(That Can Only Be Completed In Upstate NY!)
How was your 2020? I know, let’s not talk about it, right?! Instead, let’s look forward with real excitement to 2021 and all we can accomplish! I’m really inspired to move on and get busy enjoying a new year.
Of course, I ...
Photo by Ariel Camilo Photography
This week I chatted with Maryline Damour, the creative inspiration behind the 2020 Kingston Design Showhouse and a partner at Damour Drake, a design and construction company based in the Hudson Valley. We talked about, amongst other things, pulling ...
"Winter is Coming." The ominous and oft-repeated line from Game of Thrones is meant to make us all deeply nervous. For many it does just that! We're looking down the barrel at a winter the Farmer's Almanac promises will bring a "snow comeback" to the Northeast - at a time when being ...
2020 has been the strangest of years. Admittedly there have been some very dark moments, but in some cases those dark moments have leadpeople to change their lives in ways they only allowed themselves to daydream about before 2020. Some have used this time to learn new skills, some have used it to ...
Our calendar isn't nearly as packed as it normally is this time of year, but that makes each event a bit more exciting!
The Phoenicia Festival of the Voice is usually a several day celebration of songs of all types. This year, the organizers wisely retooled the event to a ...
This summer everyone in New York State has an inside=bad, outside=good mindset. Luckily, outside is what we do here! So, here are my recommendations for ways you can really enjoy the outdoors this summer. Dig right in!
Everyone is loving the Ashokan Rail Trail ...
You wake up to a crisp winter morning, there’s fresh snow on the ground and a big blue sky, outside your window are snow-capped mountains, one of which is a ski resort. It’s early, and while you sip a cup of coffee in front of a sleek modern gas fireplace with plush carpet beneath your ...
Say, "Slippers, begone!", with our list of 10 Catskill events in January 2020 - they'll get you out of the house and keep you out of a funk.
There's only one way to avoid the "Cabin Fever" of February and March that we all dread in the North East - get out of your cabin! Get out! Go somewhere! I ...
Who doesn’t remember the scene in Pretty Woman where Vivian (Julia Roberts) and Edward (Richard Gere), discuss his penchant for penthouses, despite his great fear of heights? When Vivian asks why he’s rented the penthouse when he’s too afraid to enjoy the view, Edward answers, ...
Space…it seems like there’s plenty of it here in the Mid-Hudson Valley/Catskills region. We’ve got thousands of acres of protected land, unspoiled vistas, and long winding roads with only occasional dwellings. Compared to New York City and the greater metropolitan area, we have ...
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