant combining his love for flavorful food and healthy eating. “I wanted to wake up and do something I’m passionate about,” Jamie says. “People love to customize their food and we deliver on that front.”

The Hawaiian-style poké meals start with a base: choose a spring mix of greens, rice or brown rice and add proteins, such as sushigrade salmon or tuna or spicy tuna and then a range of ‘mix-ins,’ fruits and veggies plus finishing sauces (try the Togarashi) and crispy toppings like shredded nori and wonton crisps.

While many opt for takeout, you can eat at one of the twelve tables at this beachshack-inspired spot with custom surfboard tables handmade in Michigan. A sign on the wall reads “Ohana! No Friends, Just Family,” and Jamie and his team follow through with service: bringing the food to your table, checking in during the meal, giving guests complimentary Dole Whip (a dairy-free sorbet) and also clearing the table—not often the case in a fast-casual place. Island Fin also focuses on sustainability: “Our footprint on the environment is minute. We don’t have a dishwasher, stove or microwave,” says Jamie, noting that all the food is prepared fresh, and the bowls are compostable. First responders and military personnel receive 15 percent off their meals.

opposite page,top: Spicy Tuna Bowl with surimi, masago, avocado, wasabi dressing, topped with sesame seeds, onion crisps and nori below: Dairy- and gluten-free Dole Whip

ALL in the FAMILY Constantino’s

699 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, 203-681-2316; constantinosofgreenwich.com

This family-style Italian restaurant owned by Michael and Robyn Bordes serves up all varieties of pizzas, fresh salads, pastas, entrées and daily specials, such as caprese salad, crab cakes and linguini with clams, plus a whole range of ice cream and Italian ice. The eatery on the western side of town is named after Robyn’s father Constantino Matazzaro who grew up working on his grandmother’s farm and roadside market in New Jersey. “We hope our dishes bring you back to Grandma’s kitchen,” says Robyn.

The staff wears t-shirts that say “Legalize Marinara” on the back and dole out pizza by the whole pie and slice, made by head pizzaman Dany Aquilar. The slices are gigantic and all portions substantial (I couldn’t even finish half of the personal pizza), making a meal here a good value and living up to a quote that’s in a print on the back wall: “The only problem with eating Italian food is that three days later you’re hungry.” The glutenfree cauliflower crust is crispy and tasty. Even though you won’t have room, who can resist the ice cream here with less-expected choices like mudslide, creamsicle and banana?

The restaurant also has kid-sized tables for

little ones and an inclusive “sensory area,” with head phones and other accommodations for those with sensitivities. If you prefer food to go, get the Slice app, and they’ll take 10 percent off your first order.

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above AND RIGHT: Family-owned and familyfriendly, Constantino’s is a go-to for delicious pizza topped off with an old-fashioned ice cream cone.

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SEASONAL FLAVOR

The Cottage

above: The Cottage welcomes guests with a bright and airy vibe.

CHIC CUISINE

Ruby & Bella’s

265 Greenwich Avenue, 475-272-8680; ruby-and-bellas.com

49 Greenwich Avenue, 203-769-1220; thecottage.kitchen

Sister to Westport’s The Cottage, this elegant American and Asianinspired restaurant features the creative, seasonal cooking of Chef Brian Lewis, a James Beard Award semifinalist who also owns Oko in Rye and Westport. The Greenwich restaurant is distinctive in its design, conceived by Frederick William Hoag Architects and MZ Interiors, with a dining room clad in shiplap and lined with tufted velvet banquettes in a soft teal with a marble-topped bar at the center. In the back there’s a chef’s counter for four guests to watch the action in the open kitchen.

The well-edited menu, which consists of Cottage favorites plus original creations for this location, features a bounty of

appetizer options. Must-tries include the decadent foie gras “toasted almond,” the heavenly Wagyu brisket bao buns, Chiogga beet salad with burrata and fluke sashimi with clementine. The colorful mains highlight the freshest produce, such as a halibut served with saltroasted peaches, red pepper and cippolini onions, and change with the seasons. For dessert there’s a chocolate peanut-butter sundae with peanut brittle and a buttermilk panna cotta with summer berries among the treats. Cocktails are special here (try the Island Boy with rum, pineapple and vanilla-coconut foam or the Tequila Highball with green mango and mint), and you can also eat at the bar.

Set inside SaksWorks, a flexible life-work space in the former Ralph Lauren store, this American restaurant is a stylish gathering place that’s becoming a Greenwich Avenue go-to, whether post-work or postshopping. The sage-colored dining room with a large rustic table topped with plants and flowers feels serene and inviting, a backto-nature ambiance.

below:Tuna Tartare with blue ribbon ahi tuna, avocado and white soy

Chioggia beet salad

Ruby & Bella’s versatile menu features everything from excellent salads and vegetarian options, such as whole roasted baby cauliflower with tahini and pomegranate and an asparagusfava bean risotto to heartier dishes like the Berkshire pork rib eye, Black Label bacon burger and a New York strip steak with onion rings. We especially liked the Faroe Island salmon plated under a nest of pomme pailles, microthin

shoestring potatoes, and the skirt steak with fried rice, Asian mayo and quail eggs.

Like the décor, the desserts are fresh and bright. Don’t miss the berries and cream—fresh strawberries and lemon cake in panna cotta.

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ROARING into GLENVILLE

The Lion

328 Pemberwick

right:Florida-Red Snapper Pomodorini below:Escargot with garlic butter

Dinner at this brasserie on the western side of town can feel like a meal on vacation. The restaurant set within the Mill has a large deck with French bistro chairs and tables overlooking a waterfall into the Byram River. While the inside is cozier with a bar in back, the outdoor area features big potted palms and planters and a pergola with drapes that can close when the weather’s cooler. Service was very attentive, and owner Ron Rosa (who created the popular restaurant Polpo) was on the premises on a Thursday night, chatting with guests. A singer and piano player performing a jazzy, nostalgic mix of music added to the vibe.

The Lion’s menu is a classic with appetizers such as lobster bisque, moules frites, paté, escargot and steak tartare. Hearty mains include spaghetti carbonara, lobster ravioli, coq au vin, lamb chops, steak au poivre and Magret duck breast; lighter dishes include a lovely baby kale salad with artichokes and a Greek salad and branzino with tomato, onion and olives. Save room for the mudslide brownie and strawberry shortcake desserts.

Lunch and brunch are also served. G

above and below:Whether you opt for a table inside the cozy dining room or one al fresco, you’re in for a great meal.

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COMING OFF-SCREEN AND BACK TO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND DATING, GUYS WANT TO LOOK AND FEEL NOT LIKE THEIR OLD SELVES, BUT LIKE THEIR NEW, POST-PANDEMIC SELVES— YOUTHFUL, HEALTHY AND READY TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD

OUR WRITER TOM CONNOR HAD THE ROUGH JOB OF VISITING SOME LOCAL SPAS TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT THE GUYS ARE UP TO.

Massage is just one of the popular options for men.

We’ve been looking at ourselves on-screen for more than two-and-a-half years, and it's not always pretty. The pandemic has left many men with more wrinkles and weight, less hair and energy, and a general disapproval of the way we look.

“Studies show that the increase of webinars and virtual meetings have led to an increase in facial dissatisfaction overall,” notes

Kim Nichols, M.D., the celebrity dermatologist and owner of NicholsMD of Greenwich.

So what? We’re guys! Who cares how we look? Well, it’s finally time to admit the obvious: We do!

Women, of course, have long known both the benefits and the sublime pleasures of spa treatments. And for almost as long, they’ve been trying to get the men in their lives—husbands, boyfriends, fathers, brothers and sons—to experience them, too. »

Making changes to one's face takes time— and a strategy.

Now, as guys are back to in-person meetings and dates in real time, we’re having to do so without Zoom’s “Touch up my appearance” feature or the filter that smooths wrinkled skin. In fact, we’re steadily leaving virtual rooms and showing up in light-filled, calm and soothing spas in record numbers. According to the International SPA Association, men’s presence in spas has shot up from 31 percent ten years ago to 47 percent today. In the past, guys had to travel to the grand spas of Europe for aesthetic treatments or to only a handful of iconic American spas—The Golden Door in Southern California during Men’s Week, for example, or the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia (full, obnoxious disclosure: I’ve been to both). But the intersection of Covid, prolonged screen time and men’s growing concern for their health and wellness has given rise not only to new aesthetic centers, but also to the opening of half a dozen or more medical spas across Fairfield County in the past two years alone.

Men can work on skin perfection with deep-cleansing facials.

SO WHAT? WE’RE GUYS! WHO CARES

HOW WE LOOK? WELL, IT’S FINALLY TIME TO ADMIT THE OBVIOUS: WE DO!

THE ZOOM EFFECT

Launched in 2013, Zoom reported 200 million—both free and paying—daily meeting participants in March 2020, the first official month of the Covid pandemic. According to Business Insider, by the following month another 100 million users were in daily Zoom meetings. But enough about them! Seeing myself on Zoom one night earlier this year, I realized I looked like Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, the day the FBI pulled him from his remote cabin in rural Montana after more than two decades of living in isolation. I felt like turning myself in.

“The Zoom Effect is a real phenomenon,” says Merry Thornton, who opened ELEMENT MEDICAL AESTHETICS on Main Street in New Canaan in March of this year. “The pandemic has increased sensitivity to looking old and tired.”

Bags under the eyes and flabby skin on the neck—these, she and others say, are the result both of the stress from pandemic isolation and from the virus itself.

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NICHOLSMD OF FAIRFIELD 1215 Post Rd., Fairfield

NICHOLSMD OF GREENWICH 50 Old Field Point Rd., 3rd Floor, Greenwich

FACING OURSELVES

Given the prominence of the face, an ideal starting point is a thirty-minute Hydrafacial, a deep-cleansing spa treatment that cleans, extracts and hydrates the skin and neck. And an ideal spa for the treatment is NICHOLSMD OF FAIRFIELD, the third office of celebrity dermatologist KIM NICHOLS, M.D., who, with perfect skin, has appeared on Today and The Dr. Oz Show. The new office opened in May of this year in the Brick Walk near Fairfield’s downtown. Alyson, a youthfullooking registered nurse, has me lie back on a comfortable white lounge chair. After she washes my face—something I clearly should be able to do myself—she uses a laser device with HydroPeel Tips and Vortex-Fusion technology on the skin. The device, I learn, creates a vortex-like effect to vacuum up dead skin and extract “debris,” as she calls it, from the pores.(A superficial detail that, nonetheless, preoccupies me: The “debris” from the vacuumed pores gets captured and collected in a trap. Trust me, you don’t want to know anything more about this.)

The final step in the treatment has her infusing the pores with nourishing serums and intense moisturizers and saturating the surface with antioxidants and peptides. I leave looking fabulous.

PAINTEDWALL SYNDROME

Faces are multifaceted, so medical spas like NicholsMD divide treatment sessions into facial units that require different solutions and that offset the potential danger of too much treatment in one area. The problem with these treatments, however, is similar to that of painting one wall of a room: By comparison, the other walls immediately cry out for repainting.

I make an appointment to see Merry Thornton at ELEMENT MEDICAL AESTHETICS.

Located in a second-floor, 2,000-square-foot space in New Canaan, Element is super-clean, white, bright and uncluttered. After reviewing my medical history and concerns, Merry washes and applies numbing cream to my face and neck. It's a good thing, too, because she now runs the tip of an Ultra laser gun up, down and across the surface of my skin, a procedure that feels like a regiment of mildly agitated yellow jackets stinging me. No matter. The treatment leaves my face feeling warm and tingly and looking slightly sunburned, and far easier for me to face myself onscreen.

For more serious skin issues, Merry suggests the Genius, a system for administering radiofrequency micro-needling— forty-nine tiny needles that penetrate the skin and emit radio frequency—to get rid of dead skin and encourage collagen, a structural protein that tightens it.

“It’s a bit uncomfortable,” she tells me. Actually, the Ultra treatment was “a bit uncomfortable,” so I think I’m good for now, I tell her. »

GIVEN THE PROMINENCE OF THE FACE, AN IDEAL STARTING POINT FOR POST-ZOOM CARE IS A THIRTY-MINUTE HYDRAFACIAL, A DEEP-CLEANSING SPA TREATMENT THAT CLEANS, EXTRACTS AND HYDRATES THE SKIN AND NECK.

HAIR THERE, BUT NOT EVERYWHERE

While many men want hair added to thinning areas, others are interested in removing it from unwanted places.

Unless we’ve been wearing baseball caps in Zoom meetings, another noticeable fallout from the pandemic has been the fallout of our hair. Spa owners report an uptick in male clients inquiring about medical treatments to encourage hair growth in bald or thinning areas of the scalp.

One of the more popular treatments for hair restoration is PRP (platelet-rich plasma). For the procedure, a patient’s blood is drawn, spun in a centrifuge, then injected into the scalp with microneedling, which opens channels in the follicles to encourage hair growth. (Think of this as a bag of liquid Scott’s Turf Builder dumped onto the bald areas of the scalp then worked in with a sharpened spade.)

For unwanted body hair, medical spa personnel suggest laser treatments, in which the emission of light and heat damages hair follicles. The drawbacks are that it’s uncomfortable (some have likened it to a rubber band snapping against the skin), and it can be expensive. As many as six treatments may be required, to the tune of roughly $250 each treatment, and then permanent removal isn’t guaranteed.

A faster and far less expensive method of hair deforestation is traditional waxing. Here, strips of cloth dipped in hot wax are laid on a victim’s skin, then ripped off one strip at a time. (On second thought, I may opt for the snapped rubber bands!)

One new treatment expected to be rolled out this summer at DREAM SPA & SALON has owner Lori Dodd mincing words. “I don’t know if you’re ready for this,” she tells me, “but we’ll soon be offering manscaping in the form of manzillians”—in other words, Brazilians for men. (Note: I should have stopped Lori at “I don’t know if you’re ready for this.” I wasn’t.)

THE MASSAGE IS THE MESSAGE

Even before the pandemic, Stephanie Torres, the manager of the DELAMAR GREENWICH HARBOR SPA, saw a significant number of men making appointments for a range of spa treatments but especially massages—Swedish, Sports, Deep Tissue. “The kind of massage,” she says, “depends on whether clients want to relax or work on specific muscles and areas of the body that need to be stretched and massaged.”

What may be helpful for some guys to know is that spa treatments aren’t only for the high-powered Greenwich male. For years, one of Torres’s male clients let the gift certificates from his wife pile up before manning up and giving it a try. “He finally came in, and he was blown away,” she says. “Now he’s booking appointments every two weeks.” The gentleman’s occupation? Greenwich police officer, which makes a lot of sense: Standing in the middle of Greenwich Avenue directing Range Rovers and well-heeled pedestrians is reason enough for

regular, stress-reducing massages.

The problem with scheduling an appointment with Stephanie Torres? She’s so in demand that she’s booked out a month or even more.

Standing appointments for weekly or monthly massages is the norm among male clients at ARTISTEX SALON & SPA in Westport, which merged with Born of Earth Spa earlier this year. “A massage helps male clients de-stress,” says Anna, a masseuse at the spa for the past nine years. “Sitting in a chair all day hunched over a laptop can cause a lot of stress on the neck muscles and back muscles, even leg muscles. But beyond physical stress, there is mental and emotional stress, and I think men see the spa as somewhere they can get away from the world.”

Just off the busy Post Road near downtown, stepping into one of the massage rooms at Artistex feels like a full retreat from life outside. The room is narrow, the dark walls a relief from the stark white of medical spa treatment rooms. I strip to shorts and lie under warm sheets on the massage table.

Anna, who is Polish and has large, strong hands, attended university to become a teacher but found her calling in this country when her son was diagnosed at age four with rheumatoid arthritis.

“I always hid my big hands,” she

“I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’RE READY FOR THIS,” she tells me, “BUT WE’LL SOON BE OFFERING MANSCAPING IN THE FORM OF MANZILLIANS” IN OTHER WORDS, BRAZILIANS FOR MEN.

Not all massages are just about relaxation.

Some work on athletic recovery.

says, “until I realized why I was given them.” After seven years of massaging her son’s limbs and joints to relieve his pain, she accepted her calling to become a massage therapist.

Employing a mix of soft Swedish massage and harder deep-tissue massage, she uses long sweeping strokes to massage the back and leg muscles, and her fingers find and relieve tension knots in the shoulders and neck. “When we are stressed, we lower our heads and raise our shoulders,” she says.

The massage lasts an hour, though time is blurred by the background ambient music—wind, storms and waves mixed with flutes, strings and horns played, it seems to me, by Himalayan spirit sherpas in yurts blowing into yak antlers. Or something.

There’s a term spa workers use to describe the effect of multiple treatments on men and women: “Spa brain.” I think it may be kicking in, because all I want to do is lie on this massage table, talking to Anna and listening to this music.

DELAMAR GREENWICH

HARBOR SPA

500 Steamboat Rd., 2nd floor, Greenwich

ARTISTEX SALON & SPA

260 Post Rd. E, Westport

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Younger males are skipping hair treatments and for good reason: All their hair is on their heads! Instead, they’re making appointments for I.V. vitamin and hydration drip bags at such sites as Old Greenwich.

“I.V. therapy was a hit, especially in the beginning of the pandemic, because everyone wanted to be as strong as possible in case they did get sick from Covid,” says Melissa Pulcini-Buttine, the founder of ELIVATE, which opened just before the start of the pandemic, closed for several months and reopened in June 2020. Now, they’re coming in to renew energy, as are older male clients, and to boost athletic performance.

As at other spas across the county, men are coming on their own these days as opposed to being dragged in by the women in their lives.

Clients at Elivate lounge in comfortable leather recliners in one of two I.V. rooms and watch movies on a large flatscreen TV as the vitamins—zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin B-12 and immune booster cocktails—course through their veins.

The vitamins are custom mixed based on a consultation with Pulcini-Buttine or on blood work done in the on-site lab. Treatments, which take about an hour, provide multiple benefits—improved mood, energy, weight loss, immune system strengthening, enhanced athletic performance—with the intravenous vitamins absorbed far faster and more effectively than if taken orally. »

Athletically minded men are trying I.V. vitamin and hydration drip treatments at Elivate Med Spa.

A room for I.V. treatments, which are custom mixed for each client

E. Putnam Ave., Old Greenwich

“DEPENDS ON WHETHER CLIENTS WANT TO RELAX OR WORK ON SPECIFIC MUSCLES AND AREAS OF THE BODY THAT NEED TO BE STRETCHED AND MASSAGED.”

GETTING GROUNDED

With the ordeal of medical spa treatments behind us, it’s time for treatments that both feel good and are good for us. One of the first steps for guys seeking a new lease on life is a pedicure. That’s right: A pedicure!

This is because men have slowly been discovering the benefits of well-tended feet that have spent most of their lives imprisoned in boots or shoes, where some of the nastiest conditions on Earth prevail.

Fortunately, spas are as much centers of health information as they are palaces of pleasure, and a little information can go a long way to getting men in the door for this much-needed treatment. As I learn from Jeannie, who has been rejuvenating feet at DREAM SPA & SALON in Westport for sixteen years, the feet contain more sensory nerve endings per square centimeter than any other part of the body, continually supplying information about the surfaces we’re trodding for better balance, stability and shock absorption. With more than 250,000 sweat glands there, each foot can produce four to six or more ounces of perspiration a day. Enough said.

As with other spa treatments, gift certificates for pedicures are what usually drag men in the door for the first time. “They’ll come in for a pedicure, because they have a gift certificate from a wife or daughter or girlfriend,” Jeannie says. “A lot of the guys will say that when they cut their own toenails, they usually end up bleeding.”

I change my socks and go see her.

The pedicure room at Dream is a small, clean, warm room set off from the rest of the spa so that men don’t feel self-conscious in a sea of chatting women, says Jeannie. She is Greek and has a natural Mediterranean warmth that itself is soothing.

The procedure begins with slipping the bare feet in a warm, shallow bath of powdered milk water mixed with lemongrass essential oil. After drying them on a towel on her lap, Jeannie clips the nails without blood or digit

loss, then applies cuticle eliminator ointment to soften the dead skin on the nails that is pushed back and scraped off. Next, she files the calluses with soft and gritty sandpaper-like files, and finally washes and massages the feet and calves with a washcloth and vanilla-orange and brown sugar scrub, the sugar giving a mild grit to the wash. I feel special.

Jeannie recommends that men come back for a pedicure every four to six weeks, which is when toenails have grown long enough to be in need of clipping. I leave feeling not only grounded, but being able to see my reflection in my polished toenails.

Pedicures for men at Dream Spa & Salon include foot baths with essential oils and nail shaping. Other options include massages, which complete a fully relaxing visit.

DREAM SPA & SALON 1220 Post Rd E, Westport

BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT

One of the best ways to wrap up a program of spa treatments, both medical and aesthetic, might be with a visit to JANE KOHLER, a Westportbased structural integration therapist and masseuse, who is much sought after for her holistic approach to bodywork. In addition to feeling really good after one of her long sessions, clients receive an education across a wide, free-ranging spectrum of information—from yoga and meditation to Rolfing, reflexology and qigong, a traditional Chinese medicine that uses movement to optimize energy and maintain healthy mind, body and spirit.

Kohler’s Westport studio is a spacious, sun-dappled space in an old house furnished with antique Oriental carpets and a simple, cushioned massage table.

“Before clients get on the table, I look at their structure—how they’re standing, how they’re breathing and how they’re moving,” she says. “If the ankles and shoulders and ears aren’t aligned, there are issues that will continue until they’re resolved.”

Kohler focuses on the fascia— the connective tissue of the body—to realign posture and to open tissue that’s tightened due to stress, injury or other factors that cause chronic pain and limited mobility. Some issues involve ingrained habits of sitting, walking and breathing that inhibit daily functioning. Other issues are emotional. Kohler uses a mix of slow, deep, stretching movements and applied pressure to balance the fascial. The release of emotions, memories and/or traumas that have been stored in the tissue can make clients aware of the opportunity for change.

She stretches the limbs, realigns the frame, gently massages sore spots and applies pressure to tension knots, one area at a time. I leave feeling better than I have in years.

CAVEAT

One warning, of sorts: Spa services for men aren’t for the faint of wallet. Aside from prescriptions, which PAs can write, most spa treatments are for those with disposable dead skin, tension and income.

“What we do is purely discretionary, so men have to be able to afford it,” says Dream Spa & Salon’s Lori Dodd.

The Ultra laser treatment Merry Thornton administered at Element, for example, normally runs $850 The Hydrafacial at NicholsMD in Fairfield, $225. Basic pedicures at Dream, $55 At Artistex, the sixty-minute massage I received, $130. And an hour-and-a-half session with Jane Kohler costs $180 and is worth every dollar. As with most treatments, packages of three to six lower the cost per treatment considerably. (A second, more obnoxious disclosure: All of the above services were free for me. Someone's gotta do it.)

Spa treatments can also be addictive. The Greenwich police officer who disregarded gift certificates from his wife the way scofflaws disregard parking tickets, now schedules monthly appointments at the Delamar Spa for stress-eliminating massages.

Finally, because of that spa brain, you may want to avoid treatments on days when you need to use your brain—like if you've got to give a big presentation. Then again, who cares? Explain that you’ve just come from a massage and pedicure and aren’t wearing shoes so that you can look at yourself in your polished toenails. Spa men will understand. G

JANE KOHLER 39 Richmondville Ave., Westport

“IF THE ANKLES AND SHOULDERS AND EARS AREN’T ALIGNED, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THEY’RE RESOLVED.”

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Greenwich Historical Society

The Greenwich Historical Society is please to host a new exhibit, Life and Art: The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachtman, opening on Wednesday, October 19, and running through January 22, 2023. John Henry Twachtman lived in Greenwich from 1890 to 1899, and it was here that he earned his reputation as one of the most original American Impressionists. The exhibition celebrates Twachtman’s deep connections to his Round Hill Road estate and the surrounding landscape he loved. (Fun fact: Muppets visionary founder Jim Henson and his family lived in the same home from 1964 to 1971.) 47 Strickland Road in Cos Cob. greenwichhistory.org

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ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. Tues.–Sun. aldrichart.org

AMY SIMON FINE ART, 1869 Post Rd. East, Westport, 259-1500. amysimonfineart.com

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

CANFIN GALLERY, 39 Main St., Tarrytown, NY, 914-332-4554. canfingallery.com

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS, Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, NY, 914-232-1252. Caramoor is a destination for exceptional music, captivating programs, spectacular gardens and grounds, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. caramoor.org

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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 899-7999. contemprints.org

CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org

FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org

FLINN GALLERY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7947. flinngallery.com

GERTRUDE G. WHITE GALLERY, YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave., 869-6501. ywcagreenwich.org

GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL, 299 Greenwich Ave., 862-6750. greenwichartscouncil.org

GREENWICH ART SOCIETY, 299 Greenwich Ave. 2nd fl., 629-1533. A studio school that offers a visual arts education program for kids and adults. greenwichartsociety.org

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 47 Strickland Rd., 869-6899. greenwichhistory.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

KENISE BARNES FINE ART, 1947 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, NY, 914-834-8077. kbfa.com

LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, 838-9799. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com

LOFT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, 575 Pacific St., Stamford, 247-2027. loftartists.org

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY, 914-251-6100. neuberger.org

PELHAM ART CENTER, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY, 914-738-2525 ext. 113. pelhamartcenter.org

Americares

Buckle up for the 2022 Americares Airlift Benefit at Westchester County Airport on Saturday, October 1. NBC News anchor and co-anchor of TODAY, Craig Melvin, will host the inspirational evening celebrating more than forty years of the organization’s health programs for people affected by poverty or disaster. Held in a private airplane hangar, this festive evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing culminates with Americares signature airlift—a twenty-four-hour journey for guests to see Americares work firsthand. This year, the destination is Puerto Rico, where Americares has been on the ground since Hurricane Maria in 2017, strengthening the local health system and responding to emergencies. For tickets or more information, visit americares.org. »

Hollyhocks by John Henry Twachtman

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FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND.

They were selfless patriots. They gave their lives for our country. They kept us free and now we are left as the caretakers of their children.

It is our honor and duty to give these children the future their mothers and fathers dreamed of.

A college education is the key to that bright future. Learn more at fallenpatriots.org

Clay Art Center

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Clay Art Center will feature fifty pieces from artist Susan Wortman’s Winged Women series. Susan began this series after her own breast cancer diagnosis. The Winged Women were her way of healing from cancer, as well as adjusting to the physical changes of her body after a mastectomy with reconstruction. Fifty percent of the sale of each piece will be donated to Cancer Support Team, a Westchester-based nonprofit organization that provides social work, nursing and in-home services to cancer patients and their families. The show is on display in the gallery and online throughout the month of October. clayartcenter.org

ROWAYTON ARTS CENTER, 145 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 866-2744. rowaytonarts.org

SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY, 382 Greenwich Ave., 325-1924. samuelowen.org

SILVERMINE GUILD ARTS CENTER, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan, 966-9700. silvermineart.org

SANDRA MORGAN INTERIORS & ART PRIVÉ, 135 East Putnam Ave., 2nd flr., Greenwich, 629-8121. sandramorganinteriors.com

SOROKIN GALLERY, 96 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, 856-9048. sorokingallery.com

STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, 39 Franklin St., Stamford, 325-1139. stamfordartassociation.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER, 272 Bedford St., Stamford, 661-0321. avontheatre.org

CURTAIN CALL, The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford, 329-8207. curtaincallinc.com

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com

LECTURES, TOURS & WORKSHOPS

FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY, On StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield, 259-1036. fairfieldtheatre.org

GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, 6 Main St., East Haddam, 860-873-8668. goodspeed.org

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. aldrichart.org

AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org

AUX DÉLICES, 231 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540, ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com

BOWMAN OBSERVATORY PUBLIC NIGHT, NE of Milbank/East Elm St. rotary on the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 869-6786, ext. 338

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

CONNECTICUT CERAMICS STUDY CIRCLE, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. ctcsc.org

FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org

GREENWICH BOTANICAL CENTER, 130 Bible St., 869-9242. gecgreenwich.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, 26 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org »

UCONN STAMFORD ART GALLERY, One University Pl., Stamford, 251-8400. artgallery.stamford.uconn.edu

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 226-7070. westportartscenter.org

YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu

YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-0611. artgallery.yale.edu

CONCERTS, FILM & THEATER

ARENA AT HARBOR YARD, 600 Main St., Bridgeport, 345-2300. websterbankarena.com

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, NY, 914-7737663. burnsfilmcenter.org

LONG WHARF THEATRE, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven, 787-4282. longwharf.com

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-9269. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

RIDGEFIELD THEATER BARN, 37 Halpin Ln., Ridgefield, 431-9850. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org

SHUBERT THEATER, 247 College St., New Haven, 800-228-6622. shubert.com

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. stamfordcenterforthearts.org

Greenwich Economic Forum

This month, leading minds in global business, finance, media and government will once again convene in Greenwich for the annual Greenwich Economic Forum on Tuesday, October 11 through Thursday, October 13 at the Delamar Hotel. This global investment conference fosters discussion and debate about the financial impact of the defining issues of our times. Past speakers have included Ray Dalio, Paul Tudor Jones, Annie Lamont, Afsaneh Beschloss, Byron Allen, Steve Case and Arianna Huffington. For more information visit greenwicheconomicforum.com

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Paul Tudor Jones and Ray Dalio at GEF 2021

ANNUAL GALA

Glendowlyn

Head of Economic Development

Amazon

John Guy Executive Managing Director, Business Banking Webster Bank

The Knollwood Garden Club

The Knollwood Garden Club of Greenwich is pleased to offer its inaugural commemorative lecture on Marian Cruger Coffin (1876–1957). It will be given by Nancy Fleming, author of Money, Manure, and Maintenance—Ingredients for the Successful Gardens of Marian Coffin. The event will be held on Thursday, October 27 at the Vanderbilt Education Center of the Greenwich Historical Society. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., lecture and reception from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Admission is $25, seating is limited; reservations advised at 203-661-6856 or apalladio@ mac.com. Proceeds from the lecture will be devoted to the restoration of Marian Cruger Coffin’s Seaside Garden located on Greenwich Point. »

KIDS’ STUFF

OCTOBER 2022

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-4519. aldrichart.org

AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org

AUX DÉLICES, (cooking classes), 23 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540 ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com

BEARDSLEY ZOO, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport, 394-6565. beardsleyzoo.org

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH, 4 Horseneck Lane, 869-3224. bgcg.org

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com

EARTHPLACE, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, 227-7253. earthplace.org

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland St., 869-6899. hstg.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

IMAX THEATER AT MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, 966-9577. newcanaannature.org

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-5795. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. palacestamford.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN, 303 West Ave., Mathews Park, Norwalk, 899-0606. steppingstonesmuseum.org

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 222-7070. westportartscenter.org

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org G

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We are looking for fantastic photos of Greenwich and Greenwich people to feature every month on our new back page. If you would like a chance to be published in Greenwich magazine and win $100 here’s what you should know:

• Photos can be whimsical, historical, serene, funny or beautiful but they all must be taken in Greenwich.

• Photos must be submitted digitally to photos@mofflymedia.com and be 300 dpi and 7 inches high or larger.

• We will need: 1) Photographer’s name, address, phone number and e-mail 2) Subject of the photograph (identify people in the photo) 3) Location of the photograph 4) Inspiration behind the photograph 5) Any interesting anecdote about the photograph or featured subject

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DRESS TO IMPRESS

In honor of the Trick-or-Treat season, we asked some friends to dig into their archives for fun pics of Halloweens past. From the cutest Viking we’ve ever seen to one of the best television couples ever, we’ve rounded up some great looks that might just provide a little inspiration for you come October 31. G

Have a photo that captures a moment in Greenwich? Send it to us at editor@greenwichmag.com for a chance to win $100. Please write photo submission in the subject line.

(top row) Charlie Treibick gets in touch with his Nordic roots; Trick-or-treat buddies: Lily Potter, Georgia Montanez, Addison Onsdorff; Donna Moffly pulls out all the stops as Cleopatra at the office party; Isabelle Gabathuler melts hearts as a Halloween pumpkin butterfly princess. (bottom row) Sophie Mickelson rocks it as Captain Marvel; Ali Gray and soon-to-be baby Charlotte get irreverent; Vivienne Vaden finds the magic of Halloweeen as Hermione Granger from Harry Potter; Cullen Carr as Max from Where the Wild Things Are with big sister, Nuala, aka Wonder Woman; Ben and KP Mickelson channel Johnny and Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek

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