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Where to have a small wedding in Westchester, Rockland - The Journal News

NYC: Bringing tourists backGYMS: What they'll look like in a COVID-19 worldSUBSCRIBER ONLY: Happy hours are back in Westchester, RocklandSome options: Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico HillsThe bucolic Blue Hill at Stone Barns has always been known for its natural beauty, rustic charm and sophisticated elegance, not to mention its food (it's been included among "The World's 50 Best Restaurants" since 2015). Now, instead of offering weddings for 100-plus guests, the sophisticated farmhouse features three options for up to 50.Venue choices include the Dooryard Garden with its covered barn area, the Stone Barns Center Courtyard and café area and the restaurant's terrace and ceremony lawn, each of which can be set up for socially distanced seating arrangements. Included in the cost is a 30-minute reception with champagne, wine and a selection of botanical seasonal cocktails, as well as "elevated picnics for two" featuring specially designed china.Additional food items are served from long pizza trays from six feet away, including a caviar course. Book it: 630 Bedford Road, 914-366-9606  ext. 236, bluehillfarm.comKanopi Events, White Plains The Ritz-Carlton may be closed but that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy the view from the 42nd floor. Kanopi, the fine dining restaurant and event venue led by Chef Anthony Gonçalves, is still operational and helping couples plan their dream-come-true wedding, provided it’s 50 people or less. With multiple rooms, all with breathtaking views, there's plenty of space for a ceremony in one room, a cocktail reception in the next, or ... https://www.lohud.com/story/life/2020/07/29/coronavirus-changes-wedding-plans-places-readjust-your-nuptials/5449704002/

From Premium Booze to Fresh-Cut Flowers, These Luxury Services Still Deliver to Get You Through Quarantine - Robb Report

In the Hudson Valley, Blue Hill at Stone Barns has swapped its usual jacket-and-tie $278-a-head set menu for a selection of build-your-own hotpot kits, at $150 per person (pick-up only), plus optional botanical cocktails and a sommelier selection. Other Michelin-starred options include omakase and sake from Sushi Yasuda, and a gourmet Korean barbeque experience in your own home, courtesy of Cote NYC, which will deliver an “ultimate steak feast” to your door and advise on the finer points of home grilling technique.Off the Michelin trail, New York’s hottest no-reservation neighborhood favorites, such as Le French Diner on the Lower East Side, and Lucali’s pizza in Brooklyn—where it’s usually the work of several hours to get a table—are now providing exquisite meals to go.For those working towards their own domestic Michelin experience, take advantage of the fact that, with many restaurants closed, gourmet wholesalers are now moving into home delivery. You can take delivery of epicurean ingredients from Foods in Season and “eat well from home kits” from New York’s most illustrious butcher, Debragga, while specialist restaurant supplier Regalis Foods is now selling 80 percent of its online portfolio to home consumers at wholesale prices.Drinks Courtesy of Adam Jaime/Unsplash Many restaurants depend on wine sales for profitability, so consider splashing out on a bottle as part of your order, or, if your decision-making capacity has is not what it once was, order “wine roulette” from Air Champagne Parlor in New York, and let them do the thinking. Dante, regularly voted the world’s best bar, will also deliver its famous negroni cocktails in 8 oz bottles, while Brooklyn’s Sauvage Wines now includes a roll of toilet paper with each order.If yo... https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/from-premium-spirits-to-fresh-flowers-these-services-still-deliver-2910286/

Fairwinds in Blue Hill named best florist shop in Maine | Community ... - The Weekly Packet

Schneider has owned Fairwinds for the last 10 years; however, her first experience with the floral business came in 1998, when she moved away from Blue Hill to the warmer climate of Florida.“I left Maine in a rush after the ice storm of ’98, went to Florida and got a job at a flower shop,” said Schneider. “I quite liked it, but then I went on to college and whatnot.”After college Schneider came back to Blue Hill in 2004, at which time the owners of Fairwinds were looking for someone to manage the shop. Schneider jumped at the opportunity and went on to purchase the business a year later.The business has allowed Schneider to show off her creativity, as each arrangement is carefully visualized and planned before construction.“I identify as an artist first, which is great in this line of work,” said Schneider. “Owning the business though, I know I also have to look at it from a budgeting perspective. How much the arrangement costs sort of dictates the flowers we use, what it will look like, that sort of thing.”Her artistic sense prompted her decision to start the process of becoming certified with the American Institute of Floral Designers, which required her to first enroll as a candidate to participate in testing of skills and knowledge in the field. Once accepted, Schneider reviewed for the evaluation, which took her to Denver for testing in 2015. She, along with 67 other florists from around the world passed the evaluations and were inducted during the California ceremony.“The induction was pretty cool,” said Schneider. “It was really formal, on stage, lots of speeches. Everybody gets really dolled up. They’re a really established organization.”In addition to the florist shop, Schneider also has a substantial flower growing operation on her property in Orland, which allows her to have a constant variety of flowers in the shop. The benefit of having those flowers available on the farm is that the operation includes a refrigeration process, which allows Schneider to harvest whenever she wants to.“I a... http://weeklypacket.com/news/2016/jul/28/fairwinds-in-blue-hill-named-best-florist-shop-in/

A Floral Designer's Dream Wedding in South Africa - Vogue.com

Tarrytown, where he had booked us into the best room in a fancy hotel. He had secretly packed an overnight bag for me with a pretty dress and then spoiled me by taking me to Blue Hill Stone Barns for an exquisite dinner—a reservation he had made two months in advance! The next morning we drove to Washington, D.C. to stare at the cherry blossoms, which were in peak bloom that day. It was all very romantic, dreamy bliss.”Latisha knew she wanted a midsummer wedding in South Africa. “I had a feeling we would get a lot of friends traveling from the States because February is generally when people want to escape the East Coast cold the most,” says Latisha. She also didn’t want what she refers to as a “wasteful wedding.” “So much of what I do in my freelance design life is very transient and disposable,” she admits. “As much as I love working with the lavish, luxe, and elaborate designs, I am more of a down-to-earth girl. Luke and I wanted to keep things simple and true to who we are. I didn’t feel the need to be surrounded with multitudes of lavish floral arrangements because that aspect of my life is fulfilled. I am also very aware of the carbon footprint of imported flowers and didn’t want to use anything imported as a result.”They opted to keep things very green, local, and simple. “Our goal was to create a magical garden wedding. It was intended to be very Cape Dutch meets the Dutch Masters: rustic elegance with a touch of bohemian, more greens than flowers, still life landscapes rather than arrangements alone.” Latisha’s florist and friend, Marissa from Opus, executed everything exactly as the bride envisioned it. “All my floral designer friends who flew in from Brooklyn could relax,” Latisha says. “My perfect bouquet was an incredible gift from my most talented, dear friend Ariel Dearie of Ariel Dearie Flowers. I felt so moved and blessed when she delivered it.”The couple wanted to get married outside under the trees somewhere remote and rustic but with real South African history, and Hawksmoor House ended up being the perfect choice. Thirty guests spent the weekend there with the bride and groom. “It was an intimate celebration where our families were able to relax and spend time getting to know each other in a beautiful space,” sa... http://www.vogue.com/13438476/latisha-duarte-luke-mccoubrey-wedding-south-africa/

Warm December brings flowers to Concord - Wicked Local

White clover and red clover plants were flowering on Christmas below the bathhouse at Walden Pond.The Blue Hill Observatory reported that both Dec. 24 and 25 set records for daily high temperatures. The Dec. 24 temperature of 67 degrees was 6 degrees higher than the previous record of 61 degrees, and the temperature on Christmas day reached 64 degrees, beating the old record of 62 degrees. These record temperatures are around 30 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. The nighttime low temperatures also broke records as the warmest nights for these dates. Once the calculations are completed, this December will likely be the warmest December since records first started in 1885.People responded to the warm temperatures as well. On Christmas evening, Carol Haines went caroling at Monument Square as part of a longtime family tradition and for the first time did not wear a coat. On Christmas day, crowds of people walked around Walden Pond, some even in shorts and light shirts. A few people took advantage of the warm weather to go swimming.The warm December weather drew out insects. Many record December observations of butterflies were reported around Massachusetts such as American Ladies in Nahant and Red Admirals at Plum Island. Shelly Henderson of neighboring Lexington noticed flying mosquitoes, which are normally killed by frosts in November.A few migrant bird species lingered into late December, including three killdeer in Concord and a Baltimore oriole in Lincoln. Northern shovelers were still swimming on the open water at Great Meadows and two marsh wrens were active in the bordering vegetation.Other surprising animal activities for Christmas included squirrels running around excitedly as if they were playing tag. At two wetland spots in Concord, Simon Perkins at the Bedford Levels and Martha Swope in Conantum heard spring peepers calling, as if to ask their neighbors, “What’s with this warm weather?”After our astonishingly warm week of Christmas and all the activity it brought with it, the New England winter finally arrived. A snowstorm on Dec. 29 deposited an inch of heavy slush on the landscape, and a cold night then froze the slush to the ground. So long, warm Christmas; so long, flowers, shoots, insects, and peepers—we’ll see you again in the spring!Richard B. Primack is a professor of biology at Boston University and the author of the book “Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods.” For the past 14 years, Primack, along with his students an... http://concord.wickedlocal.com/article/20160108/NEWS/160107661

Looking Back on Aug. 21 | Lewiston - The Bethel Citizen

Maine’s worms.50 Years Ago: 1970A survey crew is working in the Turner and Center Streets, Auburn area preparing data for the planning of the Union Street Bypass project. The State Highway Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposal on Aug 25 at the Auburn City Council chamber.25 Years Ago: 1995A tradition at Sherwood Heights School is to have each student become a gardener and plant flowers in the center courtyard. This activity reminds students the importance of planting trees and plants are for their environment. Second, students are engaged in a hands-on activity which brings to life concepts learned in the classroom. Third, the garden becomes a symbol to students who will greet It again in the fall and to those who have graduated. Last, the activity culminates the year by bringing the whole school] together to create something special that has become a part of the school culture. The tradition continued this year with the contribution of 600 flowering plants from Roak the Florist.The material used in Looking Back is reproduced exactly as it originally appeared, although misspellings and errors may be corrected.Invalid username/password.Ple... https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/08/21/looking-back-on-aug-21-3/

Founder of Victoria's 'cheeky' flower count, dies at 97 – Vancouver Island Free Daily - vancouverislandfreedaily.com

The Victoria woman who started a light-hearted campaign to count flower blossoms sprouting in British Columbia’s capital when much of Canada remained locked in winter’s grip has died.Norma Fitzsimmons, whose annual Greater Victoria Flower Count signals the early arrival of spring in Canada’s warmest winter city, died Friday, July 24 after suffering a stroke. She was 97 years old.This year’s 45th annual flower count, held March 4 to 11, saw a total of 45.9 billion blooms recorded in Greater Victoria.“I don’t think she meant to get under anybody’s skin,” said granddaughter Sheri Bourrie. “It was just a cheeky way of being, ‘Hey, look at us and look at how fantastic Victoria is.’”Fitzsimmons, born in August 1922, never left Victoria and stayed in her home overlooking scenic Cadboro Bay until the final two weeks of her life.Flowers were her lifelong passion and served as her way of helping people and promoting Victoria, known as the City of Gardens, said Bourrie.“You didn’t ever go to her house and there wasn’t a flower arrangement,” she said. “Even the last time we visited her there was a flower arrangement. Fresh flowers, her o... https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/founder-of-victorias-cheeky-flower-count-dies-at-97/

Historically Speaking: Florists a big part of Dover - Seacoastonline.com

At one time Shortridge also served as president of Merchants National Bank and president of the Dover Realty Co. He and his wife, who had been Ada Massingham, lived at 4 West Concord St., and he remained active in the business until his death in 1946. Ada then took over and with her nephew, Tom Massingham, managed the operation until her death in 1958.Tom Massingham had been born in England, but at age 5 was sent by his family to Dover to live with the Shortridges. As a young man he worked in the business, served in World War II, and upon his return and at Ada's death, became the owner of the Garrison Hill Greenhouses. In 1950, he was one of the first to construct a building on the nascent Miracle Mile, at what was then called Page's corner, opposite Glenwood Avenue. It was originally intended to be a retail flower and gift shop, but on Nov. 25-26 Mother Nature intervened at the Garrison Hill site with close to hurricane force winds that shattered greenhouse glass, entirely uprooting one building which landed on another, and causing an estimated $50,000 damage, well over a half million dollars in today's money.As a result, production at that location was limited and a much-reduced greenhouse space was grafted on to the building at Central Avenue. Over time the original greenhouse structures were dismantled and removed, the space eventually covered by apartment buildings, and the only reminder we have of what was there is the name of the street, Floral Avenue. (The business remains in operation, however, with the next generation, Thomas Massingham as owner, located in the small plaza at the corner of Chestnut and Fourth streets.)This was not the only florist operation in town. Recently we mentioned the Elliott Greenhouses set back some distance from the Dover Point Road (the location of the present Ponte Place development). This was a major producer of roses, with a national, even international, clientele. For a time there was a retail store, Thornwood, in the building now occupied by Patty B's restaurant.Bob and Barbara Drew had a small greenhouse on Tolend Road. There was Bob's Flower Shop, Robert Ham proprietor, at 2 Central Ave. In the mid-1940s, there was Brown's Flower Shop (Aaron and Ralph Brown, owners) at 107 Washington St., which advertised being open on Sunday morning.The Whatnot Flowers and Gifts was at 517 Central Ave., owned by Edward and Natalie Duffy, with "a full line of religious articles."Perley Lee and his wife Mabelle had a greenhouse and retail store at 120 Stark Avenue next door to their home. In the mid-’80s the Siranian family at 103 Stark Ave. had a small greenhouse, and just down the road, beyond the current Dover Chevrolet complex, John Viola, who worked many years for the Lees, had two small greenhouses behind his family home.A larger, longer-lived business was Meader's Greenhouses at 21 Back River Road (the remains of some of the greenhouse buildings are still visible). The Meader family had deep roots in the Dover area. John lived at the corner of Back River and the Durham Road. Herbert lived just beyond t... https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20200823/historically-speaking-florists-big-part-of-dover

Plymouth flower shop closes after four decades as owner retires - Hometown Life

Ribar and her family. She worked outside of floral until Ribar called her to offer her the business. She then left her job and began running the shop."I remained friends with Pat Ribar all these years," she said. "So I gave my notice at work and I had called Pat."There, Morrison spent years working through holidays such as Mother's Day and Christmas, getting to know local customers and connecting with various organizations and networking events in the Plymouth-Canton area, including the Plymouth Historical Museum, the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and volunteering with Angela Hospice with flowers."We're always trying to do for others," she said.Then earlier this year, the coronavirus pandemic hit Michigan, forcing her to close her doors temporarily. During that time, she looked ahead to what doing business in a world occupied by COVID-19 looked like. She said she did not want to operate like that and risk her health. So she's decided to retire."While we were closed, every day in the news was something different," she said. "I just said, 'I think that it's time.'"'I'm going to miss the customers'Ribar, who still lives down the street from the floral shop, said she was sad to hear the shop still bearing her name would close, but understood why Morrison would decide to do it.She said meeting Morrison decades ago was an important point in her professional life."It would've been a monumental task (to stay open). She's a hard worker, always has been," Ribar said of Morrison. "She does anything you need to do and happy to do it. We did a good thing when we met Lori."Morrison planned to be out of the space by the end of the month. While Morrison said she's looking forward to spending time with family and friends or traveling near Christmas instead of working, she said she will miss the loyal customers that came in all the time looking for that personal touch in flowers. She said she hasn't ruled out helping out in other flower shops in the future; she said she's already had some people inquire if she wants to help during a busier season in the future."I'm going to miss the customers," she said. "I'm certainly not going to miss the long hours or smelling like sap. "I am going to miss the people I see every Christmas."... https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/plymouth/2020/06/25/plymouth-floral-shop-closes/5306585002/