December 2011

Westchester Magazine December 2011: Foto Files

Publisher's Memo, December, 2011: Looking Back on the Past Year at Westchester Magazine

By Ralph A. Martinelli

Letters to the Editor: December 2011

This Month's Winners and Losers: December 2011

By Robert Schork

Keeping Roads Safe: Westchester County Limousines and Car Services Offering Roundtrip Transportation for Your Next Holiday Party

Holiday parties? Leave your keys at home.

By KO

Where Westchester County High School Alumni Move After Graduation

With the county’s great educational institutions, alumni of Westchester high schools can go anywhere in the world they want to. So, do they stay or do they go?

By Ben Brody

Linda Levine Madori Uses Art Therapy with Alzheimer's Patients

A Chappaqua resident offers a bit of hope to Alzheimer’s patients with her arts therapy program.

By Robert Schork

NPR's New CEO: Mount Kisco Resident Gary E. Knell

NPR’s new CEO considers all things Westchester when contemplating how to connect with its audience.

BY Ben Brody

Westchester County's Tourism Chief: Mount Kisco Resident Natasha Caputo

The county’s new tourism chief goes from promoting the Big Apple to polishing the Golden Apple.

By JBT

Modern Day Technology Etiquette

New tech meets old etiquette.

By Ben Brody

The Pulse: A Survey of Westchester County Residents' Holiday Gift-Giving Habits

It’s the holiday season, so we went out to learn about your holiday gift-giving habits.

By Phil Corso and RS

Ask the Expert, December 2011: The Most Cost-Efficient Method to Heat Your Home

By Katie O’Donnell

The Latest Town News in Buchanan, Ardsley, Armonk, White Plains, and Yonkers

By Robert Schork

Yonkers Teen Briana Darcy's Passion for Diving, Oceanography, and Shark Conservation

A Yonkers teen gets up close and personal with everyone’s favorite ocean predator.

By John Bruno Turiano

New Rochelle Resident Leon Dewan, Inventor of Electronic Instrument The Swarmatron, Shares His Five Favorite Music Albums

Top albums from the inventor/maker of the Swarmatron.

By Marisa LaScala

New Stores, December 2011: Baby Chic in Tarrytown, Breeze in Chappaqua, Ebba in Katonah, and SohoEast Holiday Pop Up Store in Dobbs Ferry

By Laurie Yarnell

Shopkeeper Tom Antonecchia's Pick: Zip Pullovers by Southern Tide

By Laurie Yarnell

White Plains Resident Rolando Santana's Line of Designer Dresses

By Laurie Yarnell

Pocket Squares Available in Westchester County Shops and Boutiques

A posh pocket square provides just the right dash of debonair for the holiday season.

By Laurie Yarnell

Ask Westchester's Annual End-of-the-Year Quiz

Our Annual End-of-the-Year Quiz

By W. Dyer Halpern

Katonah Residents Anne Twomey Lloyd and John Bedford Lloyd's Acting Careers

One couple explores the craft of acting everywhere from the sets of Law & Order to actual prisons.

By Clell Bryant

Scott Shannon, Co-Host of WPLJ's Scott and Todd in the Morning, On His DJ Career and Fundraising Efforts for Blythedale Hospital

WPLJ’s Scott Shannon popularized radio’s “morning zoo” format, but it’s the children of Blythedale Hospital who stole the Westchester resident’s heart.

By Diana Scholl

Nibbles, December 2011: Restaurant Openings, Closings, Kitchen Changes, and Food Events in Westchester County, NY

Openings, Closings, Kitchen Changes, Food Events

By JBT

Soda in Westchester County: Local Restaurants Offering Carbonated Beverages Made with All-Natural Ingredients

Out of Junior’s hands (and into your favorite restaurants)

By JS

Local Foodies and Writers Share Their Personal Picks for Local James Beard Winners

So to whom would you give a James Beard Award? That’s what we asked local foodies/food writers. And the winners are…

By JBT

Holiday Drinks: Five Delicious Champagnes Under $50

Celebrating the Season with Sparklers That are Easy on Your Wallet

By Jeanne Muchnick

A Q&A with Chef Chris Ferris of Nessa in Port Chester

By John Bruno Turiano

What's In Season: Chef Jonathan Everin of Mount Kisco Seafood Provides a Dungeness Crab Cloppino Recipe

Dungeness crabs—and their meat—couldn’t be sweeter.

BY Diane Weintraub Pohl

Festive Holiday Drink Recipes from Westchester County Bartenders

Shake it up this holiday season with festive drinks sure to get you in a merry mood.

Westchester County Arts and Culture Events for December 2011

By Marisa LaScala

Holiday Events and Activities in Westchester County

There are two ways to take part in your favorite holiday activities.

Final Say: Q&A with Ernest Lungary, Director of th Humane Law Enforcement Division of the Socity for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Westchester

Ernest Lungaro, Director of the Humane Law Enforcement Division of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Westchester

By Laurie Yarnell

Restaurant Review: Scalini Osteria in Bronxville

At this Bronxville osteria, the smart kitchen knows what its well-heeled customers want.

By Julia Sexton