To get there from Brooklyn or N.J. you can cross a bridge, but you have to take a ferry from Manhattan
Staten Island
His widow Pilar subtitled her book "My Life with the Duke"
John Wayne
The rock in which these are found is called blue ground, not Zales
diamond
Brioche, popular for continental breakfasts, is a type of this food
bread
Pierre Cardin's 1st boutique for women was called "Eve" & his men's store was named this
Adam
Some descendants of Jean Lafitte's pirate crew live on Grand Isle in this state
Louisiana
This star is the subject of Anne Edwards' "A Remarkable Woman" & Charles Higham's "Kate"
Katharine Hepburn
It's also called opencut mining & no, the machine operators don't take their clothes off
strip mining
The flippers of this marine reptile featured in soups are often eaten separately
a sea turtle
James Galanos designed the one-shouldered sheath she wore to her 1st presidential inaugural ball
Nancy Reagan
If you float down this North American river, you'll actually find about 1,500, not 1,000 islands
St. Lawrence River
Her daughter Gail wrote "The Hornes: An American Family"
Lena Horne
In the 1890s prospectors headed for the Klondike region in this country
Canada
A famous Italian meat sauce is named for this "sausage" city
Bologna
Oscar de la Renta was born in Santo Domingo in this country
the Dominican Republic
Theo. Roosevelt Island, a National Memorial, serves as a wildlife refuge in this river
the Potomac
While "King Cohn" was about movie mogul Harry Cohn, "Citizen Cohn" is about this man
Roy Cohn
In 1935 it didn't dig the AFL, so it joined the CIO, & in 1942 it tunneled out of that group
United Mine Workers
In Jewish cooking, "latkes" commonly enjoyed on Hanukkah, are these
potato pancakes
A former President of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, his initials are B.B.
Bill Blass
100 billion gallons of rain fall annually in the Caribbean National Forest, a.k.a. El Yunque, on this island
Puerto Rico
"The Rattigan Version" profiles this playwright who wrote "The Browning Version"
Terrence Rattigan
19th century English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy's contribution to mining was this invention
safety lamp
Creme d'ananas is a liqueur flavored with this fruit
pineapples
While "Coco" was her nickname, this was Chanel's real first name
Gabrielle