Author: Peter Conway

Local Weekend Fun – April 24-25th

stonecrop lady in the gardenStonecrop Gardens

Earth Day

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will have its Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 25 from 11am-3pm.

The Bear Mountain Trailside Zoo will have its Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 25. You can meet at the bear den at 10:30 am to make treats for the Bears. They will come out of their dens to gobble them up at 11:00. Enjoy family-friendly fun, displays and activities with an Earth-friendly focus.

Other Earth Day Events:

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Just Because We Are off Wine This Week for a Cleanse

Ribs From Marbled Meats

Doesn’t Mean We Can’t Write

about the great Shiraz we had last week and the great dinner from Marbled Meat Shop and the Cold Spring Farmers Market.

As you may note we are on a bit of a Syrah kick, both the great Syrah’s from France, Rhone Valley in particular, and the same grape by another name, Shiraz, from Australia, especially the McLaren Vale region.  We love these robust earthy wines for all sorts of summer dishes. Our cleansing fast this week is in preparation. Continue reading Just Because We Are off Wine This Week for a Cleanse

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Connecting: Celebrating the People & Places of the Hudson Highlands

Connecting Celebrating the People & Places of the Hudson Highlands

The Hudson Highlands Land Trust has published this spectacular book

Connecting: Celebrating the People and Places of the Hudson Highlands is a book created simply to honor the ties of people and places here. Nelsonville resident Christine Ashburn spent more than a year photographing people enjoying the Highlands and its many diverse and beautiful landscapes. The photos are accompanied by essays that share the stories of the ties that bind us to the land its history, food, recreation and arts as well as our deep commitment to future generations.

Available on the  Hudson Highlands Land Trust website and at Antipodean Book Store on Garrison Landing.

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Artisan Wine Shop, Beacon
Another Great Wine Store

Artisan Wine Shop Beacon Wine Browsing

I am one very lucky guy

to have many great wine stores so nearby. I have been anxious to check out Artisan Wine Shop in Beacon. Wanting to see what they have to offer but reluctant because some small wine shops are just too specialized for me. I was so happy to find a store that is very approachable, offering many interesting selections, which are well presented, and at reasonable price points.

Being CIA graduates, that’s Culinary Institute of America, not the other CIA, owners, Mei Ying and Tim Buzinski bring a unique angle to their provisioning of fine libations, which is how well they go with food. Which is to my mind essential.

That’s my friend Jonathan, a wine geek like me, he found a lot he liked too.

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Another Great Wine Store

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Cocktail of the Week – A Fig Shrub Manhattan – “The Boscobel”

Hudson River Manhattan

My infatuation with shrub cocktails grows

as I taste my latest creation.  I first got turned onto “Shrubs” when I found and tried Hudson Standard Apple Coriander Maple Shrub at Cold Spring General Store.

Then I received my friend Warren Bobrow’s new book, Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails: Restorative Vintage Cocktails, Mocktails.

So far I’ve made two of my own shrubs, one with blackberries, and another with figs. This cocktail is made with the later. I call it the “Boscobel Manhattan” after the famous Hudson Valley estate near here. Continue reading Cocktail of the Week – A Fig Shrub Manhattan – “The Boscobel”

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Just One Problem

Domaine Mur-mur-ium Sublime SyrahWith this perfect wine and food pairing

the wine came all the way from the Rhone Valley in France, a fabulous organically produced Syrah that paired so well with our Chinese take out.

The wine I found in nearby Wappinger Falls, Viscount Wines & Liquors. But our Chinese food had to be imported from far away Montclair, NJ, our former home.

Can you help me here? Know any really good Chinese places around here?  Please do share.  Continue reading Just One Problem

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Sunday Sightings

More Signs of Spring!

Benmarl Winery is a beautiful place to visit.
Garrison Landing Beach. Where's the lifeguard?
The popular Mary Jane's Dairy Bar open for business.
First picnic in the Garrison Landing Private Park, shared with all.
Our first plantings are always pansies, such a beautiful sign of spring.
Diana brought this beautiful sun sculpture home from one of our trips to the Riviera Maya, he has seen a lot and now makes sure there it is always a sunny day on our terrace.

 

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