A Day at Sagamore Hill
Writing and photography by Justin Negard For this issue, we thought a travel story to someone’s home was appropriate. However, ...
Hole in One
Writing by Robin Goetz Artwork by Justin Negard Fourteen-year-old Max Lazarowitz stands on the river’s edge, skipping stones. One after ...
How to Refresh Your Home
Writing by Clare McAlpin Artwork by Aeneas Eaton Do you want to breathe new life into your home this spring ...
Connect To | The Health Issue, May / June 2024
Connect To | Gather + Goods at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, April 2024
Connect To | Pleasantville Music Festival 2024 Lineup Announcement
A Day at Sagamore Hill
Writing and photography by Justin Negard For this issue, we thought a travel story to someone’s home was appropriate. However, ...
Upcycling Your Clutter
Writing by Susan Trumpbour Artwork by Phoebe Polk Ready to embark on a spring cleaning journey? Here’s what to do ...
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Connect To | The Health Issue, May / June 2024
Connect To | Gather + Goods at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, April 2024
Connect To | Pleasantville Music Festival 2024 Lineup Announcement
Connect To | The Home Issue, March / April 2024
Connect To | Country Willow Warehouse, 2024
A Day at Sagamore Hill
Writing and photography by Justin Negard For this issue, we thought a travel story to someone’s home was appropriate. However, ...
Hole in One
Writing by Robin Goetz Artwork by Justin Negard Fourteen-year-old Max Lazarowitz stands on the river’s edge, skipping stones. One after ...
How to Refresh Your Home
Writing by Clare McAlpin Artwork by Aeneas Eaton Do you want to breathe new life into your home this spring ...
A Day at Sagamore Hill
Writing and photography by Justin Negard For this issue, we thought a travel story to someone’s home was appropriate. However, ...
Upcycling Your Clutter
Writing by Susan Trumpbour Artwork by Phoebe Polk Ready to embark on a spring cleaning journey? Here’s what to do ...
Coconut Fat Wash
By Dr. Elixir Mixing cocktails at home can easily result in your cocktails matching or exceeding cocktails served in most ...
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The Home Issue
People Profiles
Hugs, Princesses and Hide & Seek
Writing by Elisa Jacobs Photography by Justin Negard Meet Arabella Rose Karamouzis. She’s a four-year-old Bedford resident who loves to give hugs, play tea time (she served us strawberry tea) and wants to be a princess when she grows up. https://connecttomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/arabella-1147x1536.jpg This article was published in the January/February 2024 print edition of Connect to Northern Westchester ...
Renaissance Girl
Writing by Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard When she was 10 years old, Amity Doyle, now an eighth grader at The Harvey School, entered her first film contest. She and her friend Miriam Bertin created a series of sketches and titled their short film “Amity and Miriam, A Quarantine Special.” “It wasn’t really about anything, and it was really ...
Old Houses, New Homes
Top row, left to right: Tina and Sebastian Villaveces at LMNOP Bakery in Katonah, Bonnie Gleicher, Sibil Sebastian Patri, Alia Ornstein, David and Taleen Mena at LMNOP Bakery in Katonah. Bottom row, left t0 right: Mona Lipson at Design Solutions in Pound Ridge, Greg Herrera, Lauren Baptiste, Jason Kadlec, Joe Kaiser. In March 2020, Tina and Sebastian Villaveces hunkered down ...
Life
Their Better Nature
Food is life. It sustains our health and our wellbeing. Food is made from the life that thrives around us – the plants that grow to be served on our plates, the animals that are raised to become a meal and the farmers that are responsible for creating these possibilities. But, as the saying goes, we are what we eat, ...
Police Report: March 15, 2024
A vivid imagination, several deer playing in traffic and more false alarms Writing by Eve Marx Artwork by Cara McPartland Bedford Possible peeping Tom A caller on Middle Patent Road reported a man suspected of being a peeping Tom on March 4. They reported that the man was looking into people's windows. Police arrived, but the man was gone. The ...
New Year’s Financial Resolutions
Partner Content by Judi McAnaw Now that we’ve reached 2024, you might be thinking about your goals and hopes for the new year. But in addition to whatever personal resolutions you might make — volunteering, going to the gym more, learning a new language and others — why not make some financial resolutions, too? Here are a few to consider: ...
Bringing Charity Home
We proudly worked with local charities to bring attention to their well-deserved causes. Check out our day of glamour and fun.
Home & Garden
5 Tulips For Spring
Nichole Wilder knows her flowers. From rose bouquets to peonies; shasta daisies to hydrangeas, her neighborhood flower shop, Wild Fig, lives and breathes the floral arts. Nichole is one of our local authorities on budding beauties, and spring is her specialty. So as the earth begins to thaw, the birds chirp a little bit louder and the smell of new ...
How to Refresh Your Home
Writing by Clare McAlpin Artwork by Aeneas Eaton Do you want to breathe new life into your home this spring without completely redecorating? Would you like your rooms to better reflect your personality? Are you hoping to create a personal sanctuary tailored to your tastes? Then you might need a home refresh. Buying completely new furniture and fully redecorating can ...
The Future of Farming
Climate change, a shrinking water supply, land scarcity, invasive species, disease, trade wars, mega farms – the farming industry is simply not sustainable in its current state. Something must change. But what? Those with their eye toward the future of farming say it’s the farmer and their practices that should change. The broad focus, they say, should center around caring ...
Cooking & Cocktails
Jayloma
Another popular drink during the spring/summer at Jay Street Café, this one focuses on one of the trendiest cocktail ingredients, mezcal. Serves two. 4 oz. mezcal 4 oz. grapefruit-flavored syrup 1 ½ oz. lime juice 4 whole sage leaves Tajín Clasico chili salt Club soda 2 lime wedges Add all ingredients to the shaker and fill with ice. Shake well ...
King Kone
By Gia Miller Photography by Justin Negard If you live in Northern Westchester, odds are good that you’ve been to King Kone at least once. In fact, odds are also good that between April and October, the person you Venmo the most is Deb Hopkins. Yeah, that’s us, too. King Kone began in 1953 when a local family opened a ...
White Christmas Margarita
Writing by Cathy Deutsch Photography by Mark Kramer, Copper Kitchen Studio Chappaqua mainstay Susan Lawrence has served the area for over 40 years. Founded by siblings Mark and Susan Kramer, Mark, who is still at the helm, says he honors his sister’s memory every holiday season by making their favorite/signature Buche de Noel, also known as a French yule log ...
Health & Wellness
Reframing Your Mental Health Condition
by Rich Monetti artwork by Andrea Jaffee If you deal with the symptoms of anxiety or depression, you might view them as scourges that hinder your day-to-day well-being. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact, if you’re able to view your symptoms in a different and more positive manner, you may actually learn to live with them ...
A Happy Home
What is family therapy and who is it for? Writing by Ana Dorta Artwork by Tal Doron You’ve likely heard a lot about the many benefits of therapy—it can help you open up, tackle issues that may impact your mental well-being, and is often instrumental in overcoming challenging situations. When we hear the word “therapy,” we typically think of private ...
Stop Dieting and Start Eating Well
By Gia Miller Diet – it’s a four-letter word that makes a lot of people cringe. Some people spend their life uttering that word, others do it before milestone events so they “look good in the pictures,” and there are those who avoid it altogether. Regardless of which category you fall into, most of us know diets don’t really work ...
Events
Hey Harvest Fest, Blues Traveler Would Like Some Pita Chips, Please
When The Pound Ridge Partnership asked us if we’d like to interview Blues Traveler guitarist Chandler Kinchla (who goes by Chan), we said yes, of course. But what can you ask a band who has no secrets? In true Katonah Connect style, we created a dozen unconventional questions, and Chan happily played along. Forty minutes later, we’d covered everything from ...
Friends of Karen: 45 Years of Helping Families in Need
By Emily Meehan Friends of Karen, a North Salem-based nonprofit that helps over 1,200 sick children and their families annually, is kicking off its 45th anniversary celebration on Thursday, July 13 at Captain Lawrence Barrel house in Mount Kisco. Their “Cheers From The Heart” celebration will be held from 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., and everyone’s invited (you can purchase ...
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