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Heirlooms Still Have a Place In Homes
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Heirlooms Still Have a Place In Homes

By Carleton Varney

Remember the Irish dresser, that pine cabinet with upper shelves for displaying dishware? It was the one with the perfect recess to display teacups, saucers, plates, glasses, rosary beads, perhaps even the family prayer book....
Jet-Set Design Takes Flight at TWA Hotel
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Jet-Set Design Takes Flight at TWA Hotel

By Carleton Varney

When it’s time for up, up, and away — and you’re departing from or arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport — you might consider a stop at the TWA Hotel, where I...
October Means It Is Time For Pumpkins
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October Means It Is Time For Pumpkins

By Carleton Varney

It’s pumpkin time — and that, to me, means it’s time for pumpkin pie, one of my favorites. I get mine at Upper Crust Bakery at 2015 S. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach. That...
A Visit To Charleston
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A Visit To Charleston

By Carleton Varney

In these days of the coronavirus pandemic, heading out on the open roads can offer welcome relief from the every day. Driving Interstate 95 north from Palm Beach engenders a sort of visual solace, I find,...
Rosa Jewelry Boutique is a Colorful Gem
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Rosa Jewelry Boutique is a Colorful Gem

By Carleton Varney

If you are out and about and happen to come across Rosa Estate Jewelry, a gem of a jewelry boutique on South Dixie Highway, you are in for a treat. Not only will you see...
Obsolete? Not Necessarily
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Obsolete? Not Necessarily

By Carleton Varney

I’m not ashamed to say it: I grew up in the days of the typewriter. Yes, I’m talking about that heavy machine with little black letters and numbers on white keys — or vice versa...
Vintage style? It must have been Moonglow
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Vintage style? It must have been Moonglow

By Carleton Varney

In the early 1950s, the jewelry rage was acrylic, which was often known by the trademarked term Lucite. Showcased in the fancy fashion magazines around the world were acrylic beads and bangles, colored with infused...
Checkerboard motif a winner at Green's
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Checkerboard motif a winner at Green's

By Carleton Varney

If you haven’t been to the Green’s Pharmacy Luncheonette lately, you’ll find that the Palm Beach breakfast and lunch hangout has a new look that’s being admired by the faithful.
Coloring Books, Dollhouses Nurture Creativity
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Coloring Books, Dollhouses Nurture Creativity

By Carleton Varney

Lately, believe it or not, I have been busy creating coloring books. In fact, I have just completed a new one called ''Color the Greenbrier Beautiful.'' It is filled with 27 pages of original illustrations to...