You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you’re nobody. I’m not talking about lots of clothes,” said Diana Vreeland, the legendary French American fashion columnist and magazine editor who never really said anything, come to think of it, but instead issued forth words with that Vreeland vroom of hers—a purr which she utilized to make her pronouncements aimed at grownups who were just a little too grown-up for her taste. She delighted others but found delight to be too off-the-rack for…
Photography by Natalie Chitwood After designing four stores for a client base that’s both adventurous and stylish, Andrea Westerlind set about transforming her Ashley Falls, NY home to suit her impeccable…
Photography by Ashley Miiles In the late 1970s my husband Steve and I stumbled on an unspoiled Caribbean Island. It had everything we wanted: no tall buildings, no gambling, no golf, no…
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY—“nestled between the Adirondacks and the Catskills” as the museum’s website notes—would ordinarily be worth visiting while driving from Manhattan to Montréal or…
Photographed by Fahnon Bennett On a balmy day in the fall of 1991, I was slumped in my chair behind my desk at The New York Times where I was…
The well-documented influx of hipsters and young professionals alike in Hudson has no end in sight. The cool kids escape congested city streets in search of a little more space…
This incredible list of Catskills waterfalls will have you ready to plan a trip to visit these beautiful locations. Mullet Falls One of the most popular hikes in the area,…
Saturday, 8:15 a.m. Morning Hike, Catamount Catamount Mountain Resort 78 Catamount Road, Hillsdale, NY Catamount Mountain Resort is literally where I grew up. From learning to ski here as a…
Even the most avid of rusticators may occasionally experience a twinge of culture-craving. Fortunately, there’s a star-lit trail of theatrical hotspots tucked away right here in the mountains, and as…