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After The Oscars

After The Oscars

The Oscars come but once a year – as does Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter and my birthday – thank you Lord! Oscar Day says a lots of things to me and brings back memories...
Look For The Silver Lining

Look For The Silver Lining

We can't change yesterday but we can change today and tomorrow. Our environment has a real effect on how we feel. Like all decisions, big or small, the hardest part is thinking about it, the...
Hooray For Hollywood!

Hooray For Hollywood!

Once upon a time, there were movies stars like swimmer Ester Williams, the skater, Sonya Heine, Brazilian Carmen Miranda – all originals – and then there was the original Shirley Temple, a star no one...
Decorate with red and blue, like Mary Higgins Clark

Decorate with red and blue, like Mary Higgins Clark

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News You know that As Time Goes By is name of a song, but did you realize it’s also the title of Mary Higgins Clark’s newest novel, her...
Carleton Varney: Blue and white are always in style

Carleton Varney: Blue and white are always in style

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Blue and white, blue and white: I see that color combination everywhere — on porcelain, on wallpapers, on fabric, on wastepaper baskets. If you think I am...
Gathering in kitchen always in style

Gathering in kitchen always in style

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News I know you know this one: “Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah, someone’s in the kitchen I know….” I remember singing that with my friends around the...
Better safer than sorry with red-wine stains

Better safer than sorry with red-wine stains

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News These are the four words I often hear these days at cocktail parties, as well as at museum galas or other large social events: “Sorry, no red...
Green isn’t just for the Irish

Green isn’t just for the Irish

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Thursday was St. Patrick’s Day. And that means that I’ve been thinking about green, as I bet you have been, too, whether you’re of Irish descent or...