Waveny Mansion Tablescapes 2015

It’s time again for our popular town fundraiser, Tablescapes at Waveny! The New Canaan Beautification League members have been busy as bees this spring, cleaning up little plots of land scattered throughout our town, and this tablescaping event provides enough funds for them to beautify our town in a most glorious way!  Waveny Park, which is home to Waveny Mansion, consists…

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The Novel Bakers: Cooking (or not) With Grandma

During all the happy days I spent with my two grandmothers I cannot recall one moment of standing side-by-side with either of them for the purpose of learning to cook.  My grandmothers and their families were recent arrivals in the USA, crossing different borders but with the same objective of becoming an American citizen.  My maternal grandmother came to Ellis Island as a…

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