Why Strength Training is Not Optional
In Good Health | written by: LINDA STEPHENS Lifting Matters: Part 1 With all the things we have to do on a daily basis, life can be hectic. Trying to cram in one more thing can … Read more here…
Better Together
Mental Health—On and Off the Field Mind Set Q&A with Darien High School Girls Lacrosse Coach LISA LINDLEY, photo by: BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com Coach Lindley with DHS Morgan’s Message Ambassadors. From left: Sadie Stafford, Anna … Read more here…
The Good Dirt
The Women of the DCA Greenhouse By PAMELA DEY VOSSLER, photos by BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com DCA Greenhouse members: Back row: Liza Smith, Flora Smeaton, Alice Watson, Susan Wilson, Sue Hayes, Mary Bloomer, Laura Mosher, Donna Gunya, … Read more here…
Following Your Art
Art Show | written by: CAROLE CLAPS with PAMELA DEY VOSSLER SDY alum James Lapine (center) in SDY’s The Music Man. He would go on to become a Theatre Hall of Fame director, playwright, screenwriter and … Read more here…
Senior-ity
The Joy of Putting Darien’s Older Residents First Giving Back | contributed by AT HOME IN DARIEN AHID Board Members & Friends at the Memorial Day Parade / / photograph courtesy: At Home in Darien Are … Read more here…
Food for the Soul
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER, photograph by: BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com Because Joe knows, in a time of nouvelle cuisine, artistic efforts yielding small portions of highly specialized food and fussy variations … Read more here…
Letter to Our Readers – May 2023
Dear Readers and Residents of Darien, Is there anything as uplifting as spring? Well, many things probably but certainly the color and life of this great season rank high. What’s interesting is that it all starts … Read more here…
New Orleans White Chocolate Pain Perdue with Bourbon Caramel Sauce
Darien Cooks | written by: CAROLYN EDDIE I have just had the pleasure of spending a few days in New Orleans, playing bridge in a national tournament. A slightly surreal experience—cerebral and hedonistic. Totally my kind … Read more here…
Life in a Loaf of Sourdough Bread
The Good Table | written by: PAMELA DEY VOSSLER Rob VanKeuren with Flour Water Salt Head Baker Samantha Valenti, Opening day, November 2018 / / all photographs courtesy: Peter Wynn Thompson In hindsight, the breadcrumbs appear, … Read more here…
The Food Scrap Challenge
Giving Back | contributed by CAROLYN BAYNE and the Darien Advisory Committee on Sustainability,photograph by: BAMBI RIEGEL | riegelpictureworks.com Darien Advisory Committee on Sustainability members (from left): Dan Dolcetti, Carolyn Bayne, Mohan Ganadal, Christine LaJaunie, Amanda … Read more here…