As a journalist, I have written about subjects ranging from the arts to home construction to how teenage girls define their identity through their wardrobes.
Every assignment allows me to become a temporary expert in a topic that inevitably becomes fascinating. I ask until I understand, and then I share what I’ve learned with readers.
The New York Times
2021
- Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: A Mixed-Income River Town (but a View Will Cost You)
- Rye Brook, N.Y.: A ‘Low-Profile’ Village With Good Schools
- Fairfield, Conn.: A ‘Relaxed Beach Town’ Where There’s Plenty to Do
- Woodbury, Conn.: Peace and Rustic Beauty, With a Sense of History
- Shelton, Conn.: More Living Space and Lower Taxes
- Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.: An Inclusive Community on the River
2020
- Washington, Conn.: A ‘Cultured Place’ With a Sense of History
- Pawling, N.Y.: A Quaint Place With Acres of Open Space
- Mahopac, N.Y.: A ‘Bedroom Community’ With an Elegant Past
- Lewisboro, N.Y.: More Rural Than Suburban, With a Range of Housing
- East Fishkill, N.Y.: Close to the City, but Far Enough Away
- Stratford, Conn.: A Welcoming Shoreline Community
2019
- Kent, Conn.: A Rural Escape, Two Hours from the City
- Hawthorne, N.Y.: A Neighborly Community With Strong Schools
- Katonah, N.Y.: A Walkable Place With a Sense of History
- Westport, Conn.: A Historic Town With a Global Mind-Set
- Bronxville, N.Y.: An Affluent Village 15 Miles From Manhattan
- Orange, Conn.: A Farm Town for Families
- Sharon, Conn.: A Calm, Quiet Town, 15 Minutes From the Train
- Thornwood, N.Y.: An Unpretentious Place Where Neighbors Know One Another
- Putnam Valley, N.Y.: Quiet, Rustic and ‘Old-Timey’
- Somers, N.Y.: A Close-Knit Town With Plenty of Shopping and Great Parks
2018
- Sherman, Conn.: A Quiet Town With a Medley of People
- Mamaroneck Village, N.Y.: A Low-Key Vibe on the Long Island Sound
- Bridgewater, Conn.: No Supermarkets, but Natural Beauty to Spare
- Off the Registry: Homemade Wedding Gifts
- Irvington, N.Y.: A Walkable Village With Striking Manhattan Views
- Buchanan, N.Y.: A Waterfront Village Braces for Big Changes
- Mount Kisco, N.Y.: Affordable, Walkable and Multicultural
- Redding, Conn.: More Woods and Fewer People
- Elmsford, N.Y.: A Quiet Village Surrounded by Highways and Commerce
- Garrison, N.Y.: A Bucolic Hamlet on the Hudson
2017
- Tuckahoe, N.Y.: An Affordable Village With Growth on the Horizon
- New Fairfield, Conn.: Good Schools and a Lakeside Setting
- Pelham, N.Y.: Close to the City, but With a Friendly Vibe
- Brookfield, Conn.: Lakeside Homes, Good Schools and, Soon, a Town Center
- Yorktown Heights, N.Y.: Progress and Preservation
- Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: A Magnet for the Eclectic
- North Salem, N.Y.: The Country Life
- Port Chester, N.Y.: Suburban, With a Bustling Downtown
2016
- Pound Ridge, N.Y.: A Bucolic Feel and a Sense of Community
- Bethel, Conn.: Bucolic and Affordable
- How to Put a Museum Exhibition Together (Hint: Start With Cash)
- At the Hudson River Museum, Art With an Inflated Sense of Itself
- Pleasantville, N.Y.: Front Porches and Easy Strolls
- On the Glass House’s Pond, Yayoi Kusama’s Clattering Polka Dots
- At Storm King, a Landscape of Stars, Rulers and Pipes
- The City of Lights, When It Was First Lighted
- At Vassar, Seeing the Heavens With Paint, Pencil and Cocaine
- Dorsky Museum Highlights Works That Elevate the Mundane Into Art
- At the Katonah Museum, the Art of the Nest
- Gothic to Goth: Exploring the Impact of the Romantic Era in Fashion
- At Exhibitions in Peekskill, Art in Plain English
- Dada Turns 100, and Still Astonishes, at Yale
- Three Iranian Women Use Art to Pierce Their Homeland’s Veil
- Poets Give Voice to Art in ‘Sound and Sense’ at Wadsworth Museum
- Painting Overtakes Pixels in Aldrich Museum Exhibition
- While You Were Sleeping, They Made Art
- Senior Care Facilities With World-Class Art
- Liza Lou’s Handmade Sea of Sparkling Glass
2015
- Warhol and Mapplethorpe: Exploring Gender as Disguise and Identity
- At Grace Farms, Encountering Art at Every Bend
- In Jordan Matter’s Photos, Dancers Make All the World Their Stage
- A Painter of Clouds, Revisited
- Hill-Stead Museum: Art, Nature and a Trailblazing Architect’s Legacy
- Contrasting Art and Creating Dialogue at Yale University Gallery
- Becoming a Vampire, or Almost Anything Else, in Live Action Role Playing
- A Deadly Sin at the Aldrich, From the Comfort of an Armchair
- Imagining Envy, One of the Seven Deadly Sins
- Art and Its Inspiration, Side by Side, at the Aldrich
- Leadership on View in ‘Art Walk’ Near West Point
- Seven Museums, Each Offering a Deadly Sin
- Katonah Museum of Art Celebrates Its Anniversary, Its Architect and Its Town
- ‘The Critique of Reason’ Redefines the Meaning of Romantic Art
- Escaping the Past, or Embracing It Before It Fades
- An Imaginary Battle Comes to Life at the Hudson River Museum
- Before YouTube, Experimenting With Video
- At the College of New Rochelle, a Show Meant to Provoke Double Takes
- At Vassar College, Canvases So Big They Are Seldom Seen
- At Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry, Master of Metals Is Artists’ Ally
- Wadsworth Atheneum’s New Spaces for Contemporary Art
- Faces of a Small Southern Town: ‘Becoming Disfarmer,’ at the Neuberger Museum of Art
- Domestic Discombobulation in an Odd Kitchen
2014
- The Adornments of a Baroque Hunting Lodge
- At Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Conversation Between Works and Over Decades
- Artistic Expression in a Repressive State
- An Eye for the 20th Century
- Personal Ways of Untangling the Political
- Where the Headless Horseman Lost His Head
- Soaring on Paper Wings
- But Will the Cows Like It?
- Formative Lessons in the Hudson River School
- Taking In the History of New London, a City Shaped by the Sea
- Stitching Together Yarn, Memory and History
- Putting the A in STEAM
- Exploring the Continuity of the Radical
- Chasing Fires in the Dark
- Where the Sylvan Settings Enhance the Art
- Brightening the Night With a Spring Palette
- A Marriage of Visual Masters
- Yonkers as Gallery
- Creatures Great, Small and Imagined
- Two Exhibitions, From Cover to Cover
2013
- Creative Ideas for the Holiday Gift List
- At Edward Hopper’s Home, Legally This Time
- Seeing and Being Seen, Across Millenniums
- Where Art Is in the Air, and in the Ground
- Where Medieval Armor Meets the Aquatic
- Sculptures Big and Small, and All in the Open
- Looking Through the Lens of a Collector
- Under a Coaster, a Dream, or Maybe a Nightmare
- New Insight Into Hopper in a Girlfriend’s Letters
- A Shoe Sun and a Wire Ram
- A Village’s Bicentennial Celebrated in Sculpture
- An Old Technology, Transformed
- Caravaggio, and Some of His Admirers
- Using Nature to Depict Itself
- An Artist’s Eye at Work
- Quilts: From Classic to Crazy and Beyond
- Books as Artists’ Concepts: Time, Space, Performance
- High Points, and Other Stops, in a Painter’s Career
- Skills Honed When the River Was Still the Highway
2012
- Legs and Legends in a Domestic Setting
- In This Show, the Abstract Is Here and Now
- Trying to Make Sense Out of Chaos
- When Furniture Wandered Into Sculpture
- White That Does Not Signify Purity
- Hudson-Inspired Art, Popping Up All Over
- In His Sculptures, Vitality; In His Portraits, Precision
- Out of Many Themes, One Topic
- Above the Hudson, Rocks That Inspire
- Amid a Renovation, Rethinking the Neuberger
- A Deeper Look at Faster, Higher, Stronger
- Photographs of a China in Flux
- Finding in Sunlight a Sound and a Taste
- The Human Form, Unleashed
- Diverse, Innovative, and Now Outdoors
- In Figure and Form, Sculpture All Around
- A Cardboard Fountain, Braving the Elements
- When a South Bronx Collective Went International
- Chopped-Up Piano Parts Inspire New Art Forms
- Getting Lessons in Acting, and Life
2011
- Giving Voice to the Legions Buried in a Potter’s Field
- A Lively Nativity Scene With Roots in Italy
- Small Wonders, Made by Hand
- Family Fun, Out of the House
- What the Earth Gives, and What It Inspires
- The Aesthetics of Functional Pottery
- It’s a Giant Person! And It’s a Tree? It’s Art
- Artistic Tributes on a Solemn Day
- An Outdoor Exhibition of Cow-Proof Art
- Perspectives Along the Urban-Rural Spectrum
- Celebrating a Connection to Three Collectors
- The Voices Emerging From College Studios
- Cutlass Lessons and Tattoos for Aspiring Pirates
- ‘Goon Squad’ Writer Prepares a Visit
- When Snoopy Landed on the Moon
- Celebrating Hopper, a Favorite Son
- A Couple’s Offerings of Film, Theater and Music
- In a Former Bank, Money Still Talks
- Odd Textures, Elegant Poses and Math’s Golden Mean
- A Czech Artist Explores Memories of New York
- An Actor’s Story, Retold Onstage
- Taking on the Role of Gender in Media
- Self-Portraits of Society
- A Gallery of Presidents, as Seen in Magazines
- A Tiny, Shared Space for Creative Types
- Photography, in the Family Way
- Cashmere Shawls, From 2 Realms
- Writers Create a Haven Away From Home
2010
- Dante’s Hell, With Those Who Can Relate
- Well-Worn Toys Tell Stories of Times Past
- From the Former Eastern Bloc, Wielding Color
- Smiling Skeletons, With Lives to Lead and Issues to Raise
- From a Mariachi Band, a Happy ‘Ay Yay Yay’
- Sleepy Hollow Just Got Scarier
- 18 Very Different Pieces of Clay
- Shakespeare in the Great Outdoors
- A Curator Goes With Her Gut
- 5,000 Years of Chinese Music and Dance, in One Night
- Finding the Link Between Werewolves and Karaoke
- Ten Years of Telling Tales
- A Music Festival Stretches Out
- Tag Sale Is Fake; Poster Is a Roz Chast Artwork
- Artists Ask the Public to Peek In
- Circus Thrills, Minus the Big Top
- A Party, by Way of Africa and Holland
- Celebrating Artists Who Keep the Action in Abstraction
- Visions of the Eerie, the Wacky and the Whimsical
- Pushing the Boundaries of Dance
- Renewing Memories of a Big Hit
- Looking at Souvenirs and Seeing Art
- Experiencing Iranian Culture Through a Master’s Films
- A Tragedy of Freedom and Humanity Denied
- Offering Face Time With History
- Simple Boxes to Beam You Up
- Aldrich Celebrates Five Exhibits at Once
- Asking the Whole County to Embrace a War Story
- Writer to Speak at a Tea on King Day
2009
- Barbara Cook to Make Philharmonic Debut
- Turning a Spotlight on Latin American Music and Art
- Solace for the Spirit, and the Pocketbook
- Peekskill to Cut the Ribbon on a Child-Crafted Trail of Tiles
- Meet ‘Olive Kitteridge’
- New Season for Inspired Recital Series
- Acclaimed Poet and ‘Agent of Change’
- The Magical Origins of Modern Chemistry
- One Award to Honor Two Arts Leaders
- Movie Nights, Cocktail Hours and Other Museum Specials
- A Festive Salute to All Things Bicycle
- Art Among the Cattle at Saunders Farm
- The Art of Conversation
- Big Collection, Little Elbow Room
- 10-Day Party in Honor of a City and Its River
- Litchfield Jazz Gets a New Home
- A Master of Two Dimensions, Plus One
- Silk-Screen Prints Reopen a Heavy-Equipment Factory
- Toni Morrison Has a Conversation
- A Film Festival Broadens Its Scope
- A Local Gallery Spreads Its Wings
- ‘To Cultivate, Promote and Encourage’
- Recycled Artwork for Forward Thinkers
- Corridors of Creativity
- Small-Town Ensemble, Big-City Skill
- ‘New Media’: Brain Trees, DNA, Receipts ... and Bells
- A Show of Heartfelt, Diverse Works
- Celebrating Animation
- Celebrating a Decade of Nurturing Artists on the Verge
2008
- New Educational Center Bolsters Jacob Burns Theater
- Opera House to Rise Above a Ceiling Fall
- Patriotic Appeals
- ‘Conversations’ Series Features Artists in Their 70s
- 3-Day Westchester Craft Show Opens Friday at County Center
- Virtuoso Joining Philharmonic for Opener
- A New Set of Pipes
- A Focus on Society’s Ills
- WFUV-FM Co-Sponsoring ‘Neu Nights’
- Skyward-Looking Sculpture Joins Park
- Sitting in Judgment
- A Children’s Art Project on a Pretty, Grand Scale
- Changing Configurations Make Up Jazz Collaborative
- Restoring Handel’s Passover Epic
- A New Hand to Steer the Fast-Growing Burns Film Center
- For a Purchase Premiere, ‘A Musical Outcry’
- A Local Jazz Group Hits Its Stride
- Renovation Plans Proceeding for Theater
- Interpreting a Blueprint for Birds
2007
- Redevelopment in Yonkers Spurs Public Art
- A Place to Learn, and a Chance to Perform
- Heading to a Museum? Don’t Forget a Laptop
- A Range of Disorders Tamed by the Beat
- Top Billing at Concert: Organ’s 3,721 Pipes
- New Italian Cultural Center Represents Philanthropic Legacy
- Twenty-Five Reasons to Turn Off the TV
- Town Hears New Chappaqua Crossing Plan
- The Art of Collaboration: One Vision, Many Hands
- Festival Presents Storytelling as Theater
- For a Writer-Painter-Singer, Secret’s in Her ‘Chemistry’
- New Literary Partners in a ‘Dance of Death and Life’
- Agency Finds Orphans Homes for Summer, and Sometimes Longer
- Show Will Feature Paintings Looted by Nazis
- At a 50-Year-Old Art Center, All Things Clay
- For Inmates, a Stage Paved With Hope
- Responding at Home to a Crisis Faraway
- For a Student of the Arts, a Gallery to Call Her Own
- Documentary Maker Starts by Focusing on a Person
- From Nature’s Geometry, ‘Healing’ Art
2004
- As Elderly Populations Grow, So Do Their Services
- Warwick, N.Y.
- From Rip van Winkle to Rockefellers in Sleepy Hollow Country
- Kent, Conn.
- A Wave of Photos Of Faces Still Missed
- These Books Reveal Their Artistry: Penciled, Folded, Boxed
- A Woodworking Fascination Turns Into a Craft
- Keeping the Public Eye on Things Beautiful
- Getting Opportunity to Knock by Starting a Theater Company
- Looking Through a Lens/BETSY BRAUN LANE; A Freedom Path, by Way of Peekskill
- Weekender | Kent Township, N.Y.
- On the Fast Track of Passion, a Page at a Time
- Upfront but Behind the Lens
- In Daughter's Name, Parents Set Up Initiative
- Weekender | North Salem, N.Y.
- Oh, to Be in the Northeast Now That January's There
- Freeing the Inner Drummer
2003
- For a Prolific Writer of History, Her Own History in the Making
- Turning Menus' Pages To Travel the World
- From Local Artists, CD's to Tease the Ear
- What if Someone Wrote a Book and ...?
- Rock 'n' Roll Band Rooted in Westchester With Eyes on the World
- Bicycling in Denmark, Or on a Virtual Tour
- Second Chapter Of Second Shift
- To Preserve and Protect
- A New Fast Track To Work
- Two Alternatives To Mall Shopping
- Yiddish Songs That Make the Leap Through Time and Culture
- More Bagels Roll In, With Trimmings
- If They Had Time in a Bottle
- For Frijoles and More, Salvadoran Opens a Door
- Caretakers of Cats Make It Official
- A Hair and Spa Salon That Will Feed Meters
- Training Available For Mountain Bikers
- A New Name That Says More or Less
- Publishing House Moves To Rockland County
- A New Place to Practice Tae Kwon Do
- After School Program To Aid Special Needs
- Oms at High Temperatures In a New Chappaqua Studio
- Dancing in the Dark
2002
- A Music Conservatory Branches Out in Katonah
- Tightened Belts, Longer Hair
- Home-Baked Treats For Fido, Delivered
- For Contemporary Art, A Painter's New Gallery
- A Hot Chocolate Bar Opens in Larchmont
- Putting Their Passions on Their Shelves
- Together, 24/7
- A Former Dodger Readies Sluggers for the Diamond
- Clothes for the 'Tween At a Rye Boutique
- Places in the Home Where There's Comfort, Peace or Quiet
- First the Showrooms, Then the Sidewalks
- Photo Shoots and House Calls From a Croton Veterinarian
- Anthropologie and Others Arrive at the Westchester Mall
- What Do Women Like? Ask 'The Girls'
- Cities Find Sisters Abroad
- For Different Tastes, Four New Furniture Stores
- Balance and Harmony in a Garden
- A Model Home, Even With Art on the Walls
- In Mt. Kisco, Stores Move In, Others Play Musical Chairs
- Hudson Valley Products Available on Line
- Bananas. Click. Paper Towels. Click.
- When the Clock Strikes Summer; As Order Evaporates, A Mother Steps Back
- Reader's Digest Acquires Reiman and Its Readers
- Ballet des Enfants Expands to Chappaqua
- In Briarcliff Manor, Room for Music and Yoga
- A Haircut Today? Or the Foxtrot?
- Not a Party or a Business Meeting
- Low Salaries, High Turnover Among Child Care Workers
- Loved the Play, Hated the Posters
- Superstore Shopping, Viewed From All Aisles
- Mega Stores Revive A Somers Shopping Center
- Century-Hopping In Two Home-Oriented Stores
- Irvington Bans V-Word in Play's Ads
- A Little Help Around the House
- An Armonk Birthday Option: A Cake and a Haircut
- In Chappaqua, Pilates On Both Sides of the Street
- Answering the Call to Rebuild
- Working Woman's Group Puts on a Read-a-Thon
- A Home Furnishing Store, Making Work Closer to Home
- Vodka Rooted in Estonia, But Established in Ossining
- Threads of Chappaqua's Past
- As Saks Shuts Its Doors, Fortunoff Sets Groundbreaking
2001
- The Warehouse Guys Heap Discounts Upon Discounts
- Sustenance for Earliest Risers From a Larchmont Caterer
- Spots and Fumes, Begone!
- Mini Wreaths and Firemen Selling Well in Pound Ridge
- Parents Reconsider Teenagers' City Trips
- Mattresses Move In Where Books Used to Be
- A Business Designed To Help Restore Order
- Following Threads To Find Their Art
- Many Feel a Need to See World Trade Center Site
- For Some, a Rolling Office; For Others, a Mobile Chapel
- Bedtime Reading, Ever After
- Restoring Lost Luster
- The Real Test for Students
- Hollywood East
- It's Summer, but Somewhere Christmas Spirit Fills the Air
- Waterhouse Group Sets Up Shop in Mount Kisco
- Support for Working Mothers
- Trump's Golf Course Plan Seen as Threat to Water
- A Great Winter for Car Washes
- Tip Them Over, Pour Them Out
- In and Around Teatown, A Multitude of Choices
- Dancing Teapots as Practical Art
- Rabbi Found Not Guilty Of Menacing a Neighbor
- Let Them Eat Sandwiches
- Mount Kisco Station Goes Weeks Without Elevators
- A Breast Cancer Survivor's Story, Told in E-Mail Messages
2000
- Couple's Love of Theater Translates to Local Stage
- What Do You Call the, Uh . . . ?
- Only the Best for Man's Best Friend (Woman's Too)
- A Small-Town Art Community Shows Big-City Smarts
- It's Hard to Kill a Good Oriental Carpet
- No Guilt Pangs Here: Day Care for the Dog
- Restore, Don't Toss, Aging Metal Patio Pieces
- Sorters and Gizmos to Ease the Wash Load
- Laundry Rooms Leave the Basement Behind
- Making a Daily Task Of Chasing Dust Balls
- Feet First: Preparing To Dive Into Summer
Communication Arts
Hamptons Art Hub
- Matisse, as Curated by Ellsworth Kelly, Presents Unique Perspective at Katonah Museum of Art
- William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation Offers a Contrarian Collection of Art
- A Pure Impressionist, Alfred Sisley’s Evolution Traced at Bruce Museum
- Leandro Erlich Survey Makes the Familiar Fantastic at Neuberger
- “Outcasts” Empowered, Upend Ideas on Female Identity at Wave Hill
- ART REVIEW: Whirling Visual Activity in Beth Campbell Mind-Maps at Aldrich
- Intimate Julian Schnabel Painting Survey Opens at the Glass House
- David Smith’s Fascination with White Featured at Storm King Art Center
- Hudson River Museum Pairs Zakanitch with Collection Highlights
- Figurative Paintings by Sherri Wolfgang Explore Body Image at Housatonic Museum of Art
- “Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists” at Katonah Museum Blur Lines between Art, Design, Craft and Commerce
- Cool School Artists Ed Moses, Billy Al Bengston & Ed Ruscha Bring Southern California to New Britain Museum of American Art
- Arte Povera Highlighted in Debut Exhibition at Magazzino Italian Art, a Private Collection Turned Public
- Robert Longo Flag Unfurled for Creative Time’s “Pledges of Allegiance” Public Art Project
- Carrie Mae Weems: A Silent Observer of a Changing Beacon
- Josette Urso Paintings Translate Visual Cues into Colorful Abstraction
- INFLUENCER – Kathryn Markel: A Passion for Community in Art & Glassworks
- Jane Dickson Works Yield Penetrating Portrait of Times Square That Was
Art New England
Harvard Magazine
Wesleyan Magazine
Gnome magazine
Westchester Magazine
Westchester Home
- A World Bazaar: Yvonne Jean Rabie and Daniel Carranza of Ethnika
- Sculptural Seating: Giovanni Pagnotta
- Bodies of Work: Milton Sherrill
- Esmeralda Santiago
- Favorites: Chris Madden
- A Thing or Twos: Bobbie Gottlieb
- Primary Concerns: Joe and Victoria Klein
- Smart and Stylish: Robert and Kimberly Ainley
- Perfect Pairing: Wine Enthusiast
- Art's Content: Kenise Barnes
- An Artist's Life: Tom Christopher
- Personality: Stacy Higgins
- A Few of My Favorite Things: Barbara Schumacher
- Handle With Care
- Furnishing Faves
Exhibition Catalogues
House
- 55+ The new face of Senior Housing
- Enlightened Design: Vedic architecture
- Funky Traditional: A renovated Chappaque bungalow
- Ghost town on Bear Mountain
- History Project: The New Preservationists
- The Right Space
- A Town For All: Mount Kisco
- Welcome Home: The Schaffrans' Katonah home
- Flown: Reflections from a nest newly emptied
- Eating the Farm: The pleasures and virtues of eating fresh and local
- So long, McMansion
- Home Life, Home Girl: Pam Socolow
- Enlightened Rituals
The Journal News
Radcliffe Quarterly
Westchester County Times
Westchester Wag: Cover Stories
- July/August 2003: Dominique Browning: Her House & Garden
- December 2003: Family Jewels: The Women of Fortunoff
- March 2004: Ralph Lauren: Polo Grounds
- June 2004: Andrew & Ann Tisch
- December 2004: Christopher Radko: Host of Christmas Present
- February 2005: Million Dollar Molly
- April 2005: Lauren Gordon: Feel Her Coming
- June 2005: Perfect Harmony: Chuck Loeb & Carmen Cuesta
- October 2005: E.D. Hill: Fox News, Views, and the PTA