Posted in Hudson Valley on Jul 8th, 2010
Sugar Loaf, NY Artisans Village
What a spectacular day it was this past Saturday as my honey and I started out on one of our famous “day-trips”! We headed to Sugar Loaf Artisans Village located in the picturesque Warwick Valley, Orange County, New York. Directions to Sugar Loaf. Many people refer to Sugar Load village as [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 31st, 2010
Happy Memorial Day everyone! To all our military brothers and sisters that have served, are currently serving or have lost their lives for us, I say to you THANK YOU!
Turned out to be a great weekend! We decided to spend Saturday out ‘n about on one of our famous “day-trips” in New Jersey (my honey’s [...]
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Posted in Hudson Valley on Aug 31st, 2009
Today we took one of our famous “day-trip” and went to the Dutchess County (NY) Fair in Rhinebeck – the sun was finally shinning and we had an absolutely great day!
We enjoyed an afternoon of fun, sun, shopping (of course), great food and entertainment! Today we watched the Championship Bull Riding event. This action [...]
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Posted in Senic Spots on Aug 12th, 2009
We spent the weekend in Newport, RI and loved it! Mapquest said 3 1/2 hours – thanks to Friday evening traffic on I-95 coupled with rain showers we didn’t arrive until closer to ten o’clock but we were then ready to enjoy our time away.
First on our list was a helicopter ride over RI [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2009
We are nearing the end of July with another rainy/stormy day…in fact, scattered storms for the next 5 days bringing us into August. So with June being one of the wetest June’s, July being a mixture of rain and actual “summer” I am already starting to look forward to August with hope!
I am hopeful that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2009
We took one of our famous “day-trips” and had an amazing afternoon at the 27th Annual Quick Check Festival of Ballooning in Readington, NJ. This year’s festival took place July 24-25-26.
We went on Sunday afternoon thinking we would be safe from storms (according to online weather site). Then, after driving nearly 2hrs and only about 15 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2009
The Hudson House River Inn located at 2 Main Street on the serene waterfront approximately 100 feet from the beautiful Hudson River in the quaint village of Cold Spring, NY in Putnam County. Cold Spring is well know for being a quaint antique shopping village.
Dinner was absolutely amazing and delicious. I enjoyed fillet [...]
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Posted in General on Jun 24th, 2009
I had the absolute pleasure of seeing Andrea Bocelli perform at Madison Square in NYC this past week!
We started the evening with dinner at Hill Country BBQ at 30 West 26th Street. Best BBQ in NY – NY Magazine’s 2008 Best of NY.
For some reason my inside pictures didn’t really turn out too well but hopefully [...]
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Posted in General on May 12th, 2009
Okay so it is completely different than my past blogs but I can not esist this! Who can resist ICE CREAM?
Who knew, Edy’s Slow Churned Ice Cream, for the past four years, has recognized American neighborhoods with their Edy’s Slow Churned “Neighborhood Salute” and this year they continue the great tradition by throwing 1,500 block [...]
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Posted in General, Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2009
Just planted beautiful mini daffodils that my honey gave me for Easter! This weekend is supossed to be sunny and warm (well mid-upper 60’s) - honey and I are planning one of our very special “day-trips” together! I love our “day-trips” together because we get so few of them that we trully enjoy the time together, [...]
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