The Governor's mother, who is 83, also lives with them. She goes to events, and sometimes subs for me. New York's First Family on election night, Nov. 3, 1998. Family time is sacred to the Patakis. Sunday mornings they go church at Graymoor, a lovely Franciscan Friars of the Atonement Sanctuary in Garrison.
Meal time is important.
Libby loves to cook, and finds it almost comical to instruct a chef to prepare child friendly meals. She does the grocery shopping for the family, occasionally driving herself in the little white Ford Taurus that they keep for Emily and Teddy. George loves Italian food, veal or chicken parmigiana, and pizza. They eat together when possible, and George tries, whenever he can, to come home for dinner and return to Albany the following morning. They enjoy eating out locally at their favorite Peekskill restaurants, Susan's and Monteverde's at Oldstone's.