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It’s no secret that I love music. My earliest musical memories are of my father, playing clarinet with a Dixieland Jazz band. When I was old enough he taught me how to set the needle down on a vinyl LP so I could listen to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on my parents’s record player.

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Along with watering some of my outdoor plants, twice a day, to keep them from dying in the heat, my

Last Friday I spent my 70th birthday at Diana Ross’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Birthday Celebration at the Wynn Hotel in

My goals when we decided to buy a home, besides more space, were to have a more active social life;

Cheryl Strayed, NYTimes #1 Best-Selling author of Wild, her memoir about her 1,100 mile hike, talks to me about the
While trying to flee the heat this week I discovered a book of artistic photographs, each a true work of

When I was in Florence last month, a British historian gave me and my friend a tour of the Uffizi

I was driving to meet a friend for lunch this week, and within a 10-mile stretch, I saw three new

Like an Italian Woodstock, people of all ages and nationalities, wearing Rolling Stones t-shirts, poured into the walled Renaissance city

I have the rare blessing of a lifelong friendship with my high school math teacher. Ms. Bowers taught me every

Peter Cincotti’s grandmother couldn’t have known that her gift of a toy piano would create the stage for her then,

This week the nation has watched my state endure—and survive—a devastating natural catastrophe named Harvey. We’ve seen images of people

I did it. I chased my lion. My two friends and I just returned from a trip to Uganda where

As long as the Rollings Stones continue performing, I’ll continue going to their concerts. The first time I saw the

How many of us have reinvented ourselves over the years, particularly as we find ourselves with an empty nest or

While shopping for antique and vintage pieces, I’m always surprised at the devaluation of anything with a monogram. Whether it’s

A friend and I were having coffee when we started talking about how lovely it was not to go out

I grew up in the world of antiques and never left, sharing professional time as a dealer, auctioneer, lecturer and

Everywhere I go these days, I’m surrounded by Nomophobes. Whether it’s at a luncheon, a business presentation, or a casual