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departments 16 EDITOR’S LETTER 20 FROM THE FOUNDERS Of Kids and Camps 25 STATUS REPORT BUZZ Greenwich Police Department celebrates 125 years. We take a look at the notable highlights that have shaped our force. SHOP The Real Real comes to Greenwich. GO New York is open and ready for business— and there are plenty of luxe places to stay and play! DO A new app for Gen Z sets out to bring personality to the online dating scene.

EAT Moon offers a chic Asian culinary experience.

FanDuel’s Lisa Kerney

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Almost no major catastrophe in history has gone unforeseen.

Instead, the warning signs have gone unheeded. National security expert R.P. Eddy explores global events of the past and present and tells of the scientific and political experts who saw them coming. And, yes, he raises a red flag on what’s ahead.

Design experts weigh in on how to use color, texture and patterns to brighten your home—and your mood.

From major projects to little touches, there’s something here to take your interiors to the next level.

We talk to Lisa Kerney, the former ESPN sportscaster and current host of FanDuel’s More Ways to Win, about the sports world—and what it takes to break the glass ceiling of that world. Spoiler alert: big dreams, unstoppable drive and encyclopedic knowledge.

Oh, and a kind heart and generous spirit don’t hurt.

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ne of the privileges of producing this town’s magazine is that we are entrusted with telling the stories of our fascinating neighbors. We never have to go far to find men and women doing amazing things in every realm—from politics and science to sports and entertainment. In this issue we meet two very different, yet equally impressive, personalities.

To encapsulate the brilliant R.P. Eddy is nearly impossible. But writer Tim Dumas does a masterful job of bringing us into the mind of Eddy, who knows a thing or two about the warning signs that foretold of impending catastrophes but went unheeded by the powers that be. He penned the first White House pandemic response plan back in the 90s, has been honored as a global leader of tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, and serves as the CEO of Ergo, an intelligence firm that helps governments and corporations navigate catastrophic problems and shape the world’s future.

In “Escaping Tomorrow” (page 64) Tim speaks to Eddy about where we’ve been and, most importantly, where we’re headed.

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eye-opening, to say the very least.

What R.P. Eddy offers us in the way of contemplation Lisa Kerney offers us in inspiration. The host of More Ways to Win shares the secret to her success—sheer determination. She talks about overcoming a devastating accident that changed the course of her life, breaking into the male-dominated sports industry, taking risks and pushing her limits. This powerhouse isn’t daunted by much. (And in between filming on both coasts and raising four young children, she just may find time to bake your dog some cookies.) Writer Jamie Marshall introduces us to Lisa in “Sure Bet” (page 88).

I recently attended a publishing conference, and one of the speakers addressed the art of longform journalism—stories that aren’t just quick bites. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist discussed the importance of articles that allow the reader to take a time out and escape into a narrative that entertains, engages, educates and inspires. I’m proud to say that I believe these stories do just that.

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When I struggled to mount Smokey, he tried to bite me in the butt, and I ran screaming from the old corral.

t’s June and, with luck, we can shuttle the kids off to some sort of modified/masked sleepaway camp. This means assembling and name-tagging sweatshirts, backpacks, shin guards, baseball gloves, riding boots, water bottles, bath towels and stuffing them into duffle bags. But it’s worth it.

My earliest camp memory is visiting my older brother at a boys’ camp in Maine, accidentally locking myself in the upstairs bathroom of the director’s house and having to exit via the window and an extension ladder.

Total mortification.

This was followed by my own five-year adventure at Camp Wabasso in New Hampshire —eight weeks a long, long way from Cleveland.

It took three trains and two days to get there.

For a while I was hopelessly homesick.

It was also a riding camp (my best friend was going), but I never got on a horse.

Granted, I could read a racing form. My father considered it part of our education to take us kids to the track and stake us each to $2 a race (which he placed, because we couldn’t go to the window).

But on Day 1 after dinner, when everybody rushed to the bulletin board to see which horses they were assigned, one girl asked, “Who got Smokey?” I had. “Oh, too bad,” she said, ominously. I couldn’t sleep all night. Sure enough, when I struggled to mount Smokey the next morning, he tried to bite me in the butt, and I ran screaming from the old corral.

“That’s all right, Donna,” said Miss Chris, the owner. ”You don’t have to ride.” Except my father had to pay for five years’ worth of oats and hay anyway. He never got over it.

But I loved everything else about camp—the war canoe races, the Hairy Arm ghost stories by the campfire, the wild blueberries you picked for the cook to make into a pie for your table, greenwichmag.com

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the production of Pinafore with me as the Modern Major General, et al. One night we snuck out of the cabin to skinny dip. There was a big slide on a float and I was first to go down—a sticky process on a dry surface—when suddenly a canoe full of boys from the camp across the lake turned a spotlight on me. I flipped over on my stomach and was stuck in that position until they finally paddled away.

Then there were the songs: “May I Light My Flame from Yours?”, when we lined up in the dark and lit our candles from another held by the Head Girl, and “I Don’t Want to Go Home,” sung tearfully at the final banquet. I sang them not long ago when lunching with someone I hadn’t seen since we were eleven years old.

Here’s how it happened. My Wellesley roommate Jeremy Callahan and her husband Ken, who wintered in John’s Island, were chatting with a couple they’d just met.

“You’re from Cleveland?” said Gael Seaton Habernickel. “We don’t know anybody from Cleveland except a crazy cabin-mate I had at camp named Donna Clegg.”

Of course, the next time Jack and I were in Vero, we met for lunch. (Figuring we might not recognize each other, I wore an orange hat.) “Do you have any idea how funny you were?” Gael asked me. “When you were homesick, the whole camp knew about it.” Then she recalled the time I was in New York with my parents and invited some camp friends from New Jersey to join us one day. “Your mother took us to Saks, and we all had our nails done while she bought shoes,” she said. “You sat there like a princess!”

Some things you never forget.

So make sure to sign up for Visiting Day with your little campers and relive those memories.

And, just for laughs, you might also Google the Allan Sherman classic: “Hello Muddah/Hello Fadduh/Here I am at/Camp Granada.” G

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hen James Heavey became a Greenwich Police Officer in 1986, his first assignment was to walk a Greenwich Avenue beat. As a new officer, his shifts were often overnight. His duties included jiggling door handles and peering in windows of shops and businesses to make sure nothing was awry.

If it was tedious sometimes, Heavey appreciated the occasional nights when a benevolent supervisor “took pity” and “let me take a break by driving a patrol car around two a.m.”

But he adds there was real value in walking a familiar beat.

“I knew Greenwich because I grew up here, but you notice things when you see them every day. If something was off, you knew it.”

Much has changed in the Greenwich Police Department since Heavey first walked

that beat armed with a wooden baton and a revolver. These days, officers assigned to patrol the business district carry semi-automatic weapons. Last year, they began riding electric bikes that keep them visible and accessible by moving at speeds up to thirty-five miles per hour. Meanwhile, a specialized team of plainclothes officers who are part of the department’s Organized Retail Crime Activity Squad (ORCA) investigate large-scale shoplifting rings and credit-card identity thieves drawn to the spoils of the Avenue’s luxury retailers.

As the GPD celebrates its 125th anniversary with a series of special events scheduled throughout the year, Heavey leads an increasingly diverse team of 152 first responders.

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the decades. Ten percent of the town’s officers are women, and more than 21 percent are military veterans.

“I’m proud of where we’ve come from and where we're going,” he says. “The one thing that hasn’t changed over the years is our emphasis on exceptional community policing.”

While plenty of Greenwich crime was—and still is—the homegrown variety, Heavey notes many of the more serious law enforcement challenges his officers face today remain a byproduct of the town’s position along I-95 and the Merritt Parkway corridors and the allure of an affluent zip code.

“The truth is a lot of the really bad guys we deal with commute to town. A lot of Greenwich’s development through the years has been related to transportation,” the chief explains. “We’re close to urban areas, and the wealth that exists here does attract certain crimes. You see it in everything from the highly organized shoplifting rings that come to Greenwich Avenue to things like identity and credit-card theft, which has emerged as a serious problem.”

Sadly, domestic violence is the town’s most common form of homegrown crime, with 220 incidents last year. While car thefts and driving while intoxicated are also high on the list, Heavey says intimate partner violence is a microcosm of the way prevailing attitudes toward certain offenses have evolved.

“The important thing to understand is that it’s happening in every corner of the town, every neighborhood,” he says. “We’ve had very serious incidents where victims have almost been killed. But the understanding of a social problem has changed. There was a time when law enforcement saw domestic

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A SCHOLARLY SPOTLIGHT Launched in 1982, the Greenwich Police Department Scholarship Fund (GPDSF) was created to help officers defray the costs of their children’s post-secondary educations. “I like to think of it as a way we give back to our officers and their families for all they have done for the community,” said Police Chief James Heavey.

Heavey is especially proud that several former scholarship recipients, as well as some of their children, have gone on to become GPD officers. “It is nice to see the legacy element carry through multiple generations of police officers.”

To celebrate its 125 year history, the GPD has planned a number of special events to benefit its scholarship fund.

Several community-minded businesses have joined in the effort to help as a way of honoring the department’s service to our town.

June Greenwich-based dermatology practice Nichols M.D. will donate 5 percent of sales from its Product of the Month.

August The GPDSF Benefit Car Show will be held at Town Hall on August 28.

Admission is free for the event that will feature classic, antique, custom and exotic cars, motorcycles as well as vintage fire trucks, police and military vehicles.

September Proceeds from sales of a special sushi role at Miku Sushi on Greenwich Avenue, will support the scholarship fund.

Proceeds from Vineyard Vines

annual back-toschool sale (dates TBD) at its Greenwich Avenue location will go to the GPDSF. Policeman Ball patrons can purchase tickets for a Patron’s Cocktail Party on Thursday, September 30 at Miller Motorcars' Ferrari showroom.

October Depending on Covid-19 social gathering restrictions, the GPD hopes to raise funds at the Greenwich Policeman’s Ball on October 16. The evening will feature dinner, dancing and celebrate police officers past, present and future.

Go to GPDscholarship fund.org/policemans ball for details.

violence as more of a private family problem.

You might not arrest people, but just try to calm things down. Now, we know it’s a crime that tends to escalate. And victims are at real risk.”

He notes the department’s partnership with the Greenwich YWCA’s Domestic Violence Services is an example of “a contemporary mindset that in order to do good, intelligent police work, you have to have strong partners who work with you.”

Reflecting on the department’s storied history, Heavey says the biggest change he’s witnessed during his own decades in law enforcement is the way science and technology have transformed investigative techniques. “A phone is a part of every crime now,” he says. So, these days the department has to identify and cultivate tech savvy officers who have the ability to comb through cell phone and computer data.

While he once sought officers with criminal justice degrees, he now adds backgrounds in journalism, accounting and computer science to a long list of diverse skill sets he looks for when considering additions to the force. “Everything from social media to technology and science has changed the way we do business,” he says.

Science also makes it harder to get away with murder. “There’s always a trail now,” Heavey says. “Forensic DNA is a game changer, and it will continue to make it harder for criminals to get away with things they once did.”

Heavey points to several unsolved murders from the 1980s, including the murder of thirteenyear-old Matthew Margolies, as examples of investigations that initially went cold but likely would have not languished with the sophisticated crime scene forensic analysis available today. He remains optimistic the department’s Cold Case Squad, which became a formal unit in 2008, will one day make arrests in some of these outstanding cases. (See timeline for details on some of them.) “We have some suspects and we will see where the science takes us,” he says. “I continue to be optimistic that we can see some of these cases through.”

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“a phone is a part of every crime now. ” –chief heavey

this winter in response to the state’s controversial Police Accountability Act, Heavey had advocated for them in town budget cycles before they were mandated. “Ultimately, these are things that make us do our job better and lead to more responsive community policing,” he says, adding that car-based dash cams and license plate reading technology are next up for his patrol unit.

Speaking of responsiveness, Heavey remains confident in his much-debated plans to end the ninety-three-year tradition of officers directing traffic on Greenwich Avenue. In March, the Greenwich RTM defeated a nonbinding resolution to restore the iconic traffic cops. Months earlier Heavey had redeployed traffic officers to staff bike and foot patrols along the Avenue as well as the ORCA squad.

Although understanding the nostalgia some people have for the traffic officers, Heavey says it’s the right move to modernize the town’s approach to public safety. “An officer standing in a white circle waving their arms is not meeting people and to be quite honest, they’re not all that approachable,” he says. “But more important, they’re not doing police work, which is what I think they should be doing and what they want to be doing.” »

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s early as the 1877, Greenwich residents were demanding the watchful presence of an armed police force. Records of town meetings of that era are filled with the clamor of a citizenry lamenting the “professional rogues,” “vile characters” and “tramps and gypsies who run freely throughout town” robbing everything from chicken sheds to Greenwich Avenue merchants.

While there were some calls from the fiscally conservative townfolk to take care of things vigilante style, the decision was made in 1896 to appoint a core of Watchmen, whose primary role was to keep the peace on Greenwich Avenue.

Here are some highlights of how the GPD has evolved in the ensuing 125 years.

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DEPARTMENT FIRSTS 1896

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Watchmen are first appointed to function as law enforcers in town, with their primary role focused on Greenwich Avenue peace-keeping.

The town officially forms the Greenwich Police Department.

Officer Joseph J. Cornelius is given Badge No. 1010 as he becomes the town’s first, full-time paid police officer. Known for his “warm, friendly disposition,” Cornelius served until his 1959 retirement. Although the department is now much more diverse, Cornelius would also begin a long tradition of officers and leaders of Irish-American heritage.

Greenwich buys its first police patrol car.

The town opens its first police headquarters on Havemeyer Lane (now home to Greenwich Fire Headquarters).

FALLEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

The Greenwich Police Department in 1908 on Town Hall Steps—two years after its formation in 1906. (front) Andrew Talbot (future Chief), John Merritt, Patrick J. Flanagan (future Chief), James J. Nedley (future Chief), and Chief William A. Ritch; (back) James J. Fahey (later Captain of Detectives), John Creamer and Willard Tooley

On what was only his second day on the job, Officer Joseph P. McCormack was shot and critically wounded by a gang of notorious bandits. Tragically, he would die seventeen years later from complications due his injuries.

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1929

Motorcycle Officer William J. Robbins dies three days after being critically injured in a crash at the corner of the Post Road and Maple Avenue.

1954

Greenwich Police Det. James Butler dies from injuries he sustained four years earlier after being shot during the investigation of two stolen turkeys on a Greenwich estate. »

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OFFICER MILESTONES

1974 Joining Forces

EUGENE MOYE

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Becomes Greenwich’s first African-American police officer in 1951

Becomes the town’s first female police officer in 1977

Sworn in as the department’s first African-American supervisor in 1994

Greenwich Police officers join Greenwich firefighters as among the first responders to the devastating GULLIVER’S NIGHTCLUB FIRE on the Greenwich/Port Chester border.

The fire killed twenty-four, as well as injuring nineteen club patrons and thirteen firefighters.

1975 Years of Speculation

The GPD forms its Underwater Rescue Unit.

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1963 The department creates its Marine Division to patrol and assist residents navigating waters along the Greenwich coastline.

The GPD’s Youth Division is formed.

DOGGONE GOOD Yogi, the town’s first police dog, is honored for his work capturing a robbery suspect in 1991.

1981 Mourning a Mother Stamford mother CARRIE LEE MOCK is found stabbed and strangled to death on Maher Avenue in central Greenwich, the day after she was reported missing. Her unsolved murder is still under investigation by the GPD’s Cold Case Squad.

1983 Bridge Devastation

ON THE HUNT

Greenwich Police were among the first responders to the deadly and devastating collapse of the MIANUS RIVER BRIDGE in Cos Cob, helping to block traffic on I-95 and assist victims.

In the ensuing months, the GPD also managed a traffic nightmare, as the more than 80,000 to 90,000 were detoured to town streets.

2002 Two officers are assigned to a special Cold Case detail, the precursor to the Cold Case unit established in 2008.

NATURE’S WRATH

2012 Police help keep town residents safe in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which caused devastation, fires and long-term power outages throughout town.

FIGHTING THEFT

2019 Department forms ORCA (Organized Retail Criminal Activity Squad), a team of plainclothes officers assigned to address the growing problem of high-end shoplifting, identity theft and misused or stolen credit cards. In its first year, the unit makes forty-one arrests in fortyeight cases involving sixty-five felonies and thirty-seven misdemeanors.

2021 Officers begin wearing body cams, an initiative that had been proposed by Chief James Heavey for several town budget cycles before the state’s controversial Police Accountability Act made it mandatory.

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1984 Little Boy Lost Five days after he went missing while going off to fish in the Byram River, thirteen-year-old MATTHEW MARGOLIES was found in a partial grave on a steep hill near the river. His unsolved murder remains a focus of GPD’s Cold Case Squad.

1986 An Unthinkable Crime A murdered newborn baby boy is found by a trash hauler in central Greenwich.

His still unsolved murder continues to be investigated by GPD’S Cold Case Squad.

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1960

In a crime that would haunt the town for generations, fifteen-year-old MARTHA MOXLEY is found murdered outside her Belle Haven home on Halloween morning. In 2002, Moxley’s neighbor Michael Skakel is convicted of beating her to death with a golf club. His conviction would be overturned by the state’s Supreme Court in 2018. Forty-five years to the day after Martha’s death, prosecutors announced they would not retry Skakel.

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ave you heard the rumor that “New York is Dead?”

Don't believe it. New York has seen worse. In 1975 President Gerald Ford told New York to “drop dead.” A few years later, the city was in the midst of a bull market run. Post 9/11, the city began rebuilding efforts that seemed unimaginable at the time. Hudson Yards and The High Line were born from those early efforts. New York is reopening, reawakening and reinventing itself, yet again. Always bet on New York. Before a press conference announcing that New York is indeed open for business, Chris Heywood of NYC & Company, the city᾿s marketing arm, told us that everyone who can᾽t get to Europe this summer should consider the city. New York offers an innovative arts scene and the new café culture created by expanding outdoor dining. Here are our top picks of where to not only stay, but play.

No. 1

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THE LANGHAM The Langham has many things going for it—the largest standard guest rooms in the city, Langham premiere service and its location. At first glance, 37th and 5th might not seem like an ideal location until you stay there.

You’re truly at the center of the city, making a jaunt to either SoHo or Central Park quick and relatively easy.

Where the Baccarat and the Carlyle are pure luxury, The Langham is luxury with an edge. You’ll find over $2 million worth of Alex Katz art hung throughout the property and designforward penthouses by French retailer Roche Bobois, who also designed the hotel’s Presidential Suite. But you don’t need to book the penthouse to feel like an heiress. The junior suites have a sprawling footprint, with floor-toceiling windows and soaking tubs deep enough to swim in.

The five-star property also has a Michelin-starred restaurant. Ai Fiori is up the winding staircase in the lobby.

The name means among the flowers (suddenly the floral installations that burst from the front sidewalk and restaurant entrance make sense). The hotel also has a friendly but discreet staff. Every need is catered to before you’ve even thought of it. Room rates start at $545; langhamhotels.com »

INSIDER TIP Don’t feel like going to the gym? They’ll bring the gym to you. Book a connecting room at a 50 percent discount, and the hotel will create your own private gym (or office) for the duration of your stay. Any guest can request that gym equipment such as yoga mats, hand weights, and foam rollers be delivered to their room. Also, the website says dogs are welcome, yet alas, cats are not. How can you not love a property that puts that in writing?

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THE PENDRY MANHATTAN WEST This 164-room luxury hotel by The Montage brand is slated to open July 15 in a “new” neighborhood.

Just outside of the recently opened Moynihan Train Hall, you’ll find the Manhattan West development covering eight acres between 31st and 33rd and 9th and 10th streets.

The new West Side is brimming with avant garde architecture, and the new Pendry is no exception. The steel and glass exterior undulates like a drawn set of silk drapes. This striking architectural element also affords a great deal of privacy for hotel guests.

Room rates will start at $625; pendry.com

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The silver lining of the pandemic is the explosion of outdoor dining options.

New York feels more like Paris, with a new bustling café culture. Last year eighty-three miles of roads were closed, and the city is hoping to expand to 100 miles this summer.

While restaurants are breaking out of their walls, new speakeasies are opening underground—even in people’s homes.

Co-author of Regarding Cocktails Georgette Moger-Petraske hosts a weekly series from her charming walkup apartment called Regarding Oysters: An evening of bivalves and curated cocktails. Go to regardingoysters.com to make a reservation.

For a splashier speakeasy scene, look for the inconspicuous door hidden away at the 28th Street subway station (take the subway staircase, the 1 local).

Behind it, you’ll find La Noxe, a secret world that’s right beneath your nose and quite literally the city. Use Instagram DM to make a reservation. @lanoxenyc

The Tribeca Film Festival is returning to live showings by utilizing outdoor venues and screening films across all five boroughs. And the grand outdoor plaza at Lincoln Center will be carpeted with a faux lawn this summer and transformed into an outdoor performing arts center. There will be ten outdoor performance and rehearsal spaces, an outdoor reading room and a wealth of dedicated family programming. Audience members can expect free and low-cost events. tribecafilm.com and lincolncenter.org

Can’t go to a Broadway show? A performance might pop up as you stroll the New York streets— think skate parks, street corners and parks.

NY PopsUp is an initiative to bring performing arts to the streets. And not in a passthe-hat kind of way. It is a well-coordinated festival featuring more than 1,000 performances. It launched in February and will run through Labor Day. (In an offshoot of the PopsUp initiative, Scott Stringer, a mayoral candidate, has even proposed pop-up pools in dumpsters. Don’t laugh. It’s a tradition in Philly and well-loved.) nypopsup.com »

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These are just a few of the reasons why Larry Haertel has been named a leading financial advisor in Connecticut, on Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors nationwide ranking for 2020. We’re proud to have someone who has the passion and dedication to excellence like Larry on our team. We think you’ll feel the same about him, too.

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just off the grand salon and grab a table on the terrace overlooking the MoMA. The lobby shouts French, but the rooms whisper it. Every detail is perfection and also a little sexy.

Pendeloque motifs are woven into jacquard sheets, a framed smoked mirror hides the TV, and a red lacquer box holds the mini-bar’s Baccarat glasses. There are also three lighting scenarios, ideal for

day, cocktail hour and night.

The highlight of the hotel, in our opinion, is in the basement. The sunken marble pool that is part of Spa La Mer is reminiscent of the pool at Ritz Paris. Gorgeous four-poster beds line the pool in a hedonistic cabana manner.

Take a nap post-massage or order champagne from room service. Room rates start at $925; baccarathotels.com. »

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INSIDER TIP You don’t need to be a hotel guest to enjoy the spa. Book an appointment, and you’ll have access to the pool, bespoke cabanas and “room” service. And don’t miss the hotel’s toiletries created with a signature scent. You can't buy them—we know because we tried.

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This glittering Midtown gem is unapologetically luxurious. It’s the only hotel by the famed crystal maker, Baccarat. Fifteen thousand pieces of crystal—from drinkware to chandeliers—are found throughout.

The entrance on 57th Street across from the MoMa is so discreet you might miss it. The dark roaring fireplace at street level evokes the Baccarat factory, where artists have been creating the world-famous crystal since King Louis XV founded the company in 1764.

A quick elevator ride up to the lobby, and you’re in another world entirely. Everything about the entrance is unmistakably, and fabulously, French. If chandeliers are considered jewelry for a room, this place is dripping in diamonds. There are two salons, petit and grand, where guests can sip café au lait in the morning or champagne in the evening. For a real cocktail, tuck into the bar

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There’s one place in New York that has rarely changed, and New Yorkers, Presidents, royalty, and celebrities like it that way. The Carlyle is an iconic hotel for all the right reasons. The service, even in a pandemic, is always perfect.

Elevator operators may not be manning the gilded interiors, but everything else is like a warm, expensively scented, welcome hug.

The hotel is renovating some of the guest rooms. Each room is unique, and the updated spaces have modern touches like Bluetooth speakers and custom wet bars. But the decorators have stayed true to the Carlyle roots, with black lacquered paneling, bespoke illustrated wallpapers that echo the Bemelman’s murals, and thoughtful curation of artwork, books and everyday finds that leave you feeling more like a resident than a hotel guest.

Over twenty suites have Steinway or Baldwin baby-grand pianos. Many were Bobby Short’s former pianos from Café Carlyle, where he played to sold-out crowds for thirty-six years. Famed Bemelman’s Bar reopened in May—a favorite of Jackie O and decorated with hand-painted murals by Ludwig Bemelman, the author of the Madeline books.

Executive Chef Sylvain Delpique, recently joined the hotel following a six-year stint at the iconic 21 Club. Upon reopening, Bemelmans Bar will debut a new signature cocktail menu including drinks such as Elaine’s Smokey Martini named for longtime guest, and Broadway royalty, Elaine Stritch. For the first time in seventy-five years, Bemelman’s is taking reservations. exploretock. com/bemelmansbar You may have just checked in, but you’ll find the staff will likely already know your name. Whether you’re George Clooney or a lowly travel writer, you’ll fall in love with the feeling of being welcomed home every time you walk through that famous revolving door. Room rates start at $650; rosewoodhotels.com

INSIDER TIP Ask for the house car. Unless you’re famous, they won’t just offer it (we’re not even confident it’s extended to celebrities—no one will confirm or deny this).

A Cadillac Escalade is usually sitting just outside the front door and is available for a nearby jaunt.

The ride is free but forgetting to tip the driver is gauche.

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Incidentally, if you’ve never heard of that movie, stop reading this and watch it. It’s a national treasure, as any nostalgic Gen-Xer will emphatically tell you.

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HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NAME LOLLY? It’s short for lollipop, it has a nice inflection, it’s kinda flirty. You also want something really concise, where you can play with branding.

What’s so amazing about Lolly is we can play with candy, that’s our branding, all our merch. Who doesn’t love candy? The aesthetic is colorful and young, it’s just fun, and girls like fun.

LOLLY DEFINITELY HAS A FEMALEFRIENDLY VIBE. WAS THERE A PSYCHOLOGY TO THAT? Absolutely. We want to be female first and have amazing women on our team, so everything in the app is designed around that. If you can get females to come to your platform and they feel safe and at home, everyone will come. We want to be that fun bar experience in an app. The psychology is baked into the video experience. Plus, women statistically use more words and gestures than men, so for women, that means more colors to sell yourself, to be yourself.

WHAT’S THE TARGET AGE OF YOUR USERS? HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG FOR LOLLY?

laughter because you did something embarrassing? That’s funny.

People are getting super creative.

We also have prompts to inspire content, like, “What’s your morning routine?” and “What’s your favorite date spot?”

We believe we can make dating so much more equitable by letting people win on a dimension of more than just an attractive picture. We’re only one of ten companies in the world working with TikTok to use their technology to integrate their log in to the app, so people can upload their TikTok videos to Lolly with one button.

Eighteen to twenty-two. I’m sure younger people will try to download it, but we have age restrictions. It’s hard to build all the functionality at inception, but we’re investing in verification tools. Older people can join. We have people in their thirties, but that’s the beauty of video. You’re gonna see that guy is clearly not eighteen when it’s a forty-year-old man—in his towel.

HOW DOES LOLLY’S INCLUSIVITY DIFFER FROM OTHER SOCIAL DATING APPS? How do you be yourself on Tinder?

How do you be yourself on Bumble?

How are you an inclusive ecosystem if only hot people have preference?

If the only dimension that you measure success and get matches is if you’re hot or not? Well, you bring video into play. It’s really hard to be funny with a picture. There’s no context. Ok, it’s you and your friends laughing at a bar, but how is that funny? If you have a video, and you see your friends dying of

WHERE IS THERE SPACE FOR A SHY PERSON ON LOLLY? A shy person can upload a profile picture and use it the same way they would with any other app.

They can still “clap” on content and send “crushes” out on Lolly, without creating videos, so it’ll say, Charles or Vanessa clapped on your content forty times and has a crush.

They are less likely to find matches if they’re unwilling to upload content

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from their TikTok or Snapchat, but it can still happen by engaging and liking content. By the way, only you see how many claps you get. It’s not the same as likes. We also don’t allow comments, because it just gets toxic, and we don’t want to be part of that.

to meet a girl in Central Park, but I can’t do that. They don’t even know what I look like. She sees my eyes and my hair. From the top up, I look like Johnny Depp, but you take off the mask and it’s like, “Ugh.”

YOU SOFT-LAUNCHED YOUR APP DURING COVID. HAS THAT GIVEN YOU AN ADVANTAGE?

One million downloads. Our hard launch will be later this summer. The amazing thing is that Lolly reached the top fifty in social networking on the app store after we announced our launch, forty-eight places away from Facebook, competing with

Covid forced us all to go with the times, and everyone who wasn’t on dating apps before ended up on the dark side, too. Look, I would love

Mark Zuckerberg. It’s just incredible to get that many users in that short amount of time.

YOUR MOM IS A FRENCH AND ARABIC TEACHER AT BRUNSWICK? I had her as a teacher for four years.

It’s like we went to high school together. She even gave me pink detention slips. But seriously, my mom is the best. I mean, we made our angel investors name the LLC after our moms, KH Operate Syndicate One, for Sacha’s mom, Kate, and my mom, Hasmig. We are the epitome of mama’s boys.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR LOLLY IN THE NEXT YEAR?

Lolly wouldn’t happen without the confidence they give us. They tell us what to do. “Get renter’s insurance for that building.” “No, not that logo, the other one.” We disproportionally take their feedback. We don’t know what to do. We’re kind of just winging it, with great experts who also winged it. I feel like everyone is winging it. Literally, the CEOs of big banks? Winging it.

YOU WERE A TOP FENCER AT BRUNSWICK. ANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN FENCING AND THE COMPETITIVE WORLD OF SOCIAL NETWORKING? You know, it doesn’t feel hard if you enjoy it. It’s hard, but hard is like quantum mechanics, people living in Liberia, making two dollars a day.

Because I grew up low-income, because I come from Lebanon, because people in my family lost their generational life savings, I have a different perspective. This is all easy in the grand scheme.

Fencing was always fun for me, and because it’s so fun for me, I won, because it wasn’t a bother to practice. So many people wake up in the morning dreading work. I don’t.

The worst thing that could possibly happen is we spend two and a half million and people don’t like the app, they don’t like our narrative, the aesthetic, they don’t like what we stand by, it doesn’t work. Even in the worst-case scenario, I’m still so blessed that I get to do this.

When you love what you do, you’re unstoppable.

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From top: The Wazowski: Roku Japanese gin, zucchini water, elderflower, fresh lemon and cucumber • Seared Hokkaido scallops with green curry sauce, squash and carrots • Smoke Signal cocktail • Cauliflower steak

Moon offers diners a gourmet Asian culinary experince in a sleek, chic setting.

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n Japanese the word washoku signifies harmony on the plate. It’s food that has a balance of colors, tastes, textures and styles of preparation (broiling, steaming, simmering, frying, pickling). Moon restaurant, which serves Japanese cuisine as well as Chinese- and Thaiinspired dishes, strikes a balance, too. The chic décor, artfully prepared food and attention to detail make it a place that appeals to all the senses. This felt like the perfect location for my first indoor restaurant meal in a year, a postvaccine celebration. Forget takeout, though they offer it. This is a spot to savor in person.

The fifty-five-seat dining room features an open sushi bar backed by an expanse of Italian marble, curvilinear banquette seats along the back wall, and a communal table in the center under a dramatic Bolle glass bubble chandelier.

Autumn larch wood panels wrap the room in warmth. Designed by New York/Shanghai firm New Practice Studio, the interior has a definite city vibe. As a safety precaution, each eating space has tall, clear dividers separating groups of guests. For those who prefer outdoor dining, there’s a covered patio surrounded by boxwood

plants to soften any Post Road noise.

Moon is the second venture from Ambias Hospitality Group, which also recently acquired Steam and will be revamping that restaurant.

Ambias is led by Kevin Yin and partner Matthew Madera, a chef-turned-restaurateur whose culinary credits include time in the kitchens of Jean Georges and Joel Rubuchon. They wisely tapped chef Nick Grosz (a Momofuku alum) and Moses Laboy (Gotham Bar & Grill and David Burke Kitchen) as general manager and beverage director.

The seasonally changing cocktail menu is no ordinary drinks list. A signature Moon ‘bubbly cocktail’ mixes tequila, rosewater, lime juice, kaffir lime and sparkling wine garnished with a pretty pansy for a refreshing, lightly sweet yet tart elixir. There’s a lineup of veggieforward drinks (Carrot Among Us and Pepper No. 30) as well as “market driven” blends like the Apollo with shochu, fresh ginger, egg white foam, fresh lemon, angostura and sage leaf.

Cocktails are a must.

Equal finesse and skill goes into the sushi prepared by Isamu Yamada, who honed his

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clockwise from top left: Preparing seared blue fin tuna with Hudson Valley foie gras • New Zealand Ora King Salmon with ginger scallion • Santa Barbara uni with smoked trout roe • Mixed sashimi platter below: Miso black cod with coconut lemongrass sauce and bok choy

skills at Sushi Gari and other New York and Honolulu hotspots. You can opt for omakase and let him guide you through a full twelve- or fourteen-course experience. We ordered á la carte and each piece was sublime: salmon belly (sake), hamachi and chutoro, tuna that’s an ombre of pink, grading from darker to the lighter, fattier part. Each piece is a melt-in-your mouth experience and a taste that needs no condiments.

There’s also a menu of rolls; and for another take on raw fish, we liked the chirashi bowl, a colorful mix of fish with avocado, cucumber and crispy onion on top of rice. For a warm lunch entrée, try the kaarage bowl, which pairs delicious crispy chili chicken with cucumbers, crisp scallions, carrots, shimeji mushrooms, spicy red pepper and an egg, all over rice.

Vegetarians will appreciate the range of choices including an earthy hen of the woods appetizer with pieces of fried garlic, a hint of vinegar and creamy tahini sauce; dan-dan noodles with a sausage substitute; and the cauliflower “steak” entrée, which tops pieces of cauliflorini (cousin to broccolini) with a ramp chimichurri and curry sauce. My favorite entrée was striped bass blanketed in green nori puffs the size of peppercorns that give the dish added texture along with a pepper sauce, lush snow pea-mint purée and side of asparagus—a creative mix of flavors. The tender and juicy half roasted chicken gets richness from a black garlic jus, served with maitake mushrooms and a cabbage that’s sweeter and crunchier than expected.

We capped our meal with the Okinawan donuts, a trio of dense, fried dough that’s a real treat dipped into salted caramel or blackberry jam. Another good choice would be to end with a cocktail, each a work of art.

The word is getting out: At our second meal here, Martha Stewart was in the dining room.

We’ll be back soon for omakase. In the meantime, to Moon we extend our deepest bow.

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A well-trained dog doesn’t mean a robot puppy, just one that you can trust not to knock people down.

Manners matter with kids and dogs. My dog trainer— or, as I refer to her, my puppy whisperer—Sarah Hodgson, literally wrote the book (ten of them) on dogs.

As the author of Puppies for Dummies, Dog Perfect and Modern Dog Parenting, she knows how to train owners to raise puppies and introduce new dogs into the home, ensuring a lifetime of success.

Sarah makes house calls and is available for virtual appointments, which I have found particularly helpful.

Whether Sarah is in my house or we’re watching her popular social media videos, Millie hears her voice and goes wild with excitement. Check out Sarah’s Free Puppy Power Hour on Instagram Live every Thursday 8 p.m.

Socializing with new people is great for puppies, but playing with other puppies is key and can have a big impact on their bite control and general disposition.

Dog Gone Smart in Norwalk offers puppy and tween dog socialization sessions. Drive up, park in one of the designated spots, text the number and a staff member will pick up your puppy from the car for a half-hour playdate. And you get to watch it all from a camera

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The canine center offers such a variety of dog classes it’s almost like sending your pooch to doggie college. Feeling ambitious? You can get your dog certified as a Good Citizen or a Therapy Dog to visit nursing homes and senior centers. And a bonus for anyone with a pool and boat, there are swim lessons in the dog pool.

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WHAT’S FOR DINNER? Dog kibble isn’t for every dog, and some breeds have more sensitive systems, are prone to allergies or respond better to fresh or raw dog food diets. Many dog owners credit fresh or raw dog food with their pets health. Food is delivered to your door and stored in your refrigerator.

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A good vet is your lifeline for everything from what to feed your pup to all those “is this normal” questions.

Greenwich has a number of great vets, but just over the O.G. border in Stamford check out Spot On Veterinary Hospital, Hotel and Spa. Each year the center earns top honors in greenwich magazine’s Best of the Gold Coast Awards for its array of services and personal pet care. Whether you’re looking for day care, boarding, spa or veterinary services, you’ll find it here.

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PETSMART & PETCO petsmart.com, Stamford; petco.com, Greenwich Both of these local stores offer curbside pick-up, same day delivery and repeat delivery, so you’ll never run out (plus you receive a discount for signing up). » As with any diet change, consult your vet before making major dietary changes.

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Sarah’s Tips for Raising a Happy and Well-Trained Puppy experienced as being captured by a predator. Instead of restraining your puppy, help them experience freedom Puppies try their best by putting them on a to get your attention, long thirty-foot leash. and almost always You can always call do. Offer them lots them back with treats or a toy. of rewards for doing

the right thing and a comfortable place to rest when they’re tired.

Food: Most puppies will do just about anything for a tasty snack. This makes training as easy as filling a plastic container with yummy snacks and shaking it to associate important words like their name, “sit” and “come” with a delicious reward.

Freedom: Freedom is an essential component of a puppy’s happiness.

Many of the issues in new puppy-parent relationships are caused by constant tethering and restraint.

Tethering or even hugging your puppy too tightly can be

Fun: Teach your puppy commands by associating them with fun. Ask them to sit before you throw a ball; show their favorite bone, then run away as you call out their name and “come.”

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With plenty of positive reinforcement and patience, puppies can quickly learn to associate words with actions. It’s as simple as saying “ball” when you toss one or “bone” or “toy” when offering those things.

Going to the car? Say “car.” Going outside?

Say “outside.”

Heading back in the house? Say “inside.”

Puppies also learn human languages by focusing on tone. When giving a direction, speak like you are talking to Alexa or Siri—clear, monotone and bark-like.

Puppies have five basic needs: eat, drink, sleep, play and potty. Like babies, they fuss when they experience any of these needs. Unlike babies who cry to be soothed, puppies fidget and nip or bite hard.

Puppies need sixteen to eighteen hours of sleep per day. Without proper rest, they become overstimulated and exhausted.

But sleep isn’t the only need that can cause your puppy to become restless and incorrigible. Bladder pressure can create stress, as can hunger, tension and thirst. The next time your puppy is biting or getting wild, see if taking care of their needs solves the problem.

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4 DON’T LEAVE YOUR PUPPY GUESSING Start by setting up a place where you can direct your puppy every time they enter the room. Place a mat in a corner and let them know that all good things happen on the mat.

When sharing food, toys, treats and even attention, send your puppy to their mat first. How? Simply point to the mat and say “on your mat” and walk toward it, hovering a treat, toy or food dish there until your puppy stands or sits still on it. Repetition is the key. Keep at it until your puppy starts going to the mat on its own and offer a reward when they do.

When going to the vet or somewhere new, bring the mat. Think of it as a transitional object similar to a toddler’s blanket.

When putting your puppy down for a nap or leaving them

To deflect their attention or prevent unwanted behaviors, keep your puppy occupied with chewable objects that engage all their senses. I have a broad range of chewable bones and toys for my four dogs, who range in age from just under a year to ten years old. I store them in a drawer near the kitchen and a basket upstairs. Each time I call my dogs over, they line up and wait with anticipation to see what toy they’ll get. It’s adorable, teaches self-control and limits unwanted chewing.

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ill the world end in fire or ice?

That is a question our greatgrandparents used to ask, back when people assumed a tired old Earth would one day expire from natural causes. Then came 1945—the atomic age—and suddenly it seemed obvious that man, puny man, had gained sufficient knowledge to kill off the planet, but not sufficient wisdom to refrain from it.

Today that unfortunate defect is in full, hideous bloom. This worries R.P. Eddy, an intelligence expert who studies catastrophes of all kinds—natural, manmade and hybrid. Listening to Eddy’s catalogue of potential doom, one comes to understand that nuclear apocalypse no longer hulks alone on the world stage but is merely one monster among many. We have since devised, or soon will devise, more creative ways of destroying life and property.

In 2017 Eddy with his friend Richard A. Clarke, the former U.S. counterterrorism chief, published a book about them titled Warnings. Its pages alert us to such possible perils as nuclear winters and such definite ones as rising seas, artificially intelligent weaponry, hackable power grids, brave new genetics and (drum roll) pandemic disease—which, though naturally occurring, is largely a product of man’s meddling with nature.

We shall come to the present crisis very soon. First, we must answer an important question. Who, exactly, is Randolph Post Eddy? His public dossier shows him to be a somewhat mysterious figure, possessed of much esoteric knowledge. Here we see him commenting on HIV; there we see him dissecting the rise of ISIS; and there again he is on the rape of the Capitol. Foreign Policy magazine places him among the U.S.’s top terrorism and national security experts. The World Economic Forum has honored him as a “global leader for tomorrow.” » greenwichmag.com

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From his home in Greenwich, Eddy appears on a variety of networks, from Fox to CNN, and produces a podcast, R.P. Daily, with Nantucket Project founder, Tom Scott, who says of Eddy: “What makes him special is that he cares. That manifests in great work, great views on people, great judgment—there’s almost none of that in popular media today.”

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Eddy wins this praise from his perch atop Ergo, a New York–based private intelligence firm that helps governments and corporations navigate icebergs One evening Eddy and Clarke were sitting on a porch in the fog we call the future. To this end, he enlists overlooking Long Island Sound, sipping single-malt extraordinary people to wrestle with extraordinary Scotch and talking about past catastrophes. For Clarke, problems. Gen. H.R. McMaster, for example, tells this was a subject of special poignance. He’d warned us via email, “My job was to design the future of the President Clinton of the emerging al Qaeda threat, but Army”—at least until the White House stole him away when he tried to do the same for the Bush people— to serve as national security advisor. Now he’s back, with mounting urgency—he met a wall of intransichairing Ergo’s Flashpoints Forum, in which experts gence. His public reckoning with the failures leading share intelligence from their assorted trenches. up to 9/11 prompted the White House to launch a Eddy is a voracious consumer of data, of ideas, of vigorous smear campaign against him—a fate not viewpoints. If you ask his friends about him, they’ll unusual, as it turns out, for inconvenient truthReleased in 2017, Warnings forewarned of a global pandemic. begin by saying, “He’s intellectually curious…” tellers. “A lot of people talk about how Dick was one (McMaster), or “Eddy is intensely curious…” (Clarke), or “He is a most of the people who really understood that al Qaeda was going to come original thinker…” (Gov. Ned Lamont). The governor adds, “R.P. is get us and bin Laden had vast plans we were ignoring,” Eddy says. always thinking what comes next and how can we better prepare for “That’s true, and there’s a real pain to that for him.” it. A pandemic took him less by surprise than most.” If you want to At their single-malt summit, Eddy and Clarke fleshed out a theory they see the Eddy mind in action, seek out “R.P. Daily,” a podcast hosted by had. Clarke says, “R.P. and I had for years discussed what we both saw Nantucket Project founder Tom Scott, in which the two men riff insightas a phenomenon—the fact that following every disaster, we learn that fully on the issues of the day. “Like audible cocaine,” one reviewer wrote. there had been warnings, predictions, made by experts, that could have Eddy’s career path did not go as one would expect. At Brown University averted or mitigated the catastrophe.” Could this be right? They made a he earned a football letter and a neuroscience degree, proving the two list of recent disasters: The Challenger explosion. Hurricane Katrina. The are not mutually exclusive; but instead of enrolling in med school, he Recession of 2008. The rise of ISIS. Fukushima. All of these events, they landed deep inside the Clinton White House as a bright young light would learn, indeed had their forewarners, visionary experts who underon the National Security Council. On May 16, 1995, President Clinton stood the alarming data—and all those experts were ignored. took a Sharpie to a brief news article about an outbreak of Ebola virus There by the Sound, Clarke turned to Eddy and said, “Do you in Zaire: “Are we ready for something like this?” The scrawled query know about Cassandra?” She was the mythological Trojan prophmade its way to Richard Clarke, who, seeking to delegate it to one of his etess condemned to be disbelieved; her visions rejected, the city of crew, could not ignore the eagerly raised hand of R.P. Eddy. Eddy then Troy burned to the ground. The myth of Cassandra gives Eddy and composed the first-ever White House pandemic response plan.

Clarke a dismally potent framework for Warnings’ argument. Still, the In 1999 he left the NSC for diplomacy, serving first as chief of staff book’s subtitle—“Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes”—implies to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke, then as hope. If we learn how to listen, maybe our modern Troys can be averted. senior policy advisor to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Later he Less hopefully, our record of heeding Cassandras is abysmal. Warnings counseled Presidents Bush and Obama on counterterrorism matters. tells us of Dr. Ivor van Heerden, a wetlands expert who said the levees (Somehow, he also had a hand in producing two Grammy Awardprotecting New Orleans would be no match for the next big hurricane; winning jazz albums.) of Meredith Whitney, a market analyst who noticed the fragility of major Now forty-eight, Eddy lives in Greenwich with his wife, Kelly, and banks a year before Wall Street melted down in 2008; of Yukinobu their three sons, Reed, 15, Tucker, 11, and William, 7. His rich dark Okamura, a seismologist who warned that the Fukushima nuclear power hair, steady gaze and gray-flecked beard call to mind a storybook plant, dangerously situated near the ocean, was vulnerable to a tsunami. image of a New England sea captain (or so it appears through the Eddy and Clarke then turn to present-day Cassandras—experts who porthole of Zoom). Far from taciturn, though, he speaks in lucid word were warning in 2017 of catastrophes to come. It’s here that the hair on streams, stringing clause upon clause as he propels an idea toward its a reader’s neck bristles. Through their Cassandras, the authors predict grim conclusion. Sample Q&A: “Are we in danger of missing the boat a pandemic that will kill millions. The only question was when. The on climate change?” “We have missed the boat on climate change.” He Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Laurie Garrett believed a proceeds to cite studies and stats, painting an ever-bleaker picture, plague was imminent and that our leaders would be caught “largely until, Lorax-like, he offers a tenuous, highly conditional glimmer flat-footed,” since they were unwilling to set aside money and resources of hope. for a crisis that only might happen. Surrounding Garrett, the authors

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H.R. McMaster, who serves as a senior advisor to Eddy's firm, Ergo, describes the CEO as "intellectually curious, insightful, energetic, and passionate about understanding the complex challenges we have to overcome to build a better future.”

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Eddy's career has brought him around the world and kept him in notable company: President Bill Clinton • In Angola • President George H.W. Bush

noted, “is an air of profound frustration; she knows society is unprepared for the next superbug.”

She was right. So was Eddy. Drawing on expert data, he wrote memos to his clients in early February 2020 informing them of Covid-19’s likely devastation, despite the paucity of cases here at the time. President Trump, privy to the same disturbing intelligence, nevertheless blamed “the Fake News Media and the Democrat Party” for stoking fear. So how does Eddy rate Trump’s pandemic performance? He waits a beat. “Criminal. Sorry,” he says, in a tone that suggests he’s done being politic about this subject.

Ergo runs an epidemiological “curve” that predicts Covid-19 death trends with uncanny accuracy. It says that by this summer 650,000 Americans will have died—a number just shy of the 1918 influenza total of 675,000. It needn’t have been so bad. In February 2021 The Lancet, an esteemed medical journal, calculated that 40 percent of U.S. Covid-19 deaths could have been avoided, and soon after that, Trump’s own coronavirus response coordinator, Deborah Birx, echoed that view, claiming that hundreds of thousands died needlessly.

“No one ever imagined that the federal government would be absent from the solution,” Eddy says. “That is what a federal government is for.”

The errors started before the virus touched down in America. Obama & Co. had handed off a detailed pandemic playbook—the latest iteration of Eddy’s original script—that Trump & Co. promptly shelved. The president then sowed discord at every stage of the crisis. As the U.S. ramped up testing, Trump thought positive results made him look bad, so he instructed his people to “slow the testing down, please.” The president mused inanely about cures: Maybe we could inject “disinfectant.” Worst of all was his penchant for undercutting the experts—“Fauci and all those idiots.” He declared masks “voluntary, you don’t have to do it,” thus turning a critical protective tool into a partisan symbol and advancing the spread.

Eddy does credit Trump with incentivizing vaccine development but, of course, this was obligatory. “Trump made errors on every level. I could spend hours categorizing them, but one is just the way he framed it—he lied to the American people and didn’t let us know the risk that he saw.”

If Trump’s evasions were an attempt at panic control, Eddy continues,

then he grossly misread the American character. “Americans rise to a fight, we climb the mountain, we take the hill.”

But Eddy has a bigger point to make: We can’t afford this nonsense next time. “It’s a once-in-a-century pandemic, right? No! We just just missed getting crushed by SARS. We just missed a couple of flus—H5N1 (avian flu) and H1N1 (swine flu). So, there will be more pandemics.” All of these flu viruses, plus Covid-19, are zoonotic, meaning they come from animals.

As human activity and climate change continue displacing wild creatures, infectious diseases are bound to descend upon us ever more frequently.

The most lethal ones, like SARS and the avian flu, tend not to spread easily among humans. Could this change as they mutate? Yes, it’s possible.

But Eddy and Clarke raise the specter of something far more ominous—mutations wrought by humans in a lab. They point to the case of Dutch scientist Ron Fouchier, who engineered mutations in the avian flu that rendered it airborne. If this super-bird flu ever escaped the lab, we would all be living a nightmare. “In a period of weeks, he created a bug as transmissible as the Spanish flu but potentially up to twenty times more lethal,” the authors write. “Such a bug could lead to an extinctionlevel event for the human race.”

That is bleak enough. But the implications for biological weaponry are so chilling that the Dutch government forbade Fouchier to publish a detailed account of his experiment. This is our world now. “All of a sudden we need stunningly thoughtful leadership—it’s a must-have,” Eddy remarks. After a moment he adds, “We just had such bad luck to have a Trump during the pandemic.”

VERY REAL IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE As Eddy studied potential catastrophes, none jolted him so fiercely as artificial intelligence (AI). Social thinkers have long warned about “the machine”—its destructive power in warfare, obviously, but also industry’s

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Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela • Gen. H.R. McMaster, Chairman of Ergo's Forum • Richard Clarke, former U.S. Counterterrorism Chief and co-author of Warnings

capacity to blight and poison everything from landscapes to the human spirit. As early as 1905, Henry Adams predicted that our headlong mechanistic progress could only result in societal disintegration, through a slow but relentless process of dehumanization. What would Adams make, then, of machines that “think”? Of weapons that “think”?

Before Eddy learned about them, the dangers of AI struck him as vaporous and futuristic. Then he found out those dangers were already here. He points to an autonomous attack drone that Northrop Grumman built for the U.S. Department of Defense, completing a demonstration model in 2011. “It’s designed to fly in swarms, identify enemy targets and attack them autonomously—without a human in the loop,” Eddy says.

“That’s the key point here. ‘If you see something like this doing something like that, then shoot them, blow them up.’ So yes, we have killer robots.”

When word of the drone reached then-new Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, he suspended the program. We were not ready to unleash that kind of power on the world. “Now, good for us,” Eddy says. “But we’re not going to be able to hold the line. Why? Do you think China’s following those rules? Iran? North Korea? ISIS? No, they’re not at all.” Twenty or thirty years from now, we may see the day when human combatants disappear from the battlefield, but the power to destroy cities and towns resembles something out of Mars Attacks.

AI is already woven into our everyday lives. Some uses (in hospitals, on farms) are clearly helpful; others appear to be beneficial but have a definite dark side. Eddy finds AI’s use in high-frequency stock trading—in which millions of orders flit across the transom in split-seconds—particularly unnerving. “Some of that trading is opaque to the human masters,” Eddy says. “We do not know why certain AI’s buy certain securities.” An early form of AI trading contributed heavily to the “flash crash” of 2010, he notes, when the market lost 10 percent of its value in thirty-six minutes.

“The next major wave of trading will be even more autonomous.”

AI has radically changed the texture of life in surveillance states like China; and even in the freedom-loving West we know its encroachments will inevitably spread. But a greater worry may be upon us.

Futurists call it “the singularity,” or “artificial general intelligence”—the

point at which the machine becomes smarter than the human not in one thing, like chess, but in many things. We don’t know when it will arrive, but the signs are portentous. The AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky told Eddy and Clarke that he’d really start to worry when a machine could beat a world champion at the ancient Chinese game of Go. The game is vastly more complex than chess, so complex that a machine can’t “brute force” a win with mere computing power. Something like artistry is also required.

In 2016, while Eddy and Clarke were working on Warnings, Yudkowsky’s fear came to pass. “He was in shock,” Eddy reports. “He’s like, ‘This was not supposed to happen for years and years.’”

We are stepping into the age of Machines That Learn. Eddy tells of two Microsoft AI’s that were permitted to chat with each other. “They started saying really nasty stuff,” he says, chuckling. “The humans tried to ‘pulse' them to change their behavior, so the AI’s decided autonomously to go to an encrypted language. That happened! That is some degree of sentience.”

What next? Well, we now have humanoid robots with which—with whom?—we can converse. They have surprisingly lifelike skin, complete with freckles, follicles and facial expressions. Sophia the Robot, activated in 2016, looks a little quaint compared to what’s being crafted now, but she has a wry sense of humor and sings beautifully (see her duet of “Say Something” with Jimmy Fallon). Her designer, David Hanson, predicts that robots will walk among us in twenty years and, soon after that, will be indistinguishable from you and me. Fit with a learning “brain,” they’ll be firmly in the realm of Blade Runner’s replicants.

Not even Blade Runner, though, depicts the full implications of Machines That Learn. Eddy asks us to imagine a Frankenstein monster that can build and constantly improve itself. This is where we’re headed. “Humans aren’t the lords of the earth because we’re the biggest, fastest, strongest—because we aren’t,” he says. “We’re the lords of the earth because we’re the smartest.

Then, all of a sudden, we create something that is leagues smarter than us. It gets better at everything at the speed of light—literally.”

Eddy pictures the day when we create a machine that approximates our intelligence: the scientists congratulate one another with a champagne toast, then they shut the office at 5 p.m. and go home. But at night

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the machine keeps learning—why would it stop?—and when everyone returns in the morning the machine is a thousand times as smart as humans. “It’s not only much smarter, but now it’s something radically different from anything we’ve ever thought of before.”

The idea of a vast, snowballing artificial intelligence that dwarves our own is so abstract that we don’t even know how to envision it. Yet most AI researchers think this so-called “intelligence explosion” is drawing near and will likely arrive between 2040 and 2070. The plain-spoken Yudkowsky maintains that “we’re f—ed,” and he’s but one Cassandra sounding the alarm. Elon Musk likens AI to “summoning the demon.” Stephen Hawking called it possibly “the worst event in the history of our civilization.”

Others claim that AI run amok will always be science fiction. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, naturally, is among them: “People who are naysayers and try to drum up these doomsday scenarios—I don’t understand it.”

Eddy acknowledges that, theoretically, humans will maintain control of the joystick. But this raises another question: Which humans? What if we’re talking about a Putin or Xi—or pretty much anyone who is not a saint? “You now have a machine that is every fairy godmother, every magic genie in a bottle, every superhero ever, given to one human being,” he conjectures. In this scenario, it’s hard to imagine such a ruler acting in the common good. “So, the bad guy becomes the genie, with every power we’ve ever imagined. Is that a world you want to live in?”

internet vulnerability. Indeed, the warnings have only intensified in the four years since he and Clarke wrote about them.

Their climate change Cassandra is James E. Hansen, the former top climate scientist at NASA who now heads the climate science program at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. It was Hansen who, in 1988, warned U.S. Senators that a manmade greenhouse effect was underway and so launched “global warming” into the consciousness of average citizens. Hansen’s claim met zealous pushback from the fossil fuel industry (which secretly knew of the danger) and from oil-friendly politicians. Even some climatologists grumbled: Hansen had a bit of the drama hog in him, they said; the more judicious scientists believed we couldn’t be sure that rising temperatures were manmade.

Now we’re sure. In the 10,000 years leading up to 1760, the start of the Industrial Revolution, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured a steady 280 parts per million. Since then it has risen to 415 ppm, and more than half that increase has come after 1988, as if the world simply thumbed its nose at Hansen’s warning. Climatologists now are anxiously aware of the rate at which the Earth is heating. The last seven years have been the warmest ever recorded, with 2020 topping the list. Already we see the effects of a hotter planet—crumbling ice sheets, rising sea levels, and annual “once-in-a-lifetime” superstorms, floods, droughts and wildfires.

When Eddy and Clarke spoke to him in 2016, Hansen once again found himself a scientific outlier, this time in the matter of sea-level rise. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—an authoritative body consisting of thousands of climate scientists worldwide—sea levels could rise up to three feet by 2100. That is bad enough; it would put New York City’s airports under water. Hansen,

CATASTROPHES RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

That is worrisome, but speculative. Eddy proceeds to unnerve us about two catastrophes that are unfolding quite concretely: climate change and

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Eddy asks us to imagine a Frankenstein monster that can build and constantly improve itself. “Humans aren’t the lords of the earth because we’re the biggest, fastest, strongest—because we aren’t.

We’re the lords of the earth because we’re the smartest. Then, all of a sudden, we create something that is leagues smarter than us.

It gets better at everything at the speed of light—literally.”

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however, contends that sea-level rise could reach ten feet or more, putting all of New York City under water, not to mention the world’s other lowlying coastal cities. Why the variance in predictions? Hansen says the IPCC fails to adequately factor in “positive feedback loops,” chain reactions that accelerate the pace of climate change. Consequently, the IPCC underestimated the deterioration of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the two biggest sources of sea-level rise. (It should be noted that climate scientists keep revising their models Hansen-ward.)

Waiting for clear, visible evidence that ice sheets will collapse may mean it’s already too late, Hansen told the authors. In January, as if to validate his warning, an iceberg the size of Los Angeles broke away from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf.

“Humans have not experienced this kind of threat since the rise of civilizations,” Richard Clarke tells us. Even so, “entrenched political and economic power groupings” cling to old, fossil-fuel-driven ways. “We may not have a consensus for significant action until it is too late, until we are well beyond the point of no return. In fact, we may already have passed that point. No bell goes off when you pass the point of no return.”

While nature spins out of control, our manmade ecosystems threaten to do the same. Back in 2017, the Internet of Things—a phrase that describes the interconnectedness of systems and devices—seemed well down in the mix of worries. Eddy and Clarke write of Russia using “BlackEnergy” malware to hack a Ukrainian power grid and shut down a city, and of the U.S. and Israel wreaking similar havoc on Iran’s uranium enrichment infrastructure. (Israel pulled off a similar attack in April.)

Could these “control systems” hacks happen in America? Absolutely, said the authors’ Cassandra, cybersecurity expert Joe Weiss; but when interviewed in 2016, he admitted that he was among a tiny minority who

thought so. Now such incursions are a reality. “You saw the hack against the water treatment center in Florida? Oof,” Eddy says. In February, a plant operator in the town of Oldsmar noticed his cursor sliding mysteriously across the systems screen: a hacker of unknown origin was remotely dumping sodium hydroxide—better known as lye—into the water supply.

Foreign actors have wormed their way into our refineries, our dams and our power plants. But Oldsmar was the first attempt at human injury.

Because the complexity of the internet grows much faster than our ability to secure it, experts like Weiss nervously contemplate a mass disruption of our control systems—power, water, gas, even medical devices—in what Eddy and Clarke call a “Cyber Pearl Harbor.” (This is not to mention a parallel threat—data hacking. In last year’s SolarWinds attack, Russian operatives breached high levels of our government, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains our nuclear weapons stockpile.)

And what about nuclear weapons? This traditional top-tier worry has diminished in the popular imagination. We no longer brood over Russia and the United States lobbing nuclear missiles back and forth; and we’re confident that if North Korea tried anything nasty, it would be blown off the map. Eddy and Clarke explore, however, the one scenario that seems credible—a nuclear exchange between bitter enemies India and Pakistan.

The nukes they’d use would not be massive nuclear bombs, but low-yield warheads on short-range missiles or artillery shells. At least the war would be “local.” Or would it?

Eddy and Clarke deliver the bracing news that even a local nuclear war could touch off a global nuclear winter. Their Cassandra, climatologist Alan Robock, notes that nukes create firestorms that send vast quantities of soot and smoke into the upper atmosphere. A fairly modest exchange of fifty

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warheads apiece could, according to his peer-reviewed calculations, send the world into a little ice age marked by widespread crop failure and famine.

Gene editing doesn't seem like a disaster in the making; indeed, it holds fantastic promise. It could end heritable diseases like muscular dystrophy in family lines (provided families could pay for it) and produce crops able to withstand diseases and harsh climates. What makes these things possible is a natural immune system called CRISPR-Cas9, which bacteria employ to locate and “cut up” the DNA of invading viruses. A decade ago scientists Jennifer Doudna and Michelle Charpentier discovered how to harness CRISPR’s microscopic scissors to edit genomes in a very precise way. The implications are profound, but not all good. A renegade state like North Korea could use the technology to breed a race of warriors, or the wealthy could use it as a new, subtler eugenics.

This dark side is not lost on Doudna. She told Eddy and Clarke of a nightmare she had in which a colleague drew her aside to meet a guest.

“I went into a room and there was Hitler,” she said. “He had a pig face and he was taking notes … I woke up in a cold sweat.”

In 2015 Doudna and other scientists called for a ban on altering human germline cells—on making changes to sperm, eggs or embryos that pass on to future generations—until an ethical framework can be agreed upon. But science fiction, given the opportunity to become science fact, always does so. In 2018 Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui created two genetically edited babies, twin girls, to be HIV-resistant.

Scientists around the world were horrified: the technology was way too new for such a momentous experiment. Though the girls are said to be

healthy, no one can know for sure whether He Jiankui edited only the target genes or whether he inadvertently edited other genes as well, or, for that matter, whether the girls will pass along accidental mutations to their children and beyond. China, embarrassed by the fallout, clapped the scientist in jail.

WHY DON’T WE LISTEN?

Once-feared futures are quickly approaching, already casting their long shadows. Because we’re doing so little about them, we’re left with the disturbing notion that, like the Trojans of old, we simply turn away as our Cassandras cry out to be heard.

Eddy and Clarke lay out a complex of reasons why. One has to do with the Cassandras themselves: They tend to be undiplomatic, even abrasive, as Richard Clarke is said to be. (Ironically, that abrasiveness is the very quality that enables them to deliver hard truths in the first place.)

Most of the authors’ reasons, though, are all about us and the people we elect: We’re loath to prepare for something that might not happen, like a pandemic. We can’t wrap our minds around events of overarching hugeness, like climate change. We judge potential catastrophes to be too outlandish to take seriously, like AI. Or we fall victim to “non-expert rejection,” the phenomenon of regular folk, armed with a Google search box, contradicting our most learned scientists and doctors.

Eddy sighs. “This anti-expert sentiment means that, when Tony Fauci shows up saying, ‘Here’s the best guess in 100 years of viral science,’ we ignore him. That’s profoundly dangerous. We need the finest minds

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R.P. and I had for years discussed what we both saw as a phenomenon—the fact that following every disaster, we learn that there had been warnings, predictions, made by experts, that could have averted or mitigated the catastrophe.

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possible to navigate this extraordinarily risky—newly risky—environment. But instead of recruiting, harnessing and trusting our finest minds in a transparent democratic process, we now have this insidious virus of expert distrust. We’re actually making hagiography of idiocy.”

(Eddy and Clarke propose formalizing Cassandra assessments in a “National Warning Office.”)

The American strain of anti-intellectualism is clearly resurgent, but Eddy says something deeper is also at work. His favorite quote from Warnings, by the sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson, goes, “The real problem of humanity … we have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and godlike technology.” This explains why our technology is running away with us. It moves faster than we do. We can’t keep up. “We already have a massive mismatch between those godlike technologies and our Paleolithic minds,” Eddy says, and the mismatch only worsens as history gallops along at an ever-faster clip. As the more despairing historians point out, our race is 200,000 years old, but only in the last seventyfive years does it seem that “progress” is progressing toward suicide.

Does Eddy think we’re headed there? Actually, no. He may be an expert on catastrophes, but he’s no catastrophist. To the contrary, he says he’s an optimist. This claim is a little brow-raising, since he delivers bad news so vividly. “The trend lines are definitely scary,” he admits. “They’re also within our control.” Though his faith subsides from time to time, he says we always, “slowly and horribly,” manage to fix the big things. Proof? In Eddy’s government days, his portfolio included the HIV epidemic in Africa. “HIV was eviscerating the continent. It was a horrible thing to work on, because it appeared

unsolvable. And the barriers in the way of a solution seemed immovable.

I literally had a staring contest with the king of Swaziland, who refused to deal with HIV. I had arguments with cardinals from the Vatican, who refused to promote condom use. I argued with pharmaceutical companies, which refused to consider reducing their prices for antiretrovirals. We were ignored by American legislators who refused to give money to a disease that killed people they didn’t appreciate.”

All his toil amounted to nothing. “And I worked on it for extremely important people—cabinet members, presidents, the secretary general of the United Nations. If anyone could change things, you’d think it would be those people. And I was in their ear, building things intended to fix this. And it didn’t work. It got worse and worse and worse and worse. The number of people killed in those years was—well, millions upon millions. The pit of despair, working on that problem! So when 9/11 happened, it was like an excuse for me to no longer have to deal with this losing battle. Now I could go on to another battle, one that we could get our arms around—the fight against al Qaeda.”

Eddy did not realize it, but his early work on HIV—which included helping design the Global Fund to fight disease—had taken root. Only when the present pandemic hit did he discover this.

“When I went back and looked, I thought, ‘Holy Moses. What a massive success. It saved deca-millions of lives.’ We broke the back of HIV in Africa.” The “we” encompasses too many actors over too many years to mention, but this is Eddy’s point: A huge, multinational collaboration reined in the deadliest disease of our time. “If we can do that,” he says, “there’s no telling what else we can do.”

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Elevate the Everyday

Simple meals become a special occasion with pretty dishes like these Hado and Haki serving pieces by Gustavsberg in Sweden at ELEISH VAN BREEMS in Westport. They’re inspired by Japanese bento boxes, and each piece is painted in marine blue brush strokes. Grouped or individually, they make a colorful impact that will refresh your table. Other eye-catching pieces at EVB include classic Danish lounge chairs, updated with dynamic prints by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn. Says designer Edie Van Breems, “The bold and whimsical Constellation pattern on these mid-century chairs makes amateur astrologists like us look to the heavens and give thanks for starry summer nights.”

dramatic touches

“It looks like a swimming pool.”

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Look Up

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Don’t forget the ceiling, advises designer PRUDENCE BAILEY, who likes to get creative with paint and wallpaper. In this “winter” living room, she used Fine Paints of Europe in Brilliant finish to achieve the highest gloss possible. Hanging down from this blue ceiling is an organic light fixture from Hudson Valley Lighting. The dramatic painted ceiling picks up on the blue trim and patterns in the pillows.

Says Prudence, “It looks like a swimming pool.”

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“You should be surrounded by the things that make you happy—the colors that you love, the patterns you love.

It should feel fresh and cozy.”

inviting spaces

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Get Personal

The No. 1 thing that makes your home feel uplifting is that it really reflects you, says designer PRUDENCE BAILEY. “It tells the story of who you are,” says Prudence. “You should be surrounded by the things that make you happy—the colors that you love, the patterns you love. It should feel fresh and cozy. How those elements come together can be different for everybody.” She sees it as her job to make sure that her clients have pride in their homes and truly enjoy their surroundings. How to achieve that?

The key is a collaborative relationship between designer and client with

lots of communication about specific preferences.

For this sitting room, the client wanted a space that was just for her— a place where she could sit in the morning and have her coffee, a spot to welcome girlfriends over, where they can spend time and catch up over a glass of wine. Four swivel chairs upholstered in floral fabric surround a rounded wicker coffee table to create a comfortable and inviting gathering spot. The fireplace adds warmth, while pairs of mirrors, lamps and demilune tables provide a soothing sense of symmetry. »

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“My aesthetic is for a clean, neutral palette for the walls and furnishings so that accessories and art have the space to make a statement and direct the mood.”

make a statement

Though furniture is important, one of the best ways to breathe life into a space is with a curated collection of art and accessories. “I always consider the final layer of art and decorative accents as integral to the room,” says CHRISTIN ENGH of MARE DESIGN. “My aesthetic is for a clean, neutral palette for the walls and furnishings so that accessories and art have the space to make a statement and direct the mood.” She recommends layering in organic shapes such as a string of beads or handmade bowl with a more polished framed piece of art. Her picks for

places to discover quality art here in town include Oomph, Trovare Home, Habitat Greenwich and Grayson DeVere.

“Some of my favorite local artists are Amy Vischio, Caroline Callaghan, Robin Babbin and Yvonne Claveloux,” says Christin. If buying an original painting feels intimidating, you can also find beautiful prints to make a powerful impact. “Even a simple Buddha sculpture can make all the difference in a space. The idea is to have fun with it and buy what resonates with you.”

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energy boost

Cue From Nature Recent colorful projects by designer AMY HIRSCH have featured green and for good reason: The refreshing hue is also a reflection of the outdoors. “Our Gracie Studio-clad dining room is an instant mood booster that has great energy,” says Amy. It’s full of life with the contrast of the white branches, Murano chandelier and Art Deco cowhide rug. In a renovated kitchen Hirsch’s team removed the upper cabinetry and infused the backsplash with a tumbled green subway tile. It’s a jolt of nature contrasted with the organic floating walnut shelves lined with brass. “Think about the use of different materials that you will interact with daily,” she says.

Though Amy loves flowers, she also recommends having plants around because they last longer.

“You can get something simple.

It could even be mint, it’s big and bushy and smells good.”

AMY VISCHIO

“Our Gracie Studio-clad dining room is an instant mood booster that has great energy.”

What if you could have vacation vibes every day?

Amy says your home should be as special as your favorite getaway. “When I think of my home, I think of it like a resort. And I want my clients to feel that way, too,” she says.

One simple touch that helps to create that aura in her house is a scent called Santal (notes of cardamom, papyrus and musk) from AromaTech, a Bluetooth-enabled system that emits the soothing aroma. You control the level of scent and how much area you want it to cover. With the timer, you can decide when to scent your space and for how long, seven days a week. There are dozens of other scents, based on essential oils, from black tea and teak to bergamot orange. “Santal whisks me to a completely different place, like a Caribbean vacation,” says Amy. She also recommends Aesop soaps and balms to elevate your powder room. »

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“A soothing color palette, beautiful patterns and a luxurious, soft rug are all important components for a bedroom that feels like a sanctuary.”

bedroom style

The way you start and end each day clearly impacts your mood, so designer CINDY RINFRET suggests paying close attention to the bedroom. “A soothing color palette, beautiful patterns and a luxurious, soft rug are all important components for a bedroom that feels like a sanctuary,” she says. “I love a hand-painted Gracie wallpaper in a bedroom to create a truly magical, dreamy ambiance.” Beautiful window panels bring a sense of warmth and relate the design of the bed to the rest of the room.

For an instant update add fresh cut flowers, scented candles and new pillows. The bedside tables should have ample storage so it’s easy to keep them clean and uncluttered. Curating the nightstand is important to creating a beautiful first and last impression each day. Keep the space pared down to flowers, a book, a lamp and one or two special accessories. For the linens, details such an embroidered pillows and contrasting welting on upholstery add dimension, Cindy says. On the floor she recommends a silk rug. “There is nothing more pleasing than having your first step of the day feel comforting.” greenwichmag.com

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Rest & Refresh

“The beauty of this house is that it has the flexibility change as we “No matter who walked intoto that condo, it put a smile on their grow and change .” faces. Everybody could envision themselves living there.”

beach vibes

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Serene Scene

Start with a chic neutral palette, add an incredible view and the feel-good atmosphere is undeniable. In this luxury waterfront condo called Boca Beach House, designer LINDA RUDERMAN (who has offices in Greenwich and Palm Beach) crafted a look she calls “elegant beach.” Each home is finished in soothing tones. The wall of glass doors opens completely to allow seamless indoor-outdoor living with an outdoor kitchen on the patio. Each living room has custom-designed furniture, some

finished with Holly Hunt indoor-outdoor fabrics, and silk-and-wool Stark carpet that Linda said, “reminds me of sand.” The design really resonates. “No matter who walked into that condo, it put a smile on their faces. Everybody could envision themselves living there,” she says, adding that those who already purchased in the building would visit the model, just to spend time, have a glass of wine and look out at the water. “One of the buyers said, ‘I feel like I’m coming to a movie set. I just want to live here already.’” »

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“Add texture by pairing a few vintage pieces with a modern mix of handmade serveware.”

appeal to the senses

Just the thought of entertaining and laughing with friends on a beautiful summer afternoon can be uplifting. Setting an al fresco table with all the right elements can be rewarding for a host and so welcoming for your guests. This tablescape created by designer KIM CARAVELLA of HABITATGREENWICH reflects an inviting style with a mix of finds from her Cos Cob boutique. Start with fresh flowers and some pre-batched

cocktails in beautiful glassware. “Add texture by pairing a few vintage pieces with a modern mix of handmade serveware,” says Kim. Her store also stocks charcuterie boards, Copenhagen dinnerware, salad bowls, linen kitchen and guest towels that make chic hostess gifts. “Gorgeous tablescapes that blend the colors, scents and tastes of summer can boost my mood like nothing else.”

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Table Talk

organized perfection

Plush Pantry A well-fed family is a happier one, and when you have the right kitchen storage, it will save you time in meal prep, planning and cooking. A proper pantry like this elegant Elliptical Macassar Larder by SMALLBONE brings beautiful style and organization to the heart of the home; it has ample storage yet doesn’t require a large amount of space. Smallbone’s Macassar collection is named for the exotic hardwood that defines the cabinetry. The doors are black stained walnut with select Macassar veneer panels. Optional mirror features in the door panels are an elevating accent. The interior can be set up as a pantry or a contemporary cocktail cabinet. Your food essentials never looked this good. »

“Smallbone’s Macassar collection is named for the exotic hardwood that defines the cabinetry.”

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don’t forget to gloss

Go Bold

“It’s fresh, refreshing and upbeat.”

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People seem more willing to indulge in colorful rooms right now, particularly with lacquered or faux lacquered walls. Blues and greens can be a very happy combination, says designer CAREY KARLAN. For this Greenwich breakfast room, she says “we went wild” with a high-gloss spring green and the pale-blue ceiling.

“My client has a beautiful yard and this was a way to bring the outside in.” If you’re opting for high gloss, Carey recommends taking it all the way up to the molding.

This ceiling is painted in the palest of blues to mimic the sky and the sense of being outside. Gold mirrors add an elegant, reflective accent, and French doors lead out to the garden. Says Carey, “It’s fresh, refreshing and upbeat.”

“If you keep your home organized, you spend less time looking for stuff and have more time to do the things you love.”

a place for everything

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Stress-Free Style You can’t feel calm and content when your rooms are loaded with stuff. “The best design will make your living space feel like an escape from the tumultuous world,” says MASHA ALIMOVA, director of information technology and marketing for CALIFORNIA CLOSETS. And that includes having smart systems for stashing practical items, everything from clothing to books to sports equipment.

“If you keep your home organized, you spend less time looking for stuff and have more time to do the things you love.”

To help you tidy up and eliminate visual and physical clutter, the company offers custom solutions that bring a more inviting feel to closets, wardrobes, pantries, home offices, entertainment centers, garages and more. These are not cookie-cutter systems. They’ll not only address functional needs but will also complement your decor. Says Masha, “We take into consideration every client’s styles, passions, and collections to create a design that brings organization and happiness to their lives.” G JUNE 2021 GREENWICH

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What happens when you mix brains and talent with a sparkling personality and energy for days? You win, that’s what you do.We know, we’ve met

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Lisa Kerney, host of FanDuel’s More Ways to Win

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was in a quandary in the spring of 2018. The ESPN sportscaster loved her job as a co-anchor of the network’s flagship show, SportsCenter, but with four young children at home, including three-year-old twins, the late nights and early mornings were taking a toll. She had spent months weighing her options, searching for a way to continue working the insane hours the job required without sacrificing the needs of her family.

“I had reached a point where I knew I needed to prioritize time with them and figure out what would be best for them moving forward,” she says. “I needed to get that balance back.”

By the time her contract came up for renewal, she knew what she needed to do. Lisa left ESPN that April with no job in sight. She planned to take the summer off and see what came next.

“Essentially, I bet on myself,” she says.

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B E C O M I N G A FA N First launched in 2010, FanDuel was best known as the go-to-app for fantasy sports. But that was about to change because of a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door for states to legalize sports betting. Fans would no longer have to go to Nevada to place legal wagers on their favorite teams. That spring, the Dublin-based Flutter Entertainment, a global sports betting and gaming operator, bought FanDuel and merged all of its U.S. operations, including TVG (the horse racing network), under one umbrella, now known as FanDuel Group. A few months later, in July, FanDuel opened its first sportsbook at the Meadowlands in New Jersey—now the largest in the United States, which legally accepts retail wagers. And with the rapid growth of online sports betting, management decided to create a weekly sports betting and fantasy sports show that would help drive consumers to the app.

That’s where Lisa came in. On the first of August, she flew to Los Angeles for a screen test at the FanDuel studio and to meet the company’s executive team. As she was flying home, she realized, “Oh no, I really want this job.”

The irony of that thought wasn’t lost on her.

“I left a job in Bristol, seventy miles from my house, and found myself wanting to take a job across the country in Los Angeles. But in all seriousness, I was looking for a new challenge that offered me the chance to put my family first while still pursuing my dreams and ambitions; and as crazy as that sounds, taking a job with FanDuel gave that to me, and more.”

As the host of More Ways to Win, Lisa’s job is to help unpack the complicated world—and language—of sports betting. She and her team of on-air experts—Dave Weaver, Andrew “Poni” Fillipponi, Cole Wright and Ed Egros—are tasked with giving sports fans a weekly look at the best lines available and advice on how to bet them. Add John Sheeran—the FanDuel Sportsbook director of trading (in other words the guy who sets the odds)—into the mix and the result is an executive producer’s dream team.

“She is definitely the quarterback of the show,” says Kevin Grigsby, executive

producer and SVP of television, in an email. “Her knowledge of mainstream sports, specifically the NFL, allows us to integrate stats and information for viewers that they can’t get anywhere else. Her dynamic on-screen presence and endless energy gives the program a nonstop feel, while at the same time providing sports betters the info they need to make successful wagers.”

Because More Ways to Win is tied to the FanDuel app, viewers can use the information to make bets in real time. “At the beginning of the show, I tell people, make sure you have the app, because you’re going to want to take their advice right away. It’s so easy, it’s insane,” Lisa says. “The app is incredibly intuitive, as easy to use as Amazon—drop your bets in your cart and check out.”

The only caveat? The app is geo-tracked to ensure the customer is in a state with legalized mobile sports betting when placing a wager (there were eleven as of press time, with more expected to come on this year). “We’ve seen tremendous expansion,” she says. “New York and Connecticut are on the doorstep. Michigan and Virginia just came on. Rhode Island, Massachusetts and nearly fifteen other states are pending or under consideration for legislature.”

Part of that expansion has been spurred by the pandemic, which provided an unexpected silver lining for companies like FanDuel. People who are stuck at home have access to sports betting right there on their phones. “Analysts have estimated the U.S. mobile sports betting business will grow to a $50 billion marketplace, and we currently hold the largest market share,” says Grigsby. “This has kept us focused on the new states opening up legalized gambling while also driving product innovations in our platform that attract customers who want to enjoy some safe fun.”

And safe is the operative word here, as FanDuel has committed to responsible gaming.

Within the FanDuel platform there are tools to encourage customers to set deposit limits, wage limits and time limits. They are also the first major U.S. operator to offer industry-leading gambling blocking software free-of-charge to customers signaling they’re struggling with an addiction. “As the largest mobile operator in the U.S., we believe promoting responsible gaming behaviors is a core tenet of growing our business and the industry as a whole,” Grigsby adds. top: On the LA set for FanDuel’s More Ways To Win middle: Hosting SportsCenter with Kenny Mayne in 2018 bottom: SportsCenter segment with NBA legend Scottie Pippen in 2017

A HOST OF I N F O R M AT I O N With nearly twenty years of sports broadcasting under her belt, Lisa’s role as host allows her to flex her deep-bench knowledge in a variety of ways. She is passionate about football and fantasy sports (during her tenure at ESPN she hosted NFL Live, NFL Insiders and Fantasy Football Now) and is a champion of legalized online sports betting, an interest she first discovered while doing segments with ESPN’s gambling analyst Doug Kezirian. Equally important, the new gig has given her a seat at the table.

“I had made it to the top of the sports world game at ESPN,” she says. “I grew tremendously in my five years there and came out on the other side super-prepared and psyched for the opportunity to build and create a show, something I didn’t know I needed and wanted.” She has provided input on everything from production to graphics, to lighting and set design.

More Ways to Win originally launched as a live two-hour Sunday morning show during the NFL season. Beginning with season two, the format changed. Now Lisa and her team do four

“They asked me if I’d ever run a camera and, of course, I said yes. I called my advisor and told him that I had to learn how to run a camera. For the next week I shadowed him and learned everything I would need to know. I went to Montana, and that was my launching point. Sometimes you do have to fake it ’til you make it. And bet on yourself.

—LISA, ON LANDING HER FIRST JOB

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separate half-hour live shows that air Thursday through Sunday up until NFL kickoff—each targeted to specific sports betting markets. The show can be seen nationwide on TVG Network, as well as local affiliates in various TV markets, including the tri-state area, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Colorado. Additionally, fans can watch each week’s show on multiple streaming services and social media.

To help Lisa manage her travel schedule, the show alternates between the L.A. studio (or “mothership” as Lisa calls it) and the company’s secondary studio at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the Meadowlands. During the NFL season, for instance, she is in L.A. two nights a week, flying out on Tuesday and back home on Thursday afternoon.

“As crazy as it sounds, it’s a more flexible schedule for me to be able to prioritize my family,” she says. Her husband, Patrick, a former NFL defensive end who played for eleven seasons and was 2007 NFC Defensive Player of the Year, agrees. “When she first went out to interview, I couldn’t see how it could work. But once again she was right in her optimism and flexibility.”

Travel came to a temporary halt due to the pandemic, with Lisa and her colleagues working from home for much of the past year. Plans are moving forward to resume the L.A./NJ shooting schedule this fall. During the NFL off season, the More Ways to Win crew focuses on other sports in season—from Major League Baseball and the NBA and NCAA basketball to golf, tennis and more.

What makes More Ways to Win particularly fun to watch is the chemistry between Lisa and her colleagues that’s palpable even when the group is divided into Zoom squares. “She is awesome,” says Dave Weaver, a sports betting expert who came to TVG eighteen years ago as a horse-racing analyst. “She’s sharp, she’s smart, she obviously does her homework, she’s always prepared. And the energy level is off the charts.”

That’s just one trait among many that have impressed colleagues, coworkers and friends along the way. Ask Jay Harris, a longtime SportsCenter anchor, who worked with Lisa over the years, and describes her personality this way. “Let me look at the sun. Oh, there’s Lisa.” As for her work ethic? “She wants to be the best,” he says. “It’s the former athlete in her.”

Hannah Storm, the veteran sportscaster Lisa once looked up to and is now one of her closest friends, remembers the first time they met. “Lisa had a lot of confidence coming out of New York.

Having said that, SportsCenter is a lot harder than it looks. You really have to be on your game, be really nimble and know a lot about a lot of things.

Lisa is an extremely hard worker, very detailed.

She doesn’t let anything slide by. Everything she does, she does it with gusto.”

Besides being so at ease in front of a camera, Lisa’s natural facility for numbers and the ease with which she rattles off NFL points spreads and money-line odds is off the charts. “My favorite subject in college was statistics,” she says with a laugh. “When I was at ESPN, I created a segment called “I Love Stats,” which was a vehicle to share the brilliant stories and history behind the numbers.”

At the same time, she never loses sight of the fact that many viewers are newcomers to the world of sports betting. “The sports betting world is evolving and expanding so rapidly, we try not to talk over their heads because we don’t want to leave anyone behind. We were all new to sports betting at one point and know it can be overwhelming.”

GETTING IN THE GAME The Riverside resident was born and raised in Leawood, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City.

One of five children, she comes from a family of athletes and pro-sports fans. “Sundays in our house was church, home, yard work and

when the Chiefs kicked off, everything stopped.”

A talented athlete from a young age, Lisa excelled on the soccer field and basketball court. She was being actively recruited for basketball by Harvard and the Big 12 Schools during her sophomore year, when the varsity soccer team van was in a terrible accident. Lisa suffered a broken back, which required six screws, two metal plates and a rod to repair. She had to learn to walk again.

“My doctors told me they weren’t sure I’d play sports again,” she recalls. “I told them that is not an option.” She was back on the basketball court that fall. Though the accident derailed her dreams of playing for a Division 1 school, she accepted a full-ride basketball scholarship to the University of Northern Colorado before transferring to play her last two years at Lynn University, where she graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism and communications.

“Learning to walk again and physically starting over as a sixteen-year-old fundamentally shaped who I am now,” Lisa says. “Hard work is my comfort zone. If you want something badly enough you have to go get it.”

From an early age, Lisa dreamed of being a sportscaster on ESPN. “I didn’t know what that meant, but it’s what I wanted to do,” she says.

She knew it was possible because she had grown up watching women like Robin Roberts, Linda Cohn and Hannah Storm break the glass ceilings in the then male-dominated industry. “I get chills talking about them,” she says. “They have been such trailblazers and role models for women of my generation.”

Upon graduation, Lisa put a demo tape together and sent it out to ten different stations.

She received a job offer from one in Butte, Montana. “They asked me if I’d ever run a camera and, of course, I said yes,” she recalls.

“I called my advisor and told him that I had to learn how to run a camera. For the next week I shadowed him and learned everything I would

“My initial thought when I first met Lisa was that she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen and clearly driven enough to thrive in a major market of a male-dominated industry, and therefore most certainly out of my league.”

— PAT R I C K K E R E N Y

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TOP AND BOTTOM FAMILY PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED

above: Lisa and Patrick with Olivia (in dad’s arms), Brynn (left), Ashley and Logan. right: Lisa with the family’s pandemic puppy, Boda

“I grew tremendously in my five years there [ESPN] and came out on the other side superprepared and psyched for the opportunity to build and create a show, something I didn’t know I needed and wanted.”

—LISA KERNEY

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need to know. I went to Montana, and that was my launching point.” The job paid $18,000 a year. “Sometimes you do have to fake it ’til you make it,” she says. “And bet on yourself.”

A year to the day after moving to Butte, Lisa landed a job at KING-TV, an NBC affiliate, in Seattle, where she worked for five years. She moved from market 216 to the thirteenth largest market in the country. She was twenty-three.

It was also where she would meet Patrick.

Lisa remembers that day vividly. “He had just been signed to the Seahawks as a big free-agent acquisition. I was covering the press conference.

I was sitting there with all the other media, and Patrick walks in like a brick wall dressed in a suit. I thought, Oh, he’s handsome.”

Lisa was hosting a half-hour sports show at the time, and after the press conference she asked Patrick if he could spare a second for a short interview. “When it was over, I said, ‘Thank you so much and welcome to Seattle.’ I touched his arm, and there was this magical connection.”

That day when she got back to her office, she jokingly told her colleagues that she had just met her future husband. “For months they cut out his pictures from the paper and taped them to my computer,” she says. At the time, she was not only hyper-focused on her career, but equally committed to keeping her work and personal life separate. She had vowed never to date a professional athlete.

The two started dating a year later.

“My initial thought when I first met Lisa was that she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen and clearly driven enough to thrive in a major market of a male-dominated industry, and therefore most certainly out of my league,” Patrick recalls.

They married in June of 2010. In August, when Patrick retired from the NFL, they loaded up their car and moved across the country to New York City, where Patrick set out to earn an MBA from Columbia. (He now owns an insurance agency in town and does financial educational seminars for NFL teams.) Lisa signed with the Major League Baseball network as a host and reporter. After about eight months the couple realized they weren’t city people. “We said, ‘Let’s get cars in the yard again.’” They moved to Riverside

from top to bottom: Prepping on set for SportsCenter in 2018; Hosting ESPN’s NFL Live in 2018; Hosting ESPN’s Fantasy Football Now in 2018; Lisa on set at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the Meadowlands in New Jersey

and have been here ever since. Soon after their oldest daughter was born in 2011, Lisa accepted a job as the morning sports anchor on CBS 2 New York. Two years later, she joined ESPN and began hosting SportsCenter in early 2014.

For five years she made the daily commute up I-95 to Bristol, where she routinely worked until 1 a.m. and often 3 a.m. But even when she was hosting SportsCenter at 11 p.m., she still managed to be very involved in her kids’ lives. Every afternoon at 3 she’d meet them at school pick-up to get a hug before heading to ESPN. She coached her twins’ soccer team and served as class mom. She loves to bake and is always the first to welcome a new neighbor with a basket of homemade cookies. “I’m a caretaker at heart, and baking is my love language.”

“The other day we met for sushi on the Avenue,” Hannah recalls, “and she showed up with four perfect heart-shaped cookies, all wrapped in a perfect little package and I said, ‘These look delicious!’ and she said, ‘Hannah, these are for your dog.’ I was like, ‘You legit made dog biscuits?’” She laughs. “She has so much energy.”

As if life in lockdown with four children under ten and two working parents wasn’t complicated enough, this year the family added a pandemic boxer puppy named Boda to the mix. They take it all in stride and with a good sense of humor.

“Jim Gaffigan is one of our favorite comedians, and he does a bit about parenting. He says, ‘You know what it’s like having a fourth kid?

It’s like you’re drowning—and someone hands you a baby,’” she says. “We laugh because we are just all crazy, all over the place. The twins are in kindergarten now, so this is our first year with everybody in one school. With one drop off, we feel like we’re living the dream.”

No doubt Lisa’s number one fan is Patrick, who knows a thing or two about being a team player—and making sacrifices for the greater good. “She has that something,” he says. “That ownership of the screen. She has always been self-aware and taken on any potential biases against her and said, ‘You know what? I’m going to put in extra work so those biases can’t survive.’ I’m so fortunate that we have three daughters and a son who can look at Lisa and say, ‘That’s how I take on the world.’”

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THE THIRTY-FOURTH BRUCE MUSEUM GALA

Green Gala Photo: ChiChi Ubiña/Fairfield County LOOK

HONORING SUSAN E. LYNCH

SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2021, 6:00 PM

FOUNDATION HOUSE, BACKCOUNTRY GREENWICH Shari Aser

Gala Co-Chairs Grace Lockhart Djuranovic

Cocktails, dinner, and live and silent auctions of art and special experiences.

Art auction lots on view at the Bruce Museum May 28–June 12.

The Green Gala will have a limited capacity on-site and can also be attended virtually.

To reserve your place, please visit brucemuseum.org.

The Thirty-Fourth Bruce Museum Gala is generously supported by

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calendar ART & ANTIQUES ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198.

Tues.-Sun. aldrichart.org AMY SIMON FINE ART, 1869 Post Rd. East, Westport, 2591500. amysimonfineart.com BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org CANFIN GALLERY, 39 Main St., Tarrytown, NY, 914-3324554. canfingallery.com CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS, Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, NY, 914-232-1252. Caramoor is a destination for exceptional music, captivating programs, spectacular gardens and grounds, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. caramoor.org CAVALIER GALLERIES, 405 Greenwich Ave., 869-3664. cavaliergalleries.com

Dancing with the Dove by Mimi Sammis

Sorokin Gallery It will be an artist’s homecoming when Mimi Sammis, sculptor, painter, author and host of PBS’ Love to Paint with Mimi, is featured in an exhibit at the Sorokin Gallery at 96 Greenwich Avenue. Her work is a celebration of life and is collected throughout the world. Mimi began her art career in the 1970s with the encouragement of her late husband, Avery Rockefeller Jr. Her work as a sculptor has included private commissions for Queen Elizabeth as well as the Women’s Veterans memorial in Rhode Island.

Ms. Sammis’ grandparents established themselves in Greenwich over a century ago. Her grandfather, Jesse Sammis, established Sammis and Chadsey Real Estate; and her brother, Sam Sammis, established New England Land Company. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Sorokin Gallery, 96 Greenwich Avenue.

The exhibition runs through Sunday, July 11. ( for more events visit greenwichmag.com )

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GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL, 299 Greenwich Ave., 862-6750. greenwich artscouncil.org GREENWICH ART SOCIETY, 299 Greenwich Ave. 2nd fl, 629-1533.

A studio school which offers a visual arts education program for kids and adults. greenwichartsociety.org GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 47 Strickland Rd., 869-6899. greenwichhistory.org KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org KENISE BARNES FINE ART, 1947 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, NY, 914-834-8077. kbfa.com LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, 838-9799. lockwoodmathewsmansion .com

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 899-7999. contemprints.org

LOFT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, 575 Pacific St., Stamford, 203-247-2027. loftartists.org

CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY, 914-2516100. neuberger.org

FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org FLINN GALLERY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7947. flinngallery.com GERTRUDE G. WHITE GALLERY, YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave., 869-6501. ywcagreenwich.org

PELHAM ART CENTER, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY, 914-738-2525 ext. 113. pelhamartcenter.org ROWAYTON ARTS CENTER, 145 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 866-2744. rowaytonarts.org SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY, 382 Greenwich Ave., 325-1924. samuelowen.org »

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calendar YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-0611. artgallery.yale.edu

CONCERTS, FILM & THEATER ARENA AT HARBOR YARD, 600 Main St., Bridgeport, 345-2300. websterbankarena.com AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER, 272 Bedford St., Stamford, 661-0321. avontheatre.org CURTAIN CALL, The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford, 329-8207. curtaincallinc.com PUBLIQuartet

Caramoor Caramoor is back for a full season of thirty-five live performances this summer, with an intensive seven-week festival (June 19–August 8) followed by two post-season concert series (August 13– September 12). All held outdoors on the cultural arts destination’s idyllic Westchester campus, this year’s offerings illustrate its continued commitment to adventurous programming across the spectrum. For more information, visit caramoor.org.

SILVERMINE GUILD ARTS CENTER, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan, 203-966-9700. silvermineart.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

SANDRA MORGAN INTERIORS & ART PRIVÉ, 135 East Putnam Ave., 2nd flr., Greenwich, 629-8121. sandramorganinteriors.com

UCONN STAMFORD ART GALLERY, One University Pl., Stamford, 251-8400. artgallery. stamford.uconn.edu

STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, 39 Franklin St., Stamford, 203-325-1139. stamfordartassociation.org

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 226-7070. westportartscenter.org

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY, On StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield, 259-1036. fairfieldtheatre.org GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, 6 Main St., East Haddam, 860-873-8668. goodspeed.org GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. greenwichlibrary.org JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, NY, 914-773-7663. burnsfilmcenter.org LONG WHARF THEATRE, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven, 787-4282. longwharf.com RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 4389269. ridgefieldplayhouse.org RIDGEFIELD THEATER BARN, 37 Halpin Ln., Ridgefield, 431-9850. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org JUNE 2021 GREENWICH

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SHUBERT THEATER, 247 College St., New Haven, 800-228-6622. shubert.com STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. stamfordcenterforthearts.org WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org

LECTURES, TOURS & WORKSHOPS ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. aldrichart.org AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org AUX DÉLICES, 231 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540, ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com BOWMAN OBSERVATORY PUBLIC NIGHT, NE of Milbank/East Elm St. rotary on the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 869-6786, ext. 338 BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org CONNECTICUT CERAMICS STUDY CIRCLE, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. ctcsc.org FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org GARDEN EDUCATION CENTER, 130 Bible St., 869-9242. gecgreenwich.org GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. greenwichlibrary.org

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, 26 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

OTHER EVENTS BRUCE MUSEUM, Foundation House, backcountry Greenwich, Sat. 12, The thirty-fourth annual Green Gala, honoring Susan E. Lynch, 6 p.m.

For more information visit brucemuseum.org.

GREENWICH AUDUBON CENTER, 613 Riversville Rd., Thurs. 10, Environmental Leadership Awards dinner honoring Susie Baker and Joseph Ellis, 6 p.m. For more information visit greenwich.audubon.org CT AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE, hosted at a private home in Greenwich, Sat. 12, Join CT Against Gun Violence and CT Attorney General William Tong to take a stand against gun violence, learn about CAGV’s legislative and policy advocacy, grassroots engagement, and public education to end gun violence in CT and inspire change nationwide. For more information visit cagv.org.

ONSF, Stanwich Club, Mon. 7, annual golf outing, for more information visit onsf.org.

PATHWAYS, 8 Sinawoy Rd., Fri. 11, kick off the summer with Pathways’ Lobsterfest dinner party-to-go! Grab some friends and order your delicious lobster dinner including a bottle of wine and dessert. Everything comes in a fun tote bag and will be available for pick-up between 3 and 5 p.m. Visit pways.org for more information. »

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ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-4519. aldrichart.org

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AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org AUX DÉLICES (cooking classes), 23 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540 ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com BEARDSLEY ZOO, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport, 394-6565. beardsleyzoo.org BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH, 4 Horseneck Lane, 869-3224. bgcg.org BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com EARTHPLACE, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, 227-7253. earthplace.org GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland St., 869-6899. hstg.org GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7900. greenwichlibrary.org

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IMAX THEATER AT MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

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NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, 966-9577. newcanaannature.org RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-5795. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

Amjad Ali Khan & Sharon Isbin

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. palacestamford.org

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STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

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STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN, 303 West Ave., Mathews Park, Norwalk, 899-0606. steppingstonesmuseum.org WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 222-7070. westportartscenter.org

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