This holiday weekend is about parties.

It could be a barbecue (mine’s tomorrow). Might just be a picnic or some cocktails.

No matter, entertaining at home is what a lot of people will likely be doing over the next few days.

That’s why I wrote a story for today’s Life & Style section of The Journal News — [...]

It’s been such a busy day… when is that holiday again?

Well, before I head for home, I just wanted to post about Sassafras, N.Y., a Brewster shop that I visited yesterday afternoon.

Once I get going — and when you see how many pictures I’m going to put up — you’ll see why I didn’t get [...]

Today I was on the road most of the day, gathering up a great selection of ladies wrist watches for a story.

It’s going to be the “Gotta Have It” feature for the September issue of our sister publication, Rockland Magazine.

But I didn’t want to let the day go by without posting a couple of quick [...]

I was just buzzing around on our Web site and was surprised to learn that the Filene’s Basement in White Plains is to close.

For the complete details, check out the story in today’s newspaper — or here online at LoHud.com — as reported by my colleagues Jay Loomis and Jerry Gleeson.

I don’t shop there too [...]

Every so often, I have a shopping experience that just makes me feel good.

This is about one of those times…

See, I was in Nyack on Thursday morning to visit a shop for my backyard-party story. After I had interviewed the owner of the Saffron Trading Company on South Broadway, I was rushing back to my [...]

There’s one thing to keep in mind when you visit The Eclectic Collector in Katonah — plan to spend some time.

This shop, filled with contemporary arts and crafts from more than 400 artists, isn’t one to rush in and out of.

I suppose you could you could pop in for a quick gift but to really [...]

Today was another stop-at-some-shops morning… and early afternoon.

I wrapped up my search for great things for backyard parties, for the story I had mentioned yesterday.

My first stop today was at a shop I hadn’t had the chance to visit yet — and I’m so glad I finally did.

Whew.

That’s how I’m feeling as I finally get settled in at my desk — today’s reporting took me to Briarcliff Manor, Peekskill, Cortlandt Manor, Mount Kisco, Yorktown Heights and Chappaqua.

It’s all for a story I’m doing on backyard parties that will appear in our Life & Style section (and here on LoHud.com) next week.

Not going [...]

I was in Katonah earlier this afternoon, doing some reporting for a couple of stories.

I stopped in the Charles Department Store, which I’ve written about a few times before.

This time, I was in search of items for a feature story about hosting a backyard party.

I knew this shop wouldn’t fail me — and I [...]

There are certain events that just keep plugging along.

In a good way.

One of those is definitely Crafts at Lyndhurst — where hundreds of artists and artisans gather twice a year in Tarrytown to show and sell their work.