Buttoning up over the centuries

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Diana Epstein and Millicent Safro are the proprietors of the trendy New York, NY shop Tender Buttons. They are also the owners of the antique button collection of the now-closed Just Buttons Museum in Southington, CT. The collection features thousands of buttons from the 17th, 18th and 19th century.

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Celebrating the season at the Bailiwick Inn

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The Bailiwick Inn, which was originally a two-story town house constructed by George Gunnell between 1800 and 1812, has been transformed by new owners Annette and Bob Bradley into an inn. Its interiors glow with holiday decorations that make Christmas an ideal time to visit the inn.

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The Nickels-Sortwell House

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The Nickels-Sortwell House may be the grandest of all the historic houses that line Boston's Main Street. It was built by ship captain and merchant William Nickels in the early 1800s and was later purchased by Cambridge, MA, mayor Alvin Sortwell in 1899.

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