Both drove to work, Mrs. Martorano, now 35, to her job as an elementary-school psychologist in the Bronx, and Mr. Martorano, 36, to his job in brand marketing in Stamford, Conn. “Lo and behold, the second one came and everything became so much harder,” Mrs. Martorano said. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]The Martoranos contacted Jonathan Mernit of Coldwell Banker, in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., the agent who helped them when they bought the Scarsdale co-op. “When I was growing up, my dad loved gardening and mowing the lawn,” said Mrs. Martorano, who is from nearby Irvington. We don’t enjoy it like he did.”As a child growing up in a rowhouse in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx, Mr. Martorano barely even had a yard.

Source: New York Times December 31, 2020 09:56 UTC