Greenwich Time UNDAYSunday, May 22, 2016 ARTS & STYLE SAY CHEESE NUTTY, TANGY, BARNY, FLORAL — LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF FROMAGE By ROSEMARIE T. ANNER / PAGE 4 WELLBEING | 4 HOME | 6 DESIGN | 6 PLUS What’s good for you? West Coast style Flipping fl ea Experts disagree heads East market fi nds JIM SHEA | 2 CALENDAR | 3 PUZZLES | 7 TV LISTINGS | 8 D2 | Greenwich Time | Sunday, May 22, 2016 JIM SHEA Get the duct tape: A man and his broken-in wallet should never be parted y wallet suffered a takes a long time to break in his wallet. them uninvited. never been repaired with major blowout the a new wallet. It has to get In fairness, men lack a Two, everything appears to duct tape. Mother day. comfortable in your back similar understanding of the be loose. Thankfully, no one was pocket while developing a connection between a wom- Three, although rubble Jim Shea is a lifelong injured. What actually caused working relationship with the an and her handbag. Um, seems more organized, a Connecticut journalist who the seam to burst and the corresponding cheek. There make that handbags. Women handbag’s owner can imme- believes the keys to life include contents to spill out is under is nothing worse than a wal- often have almost as many diately locate anything she is the avoidance of physical investigation. let and cheek that rub each handbags as they do shoes. looking for by simply feeling labor and I-95. He can be SUNDAY Terrorism has been ruled other the wrong way. I’m not sure how many hand- around. (The only time this reached at ARTS & out. The second option, obvi- bags my wife has accumulat- rule does not hold true is if [email protected] and on Still, the experience was ously, was duct tape. ed, but I think it is safe to say you are standing outside on a Twitter @jimboshea. STYLE emotional. My wallet and I I went the duct tape route. that a significant portion of frigid winter night and she is have been together for a long I am a huge fan of duct our net worth is tied up in looking for the car keys.) time, through hot and cold, tape. In my view nothing has them. Four, the farther down you Group Publisher wet and dry, good times and been more critical to main- While women have an stick your hand into a wom- Paul Barbetta bad emissions. taining the infrastructure of affinity for handbags, they an’s handbag, the more Executive Editor It never complained. It this country than a simple don’t seem to form lasting, humid it becomes. Barbara T. Roessner stoically hung in there storing roll of duct tape. wallet-esque relationships Five, in the entire history of my plastic, and cash, and Structurally, my duct- with them. It’s more love ’em women’s handbags, one has Features Editor receipts, and those mysteri- taped wallet is sound. and leave ’em. Eileen Fischer ous lumps of paper fused Aesthetically, maybe not As for functionality, a man efi [email protected] into impenetrable wads. so much. But then a wallet is can get everything essential Creative Director It could have been worse, I kind of like wearing a stained to his daily existence into a Lee Steele suppose. I could have lost my shirt under a sweater — three- by four-inch wallet. [email protected] wallet or had it stolen. who’s going to see it, right? Women, however, need If your wallet is lost or My wife thinks my wallet is something the size of a Mini CONTRIBUTORS stolen, life as you know it is an embarrassment. Cooper with straps to ac- pretty much on hold. You I’m not surprised. Women complish the same thing. Rosemarie T. Anner, spend all your waking hours don’t have the same deep What do they store in Christopher Brown, trying to replace things, and appreciation for duct tape. there? I have no idea. Here, Amanda Cuda, Autumn all your non-waking hours And they certainly don’t get however, are the few things I Driscoll, MaryEllen Fillo, having nightmares about the bond between a man and do know about women’s Christina Hennessy, Bob what the person now in pos- handbags: Horton, Kyle Michael session of your wallet is One, they don’t like you doing during all his waking rummaging around inside King, Joel Lang, Joe hours. Meyers, Frank Rizzo, And that’s not the worst Lidia Ryan, Chris Setter, part. Jim Shea Losing possession of your wallet also means a trip to ADVERTISING the Department of Motor Director of Sales Vehicles. Strategy & Operations At the risk of overstating Patricia Luzzi what a personal appearance [email protected] at the DMV entails, let me 203-360-2856 suggest that in lieu of ob- taining a new license you might be better off just sell- ing your car. SEND US YOUR In terms of dealing with STORY IDEAS the damaged wallet itself, I efi [email protected] had two options. The first was to buy a new wallet. The problem here is that it Cathy Zuraw / Hearst Connecticut Media Sunday, May 22, 2016 | Greenwich Time | D3 PLAN ON IT Best of the arts in the weeks ahead Music Feelin’ alright 1 Led by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and co-founder of Traffic, Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam will be at The Warehouse at the Fairfield Theatre Company on Friday, June 17, for what the venue’s calling “an evening of music history.” The multimedia show will feature highlights of Mason’s old favorites and new material from the up- coming album, “Traffic Jam.” With more than 50 years of rock tales to tell, the show will feature all those stories, plus vintage photos and, of course, such clas- sic tunes as “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” “We Just Disagree” and “Feelin’ Alright.” The Warehouse at Fair- field Theatre Company, 70 Sanford St. Friday, June 17, 8 p.m. $55. 203- 259-1036, fairfieldtheatre.org. Country cut-up 1 Country singer Brad Paisley’s latest tour hits Hartford’s indoor/ outdoor music shed, Xfinity The- atre, on Saturday, June 25. A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 2001, the 43-year-old Paisley has written or co-written 20 of his 23 No. 1 singles, the first being 1999’s “He Didn’t Have To Be” and his most recent, “Perfect Storm,” from his 2014 album, “Moonshine in the Trunk.” Besides being a hitmaker, Paisley’s also known for comedic antics, including hilarious songs and music videos, as well as notorious tour pranks. He’s also lent his voice to “South Theo Wargo / Getty Images Park.” Openers are Tyler Farr You may know him as a late-night talk-show host, but James Corden is a musical theater star, as well. Catch an encore screening at the and Maddie & Tae. Xfinity The- Ridgefield Playhouse of the 2011 live transmission of Corden’s Tony-winning stage performance in “One Man, Two Guvnors.” atre, 61 Savitt Way, Hartford. Sat- urday, June 25, 7:30 p.m. $65.50- $30.75. 800-745-3000, livenation- .com ACO concert 1 The spring concert of the American Chamber Orchestra will feature the winners of the orchestra’s seventh annual Con- certo Competition — Seohyun Hong, flute, Wujin Kim, cello, and ChaeLim Yoon, violin. The or- chestra, under music director Christopher Hisey, will be per- forming Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” and Sympho- ny No. 1 by Brahms. The competi- tion winners will perform pieces by Vieuxtemps, Lalo and Chami- nade. First Presbyterian Church of The Sheffield Island Lighthouse, Fairfield, 2475 Easton Turnpike. off the shores of Norwalk, will Saturday, June 11, 8 p.m. $20. 203- be the scene of a cleanup on 255-7661, americanchamberorches- Saturday, June 4. Volunteers are tra.com. needed for the project. Louis Prima swing 1 Louis Prima Jr. is bringing a District. Music, food and games 21st century version of his dad’s will be teamed with beer samples popular music to the Palace The- from local, regional and national atre in Danbury. Prima Sr. was craft breweries. The event is for one of the major hit-makers of the Contributed photos those 21 and older. Latham Park, 1950s and 1960s, with such chart- Country singer Brad Paisley is coming to Hartford’s Xfinity Theatre on Saturday, June 25. Bedford Street, Stamford. Saturday, topping tunes as “That Old Black June 11, 1-5 p.m. $35 at gate, $25 in Magic.” His son and his band, gangster employers from meeting advance. stamford-downtown.com The Witnesses, present a re- in a very successful 2011 London vamped version of the original production that was transmitted Master hypnotist “Prima Swing.” Prima and his live to theaters around the world. 1 band perform at jazz festivals That recording is getting repeat Some might be content to sim- from Seattle to Palermo, Italy, and showings in theaters this sum- ply be a storyteller, a mentalist or move from small clubs to casinos. mer. The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 a hypnotist. James Mapes blends They are touring to support a E. Ridge. Saturday, July 9, 7 p.m. all three — skills that will be on new recording, “Blow.” The Palace $25. 203-438-5795, ridgefieldplay- display in Norwalk. The self- Theatre, 165 Main St., Danbury. house.org billed “Master of the Imagination” Sunday, July 17, 8 p.m. $50-$40. has been studying human behav- 203-794-9944, thepalacedanbury- Exhibit ior and working to help others for .com more than 40 years.