Michele Herrmann

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Michele Herrmann

2 days agoHBO’s elegant period piece returns for more upper-class melodrama, with some added bang. It seems that Julian Fellowes may have been listening to the viewers who have said, lovingly or not, that nothing really happens on The Gilded Age. Season three of Fellowes’s prim and elegant soap opera about late …

1 week ago | forbes.com | Michele Herrmann

“The Gilded Age” returns for its third season on HBO on June 22. This period drama tells of fictional and real-life characters from this era of tremendous wealth displayed through opulent mansions. While this show is largely set in New York City, there are places throughout New York State that were built amid the Gilded Age and remain today. Here’s where to find the Gilded Age in New York.

3 weeks ago | azureroad.io | Michele Herrmann

For Margaret O’Leary, knitting would not only become her life skill but also lead to starting her own fashion brand. “The day I was born, my mother held me in one hand and knitting needles in the other,” remembers O’Leary. “This wasn’t a pastime for our family, but the way we got clothes to wear.” Being the second oldest of 12 siblings, this Irish-born clothing designer grew up in a rural farming community in County Kerry.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michele Herrmann

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden often gets attention for when their esplanade of cherry blossom trees are in bloom. However, the park is recognizing another tree species on its grounds this year - the bonsai. 2025 is marking the centenary of the BBG’s bonsai collection. Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, and the BBG is said to have one of the oldest and largest collections on public display.

1 month ago | forbes.com | Michele Herrmann

New York distilleries have been forging ahead as an industry in the Empire State and a new app is providing suggestions for making a trip out of seeing them. The New York State Distillers Guild has released the NY Distillery Trails app, a user-friendly guide to visiting the state’s distilleries through suggested itineraries and category searches. While producing gin, vodka, whiskey and other spirits, distilleries can also play an important role in promoting visitation.