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We’ve always loved our early spring issue - flowers, sunshine, gardens. Regeneration.

Warm weather brings many levels, so let’s start with style - WEST brings us wearable micro-trends, from dazzling day-sequins to comfy denim and colorful tees.

Then learn about an environmentally friendly house for sale, built ten years ago by a couple whose concerns were clean energy and a large book collection. Then go back about one hundred and fifty years earlier and learn about the Adairs, whose goal was to maintain a home for generations, and how this became impossible.

Belonging to a home, a family, is everything. A Better Chance provides this for motivated high school boys who deserve a better shot at education. Then read about a chef’s “house,” Allium Eatery, a tasty, fresh restaurant run exclusively by two women with a solitary vision.

Do you know we live near one of the greatest salvage sale sites in the country? Mongers Market, an enormous warehouse in Bridgeport, sells every imaginable up-cycled object and hardware for every home, design, and DIY project of which you can conceive.

Gardening is huge right now, so bone up on what to buy, where to buy it, and a gorgeous new “she- shed.”

Lastly, we all know the heat’s on. Read about How to Prepare for Climate Change by Westporter David Pogue - he lets you know how to work with our weather changes on every conceivable level.

So put a vase full of daffodils on your counter and enjoy the new season!

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Whether you’re a sushi lover or just looking for a unique and delicious treat, SugarKrispco has something for everyone. So come and join the fun with Melissa and Rachel and try some of their delicious homemade rice crispy treat candy creations!

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Zion Physical Therapy Expanded Space Zion Physical Therapy is happy to share that we have expanded our space to a larger location and newly renovated space in the heart of Westport, CT! Still connected to Sherpa Gym, our new space includes two private treatment rooms along with an exercise and waiting area.

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GFC Gallery Presents HOME The GFC gallery presents “HOME,” an exhibition featuring the work of over thirty local artists. The show explores the concept of home from the perspective of a diverse group of artists working in a variety of media.

The gallery is located at 71 Hillandale Road and is open from 8:30 until 5:00 weekdays; from 9:00 a.m. until noon on the weekend. Admission is free and many of the pieces are for sale.

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WWC Annual Art Show Fundraiser The Westport Woman’s Club will host their annual Art Show Fundraiser on Friday, May 5th, from 5-7 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, May 6th & 7th from 2-5 p.m. at 44 Imperial Avenue. Curated by Westport artist Miggs Burroughs, the show features

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ABC Dream Event Join us for the 20th Anniversary of A Better Chance of Westport at the 2023 Dream Event. Guests will enjoy an evening of cocktails, dinner, entertainment, and an exciting silent auction!

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Enjoy irresistible one-act plays read by professional actors, followed by a talkback and delicious boxed lunch provided by Marcia Selden Catering.

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The Weather’s Getting Warmer... Now What?

ARTICLE BY ROBIN MOYER CHUNG

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Westporter David Pogue wants us to know we can adapt to the warmer days.

Of his recent tome, How to Prepare for Climate Change (HPCC) he assures us: “There are things we can all do about it.”

In David's many books, shows, and TED talks, his explanations untangle the hairiest of snares. Likewise, he tackles this daunting subject with compelling solutions, quick-read prose, and, yes, wit. As well, David approaches HPCC in a matter-of-fact manner that is enabling rather than enervating.

Thoroughly researched, HPCC addresses every eco-concern imaginable and a smattering of others one couldn’t possibly fathom. (Hard to imagine he averages 7.5 hours of sleep each night. I would have guessed three, four tops, upon perusal of a single chapter.)

Consider some facts and advice on how to battle rising temps:

HOW HEAT AFFECTS US Heat dries us out, weakens us, impairs our thinking, makes us more argumentative. It also stresses our hearts, which might not be an immediately obvious side effect.

Ordinarily, a teaspoon’s worth of sweat, cumulatively evaporating from all over your body, can cool your bloodstream a full 2 degrees. (A liquid evaporating from any surface cools it down.)

But when it’s humid out, sweat doesn’t evaporate from your skin, because it has no place to evaporate to. The air around you doesn’t want it; it’s already saturated with water vapor. That’s why humidity magnifies the effects of heat waves.

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He outlines its corporeal impact, such as (at the extreme): Heatstroke. This is the final stage of heat injury. Your body can’t control its own temperature anymore.

Your internal temp spikes above 104°.

Congratulations: You’ve got hyperthermia (heatstroke).

And provides immediate adaptive solutions: Designate a “cool room.” A typical basement stays at around 55° all year long, no matter how hot or cold it is above the ground. A basement is a great place to hang out when it’s baking outside.

Cool packs. Mattresses and couch cushions trap body heat. Fight back with refrigerated cold packs or even plastic water bottles, hot-water bottles, or buckwheat pillows you’ve chilled in the freezer.

Cool shower. A short, lukewarm or even cool shower can drop your body temperature in seconds. Let your body and hair air-dry. There’s nothing to stop you from taking a few of these showers a day.

Cool sheets. Chill your bedsheets in the freezer. They’ll feel amazing.

A born entertainer (Composer, Broadway music arranger), his writing entices readers to learn more about the issue (It’s 625 pages long, so there’s a lot to learn). At the book’s heart: not only will adaptive action help the individual, but it will also help all of us.

Though David’s a man with a million ideas, this book wasn’t one of them.

He approached publisher Simon & Schuster with another book. He presented his extensive pitch, their collective synapses buzzed, and they asked him to write a book about prepping for climate change instead.

Just so happened, David loved the idea. In part because “I was eco-depressed.” He promptly ticked off the chapters, “How to reinforce your house, how to talk to kids, how to invest, how

to insure, how gardening would change, where to live.” Then he says, “Neither title or outline changed from that minute.”

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How to Prepare for Climate Change Amazon.com BarnesAndNoble.com

anything about it. I’m not an investment guy, a child psychiatrist, or an agriculture guru. It’s all based on expert interviews.” Including information culled from climate episodes he hosted for NOVA. HPCC lets you know where to move (away from the coast), what to invest in (China’s snapping up arable land all over the world, so…), best ways to grab the attention of government officials (don’t use social media), treatments for depression and anxiety (there are therapists for that), and much, much… much more.

He also throws in interesting facts, such as: In Phoenix, Arizona, where it can get over 120°F, people have learned to keep oven mitts in the car.

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The melting ice sheets in Greenland are unlocking vast deposits of uranium, gold, and rare-earth metals; over 100 new mines are in development.

Starbucks is developing new, climate-resilient coffee beans.

New Orleans will spend the next 50 years constructing the most ambitious (and expensive) coastal-protection system in history.

No denying there’s worrisome stuff brewing. But David’s optimism and humor, judiciously speckled throughout, make contemplating this potential palatable. In fact, he concludes his 600-plus pages with a chapter entitled Where To Find Hope. And hope is our world’s most powerful medicine.

H I S TORY L O S T, THEN FOUND The Adairs of Westport ARTICLE BY ROBIN MOYER CHUNG

Alice Viola Burbridge's NY Board of Education ID card.

The Adairs grandchild.

Ten years ago, Annette Thomas - a descendant of Benjamin and Ursula Adair (who died in the early 1900’s) - came to Westport to learn more about her ancestors.

Our town had no official record of her family.

Then, during the pandemic, researchers at the Westport Museum (WM) decided to catalog the headstones in the Evergreen Cemetery, in which many notable Westporters are interred.

In the southwest corner they noticed something unusual: a separate area with larger stones engraved with endearing epitaphs belonging to the family of Benjamin and Ursula Adair.

Who were they? They were clearly wealthy landowners, so why is there no record of them?

According to WM Director Ranim Ganeshram, “A lot of the documentation that we would normally see in families and people and systems of European decent, we don’t see for African Americans.”

After a great deal of sleuthing, WM cobbled together their remarkable history: Around 1826, Benjamin Adair was born in South Carolina. His birth records don’t exist, suggesting he was enslaved. In 1850, records indicate that he had moved to New York City and was working as a waiter in the Washington Square home of Morris Ketchum.

Morris Ketchum was a wealthy financier and philanthropist of Manhattan and Westport. He was partner in a firm that became Rogers Locomotive Works, one of the largest manufacturing companies of steam locomotives in the US, and he was director Presumed to be Ursula Mingo Adair.

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Adair exhibit at Westport Museum for History and Culture.

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of the Illinois Central Railroad. Rumor has it that, as ICR director, he threw locomotive orders to Rogers.

Rumor also has it that Morris was the business partner of Frederick Law Olmstead, the venerated landscape architect of Central Park whose bridges-and-tunnel system inspired our country’s highway system. Fred landscaped Morris’s enormous Hockanum estate, a Westport property that stretched from Cross Highway at Roseville to Lyon’s Plains Road and a section of Main Street. On Sundays, Morris would fling open his gates to let residents have a gander at it.

Morris promoted Benjamin to coachman and moved him and his wife, Ursula Mingo, a woman of African and Shinnecock descent from Long Island, to Westport.

In 1852 Benjamin purchased a home for his family on Franklin Street.

Remember, Morris was a railroad man. Is it a coincidence that our train station, which didn’t exist when Benjamin moved to Franklin Street, now runs directly across it? All we know is that Benjamin sold his property to the New York and New Haven Railroad for roughly 300% more than what he paid. In 1877, he bought nine acres of farm property from Morris at what is currently exit 42 for the Merritt (and one of the most unappealing confluences of intersecting streets in modern history.)

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produced five tons of hay, 40 bushels of Indian corn, and 30 bushels of potatoes. The cows produced 300 pounds of butter, the chickens produced 50 dozen eggs.

Upon his death, Morris bequeathed Benjamin $1,000 - almost $29,000 today - writing in his will, “Benjamin Adair, long a faithful servant of mine, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid to him within one year after my decease” Benjamin died of tuberculosis in 1891. He left a valuable farm upon which his wife, daughter Emily, and cousin Hester continued to live, with the understanding he wanted the estate kept intact.

By the 1930’s his granddaughters were struggling to pay the taxes. In 1937 the Merritt Parkway was nearly complete and barreling through the outskirts of their front yard.

Though the proximity of this highway should have decreased the land’s value, the town increased it from $4,644 to $7,740 and slapped them with an enormous tax hike. The value of their neighbors’ land didn’t change.

Despite their efforts, by 1946 the Adair women could no longer shoulder the hefty tax. Due to a debt of $828.60, or $12,700 today, Westport took possession of their farm and sold it at auction.

Today, the area near their home is known as “Glynn’s Corner,” named for a white man who owned a few acres across from the Adair’s property.

After their research, WM notified Annette and her grateful family of their story. “For us, it’s our responsibility that history itself is told in its entirety and that no one is erased in the picture,” says Ramin. Further, in American history, “it took work to take people out of the story.”

Benjamin’s descendants are far-flung now, many of them became teachers and one, Mika Mingo, an internationally acclaimed dancer in the ‘40s and ‘50s.

The Adair’s home still exists, though it’s now unrecognizable.

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Top: Presumed to be Benjamin Adair.

Bottom: Presumed grandchild Hester Mingo.

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Kitt Shapiro, fashion expert and owner of WEST, has curated a selection of microtrendy pieces that are hip, flattering, wearable and, best of all, can be outfitted all over the place.

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A BETTER CHANCE WESTPORT SETS COMMUNITY AS CORE FOR SUCCESS

G IV IN G BAC K | ED U CATION

Gloria Fernández Tearte boarded the Greyhound bus from New York City heading from Brooklyn, NY to Appleton, Wisconsin, a town that the 16-year-old had never heard of before.

The only thing she could think as she stood in a vast field lined with a view of trees for miles and no traffic lights in sight was that she wasn’t going to get back on that bus again. A tree does grow in Brooklyn, but not in the neighborhood she came from. She was now to make a home where the sights, sounds, food, people, way of life, all of it, was a sudden shock from the life she’d known.

Gloria was one of the first children to be part of the A Better Chance (ABC) program and that bus ride was the beginning of a journey that, decades later, brought her to Westport to sit on the Board of Directors for ABC Westport. Now a social worker, she is an integral member of a group of board members, host families, resident staff, Staples staff, volunteers, and donors that make this program possible.

ABC Westport provides educational opportunities to academically gifted and high-motivated young men of color.

“We currently have six boys that live at the Glendarcy House and have room and resources for up to eight,” says Jen Gold, the organization's president. “We go through an extensive matching process before the scholars arrive in Westport.”

As the program celebrates its 20th anniversary, those involved with ABC Westport are having important conversations that didn’t exist a few years ago. They are pushing themselves and others to look through a new lens at how scholars are welcomed into the larger community.

“We ask ourselves questions like: Are the scholars being treated like visitors or like they are part of the community? Are we a partnership with the scholars’ families? How do we help scholars from vastly different backgrounds feel like they are at home? Are their needs being met?” says Sonya Harris- Jagenberg, ABC Westport’s DEI Coordinator Co-Chair.

By asking the hard questions, ABC Westport is creating an even greater sense of belonging for the scholars.

For instance, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee ensures equity and inclusion are at the center of the program. A Mentors Group, bonding and establishing community connections for the scholars, is one of DEI’s initiatives. A new chef at the house cooks with a passion for food and nutrition as well as satisfying the variety of tastes based on the scholars’ heritage. Monthly dinners are held with a variety of community members.

Lorenzo Colón Munroe, LSW, joined the team as the house’s social worker. He brings 35 years of experience in child and adolescent mental

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health services, and as a man of color he understands the boys’ experiences. As does Westport Police Officer Dominique Carr who meets with them periodically as well.

For ABC Westport, building a sense of belonging includes our whole community, strengthening partnerships with local mainstays like the Westport Country Playhouse, Westport Library and more.

“We want the house to be a home. Not just a place you are passing through,” says Sonya.

“What we are trying to do is connect. To let all the scholars know that they belong.”

Notably, when artist Charles Joyner recently presented at the library he set aside time to have private meetings with the scholars. In 1964, Charles left his home in North Carolina for Westport to live with a host family. He became the first black student to attend Staples. His time with the scholars represented an incredible connection that spanned decades in the making.

“Parents are sharing with us what is most valuable and precious to them, their child,” says Gloria. “It’s our job to recognize this sacrifice, and that these scholars and their families have

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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT ARTICLE BY ROBIN MOYER CHUNG

The gentle irony of Mongers Market (MM) is its website. It’s simple. The home page shows a black and white logo, click through to a tidy FAQ page. You’re done.

Oh, but that misleads.

Because MM is huge (the size of about two football fields*) and an utterly charming 1890’s warehouse, packed with stuff to buy.

Their 70-80 vendors sell everything in existence. Postal weights, wood spools, parking signs, terrifying dolls, moon boots, Smurf juice glasses, etc.

There’s even a basket of 3-ring notebook spines from the old Looseleaf Notebook factory (“You can use them to hang belts or plants,” instantiates manager Mary Karl.)

25% of the ground floor contains industrial salvage hawked by MM owner John Hiden, and his salvage is the reason MM exists.

What, exactly, is industrial salvage?

According to employee Derek Sterling, “Imagine going into every factory building, bowling alley, and church and pulling out all the good stuff that makes it what it is.”

Salvage, otherwise known as “vintage,” “antique,” or “potential landfill,” used to be the bastion of the treasure hunter, rooting through buildings in search of historic hardware, floorboards, or unique decorative items. Much earlier in the century, salvage also included priceless antiquities such as mummies and sculptures pried from temples. The term has been refined since then.

These searches were time-consuming and the hunters few, so their spoils were in limited quantity from only a smattering of dealers.

In 1977, editor Dan Cruickshank wrote an article in Architect’s Journal that helped tip off our now-conventional reclaiming of cast-offs. In 1975, almost 60,000 British homes were demolished, their ruins buried or burned. Of this, he wrote, “This waste is doubly criminal because not only are these materials of intrinsic value, but also because there are people throughout the country who need solid, seasoned, second-hand building materials and architectural features.” Builders began to recycle pieces of old homes into their new ones.

Closer to home: urban renewal in NYC. People began ripping out the industrial fixtures in SoHo and Tribeca’s old factory buildings to create rarified residences. Taking stock of the solid hardware, decorative lighting, and wellmade cabinetry in these ex-workplaces, they decided to maintain, even re-install, some of the choicer pieces.

Interior design trends caught on and, coupled with the rising concern for our environment and decreasing quality of mass-consumed building materials, increased salvage's popularity, hence making it more widely available. DIY projects and home shows further bolstered its use and demand.

John, an antiques dealer, noted the eco/DIY trend early. In 2012 he bought the then-dilapidated highway-side

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warehouse and spent the next six years knee-deep in a gut renovation. He hollowed it out and painted every conceivable surface, including a coat of silver on the floors. His friend Joe, also in the salvage biz, told John the size of the parking lot would be his biggest problem. Eying the enormous expanse of asphalt, John decided Joe was nuts.

He rooted through factories and old buildings, excavated the “gold” - strong chains, beautiful iron gates, sturdy doors, filing cabinets, organ pipes, nuts and bolts. Quantities of tables and chairs from closed restaurants, doors from homes - including a set from the Peabody Museum at Yale. Then he sorted and neatly stacked every piece for prospective buyers.

The buyers came, both residential and business. Restaurants purchased sets of chairs, businesses bought “Mack-Daddy” industrial tables, all at cut-rate prices. Sure, some of the items needed a bit of repair, but the quality was unbeatable and well worth the damage.

Then he began housing vendors of every conceivable item, including a tulip print cotton blouse I regret not purchasing. He established gating factors: vendors must show passion for their product, curate compelling items, and price it reasonably. They must be present on Sundays to engage with shoppers, they must keep their areas “fresh."

Today, every Sunday from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., MM sees crowds of people, from nearby and miles away. An assemblage as eclectic as the wares walk the silver-painted aisles, searching through thoughtfully organized merchandise.

And the parking? Well, Joe was right. Though Mary points out that spots do turnover and MM is going to great lengths to ensure every car can be accommodated.

But aside from all of that, this is what struck me most: as of November 2021 MM charges a $3 entrance fee, not to pad the profit but to encourage the lot’s use for those truly interested in their mission.

For these hunters, the treasure is more than the money. It’s recycling what the world has already built and making it useful for future generations. *There are three floors, the top two for commercial.

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Environmentally friendly homes are the future. Just like the fall of the mall and the drop of the box store, traditional homes will ebb to eco-builds. But it’s the common knowledge paradox: not everyone’s gotten the memo.

But some have. Vanguards of this eco-evolution, Nancy and Jeff, built on 88 Partrick Road over ten years ago with two things in mind: fuel the home with clean energy and make it large enough to contain Jeff’s book collection (at 8,602 square feet, it does).

Coincidentally, it’s also really fun.

A 2012 Hobie award winner for Best New Construction, the house is a “woodland retreat” situated on three acres with trees shrouding its street views, surrounded by thoughtful native plantings.

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Bookcases.

It was designed by architect Howard Lathrop, formerly of the internationally renowned New Haven-based firm Roche Dinkeloo. While there, he’s credited with designing the UN Plaza in NYC, which Frank Gehry had a picture of in his office as an example of his favorite modern buildings (according to an LA Times architecture critic.) He was also the partner-incharge of the 82,000 square foot Robert M. Morgenthau Wing of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan.

With his Westport firm, Sellars Lathrop Architects, Lathrop designed MoCA Westport. He’s designed only a handful of residences, including two in Westport (both for book lovers, evidently).

The large triple-paned windows on all sides lavish the home with natural sunlight while regulating the interior temperature, aided by spray-foam insulation in the walls.

Geothermal pumps heat and cool the house without the need for gas or heating oil. Solar thermal panels heat hot water

Staircase.

for the pool, while tankless water heaters provide hot water on demand without the inefficiency of a large water tank. Solar panels on the roof provide electricity.

Due to the high-quality building materials (including wood with few, if any, knots that can contribute to defects) and maintenance, the home looks far less than its years, both inside and out.

Now let’s talk about the fun stuff.

The main room was built for Jeff’s expansive library, so floor-to-ceiling bookshelves cover the walls. And if you’re going to have bookshelves like that, why, you simply must have a secret room!

Hidden behind a bookcase “door” is a stealth space with ventilation, should a private event include tobacco. It also has music, as does every room in the house.

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“When you build a staircase there has to be a landing, so grandfathers chasing grandchildren u p t h e s t a i r s c a n s t o p a n d h a v e a r e s t .” wallpaper gives one the impression of being in the interior of a wine cork.

The massive main staircase itself rests on two enormous steel beams, considered an “extraordinary engineering feat” as each beam is a single piece. The stairs lead to a landing before reaching the top floor. During college, Jeff found himself waiting in the lunch line next to the great architect Louis Kahn. Louis gave Jeff a bit of advice, “When you build a staircase there has to be a landing, so grandfathers chasing grandchildren up the stairs can stop and have a rest.”

Next to the kitchen is a sunroom, or “The Pentagon,” glassed on three sides with sliding doors and a five-sided windowed oculus on the ceiling. While the entire home

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lets “the outdoors inside,” (ahead on yet another trend!) this room lets it in times ten.

Rocks excavated from the build make up two rock walls; the one beneath the side balcony (off The Pentagon) is a rock garden with colorful blossoms every spring.

Then the house has other niceties: wine cellar, yoga room, terraces, and interesting architectural details throughout.

It was also home to a very kind family, so add “positive vibes” to the list.

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“This is my house - not just because we live here all day,” smiles Michelle Greenfield, chef/owner of Allium Eatery.

In fact, dining at Allium is very much like being in a friend’s home. You know, a friend who lives in a lovely home and cooks wonderful meals in a peapod-sized kitchen for a constant stream of guests and still manages to keep everything spotless.

Allium is her inaugural eatery, after working at Bernard’s in Ridgefield, with Bill Taibe in Jesup Hall, and as chef at Schoolhouse at Cannondale. Tucked into the end of Saugatuck’s Railroad Place, it’s tiny, pretty, and lauded for its fresh, creative cuisine.

Nora Harrington and Michelle Greenfield with sourdough boules.

We meet Michelle shortly after noon, plant ourselves at the bar, then pepper her with questions. She’s a fan of Sport Hill Farm (“Best vegetables ever - I love Patti!”). She enjoys constant change. She creates her own mocktails and cocktails, her most recent being “Honey, Honey."

Still chatting, she turns and pours a glass of wine, then politely excuses herself to ring up a tab, bring menus to diners who’ve just arrived, then returns with our salads.

We resume our barrage of savvy and insightful queries (“Wait, what’s the name of your wallpaper?”) when a sudden influx of diners interrupts us. So we turn to our lunches - an excellent rotisserie artisanal chicken on baby greens with herby cream, bacon, fennel, cucumber, and pickled shallot, and smoked fish with crème fraîche, whipped smoked fish, dill, shaved radish, celery, and arugula. Yes, they’re delicious and live up to the hype.

Foie gras mousse, blood orange, pepitas & pickled squash.

Despite Michelle doing seemingly everything, Allium isn’t a one-woman show. It’s all of a two-woman show. Norah Harrington, sous chef and a former Newtown High School culinary student of Michelle’s, is hidden in the little kitchen preparing meals while the restaurant hums for lunch and through the dinner rush.

Growing up, Greenfield family dinners were important.

“We’re an Italian American household, always feeding and hosting. We always had 40 people at Thanksgiving dinners.”

As for parental support, she recalls the special horror of her dad dragging her into the inner sanctums of restaurants to scope out their kitchens. When she turned 16, her parents began ferrying her to every cooking gig she could find, like omelet stations, unaware that she sometimes cut school for jobs.

Some weekends, you can find her mom waiting tables and her dad pouring ‘tails.

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Simon’s bread with basil butter, pecan lemon oil.

For the most part, though, it’s just Michelle and Norah and 16-hour days that Michelle describes as “Fun!” Her collected exterior conceals an amperage that could power a rock concert.

Oh - I’d be remiss if I didn’t circle back to the poultry. “We always have rotisserie chicken,” she explains. “It’s comforting and familiar but how we prepare - just a sec, I have to check these people out.” She politely excuses herself.

She comes back and continues, “[With rotisserie chicken] we can be adventurous and have one safe option.” “Adventurous” referring to antelope tartare, ostrich squab, venison… her game night dinner ain’t no Yahtzee party.

These chickens are the only constant Allium has served since it opened in 2021 and remain one of the most popular items. If you’re hanging near the train station around dinnertime, you can score a chicken and whatever potatoes and green vegetable

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Outdoor eating in warm weather.

she whips up that afternoon for $32. (This jazzes me because I fear the ways in which I’d ruin an upscale chicken.)

A friendly man, who we learn is Simon Bowden, Head Baker at Leaven & Co. - one of NYC’s top artisanal bakeries - pops in with gorgeous boules of sourdough, the only edible not made in-house. He hands us WLM folks a boule to bring home. “I only work with nice people,” Michelle says.

The lunch crowd is thinning. Before we leave, I ask Norah if she enjoys her work. She smiles shyly and exclaims, “I love it! I do.”

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ARTICLE BY ROBIN MOYER CHUNG PHOTOGRAPHY BY MINDY BRIAR Grace in her shed.

GRACE ROSENSTEIN’S GARDENING PLACE

Gardening is something one does in the dirt. It’s long hours of weeding, outsmarting nefarious garden-eating beasts, and braving steroid injections for poison ivy.

Some of us stack our flowerpots in an old bookcase, our gardening equipment struggling for residence among old sporting equipment and electric dog collar fencing.

Then there are those who make gardening look glamorous, such as interior designer Grace Rosenstein (GR) and her bespoke gardening shed. Though she concedes, “I’m not going to lie, it’s not typically this pristine,” it’s nonetheless a gracious reminder that working the earth is a beautiful thing.

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WLM: WHAT RESEARCH DID YOU DO BEFORE SELECTING HOW TO BUILD IT - I.E., MATERIALS, WHAT TO BUILD INTO IT, ETC.?

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WLM: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THIS SHED? GR: I love the integrated soapstone sink and antique brass pot filler, beautiful and functional

WLM: IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY, OR PLAN TO ADD TO IT? GR: Nope - In my next house I'll do a greenhouse/ shed combo so I can grow my seeds inside.

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Drawers for tools.

WLM: HOW DO YOU KEEP IT SO CLEAN? GR: It’s not insulated and the floor is deck flooring - We use and abuse it. It gets very messy with flowers and potting soil, but I can just roll the island aside and sweep everything right out. I also find my leaf blower very handy here.

WLM: I’D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GROWING AND WHY. GR: I grow new flowers and vegetables every year.

I'm always trying new plants. This year I have a lot of dahlias, cosmos, roses, peonies, calendula (first time growing), sweet pears, larkspur and more.

WLM: THERE ARE A LOT OF HORIZONTALLY NARROW DRAWERS. WHAT ARE THESE FOR? GR: There are only two - I use them for tools. In the island, but build in crates are good for storing bulbs, fertilizers, tools, you name it.

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Frontgate.com // 04 CHIC CLEANER BUNDLE. All-purpose cleaner that you won’t mind leaving out on your countertops as you wipe everything down. LavantCollective.com // 05 THE HOME EDIT DIVIDED ALL-PURPOSE BIN. Tackle that one closet (you know the one) that you’ve been avoiding.

These clear bins make it so easy to see each and every item and access their contents. ContainerStore. com // 06 SCRUB DADDY SPONGES. These sponges are viral on TikTok for good reason! The most durable sponges, they stay firm in cold water and soften in warm water so you’re equipped for any type of mess. The best part is they wash completely clean in the dishwasher. Amazon.com

Opposite Page: Spring Cleaning: Spring cleaning can be a daunting task but we always feel better once it’s done. These items are perfect to have on hand to make the entire experience a bit more pleasant.

Outdoor Chic: Time to get your outdoor spaces ready for spring garden parties and happy hours.

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BusinessAndPleasureCo.com // 04 PRUNING SHEARS. Snip in style with these pruning shears that fit easily in your back pocket. TheSill.com // 05 BONFIRE 2.0 FIRE PIT. Chilly spring nights are no match for these portable bonfires. Did I mention s’mores? SoloStove. com // 06 TABLE STAND AND SMALL CITRONELLA COIL. Bugs Beware! Keep pests away with a beautiful coil instead of tiki torches. ShopTerrain.com

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Home Refresh: These must-haves items will seem subtle but will revitalize your home as you welcome the new season.

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01 BRIMLEY REUSABLE SWEDISH DISHCLOTHS. Dishcloths and towels are a great way to liven up your kitchen from season to season. Even better that these are cute and reusable!

Amazon.com // 02 FARMERS’ MARKET HERB LIVE WREATH. Let the neighborhood know you’re ready for spring with this colorful live wreath. Williams-Sonoma.com // 03 HENRY ROSE CANDLE. The perfect candle to fill your home with the scent of spring (even on those grey, rainy days). HenryRose.com // 04 BÜRSTENHAUS REDECKER REUSABLE LINT BRUSH. This stylish, reusable lint brush is perfect for pet owners or anyone who is sick of finding little fuzzies on their black pants. Housework.Store // 05 SPRING ARRANGEMENT FROM FRESH FLOWER BAR. Don’t worry about April showers because with Fresh Flower Bar, you can have flowers anytime you’d like. FreshFlowerBar.com // 06 LEMON TOPIARY TABLECLOTH. Spruce up your dining room table with a seasonally appropriate tablecloth. PomegranateInc.com

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Gardening Spots In Spring, Westport is a vibrant town full of life, and home to the best stores for all of your garden-related needs:

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1. NATIVE. Like its name suggests, NATIVE provides regional local plants to liven up your homes, while restoring the harm non-native plants have done to our environment. ANativePlantNursery.com 2. Westport Grows… Seed Library & Exchange at Westport Library.

Check out Westport Library’s Seed Library, part of the Library of Things program. Freely take seeds for items to add to your garden, or enter extra seeds to give back to others. WestportLibrary.org

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WestportWomansClub.org/Special/Garden 5. Outdoor Design & Living. As a final touch, furnish your outdoor space to complete the look of your home and garden. Outdoor Design & Living can design your entire backyard, or help complete it, with landscape and outdoor design. OutdoorDesign.com

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6. Gilbertie’s. With the power of plants, this garden center grows organic herbs locally, and their lectures and events allow them to pass on knowledge and wisdom of their lifestyle.

GilbertiesOrganics.com 7. Wakeman Town Farm. An organic demonstration homestead, Wakeman Town Farm’s mission is to elevate Westport to a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle. Enjoy courses and events using every asset from their garden, for both kids and adults. WakemanTownFarm.org 8. Izzo & Son Country Gardens. With plenty of gardening essentials, as well as seasonal specials and plant designs, you can ready your backyard all year ‘round. IzzoAndSonCountryGardens.com 9. Oliver Nurseries. With a diverse range of gardening expertise and a unique and uncommon selection of plants, Oliver Nurseries has had Fairfield County’s back for 50 years.

OliverNurseries.com 10. Westport Garden Club.

Founded in 1924, Westport Garden Club strives to beautify Westport. With multiple affiliations, the club sponsors events and adds to our town’s history.

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Sleep Inside, Outside

Photography by Valtteri Hirvonen

3 Incredible places to (literally) sleep under the stars

It’s always magical to spend a night sleeping under the stars.

In decades past, adventure seekers have packed the SUV or camper with tents and gear for ‘roughin’ it’ in the great outdoors. But the swanky and exploding category of luxury outdoor hotel is something to investigate for an unforgettable, next-level experience.

For those who prefer glamping rather than pitching their own tent fireside, here are a few options that incorporate sweeping views and a unique opportunity for travelers to be more authentically embedded in the landscape of the place they’re visiting. These resorts have bucket list-worthy rooms that capture the best of both the luxury resort experience and the outdoors.

Whether you crave the dry heat of the remote Utah desert or the luminous beauty of the Northern Lights, we’ve curated a short list of some places you *must* check out.

Photography by Pacuare Lodge

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Finland These arctic igloos make Urho Kekkonen National Park look like a dreamy winter wonderland. Snuggle up inside the glassroofed globe and watch the dancing northern lights overhead. Get immersed in the world of northern lights, midnight sun and other miracles of this world-renowned arctic resort.

Just bundle up before stepping outside – temperatures can drop to -22 degrees!

Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica This jungle hideaway is so out there, you have to whitewater raft down a river or ride a gondola to get there. A network of hanging bridges connect the villas, which have thatched roofs, plantation teak wood floors, rattan furniture and private plunge pools.

In the evening, zip 400 feet down a cable for a meal at the Nest, a platform at the top of a ceiba tree, then take a night-time stroll along romantic pathways lit by candles and lanterns.

Amangiri, Utah In southern Utah, Amangiri is a five star resort perfect for an adventurous weekend in the desert. However, it is the simple rooms built to emphasize the beauty of Canyon Point that truly make it an incredible place to stay. Each suite has an outdoor lounge and fireplace with private pools or rooftop terraces available too. Don’t miss a dip in the ‘gram-worthy pool, which wraps around the landscape’s curved dunes and arid plateaus.

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APRIL 2023

events A curated selection of the most intriguing upcoming events in our area.

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Songwriting Master Class with Amilia K. Spicer

WE ST P O RT L I B R A RY | 3 : 00 P M Singer-songwriter Amilia K. Spicer teaches a master class songwriting workshop focusing on craft and technique.

Spicer is a singer-songwriter who hails from Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles. She describes her Americana/ folk rock style as “red-dirt noir, evoking majestic vistas — and shadowy mysteries.” WestportLibrary.org APR IL 4 TH

Risotto Workshop with Chef Vita

WAKEMAN TOWN FARM | 7:00 PM The plate is your canvas. Learn how to make a savory risotto from planning out the ingredients to sketching the presentation on paper to execution and plating. All workshops end with a meal we have prepared together. WakemanTownFarm.org

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Saturday Dance Social It's a Dance Party!

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B A L L R O O M E L E GA NC E DA N C E ST UDI O, 8 7 7 P O ST R OA D E AST, WE ST P O RT | 6 :0 0 P M In our studio we have created a place where you can enjoy social dancing, practicing new steps, meet and socialize with friends, and have a great time. Invite your dance partner - no dance experience needed - an introductory lesson before the party will help you to begin dancing right away.

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Eggstravaganza! An Easter Egg Hunt for the Littles WAKEMAN TOWN FARM | 10:30 AM Bring your whole family (and your egg-hunting baskets!) to Wakeman Town Farm and join in the fun. Egg hunts will kick off at 10:30 the in the morning, followed by egg-themed games, story time readings, and photos with Big Bunny. Visit the Farm's real animals, too. Yummy treats for the kids and coffee for the big "kids" provided by The Porch.

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Self-Checkout: Monthly Meditation Series with Pause + Purpose

WEST PO RT LIB R ARY | 6:00 PM The Westport Library and Pause + Purpose invite the public to "Self-Checkout," a monthly event series that explores the “why” and “how” of mindfulness through the inner “self."

Curious how meditation can work for you, your family, career, and community? Get started, or continue your journey, at “Self-Checkout,” where you can expect a wide range of experts, activities, performances, and discussion. WestportLibrary.org A P RIL 1 3T H

Chocolate Tart Workshop

WEST PO RT M US EUM, 25 AVERY PLACE | 6:00 PM Who doesn’t love chocolate? Learn to make a delectable – and historic!

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Executive Director, Ramin Ganeshram, a trained chef, food historian and award-winning cookbook author, will talk about the history behind chocolate and follow along as she teaches you to make your own special treats for yourself or to give as a gift! WestportHistory.org

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TEAM Westport Teen Diversity Essay Contest Awards Event 2023

WE ST P O RT L I B R A RY | 6 : 00 P M TEAM Westport, in partnership with The Westport Library, is proud to present the winners of the 10th Annual Teen Diversity Essay Contest.

The 10th annual event focuses on “The Dialogue Challenge: Effective Engagement on Race, Ethnicity, Religion and LGBTQIA+.”

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WE ST P O RT L I B R A RY | 7 : 00 P M Learn about rare and antique books with Kenneth Gloss, proprietor of Boston’s Brattle Book Shop. Ken, a rare book specialist will explain how he appraises books and manuscripts. Bring your family heirlooms, as there will be time for Ken to look at a few antiques during this event! Register to attend.

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Saxophonist Eddie Barbash

MO CA WE ST P O RT | 7 :00 P M Hailed by Jon Batiste as “one of the world’s most important saxophonists, with the unique ability to deliver pure melody through his horn,” Eddie Barbash was a founding member of the house band for the Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

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THE EYES Show It All WHAT PLASTIC SURGEONS LOOK FOR

ARTICLE BY FLORA LEVIN MD, FACS

We often use positive adjectives such as “vibrant, energetic, and youthful” or negative ones like “tired, aged, and concerned” to describe a person. Unfortunately, our eyes may give false impressions when there are genetic or age-related changes resulting in hooded or droopy upper eyelids.

Eyelid surgery is unique in that that it can make a person look younger without being obvious and have a positive impact on how they look to the world.

SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS I LOOK FOR TO ENSURE YOU HAVE THE BEST NATURAL RESULT? • I look at the eyebrows. The outer part of our brow often descends and deflates as we age. Most people see the effect of that as hooding and heaviness of the outer eyelid. Raising the tail of the brow restores normal anatomy and enhances the results of eyelid surgery.

• I look at the eyelid fullness or volume deficiency. Many people have deflation of the central eyelid fat pad. As a result, the skin loses its internal support (like a mattress that loses its firmness) and the skin folds become more prominent.

• I look at the skin and its quality. While I can remove the extra skin that has stretched over time, the skin left behind may have also lost its elasticity and firmness.

• I look at the eyelid position. The eyelid itself may come down, causing ptosis.

Failure to recognize and correct this may leave you still looking tired.

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