There’s your rectangular-block, tidy-front-lawn suburbia (exemplified by my boyhood small town of Westfield, New Jersey), exurbia (the leafy, winding-road environs of Westchester and Fairfield counties — Wilton, Weston, Ridgefield, New Canaan, Chappaqua, Bedford) and finally your seriously serene Andrew Wyeth rich-folk farmland regions like the Berkshire foothills, where I was yesterday. Southfield, New Marlborough, Monterey, … Read more
There’s a soul-soothing atmosphere of quiet throughout the Dorsoduro and San Croce districts after dark. No scooters, no sirens, no thumping bass tones emanating from clubs, no half-bombed 20something women shrieking with laughter…just the barely-there sound of bay water lapping at pier pilings. There are many places, I’m sure, that are just as quiet when … Read more
Hollywood Elsewhere is generally okay with the 380 Inn, which I mis-described yesterday as a nickle-and-dime Tobacco Road-level establishment. It’s actually fine for what it costs. Two complaints: (1) I hate the too-light plastic shower curtain because it billows into the tub area when you turn the hot water on, and (2) the racket from … Read more