Coindre Hall , Long Island. Thanksgiving weekend 2011

When Friend of The Cool House, documentary movie maker, historian and writer Jake Gorst , asked if we would mind him filming our house (desi...

A plan to take breakfast at Northport Harbor, NY goes horribly awry... There might have been other shots, many whirling birds, much fla...

Planting Fields Arboretum , Oyster Bay, NY. Happy Halloween!

Peeling bark Hen of the Woods - the mother of all mushrooms Tropical plants All photographs taken on a beautiful Fall day at Planting Fields...

Warm days, cold nights, falling leaves, rain showers and the occasional tornado - the transition from summer to autumn on Long Island.

When Long Island schoolgirl Olivia Bouler heard about the Gulf oil disaster she set out to help and she did it big time raising over $175,0...

There's always a point in a construction or renovation project when you feel yourself snapping - maybe months of backorders have put yo...

Remember those storms that hit the north-east in March? They came a couple of weeks apart and each dumped 6-8" rain right on Long Islan...

photo courtesy Nadine Bouler We were very excited to meet the stylish Nadine Bouler and her husband, leading Long Island "green...

Hey! Who's that man and what is he and his friend doing at The Cool House? That's Richie Saccente of Young Rebel Goombas , wit...

Big art, small art, insects and of course, houses at Nadine Bouler 's show, part of the current exhibition at Ripe Art Gallery . Part o...

Young Rebel Goombas (l to r) Richie Saccente, Cosmo Mallardi, Uncle B Johnson and Richie Cannata keeping it real at a special event @ CW Po...

The Goombas Special Show at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus on Thursday September 3rd (1:00 - 2:30 pm) just keeps getting big...

Found in the hood of a car (just like Hermes) this adorable kitty cannot live with his rescuers (there's a no-animal policy in their apa...

Thursday wasn't just a successful day in terms of house maintenance , it was also the day I overcame one of my irrational fears. I...

The first full day of summer 2009 is the date homeowner Jill Kornman has set to be lounging on the porch of her newly-built green beach ...

"Is it lobster day, today?" was the first thing I asked when The Guy brought me coffee in bed. (Yes, he brings me coffee every m...

Mid-century architecture and wine. Two of my favorite things. And they've thrown in cheese. Another fave. Then there's a personal ho...

This was the view that greeted us when we walked into our friends' apartment in the Hamptons yesterday. Except that the pool was close...