By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Have you ever realized how the horse and buggy have been immortalized in America and, particularly, on the American decorating scene? When I visit the Grand Hotel...

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Plane travel these days can be a less-than-pleasant experience. So if you want to get from London to Venice with a pass-through stop in Paris and a...

By CARLETON VARNEY Special to the Daily News Last week, I told you about my visit to Ireland’s delightful Castle Glenveagh, which I had last visited in the 1970s. Ireland offers so much to see...

By CARLETON VARNEY Special to the Daily News For several years, I had been dreaming about returning to County Donegal in Ireland, a green, heavenly place that I visited years ago in the mid-1970s. I...

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News It’s wake-up time again in Palm Beach. Season 2010-11 is practically upon us, and just last weekend, I was reading my Shiny Sheet to discover events planned...

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Word is out that Barbara Eden’s autobiography is to be published next spring, and the title, I’m told, is Jeannie Out of the Bottle. The ever-glamorous Eden,...

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Scents make sense, on the skin and in the home. Have you ever enjoyed an evening in the tropics when the air is perfumed by the aroma...

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News Rarely do I recommend seeing a film, unless it is one from the Golden Age of Hollywood, when there were truly glamorous movie stars, trained in the...

By Carleton Varney Special to the Daily News It is summertime, when the living is easy provided you let it be easy. And decorating is easy, too if you just let yourself enjoy it. After...