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Night: Creek Bar’s Magical Forest In Mountain Dale

Nestled behind Mountain Dale’s funky eatery High Voltage Kitchen & Bar, the Creek Bar is a magical boho wonderland smack dab in the middle of a forest. “You’re in the woods, you’re in the country, you’re in the mountains,” says Jason Thomson, co-owner of both the restaurant and bar. Inspired by the natural beauty of the space, this slice of woodsy paradise was actually a COVID pivot. “My business partner Sonia Jozajtis and I needed to reinvent everything we were doing,” Thomson says. And so, they did. They chopped trees, cleared brush, crafted folksy fences from branches, set up fire…

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Passion: Fly Fishing, But So Much More

Late spring in New York City my friend Ports and I discussed the outdoors and the flow state one enters when fly fishing. Ports is an avid fly fisherman and invited me to come along to photograph him and a couple friends at one of their go-to clandestine spots. So, I did. The drive to the Catskills took longer than anticipated and it was already getting late. We parked on the side of a gravely road near an undisclosed location rumored to be having a good hatch—when bugs take flight in the morning and the fish come out in abundance.…

Food + Drink

Thirsty: Lil’ Deb’s Oasis (Happily) Breaks All The Wine List Rules

Who’s ready for another round of my favorite never-to-be-seen gameshow, ‘Wine Words Free Association’ (or WWFA—#IYKYK)? Here’s how it works: I’m your snarky sommelier host and I give you five clues, one at a time, to figure out which wine is being cleverly described. If you don’t guess it, I get to heckle you after each clue you miss. Ready? You have five seconds…go! Your first clue: pool hair… Nothing? Your second clue: fancy track… Really? Your third clue: Jane Lynch… Oh, come on! Your fourth clue: Sunday best… Cut! It! Out! And your final clue is Tide PODS®… Do…

Food + Drink

Colu Henry: The Dynamic Hudson-based Cookbook Author Wants To Entertain Us

It was no surprise to me, even within the first few minutes of meeting Colu Henry, that I knew for a fact she was born an entertainer—not so much in the LOOK-AT-ME-I’M-A-STAR undeniability of, say, Lady Gaga, but in a you-can’t-take-your-eyes-off-of-her quality that more closely resembles… let’s go with Cate Blanchett. There’s just something special about this particular cookbook author, and I endeavored to find out more. In the several eclectic lives Colu Henry has lived prior to landing in this corner of the globe to become a celebrated Hudson-based maker, she had pursued a career as a cabaret singer in…

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Norman Jean Roy: His Tasteful Second Act

I recently returned to my home in Hudson, NY from a two-month sojourn in London and fell right back into my routine which basically is built upon my heading on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings to Breadfolks Bakery down a few blocks on Warren Street where I live so I can get a loaf of country bread, a couple of croissants and an orange morning bun. I’ve eaten croissants across the globe and the best ones I’ve ever had are concocted by photographer/baker Norman Jean Roy at Breadfolks.  Norman and I have trudged the glamorous magazine byways over the years,…