Half Pudding Half Sauce

"The appropriation for a house should be divided into two equal parts, one-half for the house, the other for the gardens, pathways, court, approach, terrace and the rest of it, or, as it might be termed, one-half for the pudding, the other for the sauce." Architect Thomas Hastings

Friday, December 16, 2022

CHRISTMAS COMES TO THE NEW YORKER'S FAT LADY AND HER BUTLER

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  By Helen E. Hokinson and made famous by their periodic appearance on the covers of Manhattan’s sophisticated weekly, the dowager and her m...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

"Casa Rosita" Miami Beach Studio Home of Henry Salem Hubbell

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 In February of 1924, Hubbell and his wife, Rose, a writer of considerable distinction, arrived in Miami Beach for the first time and spent ...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Case #244

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Old New England family. Prominent social and financial connections. Brilliant student. Groton four years. Harvard 1919-22. Won letter in two...
Monday, July 18, 2022

"Dark Hollow" in Ruins

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Dark Hollow was hidden away in a thicket of woods at the bottom of a steep mile-long winding drive.....  26 Dock Hollow Rd, Cold Spring Harb...
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