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The article offers travel tips for Aero, Denmark and includes recommendations for accommodations and facilities for weddings.

This article discusses the transfer of the archives of the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx section of New York City to the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library of Columbia University. The records of the 144-year-old cemetery contain documents pertaining to the burials of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Herman Melville, Joseph Pulitzer, and many others. Many of the monuments and mausoleums resemble those of ancient royals of Rome, Egypt, and Greece.

This article reflects on the rescue of a starling bird that had fallen out of its nest and landed on the ground three stories below by the author and her daughter, Jasmine. They nursed the wild bird, christened Raven Starling by Jasmine, to health with dog food and then later cat food mixed with natural apple sauce, grounds antacids for calcium and mashed hard-boiled egg yolks for protein. The bird was later adopted by a woman in upstate New York who cared for starlings.

THERE are three distinct concepts in creating the guest room; I have experienced them all, either as guest or as hostess. Many hosts take the dollhouse approach, preparing a pristine miniature world. The guest has his or her own little soaps, little face cloths, perhaps a charming antique wash basin. Elaborate decoration, sometimes even construction, goes into the creation of such a room. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MY family of origin dined on plates made of a dubious substance called Melmac (a trade name for Melamine resin). The plastic duly recorded every cut of the steak knife and soon scarred, looking even more hideous than when it was created. Those Melmac dishes bore pathetic designs -- a faded rosebud, a sheaf of wheat -- intended to recall fine porcelain. Even today, on Web sites selling vintage products, where other domestic goods of the 1950s and 1960s have become hot commodities, Melmac still sells for a relative pittance. The deeper shame of my dining history was paper. As I was raised by bachelor uncles who valued expediency, I was no stranger to paper plates, soon soggy with ketchup or stained with gravy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Profiles the El Morocco nightclub in New York City. Highlights from its history, especially in the 1930's and 1940's, and the movie stars who frequented it; Construction of a luxury condominium on the site; Reflections from visitors to El Morocco. including Vogue editor Diana Vreeland who entered with Clark Gable and Broadway star Nanette Fabray; Description of the construction site; Publication of the limited edition "El Morocco Family Album," published in 1937.

Focuses on the efforts of Celia Maguire to preserve the legacy of her husband, the notable botanist Bassett Maguire. His career in botany, which includes curatorship of the New York Botanical Garden in New York City; Her experiences on his various scientific quests around the world; Their relationship.

Reflects on the experience of a fatherless child in line with the celebration of Father's Day.

Presents an article on touring Israel.

Opinion. Expresses the power of black and white photographs in keeping the memory of loved ones alive long after their death. Author's reminiscences over the photographs of her grandmother, father and mother; Her comparison of black and white photos with video cassettes.

Presents author's account of problems faced by her in the conversion of pit in her house to a swimming pool. INSET: Specs: A pool builder's wisdom of hindsight..

Opinion. Comments on the oversees trip taken by some people in the United States to adopt a foreign child. How the United States immigration service refer to these citizens; Author's views on this type of adoption; Author's recollection of her trip to Transylvania, Romania to adopt an infant girl.

Shares the author's experiences with picnics, from the simple ones of her childhood to the exotic ones of her early married life, and then a return to the simple after her child was born.