The idea was to give New York City residents a weekend breath of fresh air.
This phenomenon can be most acute in buildings where many residents own weekend homes.
Many Manhattan residents have weekend houses in Westchester or the lower Hudson Valley.
Surveying the crowd of young men and women — some residents, some weekend visitors, some hotel guests — Mr. Osterholm, also in his 60s, leaned in with a slight shrug.
Last year, however, they did eject the FARC from the Sumapaz massif, just south of Bogota, whence the guerrillas had been kidnapping residents of weekend homes near the capital.
But in the last several years, a small number of residents and weekend homeowners who want to attract a more discerning crowd have opened charming hotels and high-quality restaurants, with even more in the works.
There is, however, no J.Crew store in East Hampton, or in any of the neighboring Hamptons; and if the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents and weekend visitors, the deficiency is certainly of concern to J.Crew corporate headquarters.
Thus Baroness James can return to the classic brain-teasing conventions of the country house whodunit, salting St. Anselm's group of residents and weekend guests with all the grudges, kinks and hidden motives this too-outmoded genre used to demand.
This engaging blend of history and travel will appeal to visiting tourists, area residents seeking weekend diversions, history buffs, and armchair travelers.
LA CRESCENTA — Area residents this weekend were given a chance to dispose of unused prescription drugs as federal officials work to curb a growing abuse problem.
