First time I met him he was sleeping under his truck outside The Joyous Lake in Woodstock. His ex-wife was a waitress there; I was the cashier. She took my…
A biographer once described businessman Frederick Vanderbilt as “a thoroughly good fellow, entirely devoid of any snobbishness or nonsense.” True, by all accounts, the grandson of famed shipping and railroad magnate…
There are few things that bring people together like the Super Bowl. I watched the 57th annual occurrence of this gladiatorial championship draw to its epic conclusion at a friend’s…
Photography by Julia Clark for THE MOUNTAINS The town of beacon, NY is as historic as it gets in the Northeast. It has been a focal point of the region for…
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I was raised on Walmart, then avoided it like country music. However, now I’m paying my own taxes. Put your peaky blinders on. And, under no circumstances, do not take children.…
I can feel a small bead of sweat nervously forming on my brow. My warmups are complete. The butterflies are beginning to congregate in my stomach, accompanied by a rollercoaster of…
I can’t say with any accuracy how many times I’ve driven up and down the Taconic—from the City to the country, from the country to the City—but let’s agree that the…
“I’ve been admiring your tie.” It was hardly a memorable line if not for the person who said it to me. I stood, napkin in hand, to ease her path…
