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contents SEPTEMBER 2019 vol. 72 | issue 9

features

TEENS TO WATCH 2019 Yes, they are smart and dedicated. But perhaps more important, these teens are a philanthropic and empathetic group. We are thrilled to introduce you to ten amazing kids who are blazing impressive paths.

departments 22 EDITOR’S LETTER 28 FROM THE FOUNDERS Of Kids and Candor

33 STATUS REPORT BUZZ A look inside the teen-led nonprofit Generation Impact SHOP Indoxi Jewelry GO Palm Beach; Buick Enclave HOME There’s still plenty of time to enjoy alfresco dining. Here are a few fun finds. DO Even in the fall, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses pose major threats. Here’s what you need to know. EAT Miku Sushi

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51 PEOPLE & PLACES Bruce Museum, An Evening in the Enchanted Garden; Laurel House; Greenwich Hospital, Under the Stars; Sacred Heart Greenwich, Make Our Heart Soar; Family Centers, Under the Tuscan Sun; GEMS; YWCA

Gorgeous looks from the runway—frilly and feminine to colorful and bold—with tips on how to style them for the real-way.

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Miku’s Jungle Bird and Sakura Garden cocktails

TRAFFICK STOP A heartbreaking look at the industry of human trafficking. Not only is it happening right here, we are unwittingly contributing to the problem. by t i mot h y d umas

on the c over: our cl ass of 2019 teens to watch

correction: the photographs of paul simon’s house appearing in “to market we go” in our july issue were taken by lane coder.

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66 FINANCE FIX Teaching your kids about money—the right way. 68 G-MOM How to keep food allergies from alienating your child 73 VOWS Tucci–Rusciano; Coleman–Katz

125 HAPPENINGS Betteridge & Mariano Rivera; Joie & Breast Cancer Alliance; Armaya & Maison d’Alexandre; NicholsMD of Greenwich; Spring Theory Pilates

135 CALENDAR 151 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS 152 POSTSCRIPT Some final words of inspiration from our teens

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very spring when we put out the call for our Teens to Watch nominations, all of us over here at greenwich prepare to feel wholly inadequate. Remember when a few AP classes and a varsity sport or two were enough to set you apart from the crowd? Yeah, well those days are as gone as a Birkin bag at a sample sale. These teens are a varied group of trailblazers—they excel in the classroom, they are preeminent athletes and through their philanthropic endeavors are already changing the lives of others. At a time when the news of the day can often be dismal at best, and devastating at worst, it is a pleasure to meet kids like these—kids who take their place in the world seriously and understand the importance of perseverance and empathy. It’s fun to imagine what they may grow into as adults. Politicians? Star athletes? Academics? Scientists? Who knows. What we do know is that they will have an indelible impact on whatever fields they choose, and we’re looking forward to keeping tabs on these rising stars. Meet them today so you’re sure to recognize them tomorrow (“Teens to Watch,” page 78).

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“Kids just have a way with words, but sometimes actions do speak louder.”

t’s September, the month we celebrate our teens, of all people. Yup, teens can be pains, but many are quite remarkable. Wait ’til you read about them in “Teens to Watch.” In any case, they all start out as small fry who say and do “the darndest things.” Art Linkletter built a whole TV show around them that ran for years. People couldn’t resist tuning in to see what those fertile little brains came up with. Here are some examples from our own backyard. Janie Galbreath and her seven-year-old daughter were going through a pile of clothes that she and her sister had outgrown. “Oh, Elizabeth, what are we going to do with all these clothes?” Janie moaned. “Let’s give them to that nice old man,” the little girl suggested. “Who?” said Janie, wondering what elderly gent they knew who might have any use for smocked dresses, size six. “You know, Mom,” answered her daughter. “Good Old Will!” Lisa Weicker recalls the day her threeyear-old granddaughter Eliza Ix went backto-school shopping for shoes with her mother. Eliza wasn’t very impressed with the options her mother selected; and when a salesman greenwichmag.com

came over to ask if they needed help, Eliza looked up at him and said: “Excuse me, but do you have any glass slippers?” Here’s a little Miss who knows what she wants. Thinking about her ninety-one-year-old grandfather, Jen Danzi’s daughter Jones said: “Pop-Pop is never going to die.” “Well, everybody dies someday,” Jen told the fouryear-old. “Nope, not Pop-Pop,” the little girl insisted. “Why not?” Jen asked her. To which Jones replied: “Because he’s so old he would’ve died already.” When our editor Ali Nichols Gray was pregnant with her second child, threeyear-old son, Henry, put on his lantern headset, came over to the couch where she was resting and beamed the light on her belly button so he could see the baby. Later, when his father brought him to Greenwich Hospital to meet his little sister, Charlotte, for the first time, Henry asked: “Can I pet her?” And thinking of pets: Cinnie Coulson was driving her nine-year-old grandchildren, twins Maud and Callum Coulson, back into New York after a sleepover at her home in Riverside. Callum asked his grandmother what would happen to her dog, Daisy, when

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founder’s letter she died. “Why do you ask?” she replied. “Because I’d like to have her,” he responded. “Could you leave her to me in your will? Then I could be her parent.” Whereupon his sister piped up: “Why don’t you will her to both of us. Then she’d have a mother and a father.” “Ok, but there are certain jobs you have to do when you have a dog,” Cinnie explained. “You have to feed them and take them on walks. And when they go to the bathroom, you have to pick up the poop.” “Oh, then I’ll be the aunt,” Maud decided. “Aunts don’t pick up poop.” Girls will be girls. Last Halloween, among the 121 trick-or-treaters who came to my door were four little princesses who were delighted with the juice boxes I was handing out. “You look so pretty and you’re so polite. I just love all those thank-yous,” I told them,

adding, “I had only one person turn their back and walk away when they saw the juice boxes.” “Well, that wasn’t very nice,” observed one of the princesses. “Was it a boy or a girl?” her friend asked. “A boy,” I replied. And with a look of disgust she said, “That figures!” This young lady doesn’t know it yet, but, dollars to donuts, someday her prince will come. When her kids were little, Megan Tyre would often announce “Let’s go for a swim in the Sound,” and they’d take off for the Shenorock Shore Club. On the beach with two-year-old daughter, Allison, her father stepped away for a minute (there was another adult nearby) and upon return asked her: “Where’s Mommy?” To which she replied: “Oh, she’s swimming in the Noisy.” Kids just have a way with words, but sometimes actions do speak louder.

Take Peter Fox. His mother, Muffy, was in the hospital having just delivered his brother, Carter; and his father, Andy, took the two-year-old to the fireworks at the Stanwich Club. And lost him. Everybody was running around frantically looking for him when someone observed: “Well, there’s a little blonde boy with the Dixieland band out on the dance floor.” And there he was—dancing in some guy’s golf shoes. It turned out they belonged to the president of the club, who wasn’t especially wild about kids; and when they opened his locker to return the shoes, there were Peter’s little sneakers neatly lined up inside. Well, just think: On the fourteenth of this month, he’ll be dancing at his own wedding. But his bride, Tayler Sirabella, made him promise not to wear golf shoes. G

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GIRLS WHO GIVE

A TEEN-LED NONPROFIT DIVES DEEP INTO THE PHILOSOPHY OF PHILANTHROPY

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wo years ago Greenwich Academy senior Isabel Allard set out to find fellow philanthropically minded teenage girls willing to invest their time and money in making a difference. She helped recruit 105 generous and motivated local high school girls who agreed to each contribute at least $100—money they would collectively share with some deserving local nonprofits. Rather than just donate some of their babysitting and birthday cash on benevolent impulse, the girls wanted to create a philanthropic organization that would make a

measurable difference for both the recipients of its generosity as well its memebers. “We felt like it had to go beyond organizing a bake sale,” explains Isabel, who working with a leadership commitee of fourteen high school girls, launched Generation Impact (GI). “We wanted it to also be about the education we would receive about philanthropy. The goal is that the girls grow up to be thoughtful, considerate givers.” Inspired by Impact Fairfield County, the successful giving circle of adult women founded by Greenwich resident Wendy Block and Vicki SEPTEMBER 2019 GREENWICH

Craver, the local teens of Generation Impact take a deep-dive approach to determine how they’ll support local nonprofits. GI members, who hail from a mix of public and private schools in the Greenwich area, spent the last year soliciting grant applications for programs that might benefit local youth. They chose finalists and then paid personal visits to vet the proposals. After all that homework, GI members voted last April to award a $10,000 grant to Stamford-based Building One Community, a nonprofit that supports the region’s immigrant and refugee communities. The grant they

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MAKING IT HAPPEN After Isabel Allard met with Impact Fairfield founders Wendy Block and Vicki Craver in summer 2017 (her mom, Sara, is a member of the philanthropic giving circle), she got busy recruiting other like-minded teen girls. Here are the steps they took before deciding who would get their first $10,000 check.

“The goal is that the girls grow up to be thoughtful, considerate givers .” —isabel allard, generation impact founder and director

APRIL 2018 A well-attended recruitment meeting was held at the Arch Street Teen Center. (Scholarships were offered to a few interested girls who lacked the resources to participate.) “We very much want this to be inclusive,” says Isabel. NOVEMBER 2018 Generation Impact hosted “The Big Learn” where members were

introduced to the concept of grantmaking that’s focused on “head versus heart.” “The idea being that we give smart, in such a way where our gift is really going to make an impact rather than just focusing on things that resonate in a purely emotional way,” explains Isabel.

DECEMBER 2018 The girls reviewed thirty-eight grant proposals and

community and really walk the walk has been incredible.” And the generosity continues. While Generation Impact gears up for a second year of philanthropy—with a goal of expanding its donor circle to include more girls from neighboring Fairfield County towns—its members have also committed to volunteering at the Building One Community program. “I think the idea of seeing firsthand where our money is going and continuing to be involved is really exciting,” says Isabel.

narrowed the field down to twenty finalists.

JANUARY 2019 The girls met for “The Big Review.” Dividing into groups of four, the circle members debated the merits of the semi-finalists’ proposals and then voted to choose four finalists: Building One Community, Norwalk’s Open Door Shelter and Stamfordbased nonprofits the

Children’s Learning Center and Domus.

FEBRUARY 2019 The girls again split into groups and devoted a weekend to visiting the four final nonprofits to vet the proposals. APRIL 2019 The “Big Give” was held, and Generation Impact members met, voted and chose Building One Community as the first major grant recipient.

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awarded will expand a STEM-based learning program for girls launched in collaboration with the Bruce Museum. Grants of $1,000 each were also awarded to three deserving finalists. “It has been so inspiring to work with these young women,” says Catalina Horak, executive director of Building One Community. “Almost by definition, the girls involved with Generation Impact are good students, committed to their community, who are already involved in so many things. So, to see the time they took to invest in their

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atie Karram gets ideas for her jewelry in some unexpected places. A cement mixer was the inspiration for intriguing links on one of her statement necklaces. More recently, a pair of garden stakes got her thinking: Those stakes would be the coolest earrings. “I see ideas everywhere,” says Katie. “I may notice an interesting shape when I’m driving or something in nature, and it gets my creative juices flowing. I take pictures constantly and study them to get ideas for my next design.” The cases of Katie’s Greenwich Avenue jewelry boutique, Indoxi, are full of handmade unique pieces in silver and gold that can easily be dressed up or down. The name for the boutique comes from a Greek expression for “okay” that translates into an “upbeat, exuberant kind of okay,” says Katie. She chose the name when she decided to set up shop earlier this year, because it reflects her enthusiasm for the art she sees in the world as well as the customers who appreciate her craftsmanship. “I love the idea that when they leave they have something handmade that they can’t get anywhere else,” she says. She notes that lately she’s been working more in delicate 14K and 18K gold and adding in gemstones because that appeals to her growing Greenwich client base. She also takes commissions and points out that many of her necklaces, including her detailed silver necklaces and the glass beads in her Chroma collection, are one-ofa-kind. “I make each link and bead by hand and put them together in different ways,” she says. “That way you walk away with something that’s more personal.” Prices range from $49 for delicate earrings to $2,000 for a statement-making silver link necklace. “I like to think I have something for everyone.” Indoxi Jewelry, 227 Greenwich Ave., indoxijewlery.com

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Famed architect Addison Mizner came to Florida to build a hospital for WW1 veterans; the war ended before the building was completed, and it was redesigned as The Everglades Club. Mizner had a pet spider monkey named Johnnie Brown. Legend has it that Mizner would perch Johnnie on his shoulder and stroll about town.

SHOULD WE BE HAVING A PALM BEACH IDENTITY CRISIS?

id you grow up in a quiet seaside town that was born as a summer escape for the monied elite? Perhaps your mom shopped for her charity gala ensemble at Razook’s but preferred a uniform of Pulitzer pink for everyday wear. Horse farms became the equivalent of five-star equestrian hotels, and the rise of hedge funds changed the real estate landscape. Then perhaps you grew up in Palm Beach. It’s been called the “New Greenwich,” but with this many similarities, perhaps it’s been Greenwich all along.

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J Kennedy Tod, finance tycoon, came to Greenwich from Scotland and built a mansion on Greenwich Point that became home to the original Innis Arden Golf Club. Tod willed the manse to the New York Presbyterian Hospital in 1938 (which eventually sold it to the town of Greenwich). He was known for housing a pet bear in the Chimes Building.

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A one-way street that leads to the water and is packed with upscale shops including Betteridge Jewelers and Saks Fifth Avenue. It’s featured time and again on many lists of “retail’s most expensive streets in the United States.”

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diverse cities and towns across 2,300 square miles from Boca Raton to Jupiter.

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diverse towns across sixty-seven square miles from Byram to Old Greenwich.

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West Palm doesn’t have a beach, but it does have the intercoastal waterway and plenty of yachts. Palm Beach is the glitzy eighteen-mile-long barrier island you think of when you hear Palm Beach.

O.G. is considered the beach town, but Greenwich has the often- overlooked Byram Beach and ferry access to Island Beach. Locals can book overnight campsites on Island Beach or Great Captain’s Island.

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Virgin Trains launched a luxury high-speed train line with service to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami just over a year ago. A line connecting West Palm to Orlando is under construction. No need to brave traffic for a night at Stephen Starr’s Upland restaurant in Miami.

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Metro-North, though seriously lacking Virgin’s luxury, sure makes the Big Apple accessible. No need to brave traffic for a night at Stephen Starr’s Upland restaurant in New York City.

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The Greenwich Polo Club is home to the White Birch team founded by Peter Brant. Brant’s team has won more high-goal polo tournaments in the U.S. than any other single team in the past twenty-five years. Locals love to spend Sunday afternoons FGHFGHGFHFGH picnicking, watching matches and stomping divots.

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you of its power till you ask. Its natural bailiwick is effortless cruising, whether down the highway or the Post Road. A solid positioning on the road is felt at all times; only Manhattan’s nastiest potholes gave it a surprise. On our twisty back roads, the Enclave was unstressed and stable. If it has the opulence of the bigger SUVs, what does it lack? Well, the second-row seats are not as magnificent as the front seats, and the third-row is thin. To get really expansive luggage hauling, the third seat needs to be stowed. That’s easy enough: Just push a

The Enclave is an easy vehicle to like. The doors close with a solid thunk. The Bose sound system is magnificent. The navigation system can be figured out in ten seconds, and it works very well. There are ports all over, even for the third row. And it can be optioned up to become a traveling WiFi hot spot. This new, second-generation Enclave has a more powerful V-6 and the transmission moves up three gears to be a nine-speed. This elevates the highway fuel mileage to 25 mpg, up from 22. It’s capable of quite healthy acceleration, but it doesn’t remind

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button and humming motors drop the third seat and flatten it out. So, for a combination of size and grace, it’s just right. Order it in “Ebony Twilight Metallic” and you have a Buick that actually looks sinister. Whatever the shade, it’s an urbane, highstyle ride.

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hen Goldilocks goes searching today for the SUV that is “just right,” she will find a vast, detailed list of choices ranging from extremely sporty crossovers to sumptuous luxury liners. The Buick Enclave embraces the comfort side of the ledger, all the while being nowhere near the size of the Escalade/Suburban bruisers. The Enclave is just the right size to be considered elegant. It’s handsome enough to have gained a good deal of approval in Fairfield County, especially the glossed-up Avenir version we tested.

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WITH LYME DISEASE AND OTHER TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES STILL ON THE RISE, FALL ISN’T THE TIME TO LET YOUR GUARD DOWN

Tips to keep ticks away and prevent illness

SELF-EXAMINATION Perform self-checks especially after working or playing outside, and shower with hot water right away.

WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS Wear white or light clothing when out on hikes or gardening. This can help you to identify a tick on your clothing, since they can blend in with dark colors, making them hard to find.

WOOD-CHIP BARRIER Reduce tick populations by creating a three-foot-wide wood-chip barrier around your yard, planting plants and shrubs that don’t attract deer or ticks (no barberry bushes) and installing fences to keep deer off your property.

HARMFUL CHEMICALS? humans). A deer tick (black-legged tick) has an approximate two-year life cycle, and both the nymph (early life cycle) and adult can transmit the infections associated with Lyme disease. So, in short, always stay vigilant by checking yourself for ticks. Medical providers should also keep Lyme disease in their minds as a possible diagnosis when practicing in Connecticut, as people year-round can be affected.” D’onofrio notes that prevention, like most things in medicine, is the best way to avoid the infection. He advises, “If a person thinks they may have a tick-borne illness, they should see their primary care provider, and to discuss the concern as soon as possible. Early-stage Lyme disease is easier to treat than latent-stage Lyme disease, so early identification is important. G

reports are concentrated in the Northeast and upper Midwest, with fourteen states accounting for over 96 percent of all reported cases. For us living in Connecticut, which has an approximate population of 3.5 million, we are in a state with a lot of reported and unreported Lyme and tick-borne illnesses when compared to other states outside the Northeast.” When fall arrives and the temperatures dip, many are under the impression that cooler weather kills off ticks. Not so says D'Onofrio. “I wish the cold killed off ticks, but this is simply not true,” he says. “Ticks like to hide in leaf litter and yard brush when temperatures are low. During fall and early spring, the adult deer tick is more prevalent, which likes to attach itself to larger hosts (deer, dogs,

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Consider chemical sprays (organic and non-organic). They are not regulated, and it is hard to say what does and does not work. D’ Onofrio advises to research local spraying companies, and be mindful to not harm the environment or nearby water supplies.

DON’T FLUSH IT Don’t flush it. If you find a tick, put it in a sealed baggie and bring it to the Health Department for tick identification; they can also send ticks out for disease testing.

BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE Be your own advocate. Symptoms, which include headache, dizziness, rashes, fever, brain fog, joint and muscle pain/weakness, all mimic other diagnoses. Ask your doctor to keep Lyme disease in mind at any time of the year, and request a blood test.

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ummer is over, and you managed to end the season without being bitten by a tick. Lucky you. But before you pat yourself on the back or get too smug, consider that deer ticks don’t actually die off in the fall and winter, as some believe. Northeastern states, such as Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, are literally teeming with these little buggers, which spread Lyme disease and a variety of other debilitating tickborne ailments. Out of the 300,000-plus new cases of Lyme disease diagnosed by the CDC every year, a staggeringly high percentage come from our area. Louis D'Onofrio, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, PCCN, Director of Clinical Care Westport-Weston Health District, says, “Lyme disease

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Sushi Omakase: left row front to back: Kobe beef, lobster, yellowtail belly, Alaskan king salmon, Japanese mackerel “Aji” right row front to back: King crab, Japanese red snapper, Alaskan prime sweet shrimp, bluefin tuna, salmon belly with micro grains

iku signifies “beautiful moment” in Japanese, and when you step into this chic new sushi spot on the Avenue, you’ll understand why the name is so fitting. At the heart of the serene space sits a solid wood bar crafted from a single piece of mahogany; behind it, a team of spiffy sushi chefs (itamae) stand ready to transform the fresh line-caught fish into artful rolls, sushi and sashimi. The zen environment is matched only by the exquisite fish and Insta-worthy cocktails. Those who’ve complained that they couldn’t find a local sushi place that lives up to their Manhattan favorite may change their tune after eating here. In fact, word has spread quickly that Bill Clinton visited recently, and the hosts had to juggle reservations because the restaurant was full. After having success with several sushi restaurants in Westchester (winning Best of Westchester), Miku’s owner K Dong set his sights on Greenwich and wanted to create an upscale experience. He built a small-but-elegant space where every detail matters, from the comfortable

layout with the half-moon banquettes and warm gray upholstery to the wood elements and exposed brick that lend a little urban vibe to the place. All of the pottery and glassware was hand selected in Japan. Also coming from the Land of the Rising Sun: daily shipments of fish from Tsukiji market, including more unusual fish such as flying fish, baby yellowtail and a variety of wild, line-caught fish. The quality of the fish is evident from the start of the meal. Unlike the overly sauced, minced tuna tartare you find at some restaurants, Miku’s rendition is a coarsely chopped tuna over avocado, a minimalist preparation that lets the flavor and freshness of the fish shine. Cooked seafood is equally tasty. A grilled lobster starter is simple yet delicious, a whole lobster tail served piping hot and plated with the shell even though the meat has been carefully removed for easy eating. We loved the balance of textures of the crispy bites appetizer, toasted pieces of rice with a skewer for dipping into spicy tuna, salmon or yellowtail. At a recent dinner on a Tuesday night, we sat SEPTEMBER 2019 GREENWICH

above: Rock Shrimp: Prawns with a sweet and spicy sauce • Good 4 You Roll: Spicy crab, avocado, lobster salad, mango and peanuts • Delight Roll: Spicy scallop and avocado inside, topped with yellowtail and avocado sauce • Godzilla Roll: Spicy tuna, crunch and tobiko inside, topped with avocado and spicy mayo • Jungle Bird cocktail: Plantation Jamaica Rum, Campari, fresh lime and pineapple juice, simple syrup below: Salmon belly with micrograins

from above left clockwise: Sushi artistry • Omakase (chef’s tasting): live scallops, bluefin tuna, toro, uni, baby yellowtail, Japanese red snapper, king salmon • Maneki Neko—a Japanese lucky cat • Stir-fried udon noodles with shrimp

at the sushi bar (book ahead to ensure a spot) and ordered à la carte and also opted for omakase, the chef ’s selection of the best fish of the day. The chef treated us to a platter of thinly sliced yellowfin, each piece topped with a little jalapeno. The ethereal fish with that kick of pepper is a sublime combination. We also tried the Godzilla Roll, a blend of spicy tuna, crunch and tobiko, draped in avocado. My favorite part of the meal was the seasonal omakase, enough for two, which included melt-in-your-mouth toro, baby yellowtail, wild salmon, scallops, shrimp and Kobe beef. Each piece was exceptional. In addition to sushi, Miku features grilled entrees, hibachi dinners, udon and soba noodles, teriyaki and tempura as well as salads and bento boxes—enough variety to please all palates (vegan and gluten-free options available, too). While the sushi and sashimi were most memorable, I would definitely order the grilled sea bass again. This perfectly cooked piece of fish is topped with a slightly sweet glaze with a real depth of flavor and rests on a bed of spinach and shitakes. K, who has worked in all aspects of the restaurant biz and was once a bartender at Nobu, designs all of the cocktails here. He chooses special wines and spirits, such as lemongrassinfused sake, to create drinks like the Sakura Garden, a blend of Japanese whiskey, gin and Negroni garnished with a nasturtium flower. The green-tea margarita was particularly refreshing with dinner (the mocktails are fun, too.) Service was attentive at both meals I’ve had here. During our sushi-bar dinner, the owner checked in with us multiple times, and he was very hands-on, talking with the sushi chefs, waitstaff and guests throughout the evening. Servers took our order behind the bar, and then we watched as the sushi chefs prepared everything. With the seamless service, we were hardly aware of the guests sitting right next to us until one gentleman who noticed all the dishes we were ordering remarked, “Wow, you guys have amazing appetites!” We laughed at the G comment, a beautiful moment indeed.

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he Bruce Museum’s thirty-second annual gala An Evening in the Enchanted Garden was recently held at Greenwich Country Club and cochaired by Erin Glasebrook, Olivia Langston and Amanda Armstrong Wilson. The event honored Mr. and Mrs. William Fitzgerald, Tanya and Michael Grunberg, Jan Rogers Kniffen, Kathleen L. Metinko and Barbara Netter for their commitment to The Bruce. Joe Gambino, VP general manager, The Saks Shops of Greenwich, served as Honorary Chair, and Saks Fifth Avenue was recognized for its longstanding support and partnership with the museum. brucemuseum.org » 1 Alison Davis, Romona Norton, Melissa Levin 2 Allegra, Michael, Tanya and Kaija Grunberg, Dakota Hendey, Joshua Kramel 3 Kathy Ruland, Allison Marsh, Kelley Steuerer 4 Felicity Kostakis, Paige Bradley 5 James and Olivia Langston, Sam and Amanda Wilson, Erin and Taylor Glasebrook 6 Morgan Glasebrook, Jeff Velleca 7 Sachiko Goodman, Teru Clavel 8 Cindy and Lee Milazzo SEPTEMBER 2019 GREENWICH

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t was a packed house at the Delamar, Greenwich Harbor when more than 240 guests dined, danced and enjoyed Laurel House’s annual fundraiser, An Evening with Laurel House. Dr. Andrew J. Gerber, President and Medical Director of Silver Hill Hospital was honored as the organization’s 2019 Champion for Recovery. Adrianne C. Singer, former President and CEO of the YWCA Greenwich, was recognized as the Greenwich Town Champion. Laurel House works closely with medical and mental healthcare providers in Greenwich and with the Greenwich Department of Human Services, Greenwich Hospital and Greenwich Public School Counselors to coordinate rehabilitation services. All proceeds from the event support programs that help individuals achieve and sustain good mental health to lead fulfilling lives. laurelhouse.net »

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sold-out crowd of over 500 enthusiastic supporters gathered at Riverside Yacht Club for Greenwich Hospital’s Under the Stars benefit. Cochairs Katie Fong Biglin, Andrea Sinkin Jaffe and Jennifer Turano spearheaded a planning committee of some fifty volunteers. Jeff Glor, cohost of CBS This Morning and CBS News special correspondent served as Master of Ceremonies. A highlight of the evening was the nostalgic performance by 90s boy band, 98 Degrees, complete with one lucky auction winner’s opportunity to be serenaded on stage by the group. The event honored Dr. Karen Santucci, the Walker family of Shreve, Crump & Low, and the Warwick family for their support and lasting contributions to Greenwich Hospital. greenwichhospital.org greenwichmag.com

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13 Jeff and Nicole Glor, Maria and Marco Schnabl 14 Brad, Olivia, David and Antonella Walker 15 Sarah Bamford, Paulo Lanfredi 16 Jen Brozykowski, Lindsey Rudder, Jessica Anderson, Ina Kaso, Sarah Savov 17 Dr. Kim Nichols, Chris Cabanillas 18 Dr. Patricia Calayag, Eric Pedersen 19 Alexandra DeBourcy. Caroline Hanson 20 Katie Fong Biglin, Andrea Sinkin Jaffe, Jennifer Turano 21 Diane and John Kelly 22 Singer Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees 23 Cassie, Kyle and Maddie Warwick 24 DJ April Larken 25 Norman Roth, Dr. Karen Santucci, Arthur Martinez 26 Christos Alexandrou, Dr. Stacy Zarakiotis Â»

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he Sacred Heart school recently held its annual Green & White benefit, Make Our Heart Soar. The evening celebrated the school’s past accomplishments as well as its future of continuing to help students “soar” even higher. Parents, faculty and alumni enjoyed a night filled with good friends, great food and live music. cshgreenwich.org »

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t was a night of romance and elegance, as Family Centers captured the essence of the Italian countryside for its Under the Tuscan Sun benefit. From the simple strung bulb lights hung overhead to the cypress trees lining the entranceway, cochairs Lisa Errico, Patti Fast, Julie Graham, Elizabeth Lake and Amanda Lynch transformed the Greenwich home of Brooks and Tom Melly into an authentic Tuscan villa. Guests were treated to hand-pulled mozzarella, enjoyed Italianinspired hors d’oeuvres and sampled Tuscan wine and Campari-infused specialty drinks to the sounds of Italian music. A wisteria-trellised bar and long wooden tables adorned with fresh herbs set the tone. Marcia Selden Catering also prepared a family-style feast featuring traditional Italian delicacies. The evening raised more than $800,000 for the agency’s health, education and human services that helped more than 21,000 children and adults last year. familycenters.org » greenwichmag.com

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he annual benefit, Just for GEMS was recently held at Caren’s Cos Cobber Restaurant. Caren Vizzo Saint Philip opened her doors and donated one half of the day’s proceeds to Greenwich Emergency Medical Service (GEMS). GEMS is a not-for-profit organization and is the sole provider of emergency services to the Town of Greenwich. Its mission is to provide high-quality pre-hospital medical care. GEMS has consistently averaged a response time of less than five minutes — considerably shorter than the national average, and its cardiac arrest save rate is the best in the nation. The special day was organized by Ann Hagmann, a member of the GEMS Board of Directors. greenwichems.org »

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need a two-hour lecture with PowerPoint slides to get the job done. When the kids are young, a simple clear jar will do the trick. “As soon as kids can count to five, they can learn the concept of a piggy bank.” As your children grow up, you can increase the sophistication in your money talks. Around ten years old, turn that piggy bank into a bank account, and talk openly about your cost of living. How much does it cost for you all to watch TV for a month, to pay for the family’s cell phones, pay for soccer camp, buy all that takeout? You’re not scolding or preaching, Provost says, “you’re helping them understand what things cost.” Peer pressure kicks in in middle school, ratcheting up anxiety in our Fairfield County kids (and some parents), who “see what everyone else has and think, I’ve got to have that too.” What a perfect time to help kids understand impulse control and delayed gratification. “You have $50 in the bank. You want a video game that’s $30 and sneakers that are $55. You’re going to have to wait.” Suggest to your kids picking up a little babysitting job or yardwork, which introduces the concept of bartering time for money. Come high school, kids learn that attaining goals—whether financial or academic or athletic—requires investment and sacrifice. Part-time jobs can help pay for their goods and gadgetry. If you’re footing the bill for your overextended kids’ goods and services, talk about needs versus wants, and compare prices. “Otherwise, it’s a huge disservice to the family. What are you really teaching them—that they can have what they want?” By the time college comes along, talk freely together about interest rates on student loans and credit cards. By this point, you’ll be honest about what you know. And what you don’t G know, you can learn together.

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hat back-to school backpack you just bought for the kids, their new clothes, that fridge full of snacks… You know that you had to work hard to pay for those things. Traci Provost And your kids? Well, if they’re like many in lower Fairfield County, they think you simply had to swipe a magic plastic card and abracadabra, the goods were yours for the taking. “One of the biggest hurdles I see with kids and money today is a lot of people aren’t using cash. The visual they have is the credit card for sneakers, for the burger at Duchess. Therefore, that element is a little more mysterious and hard to understand,” says Traci Provost, a financial analyst with Westport-based Catamount Wealth Management. If you want financially aware kids, Provost says, start by pulling out cash next time you make a purchase and ask your kids to help you count it. Only seventeen states mandate financial literacy in schools, and Connecticut is not among them. A T. Rowe Price survey found that 69 percent of parents don’t want to talk to their kids about money. But to help your children “connect saving, spending, earning and owning, you need to be a good model,” says Provost. “Some of the wealthiest people in Fairfield County are not educated in personal finance or raising financially responsible kids. With affluent families, there’s so much more [money] to lose.” Regardless of your family’s income, having a conversation about a “spending plan” (don’t use the word “budget”—it sounds restrictive, like a diet) can help your children measure savings, spending and earnings. You don’t

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lifetime; over 32 million people in the United States have food allergies; and there is a rise in both childhood and adult-onset allergies. The fact is that a food allergy can appear at any time, and knowing the signs of an allergic reaction is key. A food allergy is an abnormal response to a given food by the immune system in which it attacks food proteins that are normally harmless. Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction that is sudden in onset and may result in death. Every three minutes a food allergy sends someone to the hospital. Local families are working hard to find greenwichmag.com

treatments, fund research and develop a cure. The numbers are daunting, but Riverside mother and food allergy advocate Hillary Carter wants parents to know that it doesn’t have to be intimidating to host children with allergies. They are just kids who simply have to be cautious about what they eat. Yet they are often stigmatized, not invited to parties or playdates out of fear. As a mother of two children with allergies, Hillary stresses that hosting children with food allergies only requires a little extra communication and preparation.

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You don’t have to clean your whole house when hosting a playdate. Pick a zone and make it safe by wiping down surfaces where children eat, and wash dishes and toys that may have been touched by tiny hands with food on them. The yard is also a great playdate zone.

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Determine who will provide a snack (parents of children with allergies often prefer to send a snack). Text the parent a photo of the labels of any snack you may want to give to their children. Ask for contact numbers and any information you need to feel comfortable as a host. Parents of children with allergies are well-versed in the information they need to provide, but don’t be afraid to ask further questions in advance or at drop-off.

foodallergy .org/education awareness/ be-a-pal Helping your child to develop an understanding of the unique needs of friends with food allergies is a great opportunity to foster empathy. The FARE website features Be a PAL: Protect A Life From Food Allergies, a free educational program that can help children learn how to be a good friend to others with food allergies. According to FARE, one in three children with food allergies report being bullied as a result and more than a quarter do not participate in camps or sleepovers due to allergies. The Be a PAL program features bookmarks, activity sheets and presentations for elementary schoolage children and teens. Students can even earn a PAL certificate.

Take a few moments to learn the signs of an allergic reaction. Download FARE’s flyer Recognize and Respond to Anaphylaxis at foodallergy.org. Know how to use an EpiPen. When a child is dropped off with an EpiPen, don’t hesitate to ask for a quick lesson in how to use it. Today’s EpiPens are easier than ever to work, some even feature an option that talks users through how to administer. Go to the manufacturer’s site to download a flyer on how to use an EpiPen. epipen.com

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ike a scene out of a 90s rom-com, Vincent and Nicole first met as teens, racing cars on the backcountry roads of Greenwich. When the two finally came to a stop, Vincent approached Nicole’s window and said, “What do you want?” Her reply? “Your number.” Soon the drag car cuties became a couple. While dating in high school, they would leave letters every day on each other’s cars (which they still have). The pair then took their love to Lehigh University. They did break up in college, but thanks to Facebook, the two reconnected twenty years later. One month after rekindling their relationship, Vincent proposed by writing I LOVE YOU in the snow on the windshield of his car. Pastor Marvin Henk officiated at the ceremony at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, where the reception followed. The bride, daughter of Gina Tucci, graduated from Greenwich High School and Lehigh University. Nicole works in real estate and is a holistic health practitioner in Connecticut and Florida. The groom, son of Valerie Rusciano, graduated from Brunswick School, Lehigh University and the University of Denver. Vincent works in real estate in New Rochelle, New York. The newlyweds honeymooned in the Bahamas and Italy. They call Easton, Connecticut, and Coral Ridge, Florida, home. »

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illary and Dan first met at an engagement party at the Delamar Hotel in Greenwich. Hillary recognized Dan from the NYU Law library where they both studied. Dan pretended to recognize Hillary, but it was a bit of a white lie. He did, however, think she was cute and played along. Four years later Hillary and Dan would celebrate their own engagement. Dan proposed while the pair was en route to a lovely long weekend getaway in Vermont. Lord Mervyn King, the Baron of Lothbury and former Governor of the Bank of England, officiated at the ceremony at the Coleman family home on Elias Point in Riverside. Dan’s mother, Patricia, a professional opera singer, sang and serenaded guests with Fly Me to the Moon and Love Shack. The bride, daughter of Allison and Timothy Coleman of Riverside, graduated from Greenwich Academy, Middlebury College, American University and New York University School of Law. Hillary is an associate at the firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, where she practices in the capital markets group. The groom, son of Howard and Patricia Katz, graduated from Fieldston High School, Yale College and New York University School of Law. Dan works in New York in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, where he specializes in mergers and acquisitions and raising capital for real estate companies. The newlyweds honeymooned in Alaska. They call Manhattan home. »

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September can be a bittersweet month—on one hand, the breezy days of summer are in the rearview mirror. On the other hand, it’s the time of year we get to shine a light on ten extraordinary teens. And that is enough to make anyone’s spirits soar. Like those from years past, this group is smart, engaged, dedicated and focused. Their interests are wide-ranging—one is a world-class competitive swimmer, another is a nationally ranked hockey player (he already has a sports agent), another is making a difference in the lives of kids with autism and special needs, still another envisions a career in federal law enforcement. The fact that these teens are high achievers is a given. What makes them stand out is their desire to live their best lives—they are committed to being good mentors and good citizens, steadfast in their efforts to have a positive impact on their community. They believe in themselves as agents of change. Once you meet them, we think you’ll understand why. » greenwichmag.com

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and land—to be had there.” Athena comes from a military family. Her paternal grandfather and maternal greatgrandfather were both in the Air Force. Which begs the question: Why not the Air Force Academy? “For one thing it doesn’t have lacrosse,” she says. Right. Because in addition to being a standout student who graduated with honors, Athena is a gifted athlete who played varsity lacrosse and soccer for four years. She was named to the U.S. Lacrosse All-American Team for the 2019 season and looks forward to playing on the women’s team at Annapolis. But more to the point, “I fell in love with the Naval Academy first and never really had the opportunity to look more into and visit the Air Force Academy.” Athena is acutely aware of the responsibility of being the first female in her family to attend a service academy. “From my grandfather, I learned what it means to carry the torch of military leadership in the family,” she says. That respect for leadership has served her well over the years. As an athlete and team captain, she learned the importance of instilling confidence in her teammates, an approach she modeled after the seniors who came before her. She is equally focused and determined when it comes to her academics, which enabled her to pursue a rigorous course of study, including AP computer science and calculus. Last year she served as a peer leader and Student Council Green Team Captain. “I like to be busy,” she says. “I like a schedule and I like routines. I think it’s very important when it comes to success.” She also volunteered at Inspirica, a soup kitchen in Stamford, and Part of the Solution in the Bronx. In 2017 she spent two weeks tutoring children at the Red Cloud Indian School on the Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. “It gave me a new perspective on life outside of Greenwich,” she says. “What life was like at home for these children and then or as long as she can remember, seeing the smiles on their faces. That was Athena Corroon has dreamed amazing.” about flying planes for the Athena will follow her four years at the military. This fall the eighteenacademy with a five-year commitment—to year-old Sacred Heart Greenwich start. “But I want to serve more than five,” graduate will realize that dream as a firstshe says. “This is going to be my career.” year midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy As for doing her part to break the glass in Annapolis. “When it came to the things ceiling, Athena takes it all in stride. “I’m not I am passionate about, the academy that nervous, because my gender doesn’t encompassed everything I wanted,” she says. describe who I am. I’m just as capable as “There are so many opportunities—air, sea any of the men in school and on the field.”

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Christian Hartch Brunswick School

hristian Hartch is a numbers guy. “My favorite thing to do with my Dad when I was younger was Excel spreadsheets,” he says. “It sounds weird, but I loved it.” That led to a passion for numismatics (collecting coins or money) and a part-time job at a coin shop in Cos Cob when he was fourteen. Today, in addition to advising collectors and hobbyists, Christian runs the shop’s social media; his YouTube Channel, “Treasure Town,” has 25,000 subscribers and more than 2 million views. The Brunswick grad and Princeton freshman approaches his academic life with the same zeal he applies to coins. As a freshman he tackled Honors precalculus. As a sophomore he moved on to AP calculus BC and went on to score a perfect five on the year-end exam. As the youngest student in the class, he was challenged on many levels. “I poured a ton of effort into the class and really struggled,” he says. “I’m super proud of when I eventually mastered the material. That was a really good formative experience.” This past year, multivariable calculus was in the mix, as was AP physics, post-AP French and post-AP computer science. He is also an accomplished athlete. A competitive tennis player who came to water polo in eighth grade, Christian played on the varsity squad at Brunswick for four years. “I loved the team aspect of it,” he says. “Having a close group of guys was important.” In his position of goalie, he repeatedly took shots to the face. A series of career-ending concussions last fall dashed his hopes of playing for Princeton. “It was an unfortunate end,” he says. “But I learned a lot from the experience: Always make the most of every opportunity, and don’t take things for granted.” He was delighted when the Princeton coach reached out to him and offered him the job of team manager. Other than a brief sojourn to France, where the family relocated for one year, Christian has been a member of the Brunswick community since pre-K. He founded and ran the Christian Club, which draws as many as twenty members. “My faith is important to me,” he says. “If there was no club, a lot of guys might not realize how faith is important to them.” He also stepped up to promote civil discourse and free speech as a debate participant in the second annual meeting of the Student Union. The experience gave him the chance to hone his public speaking skills. “I ended up debating something I didn’t necessarily agree with,” he says. “In a diverse political climate, I learned there are merits to both sides of an argument and that it’s important to have civility in political discourse.” »

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Grethe Andersen King School

he week before graduation, Grethe Andersen was standing in a garden at Buckingham Palace making small talk with Prince Michael of Kent. But the day marked more than just a chance to rub elbows with royalty. It was the culmination of a four-year quest to earn the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award, presented to students who have successfully completed a rigorous program that encompasses community service, physical fitness, skills development and adventure. (For the residential component ,she volunteered with a public healthcare service in Cambodia.) She was able to realize her goal despite having moved back to the U.S. from England in the middle of high school. “In England it’s a very popular award,” she says. “My advisor was able to support me and make it feasible for me to pursue it.” A co-valedictorian of her class, Grethe is no stranger to earning awards. While at King she was recognized as an AP Scholar with Distinction, a National Merit semifinalist and a key player on the Model UN Team. Last year at Harvard MUN 2019, she received the outstanding delegate award, and her research report exploring the connection between mental health and climate change was chosen for the top ten in the HMUN 2019 Social Impact Project. “[MUN] is a great way for people to become more aware of world issues and what goes into solving them. It helped me learn to think on my feet and collaborate.” This ability to step outside her comfort zone has come in handy. When a series of sports injuries derailed a promising track and field and lacrosse career (she was on England’s development team), she turned to triathlon instead. “After I did rehab, I knew running was going to be too hard on my joints. So I thought why not triathlon, which incorporates low-impact sports like swimming and cycling.” Good call. This past June, Grethe won the high school state triathlon championships. Now a freshman at Washington University in St. Louis, Grethe credits the teachers at King with inspiring her love of learning. “Their passion is infectious. That makes me want to succeed.” She applies this attitude to every aspect of her life, including her volunteer work at the Sunrise Senior Living community in Stamford. “It’s a wonderful way to learn more about my community because I get to engage with so many fascinating people.” As for her conversation with Prince Michael? “He asked what my favorite part of the award was,” she says. “I told him the expedition. It’s when I learned the most about myself and my character. We hiked eighty-five kilometers (fifty-three miles) in Wales in five days.”

Charles Kolin Greens Farms Academy

olitician, attorney, supreme court justice, TV sports commentator—Charles Kolin’s career aspirations span a broad spectrum. And why not? After years of enduring incessant bullying, the rising junior at Greens Farms Academy is having the time of his life, pursuing his passions with conviction and joy. Charles wasn’t always so optimistic about his future. In middle school, bullying kept him from doing the things he enjoyed, such as trying out for the soccer team, a sport that he loves and has been playing since he was four. Charles convinced his parents to send him to private school. On his first visit to Greens Farms he knew he was in the right place. “I participated in the boys’ soccer pre-season practice,” he recalls. “They were so nice and accepting. I had forgotten what that felt like.” Now a member of the Greens Farms varsity soccer team, as well as the National Premier League and Elite Development Program for Everton America CT, Charles is using his experience to help others. “It was tough not only making a move from public to private school but also middle school to high school at the same time. Being an athlete helped me.” It wasn’t long before he was doing better academically, finishing tenth grade with high honors. “Team bonding is awesome. I have so much fun on and off the field with my teammates; it’s left a lasting impression on me.” Charles is directing his advocacy specifically at anti-bullying. He worked with the Pacer Center, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that works on behalf of children with disabilities, to establish a Unity Day, which he brought to GFA. It’s a day for students and teachers to share their experiences in a variety of different art forms. He chose the name deliberately. “If you call it Unity Day instead of anti-bullying, you take the negative energy out of the equation,” he says. “It’s about coming together for something rather than against something.” Unity Day is now part of the curriculum at GFA and will be held every October.

Charles is now reaching a wider audience. He spent part of the summer in Washington, D.C., meeting with members of Congress, including Senator Blumenthal and Congressman Himes, to establish a statewide and national Day of Unity through congressional resolution. In the meantime, he has impacted the school in other ways by combining his love of broadcasting with his love of sports. He cofounded the Greens Farms Sports Network, which broadcasts varsity games live online for most GFA sports. Students that participate in GSPN can earn a varsity sports credit. “Not everyone can play a varsity sport,” Charles says. “GSPN allows anyone, regardless of physical ability, to participate on a sports team at the varsity level.” » SEPTEMBER 2019 GREENWICH

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James Heavey Greenwich High School

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ames Heavey was just an infant when he first started going to Boy Scouts “in the bucket.” That was the backpack his father, Police Chief James Sr., wore to carry his son to scout meetings. “That’s where my love of scouting and the outdoors began,” he says. In 2013, he was the second youngest member from his region to attend the National Jamboree in West Virginia. Four years later he went again, this time as a senior patrol leader. “There was a lot more paperwork the second time,” he jokes. Last year the Greenwich High School grad attained the organization’s highest honor as Eagle Scout. “I worked with the American Legion Post 29 to help with their mission to educate people about flag etiquette,” he says. Specifically, James made new flag disposal boxes and created an educational program for elementary school kids. “It was a general crash course in patriotism,” he says. Eagle Scout, volunteer firefighter, senior class president, captain of the varsity indoor track team, Boys’ State delegate and more (he is presently studying for his EMT certification)—the Greenwich High School graduate is happiest when he is being of service and helping others. “When you help people, you make friends. You are able to give back. That’s a feeling you can’t match if you are sitting on a couch playing video games,” he says. His passion for community service is deeply rooted. When it comes to role models, his family has set a high bar—in addition to being the chief of police, James’s father is a volunteer firefighter; his sister, who is a nursing student, is an EMT. “I have spent a lot of time working with first responders,” he says. “The personal and ethical code they bring to the table has really affected me.” James carries that sensibility into everything he does, from his academics to his athletics and beyond. He recalls how he came to join the school’s Eating Disorder Club. “They asked me if I could put up flyers in the boys’ bathroom, and I read one and said, ‘Can I come to a meeting?’ Basically, if there’s a chance for me to join something, I’m going to end up joining it. I love to meet new people.” Given his background, it’s no surprise that the eighteen-year-old has set his sights on a career in law enforcement, a goal that was cemented when he spent two weeks at FBI National Academy in Quantico as part of a special leadership training program. “It was a very immersive program, hands-on and intensive,” he says. First, he plans to study government or foreign relations at Hampden-Sydney College, where he earned a full-ride ROTC scholarship. The school’s reputation as a tight-knit, liberal arts men’s college was one of the attractions. “It’s like a professional Boy Scout camp,” he says. “They have an honor code and that appealed to me. Plus, I’m not going to lie. They have a firehouse on campus, and that’s a big draw.” »

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ate Hazlett was just seven years old when she tried out for the Dolphins swim team. “I couldn’t even finish a lap of breaststroke,” she recalls. Despite a rocky start, the coach found her a spot. Two years later she won her first race—the fifty-yard butterfly in the town championships. “I was like, Oh wow, maybe I can do this.” Indeed. Among the Greenwich Academy graduate’s highlights: fifteen-time New England Champion, twelve-time All-American, and current state record-holder in four events. As a member of the Dolphins, Kate won more than thirty state championships and was consistently ranked in the top ten in the U.S. for her age. In 2016 she qualified for the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. “I remember being in the pool and seeing Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, and thinking how am I even in the pool with them?” she says. She didn’t win her event that day—the 200-meter backstroke—but she posted the second-fastest time she’d ever had. Kate says she got her love of swimming, in part, from her dad who swam for Yale. When she was training for the Olympic Trials they would drive to New Haven so she could practice in a fifty-meter lap pool. “It’s such an individual sport,” she says. “You put in the hard work and you get rewarded. That’s what kept me going. I was always reaching for the next step.” One step in particular stands out: In 2016 Kate and her dad had gone to the final qualifying meet in Wisconsin. She didn’t make the cut in her specialty, the fifty-meter freestyle. The only remaining race was the 200-meter backstroke. “I figured I had nothing to lose, and I threw everything out there.” Kate dropped nearly five seconds off her time that day. “It was a perfect race. I remember touching the wall, and it was the best moment of my life so far.” Even with the rigors of her training regimen—she’s in the pool practicing or competing seven days a week— Kate excelled academically, especially in her favorite STEM subjects. And as president of GA’s athletic board, she served on the student council. “I really liked it,” she says. “It helped me with public speaking and writing speeches.” That skill came in handy, when her peers elected her as class speaker. Now a freshman on Harvard’s women’s swim team, she has her eye on qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Trials and a spot at the Olympics. “A few girls from Harvard have qualified for the trials, and it would be fun to go with them.” »

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s an athlete, student and volunteer, Logan Darrin wears many hats—both in school and out. He was one of ten students selected for Brunswick’s prestigious science research project, sophomore and junior years. His project on invasive species earned Logan and his lab partner second place honors at the Connecticut State Science Engineering Fair. As vice president of the student body, he was the only junior on the school’s Disciplinary Committee. This year the rising senior will sit on the advisory board for the Brunswick Leadership Committee, greenwichmag.com

one of four students tapped to lead the thirty-member student-run group. “I am motivated to excel in all areas of my life,” he says. “I am never going to take the easy road.” When he sees an opportunity, he jumps in with both feet. For instance, as head of the Alzheimer’s Youth Alliance for the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, Logan helped organize a fundraising “puppy playdate” in downtown Greenwich that earned more than $1,000. “It was a natural. Everyone in town is always dying to bring their dog somewhere,” he says. In his role as a senior peer leader, he will help a group of freshmen navigate their way into their first semester. “It makes me so happy to lead by example and to see that I’m recognized for the hard work I put in.” Case in point: In 2018 he was awarded the Brunswick Grade Ten Community Service Award and the prestigious Oaklawn Award, which is presented annually to a sophomore with outstanding academics, athletics and service to others. “It is also extremely important to me to mentor other kids— younger kids—peers and teammates,” he says. With so many demands on his time, and despite a rigorous AP and Honors course load, he manages to keep it all in perspective. “When I get home, I get my work done as early as I can. I do the things I enjoy doing first, then I tackle the more difficult things. It’s such a motivator—I get it done and I’m free.” There’s no better example of Logan’s determination to succeed than his efforts on the lacrosse field, a sport he loves. As a sophomore he didn’t see much action off the bench. “That was discouraging,” he says. “But I gave it my all on the JV team and had a blast doing it.” Indeed, as a junior, Logan’s time did come. From playing under the lights against Salisbury at home to beating Boys’ Latin in Philadelphia, Logan was an integral member of the starting lineup. “To get on the varsity team, I had to work hard; it took a lot of patience and waiting,” he says. The waiting paid off in other ways. This past spring, he committed to the admissions process at Harvard to play lacrosse next year as a member of the incoming freshman class. “The fact that I’ve made a commitment to Harvard is a weight off my shoulders,” he says. “However, once I committed, the work just began. I have to seriously up my game.” »

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ong before she received her acceptance from Yale, where she is a freshman this year, Monique Nikolov learned a valuable lesson about going the extra mile—in school and in life. As an eighth grader, she entered a writing contest because the teacher was offering extra credit. When he tore apart her first draft, she wrote another. And another. “I ended up writing at least ten drafts of that essay,” she recalls. “I didn’t end up winning, but that experience really led to my having a sense of pride in what I’d written. And [I learned] that putting in time and effort really pays off.” Monique has lived by the credo ever since. During her four years at Greenwich High School, she earned numerous awards and accolades, including several distinguished scholar Spanish awards, the DAR Good Citizen Award and a national Coca Cola-scholar semifinalist. She was the captain of the varsity fencing team, a participant in the chemistry Olympiad, captain of the debate team, and student class treasurer two years running. As the captain of the school’s Model UN club, Monique helped grow the membership from about twenty to 200-plus, expanding outreach and establishing mentorships. “We wanted to find ways to help them navigate the conferences because it can be crazy if you don’t know what’s going on,” she says. As a member of the school’s economics club, Monique was tapped to participate in the Federal Reserve Challenge in New York City this past greenwichmag.com

spring. She played Esther George, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. “She seems pretty cool,” says Monique. “She has a quirky position. She roots for Main Street not for Wall Street.” The seventeen-year-old did all this while managing an Honors-heavy course load, maintaining a 5.09 GPA and serving as co-valedictorian of her class. “I believe hard work can help you achieve almost anything,” she says. Among her most cherished achievements, however, is the club she founded during her sophomore year that integrates her love of writing with her passion for helping others. Write for Change organizes letter-writing campaigns that make a meaningful difference in the community. She says the idea for the club came to her late one night toward the end of winter break. “I was brushing my teeth, thinking random thoughts as one does, and I was thinking there should be a way for people to use their writing beyond just their classes. I thought people should have an outlet that was bigger than themselves.” Looking to the future, Monique—who speaks proficient Spanish and Chinese— is considering a career in international relations. She credits her time with Model UN for instilling a greater appreciation for the importance of effective diplomacy. At Yale she plans to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. “Once in a while I think working at the U.N. would be the coolest thing ever. But I need to take a lot more classes and learn a lot more before I decide.” »

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s a freshman at King School, a time when most kids are finding their bearings, Jason Marsella had made a verbal commitment to play hockey at Yale. He was fourteen and the ninth youngest to commit that year. Jason has been honing his skills since he first stepped on the ice at the age of eight. “That’s late for a hockey player,” he says. “The average player in the NHL starts at four. They were telling me don’t even bother. But I didn’t care. I fell in love with the game. I fell in love with the euphoria of scoring a goal.” Ironically, it was swimming that first revealed Jason’s competitive drive. “I hated it, but I was good at it,” he recalls. “It taught me to not quit. I only swam twice a week, and at ten I broke two state records.” Once he discovered hockey, though, all bets were off. From the house league at the Boys and Girls Club to the list of the top 125 2021 NHL draft prospects in the world, Jason has risen up the youth ranks in record time. Last year he was selected in the sixth round of the USHL draft (the highest league for junior hockey) by Chicago; he was one of the youngest players picked. Pursuing his dream of skating for Yale and eventually the NHL has required focus, determination and perseverance. During his sophomore year, Jason missed nearly a month of school because of his tournament schedule. “I’ve been fortunate that King School has been able to accommodate me,” he says. “It’s pretty tough to stay on track. I worked with an advisor; sometimes I take tests earlier or later. Without that I wouldn’t be able to keep my commitment to Yale.” He was named a King Scholar two years in a row and was a member of the school’s highly sought-after leadership program. Though he was only able to play eight games for King this season—they were effective. In one memorable matchup, the team beat one of its biggest rivals, Harvey School, six to four, with Jason scoring five of the six goals. The Vikings fell just short of winning a state championship, losing in a shoot-out in the semifinals. “That was heartbreaking,” he says. “If there was any game I wish I could redo, it’s that one.” As a member of the North Jersey Avalanche, then ranked sixth in the country, Jason went to the U.S. Nationals last season. The team worked hard to make it through the round robin to the quarterfinals. As the

9 team captain, he got a crash course in how to keep everyone motivated and on track—skills that will come in handy this year, as he transitions to a new prep school, Avon Old Farms Academy. But first, he plans to spend a lot of time doing his favorite off-season sport: fishing. “I get to take a timeout from all the stress,” he says. “You’re not thinking about anything else but the fish.” And maybe in Jason’s case, his girlfriend. “It’s nice to have someone along on this journey with me. She helps keep me sane.” » greenwichmag.com

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Sydney S Noble Greenwich High School

ydney Noble has met many challenges in her seventeen years: Her parents divorced when she was a freshman in high school, and two years later her mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor. During that time, Sydney was tasked with helping her autistic younger brother navigate the social complexities of middle school, all while keeping up with her academics and service commitments. From that experience, the greenwichmag.com

Greenwich native learned the importance of having a support system and asking for help. “You can never count on not having something to deal with,” she says. “I learned to deal with what was happening and then move past it and on to the next.” Sydney gives back to the community in a multitude of ways. She has volunteered at Cos Cob summer school, assisted with the Special Olympics and worked with the Abilis Band Bandjam production. As a sophomore she founded a club centered around autism awareness called Picking up the Pieces. “I saw how my brother was affected when people ignored him. And then when other kids treated him well, how it changed him. He stood a little taller,” she says. “I wanted to help people understand this.” Among its many outreach efforts, the club worked with Abilis and the Greenwich United Way on the Together We Shine prom for kids with disabilities. “That’s an experience they don’t really have because they get left out,” she says. As an escape, Sydney channeled her energy into athletics. A competitive cheerleader for seven years, she also volunteered her time to coach the peewees and a special needs squad. For Sydney, cheerleading was where she could go for two hours, three times a week and forget about everything at home. “It’s a demanding sport. It took a lot of time, energy and practice, but I would do it all over again.” One of her most gratifying moments was this past winter, when she initiated a toy drive for Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital. Sydney collected nearly 300 toys from local schools and businesses and dropped them off on Christmas Eve. “It happened to be my mom’s one-year checkup,” she says. “It was a very happy and emotional time for all of us.” Preferring to work behind the scenes, Sydney was surprised to learn that she’d been named one of the YWCA’s Women Who Inspire Next Generation for 2019. “I didn’t even know I’d been nominated,” she says. It was a humbling moment for the University of Richmond freshman. “When I heard everyone speaking, it was unbelievable to me that I was on the same level,” she says. “I wouldn’t be able to do everything I’ve put forward if I didn’t have people behind me. All I had to do was take that first step and have everyone help push me to get there.” G

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a political science and international affairs degree from George Washington University). Trotta eventually nurtured her creative side working at Ralph Lauren before relaunching thegirlguide.com in 2016. Now she has joined us as guest fashion editor in order to recap fall 2019’s best trends. Here, her favorite picks of the season and a bit of advice on how to style them.

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eet STEPHANIE TROTTA, a Darien mom, personal stylist and the brains behind The Girl Guide, a well-read blog giving advice and tips on style, shopping, travel and life in general. Known for her fab personal style (and lover of anything neutral), many are surprised to learn that this savvy creative was a self-proclaimed “nerd” in school (she graduated with

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1 DANNIJO Bow earrings; $320. dannijo.com

2 CAROLINA HERRERA Black floral lace crop cardigan; $2,490. Mitchells, Westport; shop.mitchellstores.com

3 MAX&MOI Camisole; $182. The Perfect Provenance, Greenwich; theperfectprovenance.com

4 THEORY Silk tie scarf top; $295. theory.com

5 NANUSHKA

Delicate and feminine details galore

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6 GIANVITO ROSSI Gold & black lurex lace pump; $945; Mitchells, Westport. shop.mitchellstores.com

7 LELE SADOUGHI

“Spice up your off ice attire and trade in that traditional button-dow n for a silk bow blou s e.D ress it dow n tucked into black skinny jeans paired w ith a statement ear r ing.” —ST

Barrette; $125. shopmonarchmarket.com

8 ZIMMERMANN Lace poet-sleeve mini dress; $1,950. Saks Greenwich, saks.com

9 DIOR Cameo ring; $440. dior.com

10 ALICE + OLIVIA BY STACEY BENDET Leila fit-and-flare pleated coat in soft white; $795. Greenwich; aliceandolivia.com

11 J.CREW Black leather kitten heels; $178. jcrew.com »

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LADY LIKE

Croc-embossed shoulder bag; $365. intermixonline.com

“O ne of the big gest access or y tre nd s last year was the retur n of the s cr unchie.Here, the 80’s classic trend gets an upg rade.”—ST

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“These feminine looks are not just for the royals; embrace your inner duchess with lace, ruffles and bows.” —ST

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1 SECRET GARDEN Dark florals blossom on the fall runways and into your closets

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5 “Not your average black sweater—wear it casually w ith a pair of cord s for day or at nig ht w ith s ome leather leg g ing s and a low bun.” —ST

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1 TEMPERLEY LONDON

“Pair thi s dress w ith a lace up bootie and leather jacket or tur n thi s dress into a skir t w ith a neutral cashmere sweater once the te mpe ratures drop.” —ST

Magnolia jacket; $1,795. temperleylondon.com

2 ROBERTO COIN 18k rose gold and black diamond necklace; $7,500. Lux Bond & Green, Westort; lbgreen.com

3 BRIXTON Floppy wool hat; $58. nordstrom.com

4 VINCE Brushed floral funnel neck; $425. Greenwich, Westport; vince.com

MOODY ROMANCE “These pretty prints are not just for hotter temps. When styling dark florals, I love mixing patterns and textures. Try chocolate brown instead of black for a gorgeous, rich combination.” —ST

5 BYTIMO Shirt dress; $555. Intermix, Greenwich. intermixonline.com

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English rose embroidered bag; $2,150. Neiman Marcus, The Westchester; neimanmarcus.com

7 HELMUT LANG Cable-knit wool sweater; $520. saks.com

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TROTTA PHOTO BY JULIA D’AGOSTINO, FASHION IMAGES COURTESY OF DESIGNERS/BRANDS

Floral midi dress; $475. saks.com

9 MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION Belted coat, $3,250; Mitchells, Westport; shop.mitchellstores.com

10 STUART WEITZMAN Mona boot in black with gold stars; $895. Greenwich; stuartweitzman.com

11 RANJANA KHAN Hoop earrings; $175. netaporter.com »

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Sorbet-like colors in elegant hues and sleek silhouettes

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5 COLOR PARTY “Whether you’re just looking for a pop or want to embrace your colorful side, this trend shows no sign of fading.” —ST

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“I love that thes e elegant colors can easily be wor n together. If you’re mixing a yellow skir t w ith a mint sweater, opt for neutral access or ies in nude or beige.” —ST

1 CHANEL Brooch; price upon request. chanel.com

2 HOBBS Tia coat; $400. Greenwich; hobbs.com

3 TEMPERLEY LONDON Akiko dress; $1,995. temperleylondon.com

8 “If I could buy one piece for fall it would be an investment coat like thi s one. It’s vers atile and makes a g reat statement at the s ame time.” —ST

4 DRIES VAN NOTEN Pleated midi skirt; $890. saks.com

5 JOIE Roshan sweater; $298. Greenwich, Westport; joie.com

6 CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Pumps; $895. christianlouboutin.com

7 HERMÈS Cape Cod steel watch; $3,600. Hermès Greenwich, hermes.com

8 KATE SPADE NEW YORK Shearling coat; $2,298. katespade.com

9 MES DEMOISELLES Silk-satin maxi dress; $473. netaporter.com

10 PRADA Satin skirt; $1,560. saks.com

11 SENREVE Mini Maestra bag in coral; $695. shopbop.com »

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1 LELA ROSE Checked woven peplum blouse; $990. netaporter.com

2 MM6 MAISON MARGIELA Glen-plaid pleated midi skirt; $420. matchesfashion.com

3 ANTHROPOLOGIE Etta knotted headband; $20. anthropologie.com

PATTERN PLAY A little something borrowed from the boys

4 TALBOTS Tweed jacket in ivory; $179. Stamford, Westport; talbots.com

5 CHARLES BY CHARLES DAVID Venus bootie; $119. Lord & Taylor, Stamford; lordandtaylor.com

6 VERONICA BEARD Emmeline jumpsuit; $695. veronicabeard.com

7 SOMETHING NAVY Single-breasted plaid wool-blend coat; $159. nordstrom.com

CHANEL

8 BALENCIAGA Ruffled checked twill midi skirt; $1,450. netaporter.com

9 VEJA V-10 leather sneakers; $150. modaoperandi.com

10 ISABEL MARANT ÉTOILE Vittoria plaid high waist trousers; $495. saks.com

MIX IT UP

“Keeping it casual? Pair thi s blaz er w ith your favor ite white tee tucked into a pair of mom jeans and f lats.”—ST

“Mix patterns and plaids for a clean and sophisticated statement.” —ST

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11 ANN TAYLOR Fringe tweed jacket; $179. New Canaan; anntaylor.com G

“I love the vers atilit y of thi s coat. Take it f rom work to weekend by swapping out your pumps for a statement sneaker.” —ST

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At the Greenwich Sentinel we have great respect for Greenwich Magazine. Most of us have been reading it, and looking for our photos in it, since we were in our twenties. Our publications share similar missions, to celebrate Greenwich. We know that our hometown is unique and wonderful. Yet, even here, we see how stressful, full lives can overwhelm the calmest disposition. No one wants to be judged for their worst moments, so this February let’s show each other and the world a little extra warmth and remind everyone why Greenwich and our residents are so special. February is home to Valentine’s Day (14) and Random Acts of Kindness Day (17). In this spirit, here are our anonymous friend’s updated Acts of Kindness.

27 ACTS of KINDNESS Help others to be the hero of their own story. Ask the name of your mail carrier, coffee server, waitress/waiter, valet attendant, the person at the front desk, etc. and use their name. Never, ever use the phrase, do you know who I am? Send a hand written thank you note. Put your phone away and be an active listener. When you think a nice thing about someone, say it out loud. Email or write to a former teacher who made a difference in your life. Tell your child that you really like spending time with them (and be prepared to answer when they ask why). Avoid interrupting others when they are speaking. Refrain from honking your horn unless it is a safety issue. Send flowers. Support and cheer for our local everything: retailers, scouts, paper, magazine, schools, teams, lemonade stands, and charities. It matters. Use those email & social media muscles to be nice: send messages of gratitude and use that LIKE button. Be excited for other people’s successes ... out loud. Be the hero of your story. Always hold the door or elevator for the next person. Each month pick up one extra of everything when you grocery shop and drop it off at Neighbor to Neighbor. Ask how can I help? Laugh more. Laugh louder. Each night fall asleep thinking about the best thing that happened that day. Purchase extra dog or cat food and drop it off at the animal control center on North Street with some old tennis balls. Say please, thank you, and you’re welcome. Smile... great! Now smile at someone while making eye contact. Let the person in line behind you go ahead of you if they are in a hurry or with children or just have a few items. When you’re ready to unload your temper on someone, especially in the service industry (like baristas and cashiers), say a prayer for them instead. If you have time, let the other driver have that parking space ... even on Greenwich Avenue. If you can, say yes.

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rishna Patel, a former federal prosecutor in Connecticut, and Rod Khattabi, a former special agent based in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s New Haven office, are two of the state’s leading authorities on human trafficking. They are sitting in the tea pavilion at

Grace Farms in New Canaan, talking about trafficking cases they have worked here in leafy, affluent Fairfield County; they are talking about pimps, johns and assorted creeps; about massage parlors, strip bars and nail salons; about assignations between Jeffrey Epstein-aged men and girls as young as twelve at hotels and motels in our Gold Coast towns. “This happens in Greenwich,” Patel says. “It happens in Fairfield. It happens in Westport and in all of these towns.” Let’s begin with the case of Theodore Briggs of Norwalk. Only twenty-three years old in 2011, the year he was arrested, Briggs lived an unaccountably posh lifestyle, tooling about in a Hummer and a BMW and dressing himself in Gucci clothing. He hoped to be a rapper and looked the part, but in fact the cars and the clothing, not to mention the wads of cash he carried, had been earned by his stable of prostitute-victims. In the lexicon of his trade, Briggs was a “Romeo pimp,” one who woos and flatters girls into his fold, rather than a “gorilla pimp,” who rules by violence, usually with the help of a “bottom bitch,” a female right hand who sits atop the prostitute hierarchy. “He was a really smooth, savvy pimp,” recalls Khattabi, who led the Briggs investigation. “He never brutalized his girls.” Briggs had the pimp’s knack for scenting out vulnerable young women, girls who had come from broken homes or suffered from poor self-esteem. “He would groom them and sort of become their boyfriend.” Khattabi gazes out the pavilion’s broad glass windows to the tranquil fields beyond. He has a granite face and deep-set eyes that lend him an intimidating air; it’s a relief to discover that he’s a gentle, jovial soul. “When we interviewed these girls, they felt like we were destroying their lives,” he says. “Because this was a guy who’s been so good to them, okay? He was providing them with what we think of as a family. And they were glad to give him the money. All the money.” At least two of Briggs’s girls were under eighteen years old. In other words, they were trafficked, since the law presumes a minor can’t engage in prostitution voluntarily. (State law prohibits those under eighteen from being prosecuted for prostitution—a fairly recent and much lauded change.) One of Briggs’s girls kept a diary in which she sketched hearts and flowers, as befit her age: fourteen. In the diary she noted with heartbreaking approval, “He was the one who turned me into a real ho.”

Briggs sold the girls in the new way: over the internet. His venue of choice was backpage.com, a notorious classified advertising website that held a virtual monopoly on internet prostitution. Federal agencies shuttered Backpage last year, but numerous imitation sites have popped up to fill the demand. “Come and do anything you want to me. I love getting it everywhere,” runs a typical ad on a Backpage imitator called Bedpage, under the heading “Connecticut, Bridgeport.” Interested parties click the link, send a text, and the transaction is carried out at a (probably) unwitting hotel or motel in the vicinity. (In 2016, Connecticut became the first state to require hotel and motel staff to be trained to spot trafficking; Patel helped draft the law, but admits that it’s still an uphill battle. Trafficking occurs in hotels from Greenwich to the Berlin Turnpike outside Hartford, she says, and all the way up to the casinos at the eastern end of the state.) “It’s like ordering a pizza,” observes Elizabeth Boolbol, who founded the Greenwich-based Partnership to End Human Trafficking, or PEHT, in 2015. “You can order a woman to your hotel room. You don’t have to stand out on 42nd Street and proposition somebody.”

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Khattabi found that Briggs had received 6,000 text messages from with labor trafficking later) happens in myriad ways, not all of them gritty clients in six weeks, and that those clients lived all over the county, includand streetwise. Indeed, trafficking could be going on in the house next door. ing in Greenwich and Westport, and as far away as Atlantic City. In 2012 Take the case of William Oehne. In 2004 Oehne was a truck driver Judge Janet C. Hall sentenced Briggs to ten years in prison. “You took living in Stamford and dating a woman who lived in Greenwich with her children who had no idea of this life and ruined theirs,” she told him. “I eight-year-old daughter. Oehne moved in. Then came the grooming—the have difficulty comprehending how one person can sell another.” gradual bending of a victim to the perpetrator’s will—done with gifts and Patel, the founding director of Grace Farms Foundation’s Justice Initiapromises and subtle threats, as he moved to sexualize the relationship. tive, is a petite woman with luxuriant, coffee-dark hair. She prosecuted Oehne’s process began with the flaunting of his “nudist philosophy.” He many cases that Khattabi—Grace Farms Foundation’s Global Justice would walk around naked in front of the girl, or surprise her as a “prank” Training Director and Risk Officer—investigated, including the Briggs when she was taking a shower. He’d show her pornography. He told her case. “The thing that was so heinous,” she says, “was that Backpage actushe could be a model. He began touching her sexually and persuading her ally became complicit, masking the fact that these girls were minors.” How to pose nude for his camera. He took explicit photos of the girl over the so? Backpage would delete transparently coded ad lingo like “Lolita” and course of three years, and those photos found an avid following among “Amber alert,” and thereby cover up the fact that it was enabling a brisk pedophiles, turning up in 3,300 criminal investigations in the United trade in child rape. States alone. Strange to say that Briggs’s victims could have been less lucky: They But the big break came from overseas. “French Interpol figured out that could have fallen prey to a gorilla pimp like Corey “Magnificent” Davis, the number one downloaded [pornographic] image in the entire world one of Patel’s most memorable cases. “He’d gang rape these girls,” she says. “He’d beat them. He’d cut them.” And he’d stomp on them with his Timberland boots, or his “Tims,” as he liked to call them. One of Davis’s victims was a twelve-year-old runaway from New York. Though based at Bishop’s Corner Café, a strip club in Bridgeport, her meetings with johns took place at hotels up and down Connecticut’s I-95 corridor. Often Davis required her to work twelve hours and bring in a thousand dollars a day. “When we went to the strip club in Bridgeport he began videotaping himself raping an to confirm that that’s where she was working,” Patel says, “they told us she would come in with a teddy eight-year-old girl who lived in fairfield. bear.” And when she was placed in protective custody for a period, “she asked for Harry Potter books.” Davis kept some of his victims confined to a twofamily house owned by his mother in Queens, New York. One girl, a seventeen-year-old, initially went there (she thought) to look at an apartment offered for rent. Davis seized her cell phone and ID and locked her in the house. So began this young woman’s life of forced prostitution. Working out of Bridgeport’s Pleasant Moments strip club, she suffered regular beatings at Davis’s hands; sometimes Davis hit her with a handgun, and once he put the muzzle in her mouth. She told investigators, “I had to tell people I fell off the stage because I had so many bruises on my ribs, face and legs .… I have a permanent twitch in my eye from him hitting me in my face so much. I have none of my irreplaceable things from my youth.” Davis is serving twenty-five years in prison.

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When Rod Khattabi is asked what his most memorable case was, he says “Sensi,” and goes quiet for a moment. Edgardo Sensi, a stout man with graying curls and a goatee, was working in Westport in the early 2000s when

EVEN CLOSER TO HOME Stories like these may seem far removed from any experience a Greenwich girl or boy is likely to have. And they are. Sort of. But sex trafficking (we’ll deal

Rod Khattabi at Grace Farms

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was an image of this girl, and they thought from the background that she must be American,” says Patel, who prosecuted Oehne. Interpol had magnified the photo and discovered in the background a commemorative plate with a girl’s first name and her apparent birth date. The FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, together with the Greenwich Police Department, astutely traced her to Greenwich. (Greenwich Captain of Detectives Robert Berry gives particular credit to Detective Christy Girard.) Investigation showed that Oehne’s crimes might have gone deeper but for the girl’s resistance: Under questioning, Oehne admitted that he and a male porn actor took her to a hotel in Stamford. She refused to go inside. After his arrest, Oehne “shamefully tried to claim that it was in fact the minor victim who seduced him and even suggested that he was powerless to refuse,” said the prosecution’s sentencing memo. In 2011 Oehne was convicted of sexual assault and creating and disseminating child pornography, and sentenced to forty-five years in prison. But did he traffick the girl? Here we come to an evolving definition of what trafficking means. Robert Berry says that Oehne’s crimes, though “a tragic example of the horrors that can be exacerbated through the internet,” do not constitute human trafficking by Connecticut law, and he’s right. Krishna Patel says that federal law sees the matter more broadly, and she’s right, too. According to the groundbreaking Trafficking Victim Protection Act of 2000, minor sex trafficking is “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining” of a person under eighteen for “a commercial sex act.” A commercial sex act is defined as “anything of value,” and pornography certainly qualifies. (Patel says Oehne could have been charged

federally with sex trafficking, but that, in this case, the child pornography charges were more straightforward.) The essence of both sex and labor trafficking is exploitation—compelled work, Patel says. In producing pornographic photos, William Oehne coerced his young victim into doing “work” that had commercial value. The photos are still circulating today. As U.S. Attorney David B. Fein observed, the girl “will continue to be victimized by traders and viewers of child pornography for the rest of her life.” Tammy Sneed, the director of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families’ Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team (HART), laments that efforts to align state law with federal law at the trafficking-pornography nexus have failed in our legislature. “It’s been very painful,” she says. “We’ve tried for the last couple of years to change it. Hopefully we will this term.” When Rod Khattabi is asked what his most memorable case was, he says “Sensi,” and goes quiet for a moment. Edgardo Sensi, a stout man with graying curls and a goatee, was working in Westport in the early 2000s when he began videotaping himself raping an eight-year-old girl who lived in Fairfield. “He was an executive with a big travel company, and he was an opera singer. He sang in church. He had a YouTube video of himself singing ‘Ave Maria,’ beautifully.” Khattabi shakes his head. “What really disturbed me,” he continues, “was the violence he used.” Beyond the rape itself? “I don’t want to get too graphic. He used electrical wires on her private parts. She was screaming in the video.” It gets worse. The girl’s mother was fully complicit, coaching her daughter how to touch Sensi and perform oral sex on him. Khattabi later had a chance to question the woman. “I asked, ‘As a mother, how can you do this?’ I was really puzzled. ‘You gave birth to this girl.’ I’ll always remember this—she said, ‘Look at me.’ She was pretty heavy; she had such low self-esteem. ‘Look at me. I just didn’t want to lose him.’” Patel recalls the day in 2008 that they arrested enslaved in the mother and pulled the daughter, then in ninth grade, out of school. “I sent a team in to interview her,” she says. “The entire time, she denied anything had happened.” This girl was not Sensi’s only victim. In 2004, Sensi traveled to Nicaragua with a small charitable organization based in Fairfield County. He befriended a nineteen-year-old maid from a destitute town outside Managua, showered her with gifts and money, and promised her family that he would marry her. But, reminding the maid that he was “a powerful man,” Sensi trafficked her—coerced her to have sex with other men. The woman had a four-year-old daughter. Once in Fairfield County, Sensi used his relationship with the mother to molest the daughter, the mother again taking part. Yet another victim said she had twice attempted suicide. In 2012 this so-called “Hitler of child pornography” was sentenced to life in prison; the girl’s mother was given what Patel considers a lenient eight years. (She and Khattabi report that, with extensive therapy,

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Roughly 40 million humans are some fashion—more than any other time in history, according to the Polaris Project, which seeks to eradicate global human trafficking.

RED FLAGS SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS THAT CAN SHED LIGHT ON A VERY DARK SITUATION

We typically think of the sex-trafficked kid as a runaway. To be sure, runaways are in acute danger of being trafficked. “Studies show that within forty-eight hours of running away, a third have been approached by a trafficker,” Tammy Sneed, director of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families’ Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team (HART), informs us. “And one in seven are pulled into ‘the life,’” as prostitution is colloquially known. If a runaway were to alight at a busy traveling hub like the Port Authority in New York, she would be approached by a trafficker in a matter of seconds. But most victims never leave their parents’ homes. HART keeps statistics on trafficked Connecticut minors (or possibly trafficked, because certain cases take months to sort out), and so can tell us that of the 212 minors referred to it in 2017, 141 lived with a parent or guardian, and only twenty-six were runaways or otherwise AWOL. Another twenty-two lived in foster care at the time of their possible trafficking. (Almost a quarter of the 2017 referrals, forty-nine of the 212, came from our neck of the woods, coastal Fairfield County.) There are doubtless hundreds of trafficked teens who never enter HART’s orbit, given the hidden nature of sex trafficking, but the statistics do give us an understanding of one important fact: Our teens can be trafficked while they’re living under our roofs, and we are none the wiser.

things to notice at home. • Frequent unexplained absences, even brief ones • Disappearing for a weekend • New clothing or items that the child can’t afford • New hairstyles and manicures that the child can’t afford • The presence of a companion who answers for the child

to extend your awareness outside the home, these are the things to look for. • At airports and hotels, the presence of a teen with an older man that does not appear to be a relative • Seemingly unaccompanied teens at busy rest stops, such as on I-95 • An adult who does not allow a teen or child to speak for themselves • In certain business establishments, notably nail salons, workers who appear timid and withdrawn

• A tattoo that the child is reluctant to explain, especially on the neck or lower back

• Workers whose responses to questions seem shallow and scripted

• Bruises, and medical and dental issues • Signs of malnourishment • A change in language to reflect “the life”

• Signs of excessive security measures, like security cameras and barred windows

• A change in demeanor: tense, anxious, secretive, defensive

• Signs of living quarters in an establishment

• Always carrying a bag with a change of clothes • Having more than one cell phone One or two of these things may not mean much in themselves; there is no foolproof checklist. We have to look at our children whole, and pay attention to any gut uneasiness that tells us something is wrong.

• A boss who seems overly watchful and controlling The Polaris Project (polarisproject.org) runs the National Human Trafficking Hotline. If you need assistance, call the hotline at 888-373-7888, or text “befree” (233733). Or, if you believe a child is being trafficked or suffering abuse or neglect, you can call the Connecticut DCF careline at 800-842-2288.

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the girl has recovered nicely.) It’s not only girls who are trafficked. In Connecticut, the most diabolical of recent cases centers on Bruce Bemer of Glastonbury, a millionaire who paid for sex with young adult men procured by a Danbury trailer park resident named Robert King. King selected mentally ill and drugprone men at group homes and rehab centers from Stamford to Danbury and drew them into a cycle of predation: He would befriend them, press cocaine on them, run up their drug tab, then prostitute them to Bemer to pay it off—a kind of debt bondage. The young men said they were threatened with death if they told anyone; one of fifteen who came forward may have committed suicide. And yet, King told police, “My only crime is trying to help people.” (He pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges

stable families can find themselves gaining the attentions of a trafficker. “Malls are where a lot of recruitment happens,” Elizabeth Boolbol says. “Traffickers hang around malls because girls hang out there all the time. It’s frightening. There’s this documentary where they interviewed a pimp in jail, and he’s talking about how he recruits these girls. He’ll say, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re so beautiful,’ and if the girl says thank you, he just sort of moves on. But if the girl sort of puts her head down and says, ‘No, I’m not,’ he’s like, ‘Boom—that’s the one.’ They start a conversation, they get a cup of coffee…” she trails off, sighing. The trafficker makes himself a source of comfort and even love. “He tells the girl, ‘I know your mother sucks, I know your father sucks, but don’t worry, I’m here for you, I’ll give you what you need,’” Boolbol says. He might secretly post her picture to Bedpage. He might give her heroin. “Once that happens, there’s an addiction, and the addiction needs to 2.1 million child “chocolate be fed. And he says, ‘Just sleep with my friend slaves” in west africa, the source of and we’ll get some money, and we can get more heroin.’ Pretty soon she’s sleeping with five peo70 percent of the world’s cocoa ple and the trafficker has moved on. That’s the sad, awful story that happens in this country.” A nasty variation on this story concerns the online world, says Alicia Kinsman, senior attorney for the Bridgeport-based Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI), whose Project Rescue deals specifically with trafficking victims. A trafficker forms a relationship last year, and was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.) with a teen on social media, and over time persuades her to send sexually This past spring, a jury in Danbury convicted Bemer on four counts of explicit pictures or video. Then he betrays his true intent: “He’ll say, ‘I need patronizing a trafficked person and one count of criminal liability for trafyou to do this other thing, and if you don’t, I’m going to send your parents ficking a person; Judge Robin Pavia sentenced him to ten years in prison. the pictures and the video; I’m going to send it to everyone in your school.’” While Bemer admits to using prostitutes supplied by King for more than The electronic universe, in fact, knows no boundaries. Krishna twenty years, he denies the more serious trafficking charge and is appealPatel says it has “collapsed” sex trafficking and child pornography ing the conviction. A civil suit, meanwhile, accuses Bemer of having uninto a truly evil thing: private live-cam sex clubs “where the only way protected sex with his victims while knowingly being infected with HIV. you can participate is by showing images of yourself abusing a child. The Bemer-King case reflects a very twenty-first century understandThey know law enforcement can’t do that.” Some distant server beams ing of human trafficking. Before the Trafficking Victim Protection Act you into a private house in Russia or Ukraine, in Cambodia or Thaitook effect in 2001, Patel says, “we weren’t prosecuting these cases very land, and you get to watch the child abuse as it happens. “Some peowell,” because the idea of coercion was so narrowly construed. Psychople want very, very, very young children. Like babies. And they pay logical coercion wasn’t even a thing. To the contrary, the U.S. Supreme a lot of money. It’s just become a ridiculously disturbing world.” Court, in what’s known as the Kozminski decision of 1988, ruled that THE BIGGER PICTURE “involuntary servitude” meant using violence or threats to secure the Though trafficking is an age-old practice, it strikes us as a twenty-first work, “what you think of in the transatlantic slave trade” of our brutal century phenomenon because it’s expanding so rapidly, and because we past, Patel says. In that worldview, Robert King would have gone free and have a better understanding of the staggering numbers: Roughly 40 milhis victims would have been arrested, since they weren’t physically forced lion humans are enslaved in some fashion—more than at any other time into prostitution but were “merely” desperate. in history, according to the Polaris Project, which seeks to eradicate global When we turn the discussion to minors, it’s not desperation so much human trafficking. Trafficking is now the second largest criminal industry as vulnerability that leads down the trafficking rabbit hole. Adolescence in the world, after drug dealing. “It is so insanely profitable—much more itself is a vulnerability, of course. Add low self-esteem, or depression, or profitable than weapons or drugs, because you sell ‘the product’ multiple ostracization from a friend group, and quite suddenly even kids from

There are about

. Some of these children were abducted from their villages; many were sold into slavery for as little as thirty dollars.

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times a day,” Elizabeth Boolbol says. “There really is no cost of goods, Contrary to popular belief, many trafficked laborers enter the country it’s just recruitment.” A look of revulsion briefly crosses her face. “And legally, on temporary worker visas. One woman Project Rescue worked demand is sooo high.” But most Americans, ignorant of the scope of the with, a Filipina, came legally as a nanny to a foreign family living temproblem, do not rank it as a pressing concern. “We have to get people to porarily in Easton. But when the family decided to stay permanently, stop thinking it’s only happening in India or Cambodia or Bangladesh. “they took her passport and ripped up the contract,” Kinsman says. “EvenThey need to know that it’s happening here, and it’s growing.” tually she escaped by literally running out the door.” So far, we have dealt only with the sex trafficking of young Americans. Project Rescue, established in 2006 to serve chiefly foreign-born trafThis is but one facet of the problem—the one we know best in Fairfield ficking victims, sees a startling range of cases. There are undocumented County. Another facet is the sex trafficking of internationals. Young kids put to work by an extended family member, or by someone who women from Eastern Europe—where trafficking is depressingly, brutally posed as one. There are foreign-born women enslaved by their citizen rampant—who come to the United States often end up being trafficked husbands. There are tree-cutters, tobacco-farm laborers, hotel workers. out of strip clubs, working off the debt to those who brought them here. Not long ago, an undocumented middle-aged man, speaking little English “A lot of these women come from Russia or Romania thinking they’ll and having no money, walked through CIRI’s door after escaping from a Fairfield County horse farm. work as models or have some kind of better job,” Khattabi says. “Then all Though Project Rescue has not dealt with them in Connecticut, nail of a sudden they have to work in these strip joints.” (He notes that he’s salon workers are believed to be highly trafficked. “When we talk about done many “blitzes” in Bridgeport in tandem with local police. “We closed ‘typologies,’ we talk about industries that draw trafficking,” says Krishna down so many of them here in Connecticut, but they pop up again. I Patel. “Nail salons fall under the typologies in the trafficking world.” As don’t know what the solution is.”) with illicit spas, they are almost exclusively Asian, and some salons offer Asian women, particularly Chinese, North Korean and Vietnamese, (far more profitable) sex services on the sly. Of course, scads of laware trafficked not out of strip clubs, but massage parlors. “That entire abiding nail salons exist. But until May of this year, Connecticut invited illicit massage industry is thriving,” Krishna Patel says. “You can go on trafficking in salons by being the only state in the country that did not websites right now and you’re going to find it all through Connecticut. require an operating license or mandatory training. Law enforcement goes into these chat rooms and will find the johns When labor trafficking is discovered, what is the fate of the trafactually giving ratings to all the women.” (In 2017 a massage parlor on ficked? It’s little understood that international human trafficking and Greenwich Avenue was busted for prostitution. Neither of the two employees arrested, Xue Mei Jiang and Yuhong Zeng, were found to be trafficked, said police, though both lived in Flushing, Queens, a nexus for Asian human we are consumers of goods made by trafficking.) slaves. Alicia Kinsman, of CIRI, recalls a case of hers in which an undocumented woman from China anthis is every swered an ad in a Chinese newspaper: A massage apple, every samsung, every tesla, parlor in Connecticut was looking to hire. “She was desperate for work, desperate to survive,” Kinsman says. “If you’re undocumented, you don’t have that many options. What they wanted her to do was perform commercial sexual acts. She was threatened that if she objected, if she left, she would be arrested and deported. And so she stayed.” She was forced to immigration law are intimately braided. And so when the Trump adminlive in a virtual closet in the strip mall where she worked, security cameras istration dramatically tightened immigration policies (“America is full,” the monitoring all her movements. “Eventually she just ran out and down president declared), victims of trafficking took a direct hit. Many specific the strip mall, until she found somebody who helped her call the police.” policy changes appear to be small, and the public will never notice them— Human trafficking is sometimes called a crime “hidden in plain sight.” such as the new obstacles in applying for humanitarian visas. (The “T” visa This is especially true of labor trafficking, whose victims, usually foreignis specifically for trafficking victims; the “U” visa is for crime victims inborn, work in the metaphorical light of day, on farms, in factories, at concluding trafficked persons.) These obstacles terrify applicants. In the past, struction sites, in hotels and restaurants, on our lawns, in our neighbors’ a person who reports being trafficked but is denied a T visa would have homes. “The trafficking cases I’ve seen in Connecticut that are recent and other avenues to exhaust and could remain in the country; now, says Alicia active have been domestic servitude,” Kinsman says. “Individuals held in Kinsman, that person “will be put into removal proceedings.” Worse, say deplorable conditions in wealthy households in lower Fairfield County.”

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Our tech toys—computers, cell phones and electric cars—top the list … “ ” says Krishna Patel. “And they are not doing anything to clean up the supply chains.”

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immigration lawyers, T visas are harder to get than ever. One Project Rescue client now fighting deportation is from Central America’s perilous Northern Triangle. (Kinsman does not specify the country, but she would mean Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador.) “The only reason he’s in this position is because he came forward and reported what happened to him to law enforcement,” Kinsman says. Denied a T visa, the man’s prospects look bleak. If he goes back to the Triangle? “There’s a presumption that you have money. You were here, so you must’ve been working, so you must be rich. You’re a target for gangs to extort.” The Trump administration’s aggressive stance has strained relations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and do-good nonprofits like Project Rescue. ICE and such groups used to work harmoniously to establish the facts of a trafficking case and situate victims. “We still do work with them, but they are under a lot of pressure,” Kinsman says. “I no longer feel comfortable having my clients interviewed by ICE agents, because I know the position that they’re in, and it’s too risky.”

ARE WE CONTRIBUTING? What about the rest of the world? With all the trafficking going on in our own country, it seems too much to have to worry about slaves in African mines or Indian quarries or Chinese sweatshops. And yet here is why we must: We’re part of the problem. We are consumers of goods made by slaves. Our tech toys—computers, cell phones and electric cars—top the list: Their lithium ion batteries contain cobalt, mined mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under brutal conditions, sometimes by children as young as seven. “This is every Apple, every Samsung, every Tesla,” says Krishna Patel, “and they’re not doing anything to clear up the supply chains.” (Tesla has said it hopes to establish a North American supply chain.) “You add to it all the other stuff needed, coltan, tungsten, and it’s a nightmare. There are so few places you can get these minerals. If you look right now, there isn’t one tech company that can claim a slave-free supply chain.” »

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A MODERN-DAY ABOLITIONIST they’re acting of their own accord and have a strange, Stockholm syndrome–like attachment to their pimps.) The women at Thistle Farms do two-year residencies; they’re provided the basics, like food, healthcare and clothing, and a loving space to heal. They also learn new job skills. The women manufacture healthful bath, beauty and home products sold under the now-national Thistle Farms brand. (The women can continue working for Thistle Farms after their residencies are over.) “That’s the model that Thistle Farms has been doing for twenty years, and they’ve had like a 95 percent success rate, which is unheard of in this arena.” In the United States, roughly 100,000 young people are sex trafficked each year. Given that number, there simply aren’t enough Thistle Farms– like places to go around, and so Becca Stevens encourages sister groups to help carry the mission. The Partnership to End Human Trafficking is one such group. Its organizing strategy is to “educate, embrace, empower,” Boolbol says. “We have to galvanize the community if this is going to be a success.” Embrace the victims by opening a residence for them in Stamford or Norwalk in the very near future: “If a child

Elizabeth Boolbol (right) with Katie Nelson Troyerat at the inaugural Partnership to End Human Trafficking benefit

elizabeth koldyke boolbol is a tall, slender blonde with a background in public relations, marketing and real estate. She is also a devout Christian from a family steeped in doing civic good: Her parents, Mike and the late Pat Koldyke, are noted Chicago philanthropists with a particular interest in education and handgun control. Boolbol’s area is human trafficking. The Greenwich resident founded the Partnership to End Human Trafficking (PEHT) after reading Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s 2015 book A Path Appears, an account of humanitarians who are changing the world. One woman the authors profiled was Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms in Nashville, a place of regeneration for

victims of prostitution and sex trafficking. Sex trafficking had seemed a distant issue to Boolbol then, as it does to many now. “But once you know about it,” says the married mother of four, “it’s hard to turn away.” As for prostitution, “I grew up watching Pretty Woman, so I’m as guilty as anybody else” of not giving the subject serious thought. But she began to wonder, was prostitution ever really voluntary? “Becca Stevens always says that there’s no such thing, really, as prostitution in the way we think about it—that a woman chooses to do this as a business, to make money. What little girl says, ‘I want to be a prostitute when I grow up’?” (She notes that some trafficking victims think

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is trafficked, they go to DCF, the Department of Children and Families. But once that child is eighteen, there’s really nothing. That’s the gap we’re trying to address.” And finally, empower the women through “social enterprise,” or dignified work that teaches them new skills, as Thistle Farms does. PEHT’s enterprise focuses on making and selling pet products, from essential oils and tick repellants to collars and leashes. In May, Boolbol held a fundraiser at the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich; it raised over $150,000 and drew more than 200 people. “They couldn’t believe this stuff is happening right here in Connecticut,” reports speaker Rod Khattabi of Grace Farms’ Justice Initiative; Khattabi is a former Homeland Security special agent who trains police all over the world to disrupt trafficking. “They were horrified.” For many attendees, that night was when their education began; Boolbol hopes that they, like her, will now be unable to turn away from the scourge that is human trafficking. Learn more about the Partnership to End Human Trafficking at peht.org.

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Garments, fish, cocoa and sugar round out the top five slave-made and harvested goods we consume (though the U.S. Department of Labor reports that 148 goods from seventy-five countries are made by forced and child labor). There are about 2.1 million child “chocolate slaves” in West Africa, the source of 70 percent of the world’s cocoa. Some of these children were abducted from their villages; many were sold into slavery for as little as thirty dollars. BBC documentarians asked one slave boy what he thought about faraway people enjoying the fruits of his labor. “They are enjoying something that I suffered to make,” he told them. “They are eating my flesh.” Commercial fishing is even more notorious. Low-income countries like Thailand and Cambodia specialize in catching “forage” fish, such as anchovies, sardines and krill, used to make our pet food and to feed our pigs, poultry and farm-raised fish. (The U.S. is the biggest consumer of Thai fish.) According to a report in the New York Times, seagoing slaves who managed to flee their captors told stories of “the sick cast overboard, the defiant beheaded, the insubordinate sealed for days below deck in a dark, fetid fishing hold.” Few large clothing companies have slave-free supply chains. If you buy clothing at Walmart, for example, you can be pretty sure that slaves made it in a country like Bangladesh. “I think it’s just so critically important to tell people that if you’re spending six dollars on a dress, that dress was made by a slave,” says Elizabeth Boolbol. “The economics just don’t work, unless the person making it is not getting paid a living wage.” This knowledge, she suggests, ought to make us reconsider how we buy things in the age of global commerce. “The whole idea of disposable clothes, disposable items, disposable everything, and we need to get it now, we need to get it cheap—that has really fueled the labor trafficking.” According to the International Labour Organization, 24.9 million people are trapped in forced labor, and 4.8 million in forced sexual exploitation (another several million are in forced marriages). “The labor trafficking issue is a much bigger issue than the sex trafficking issue,” Patel says, and one that Grace Farms Foundation has begun to tackle. “There is so much we can do about it as a society—if we just decide to.” We can start by educating ourselves. We can buy “fair trade” coffee and chocolate and seek out sustainably grown foods. We can patronize clothing stores with transparent supply chains; we can buy goods made by trafficking survivors. We can stay abreast of groups that give us news of trafficking, like Human Rights Watch, the Polaris Project, End Slavery Now, and closer to home, Grace Farms and the Partnership to End Human Trafficking. Elizabeth Boolbol thinks Americans have a special obligation to fight human trafficking. “We’re a country founded on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and yet we have slavery as a stain on our own history,” she says. “So we know better. America has to lead. And I think rich communities like Greenwich need to step in. We may not be able to G cure cancer, but we can do this.”

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BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE / Joie

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he Joie boutique on Greenwich Avenue recently teamed up with the powerhouse ladies from the Breast Cancer Alliance to raise funds for breast cancer research. The store was filled with new pieces from the spring/summer collection. Guests enjoyed bites and bubbles while shopping for new looks. joie.com & breastcanceralliance.org »

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ARMAYLA / Maison d’Alexandre

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J April Larken was spinning the beats when the uber-chic haircare boutique Maison d’Alexandre was turned into a fashion runway. Clothing and accessories brand Armayla was in town showing and selling looks from a curated collection of top Indian designers. armayla.com »

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icholsMD of Greenwich, a boutique dermatology office, recently celebrated its sixth anniversary with an in-office party. Dr. Kim Nichols, owner and celebrity-dermatologist, wanted to show her gratitude for her loyal patients and stellar team. Guests were invited to eat, drink and relax while enjoying the live demonstrations and once-a-year savings offered especially for the evening. kimnicholsmd.com »

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ART & ANTIQUES ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. Tues.-Sun. noon5 p.m.; Fri. until 8 p.m. AMY SIMON FINE ART, 1869 Post Rd. East, Westport, 259-1500. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.5:30 p.m., or by appointment. ARMONK OUTDOOR ART SHOW, 22 South and 200 Business Park Dr., North Castle, ArmonkOutdoorArtShow.org. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 21 and 22, Fifty-eighth annual Art Show with hundreds of fine artists and fine craft artists; rain or shine. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and children under 18 are free. BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. CANFIN GALLERY, 39 Main St.,Tarrytown, NY, 914-332-4554. Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appt. Fine paintings and sculptures by contemporary artists from all over the world.

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Gilles Clement Gallery Now through Saturday, September 21 pop into the Gilles Clement Gallery to view a gathering of the latest collection, SUMMER ReFRESH, cutting-edge Contemporary, Pop, Op and Street Art. The exhibition will showcase an eclectic mix from the gallery’s stable of artists, and a range of mediums and techniques including photography, painting, mixed media, collage and neon. Fresh additions to the gallery are the vibrant abstract works of Philadelphia-based modernist painter Michael Gallagher; Spanish artist Lino Lago’s clever oil paintings that juxtapose classical and contemporary art and the exploded pop sculptures of French artist Francois Bel. Other featured artists include: Curtis Cutshaw (oil enamel on birch), David Datuna (mixed media), Robert Mars (vintage collage and neon), Clement Kamena (acrylic on canvas), MARCK (video sculpture) and TRAN$PARENT (money art). gclementgallery.com

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CAVALIER GALLERIES, 405 Greenwich Ave., 869-3664. Mon.-Sat. 10:30 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. and by appt. A showcase of a select group of established and emerging artists who represent the finest in modern painting, sculpture and photography. CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 899-7999. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, 914-937-2047. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appt. DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport,

372-3521. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m. -5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Permanent exhibits include Energy Exhibit, Sound and Light Galleries, Preschool Power, Sports Science and Solar Legos. Exhibits at the Discovery Museum are designed for hands-on interaction and learning. FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. FLINN GALLERY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7947. Mon.Wed., Fri.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. GERTRUDE G. WHITE GALLERY, YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave., 869-6501. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Photography by Steve Osemwenkhae, Behind the Mask: A Make-Up Less Cultue, showing all of September. See highlight on page 144. GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL, 299 Greenwich Ave., 862-6750. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. The Bendheim Gallery hosts major exhibitions every six weeks; visit greenwicharts.org to learn about upcoming exhibits. GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland Rd., 869-6899. Wed.-Sun. noon4 p.m. J. RUSSELL JINISHIAN GALLERY, 1657 Post Rd., Fairfield, 259-8753. Tues.Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. A large selection of original marine and sporting art by Arguimbau, Blossom, Demers, Kramer, McGurl, Mecray, Mizerek, Prosek, Shilstone, Stobart and Thompson. »

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Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum On Sunday, September 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will hold its twelfth annual Old-fashioned Flea Market. The event will offer flea market enthusiasts some of the best deals in Connecticut and an opportunity to hunt, bargain and buy at more than seventy booths selling antiques, repurposed furniture, collectibles, jewelry, crafts, household items, clothing, toys and specialty farm-to-table items. Guests will also enjoy food trucks and a classic and antique car show. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. Tues.-Fri. and Sun. 1-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. KENISE BARNES FINE ART, 1955 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, NY, 914-834-8077. Tues.Sat. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. or by appt. Visit kbfa.com for show information. LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, 838-9799. Wed.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. See highlight on this page and visit

Dawson, Demers, Gray, Hoyne, Jacobsen, Moran, Stobart, Waugh and Yorke.

LOFT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, 575 Pacific St., Stamford, 247-2027 or loftartists.com. Fri.-Sun. noon-5 p.m

MICHAEL FLORIO GALLERY, 135 Mason Street, 858-5743. Specializing in established and emerging contemporary artists, marine art and curiosities. Open most days by chance or by appointment, michaelflorio.com.

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QUESTER GALLERY, 119 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 523-0250. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., by appt. 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century marine art and antiques, including works by Bard, Bareford, Beal, Bishop, Brown, Buttersworth,

SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY, 382 Greenwich Ave., 325-1924. Mon.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 11-3 p.m. The gallery is committed to exhibiting the work of emerging to midcareer artists, as well as a variety of strong secondary market works. The gallery

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Americares Americares supporters will take flight on Saturday, October 5 during the Americares Airlift Benefit at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY. Actor, director and producer Tony Goldwyn and CNN Anchor and National Correspondent Erica Hill will cohost the inspirational evening celebrating forty years of Americares health programs in more than ninety countries. The festive evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing begins at 5:30 p.m. and culminates with Americares signature Airlift, a 24-hour journey for guests to see Americares work firsthand. This year, the destination is the Dominican Republic, where Americares supports over 100 health facilities including hospitals, health centers and homes for the elderly. For tickets or more information, go to americares.org/aab2019 or contact Mary Rauscher at 203-658-9558 or mrauscher@americares.org.

STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, 39 Franklin St., Stamford, 325-1139. Thurs.-Fri. 11 a.m.3 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. noon-3 p.m. STAMFORD DOWNTOWN, fun summer series of art and music throughout the city of Stamford, 348-5285 or visit stamford-downtown.com for event information. THOMAS J. WALSH GALLERY, Fairfield Univ., 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield, 254-4000, ext. 2969. Tues.Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. UCONN STAMFORD ART GALLERY, One University Pl., Stamford, 251-8400. Mon.-

Thurs. 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 226-7070. Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.4 p.m.;Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-2800. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. Permanent collection on view. YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-0611. Tues.Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs. until 8 p.m.; Sun. 1-6 p.m. The permanent collection

includes African art, American decorative art, American paintings and sculpture, ancient art, Asian art, coins and medals, and modern and contemporary art.

CONCERTS, FILM & THEATER ARENA AT HARBOR YARD, 600 Main St., Bridgeport, 345-2300. Visit arenaharboryard.com for show listings. AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER. 272 Bedford St.,

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JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, NY, 914-7737663. Visit burnsfilmcenter. org for titles and show times. LEVITT PAVILION, Jesup Green, Westport, 226-7600. Summer Concerts and films, visit levittpavilion. com for concerts and show times.

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. Fri. 20-Oct. 20, Mamma Mia!

LONG WHARF THEATRE, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven, longwharf.com, 787-4282. On the Grounds of Belonging coming in October.

FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY, On StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield, 2591036. Visit fairfieldtheatre.org for dates, shows and times.

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-9269. For shows and times visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org. »

Greenwich Chamber of Commerce Let’s hit some balls! The Greenwich Chamber of Commerce will host its tenth annual Golf Outing on Wednesday, September 4 at the Griffith E. Harris Golf Club, 1300 King Street. All town residents are invited to participate in this fun event that supports local business. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m. and the shot gun start is 12:45 p.m. Players will enjoy raffle items, awards and photos of all foursomes. The cocktail party, including heavy appetizers, prizes and beverages begins at 5 p.m. greenwichchamber.com.

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An evening of sipping and savoring with top chefs and restauranteurs from throughout Fairfield County to benefit The First Tee of Connecticut

Thursday, October 3 6:30 - 9:30 pm Country Club of Darien Co-Chairs Charlene & Mike Bego Chuck & Dawn Deluca

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calendar AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. Sun. 1, first Sunday bird walk at Greenwich point, 9 a.m.; visit Greenwich.audubon.org for more events. AUX DÉLICES, 231 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540, ext. 108. Classes are Wednesday nights, 7 p.m. Visit auxdelicesfoods.com for menus. BOWMAN OBSERVATORY PUBLIC NIGHT, NE of Milbank/East Elm St. rotary on the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 869-6786, ext. 338. Wed. 4 and 18, Observatory open to the public free of charge, 8:30-10:30 p.m., weather permitting. Sponsored by the Astronomical Society of Greenwich. BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. Tues.-Sat.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Visit brucemuseum.org for tour information. CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. Clay Art Center’s mission is to offer a stimulating space for studio practice, exhibition and educational opportunities to better serve the community. FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. Visit fairfieldhistory.org for tours. FRIENDS OF THE NORWALK ISLANDS, The Small Boat Shopdock, 144 Water St., Norwalk, 849-8341 or 854-5223. Visit friendsofthenorwalkislands .org for information on

Pathways This year’s Pathways Gala on Saturday, October 5 at Shenorock Shore Club will honor Betsy and Michael Grant. Pathways’ mission is to help rehabilitate those people with mental illness who are trying to re-enter the community. The program provides safe housing and a community center with individual case management for each of their clients. Betsy and Michael have been an integral part of Pathways for twenty years. pways.org

RIDGEFIELD THEATER BARN, 37 Halpin Ln., Ridgefield, 431-9850. Fri. 6-28, Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers. SHUBERT THEATER, 247 College St., New Haven, 800-228-6622. Visit shubert .com for information. STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace

Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. Visit stamfordcenterforthearts.org for event information. WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. Tues. 8 p.m.; Wed. 2 and 8 p.m.; Thurs, and Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 4 and 8 p.m.; Sun. 3 p.m. Sun. 1, 6-8, The Little Mermaid.

LECTURES, TOURS & WORKSHOPS ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. Tues.-Sun. noon-5 p.m.; Fri. until 8 p.m. Fri. 6, First Fridays: A Contemporary Cocktail Hour, 7-9 p.m.; visit aldrichart .org for more information.

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YWCA Greenwich During the month of September, the YWCA Greenwich will host the show, Behind the Mask: A Make-Up Less Culture, featuring work by photographer Steve Osemwenkhae. Osemwenkhae created this series to showcase natural beauty through mediums that include photos and videos.

November 2, 2019 Greenwich Country Club Tickets on sale at ct.wish.org/wishnight Now boarding for Wish Night, featuring outstanding eats, unparalleled auction items and inspiring wish stories. Prepare to soar to new heights as you help create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Ready to fly? Tickets, tables and sponsorships are available now, but act fast last year’s event sold out.

Honoring Wish Spirit Award Robin Hayes CEO, JetBlue

Youth Spirit Award Steven Sudell In memory

JOIN THE FIGHT FOR ALZHEIMER’S FIRST SURVIVOR.

At the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s®, people carry flowers representing their connection to Alzheimer’s — a disease that currently has no cure. But what if one day there was a white flower for Alzheimer’s first survivor? What if there were millions of them? Help make that beautiful day happen by joining us for the world’s largest fundraiser to fight the disease.

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U.S. Premiere Sunday, September 29, 2019 | 3 pm

“A real treat for the spectators.” – Huffington Post This brave and creative group of young performers is blazing a creative path that no one has yet dared to explore, blending the arts and techniques of the circus and infusing them with the most picturesque facets of traditional Quebec folklore. Spike Lee

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5 p.m. Friday night Observatory Visitors’ Night, 8:30 p.m.

22, annual show offers plenty of nautical fun. $15 adults; children under 12 are free.

WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM, Stamford Yacht Club, 97 Ocean Drive West, Stamford, 356-0340. Call for information and reservations.

NORWALK SEAPORT ASSOCIATION, Veteran’s Park, Fort Point St. and Seaview Ave., East Norwalk, Fri. 6, 7, 8, Annual Oyster Festival with entertainment, food and fun for the whole family; visit seaport.org for parking information and shuttle service.

OTHER EVENTS & BENEFITS NORWALK BOAT SHOW, 48 Calf Pasture Beach Rd.,East Norwalk, 718-707-0711. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., daily. Thurs. 19-

THREADS AND TREADS, Greenwich High School Parking Lot, 10 Hillside Rd., 661-0142 or threadsandtreads.com. Sun. 15, Tour de Greenwich 20 Mile Bike ride, 7:30 a.m. »

Event cochairs: Diane Jennings, Helen Maher and Suzy Kjorlien

Greenwich Symphony Orchestra On Saturday, September 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 29 at 4 p.m., the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra will perform with soloists Edita Orlinyte and Barbara Allen at the Performing Arts Center at Greenwich High School. A free preconcert lecture will take place one hour before each performance. Adult tickets are $40, students $10. Call 203-869-2664 or visit greenwichsymphony.org for information.

sunset/moonrise kayak paddle. Reservations are required. GARDEN EDUCATION CENTER, 130 Bible St., 869-9242. Annual Dazzling Dahlias Show coming in October. GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. The library offers a variety of programs: Blood Pressure Screenings, Drop-In Computer Lab,

Chess Club, Volunteer Tax Assistance, Foreign Affairs Book Discussion Group; for dates and times visit greenwichlibrary.org. KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, 26 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 914-2329555. Guided tours are Tuesday through Sunday at 2:30 p.m. NORWALK SEAPORT ASSOCIATION, Washington and Water Streets, S. Norwalk,

838-9444. Daily Cruises to Sheffield Island and Lighthouse Tours. SOUNDWATERS, Brewer Yacht Haven Marina, Batemen Way, Stamford, 323-1978. Visit soundwaters.org for afternoon and sunset sail dates and times. STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-

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At Home in Greenwich Leave your home and come party with the folks from At Home in Greenwich for an evening by the water at the Delamar on Friday, September 20 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy cocktails, dinner, dancing and auctions. athomeingreenwich.org.

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KIDS’ STUFF / SEPTEMBER 2019

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-4519. Tues.-Sun. noon5 p.m.; Fri. until 8 p.m. Sat. 21, Family Workshops, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. Sherlock Holmes and the Haunted Cabaret coming in October.

NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, 966-9577. Visit website for details on Cider Saturday in September, newcanaannature.org

AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. Sun. 1, First Sunday bird walk, at Tod’s Point, 9 a.m.

EARTHPLACE, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, 227-7253. The mission of Earthplace is to build a passion within the community for nature and the environment through education, experience and action. To learn more visit earthplace.org.

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. Stay tuned for Paw Patrol Live! coming in November.

AUX DÉLICES, 23 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540 ext. 108. Some Sundays in September, visit auxdelicefoods.com for menu and dates, kids cooking classes, 4-6 p.m.

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BEARDSLEY ZOO, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport, 394-6565. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. One of Connecticut’s top family attractions. See more than 300 animals representing North and South American species and learn about their endangered and threatened species, which include the Amur (Siberian) tiger, Andean condor, Ocelot, Red wolf, Maned wolf, Giant Anteater and Golden lion tamarin. Then grab a bite at the Peacock Café and take a ride on the carousel. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH, 4 Horseneck Lane, 869-3224. Visit bgcg.org for events and programs at the club.

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BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Sun. 1, First Sunday Science at the Seaside Center, 1:304 p.m. DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m. -5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. The Discovery Museum’s 20,000 square foot facility includes changing and permanent interactive exhibit galleries, a 124 seat planetarium, Challenger Learning Center, an 80 seat auditorium and five multipurpose classrooms where hands-on science classes are conducted for schools, groups and the general public. discoverymuseum.org.

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FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland St., 869-6899. Visit hstg .org for upcoming camp and programs. GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. The library offers many programs for children: Wee Ones, Tales for Tots, Baby Lapsit, Mother Goose Story Time, call or visit greenwichlibrary.org for dates and times. IMAX THEATER AT MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. Visit website for films and times; also being shown: Hollywood films on IMAX, maritimeaquarium.org. KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. Tues.-Fri. and Sun. 1-5 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays for Tots, 1 p.m; Picture This! Saturday Story Time, select Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. Daily 10 a.m.5 p.m. Maritime Aquarium inspires people of all ages to appreciate and protect the Long Island Sound ecosystem and the global environment through living exhibits, marine science, and environmental education.

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521 or stamfordmuseum.org. Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri. 6, 1, 20, 27, Observatory Visitors Night: for ages 5-17, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Sunday Farm Market. STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN, 303 West Ave., Mathews Park, Norwalk, 899-0606. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Ongoing exhibits: Energy Lab, Tot Town, build it!, state-of-the-art Multimedia Gallery and Light Gallery; Ongoing events: science lab, community gardens; Rainforest Adventures and Color Coaster; visit steppingstonesmuseum.org for daily classes. WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 222-7070. Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m.2 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. noon to 4 p.m. Visit westportartscenter.org to sign up for workshops.

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Greenwich Fertility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Hospital for Special Surgery . . . . . . . 35 The Nathaniel Witherell . . . . . . . . . . 24 NicholsMD of Greenwich . . . . . . . . . 37 Norwalk Hospital/Nuvance Health . . . 45 ONS Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists . . . . . . . 21 Park Avenue Vein Laser Center . . . . 120 Riverside Orthodontics . . . . . . . . . . 96 Rye Vein Laser Center . . . . . . . . . . 120 Stamford Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Yale New Haven Health/ Greenwich Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . 11

AUTOMOTIVE Porsche Greenwich . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ROXOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

BUILDING & HOME IMPROVEMENT California Closets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Douglas VanderHorn Architects . . . . 23 Garrett Wilson Builders . . . . . . . . . . 67 Glengate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Granoff Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Hilton Architecture & Interiors . . . . . 43 Private Staff Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 SBP Homes/Sound Beach Partners . . 13 Walpole Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

BUSINESS & FINANCE Citibank/Perry Gaa & Joseph Potvin . . 19 Cummings & Lockwood LLC . . . . . . . 14 Greenwich Wealth Management, LLC . . 7 UBS Financial Services Inc./ The Haertel Group . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Women's Business Development Council . . . . . . . . . 127

EDUCATION & CHILDREN Berkshire School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Brunswick School . . . . . . . . . 9, 55, 87 Fairfield University's College of Arts and Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Greens Farms Academy . . . . . . . . . 89 Greenwich Academy . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Greenwich Country Day School . . . . . 85 Holy Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Independent Schools Open Houses . . 98 The Junior League of Greenwich Free Outdoor Adventure Program for 5th Grade Boys . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Kimball Union Academy . . . . . . . . . 93 King School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Putnam Indian Field School . . . . . . . 97 Rippowam Cisqua School . . . . . . . . 96 Rye Country Day School . . . . . . . . . 76 Sacred Heart Greenwich . . . . . . . . . 95 St. Luke's School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 The Children's School . . . . . . . . . . . 98 The Long Ridge School . . . . . . . . . . 98 Whitby School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

EVENTS 18th Annual Pacific House Gala . . . . 138 A-list Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 americares Airlift Benefit 2019 . . . . 148 Audubon Center in Greenwich/ Fall Festival & Hawk Watch . . . . . 148 Best of the Gold Coast Online Store . . 147 Breast Cancer Alliance Annual Luncheon and Fashion Show . . . . . 71 Breast Cancer Alliance Go For Pink! . . 70 Bruce Museum's Bruce ConsTrucks . . 50 Craft Beer Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Dancing with the Angels Benefiting The Fearless Angel Project 2019 . . 124 Experience Greenwich to Benefit Think Greenwich . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Fall for the Bartlett Annual Gala . . . . 138 The First Tee Connecticut/ Taste of the Tee 2019 . . . . . . . . . . 141 Greenwich Land Trust 20th Anniversary Go Wild! . . . . 134 Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County's 26th Annual Benefit Golf Outing . . . . . . . . . 138 Hope for Haiti/ Harvesting Hope Celebration . . . . 143 Light a Fire 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum's Roaring Twenties Gala . . 141 Make-A-Wish Connecticut/ Wish Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 The Michael Bolton Charities Presents Chords of Hope . . . . . . 139 Moffly Media's 2019 Event Lineup . . 142 New York City Wine & Food Festival . . 49 Walk to End Alzheimer's . . . . . . . . . 145 William Raveis Ride + Walk . . . . . . . 143

FASHION Henry's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 3 Mitchells/Richards . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3 Roundabout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 The Perfect Provenance . . . . . . . . . 124

FOOD, CATERING & LODGING Alba's Ristorante . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Marcia Selden Catering . . . . . . . . . . 31 SEPTEMBER 2019 GREENWICH

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JEWELRY Betteridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 4 Buccellati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 4 Indoxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LANDSCAPING, NURSERY & FLORISTS Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses, LLC . . . . . . . . . 123

NONPROFIT Breast Cancer Alliance . . . . . . . . . . 72 The Elephant Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . 96 The Junior League of Greenwich . . . . 99 Kids in Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

PHOTOGRAPHY Bob Capazzo Photography . . . . . . . . 120

REAL ESTATE Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices . . 18 Coldwell Banker Global Luxury . . . . . 32 Coldwell Banker Global Luxury/ Tamar Lurie Group . . . . . . . . . . . 15 David Ogilvy/Sotheby's International Realty . . . . . . Cover 2, 1 Houlihan Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Houlihan Lawrence/Sally Maloney . . . 67 Sotheby's International Realty . . . . . 4, 5 Sotheby's International Realty/ Joseph Barbieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 William Raveis/Longo Realty Group . . 25

MISCELLANEOUS Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Greenwich Sentinel . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Orchid Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Westy Self Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

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APPRECIATION & ADVICE FROM OUR TEENS perfectly okay to be unsure about the future. I believe unnecessary stress breeds anxiety, so if something is out of your control or even already in the past, don’t worry about it.

Advice for underclassmen? Try to get to know everyone in your graduating class and enjoy your four years of high school.

ATHENA CORROON SACRED HEART GREENWICH

JASON MARSELLA KING SCHOOL

What teacher had the biggest impact on you? My fifth-grade teacher Mr. Rosenberg had the biggest impact on me because he always encouraged me to think outside the box and have fun learning in the classroom. Mr. Rosenberg had faith in his students and instilled great confidence in all of us.

What teacher had the biggest impact on you? Lindsey Rossler, my tenth-grade History teacher, because she taught me the importance of long-term education. She taught me that school is much more important than just memorizing information and then spilling it out on a quiz or a test. She explained how valuable my classmates’ and my opinions are and how our opinions will drive the future.

Advice for underclassmen? Work hard in everything you do; give 100 percent effort. Make the most out of every given opportunity at school and in sports, and with family and friends.

CHARLES KOLIN GREENS FARMS ACADEMY What teacher had the biggest impact on you? My eighth-grade teacher Mr. Walsh, who made me work harder than I ever had before and my ninth-grade teacher Ms. Haas, who encouraged me and never stopped believing in me.

GRETHE ANDERSEN KING SCHOOL What teacher had the biggest impact on you? I think that Mr. Lear-Nickum, who was my teacher for AP euro and AP comp gov. Those classes allowed me to hone my critical thinking and analytical writing skills, as well as catch some of his infectious passion for global politics and history. Mr. Lear-Nickum has motivated me to become a more politically informed citizen. Advice for underclassmen? Relax! Everything will be alright in the end. Words to live by? “Improvise, adapt, overcome.” Yes, it’s a quote by Bear Grylls, but I honestly think that it’s a great piece of advice. There will be times when you are in an unfamiliar setting where improvisation may be necessary. It’s okay to not know the answers all the time!

Advice for underclassmen? Things may seem overwhelming at times but don’t hesitate to ask for help. Have confidence in yourself and your abilities and learn to manage your time wisely. Words to live by? Don’t look down on anyone—unless you’re helping them up.

CHRISTIAN HARTCH BRUNSWICK SCHOOL What teacher had the biggest impact on you? Mr. McMahon. He brought lots of energy to the English classroom and helped me develop a passion for the subject. Under his guidance, essay writing shifted from a dreaded part of schooling to something I really enjoy doing. More generally, his encouragement and wisdom also propelled me through high school.

Advice for underclassmen? Enjoy high school but know that life is much more than being a teenager and the values and habits that you instill in yourself now will help you for the rest of your life.

JAMES HEAVEY GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL What teacher had the biggest impact on you? I have been privileged to work with fantastic teachers in the Greenwich public schools. But Mr. Galatioto, my AP psych teacher, comes to mind instantly. The way he teaches class makes every student feel welcome, something that’s frequently overlooked. Advice for underclassmen? Spend more time in the moment. This applies to two things: goals and social life. For goals, stop staring off into the distance and focus on what you can do here and now. Don’t say, “Oh, when I’m older, I’ll be in better shape.” Step outside and run. Any effort you put in now will make you that much stronger going forward.

KATE HAZLETT GREENWICH ACADEMY What teacher had the biggest impact on you? My English teacher from my final two years of high school, Mr. Motland. He presented both Russian and American literature in a way that was relevant to his students by going beyond the literature, not only helping us progress and succeed in the classroom, but also in our own lives. Advice for underclassmen? You can’t predict what the future holds, and you can’t prepare for everything. Don’t be afraid to try things out that you may not be comfortable with at first, and just go for it.

LOGAN DARRIN BRUNSWICK SCHOOL What teacher had the biggest impact on you? Dana Montanez is truly an amazing teacher and mentor. She spearheads the Science Research program at Brunswick and has played such a huge role in my high school experience. Advice for underclassmen? It is

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Words to live by? “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” —Tim Tebow

MONIQUE NIKOLOV GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL What teacher had the biggest impact on you? Mr. Tiedemann and Dr. Vartuli have profoundly influenced the student and person I am today. Mr. Tiedemann inspires me to pursue every learning experience with enthusiasm and persistence. My sophomore-year chemistry teacher Dr. Vartuli always inspired me with her exceptional propensity for optimism. She has taught me to approach learning with an open mind—no matter its form—and has always supported me. Advice for underclassmen? Relax and calm down, because everything is going to be all right. I’ve taken some incredibly rewarding classes and found [peer] families through clubs that I wouldn’t trade for the world, but I couldn’t have done that without taking a deep breath and knowing that all I needed to do to succeed was to be myself.

SYDNEY NOBLE GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL What teacher had the biggest impact on you? Ms. Jaimie Charles, my ceramics teacher. She has been my teacher for the past three years and led me through the course from intro to AP. Her class created a safe space for all of my ideas to foster and grow, in addition to giving me an hour during the busy school day to just relax, laugh, talk and enjoy my work. She listens and respects all of her students and holds us all to the highest standard. I know when she would check in on me throughout the years that she was genuinely concerned with how I was doing and what I was saying to her, and for that I am eternally grateful. Words to live by? When nothing goes right, go left. G

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