Wouldn’t you know it… I leave town for a few weeks and Joan runs off to not just a great restaurant, but a great MEXICAN restaurant.  It’s one of my favorite cuisines! And to add insult to injury she’s been there more than once.   So, with great envy (and even a tear)  — here is Joan’s review of La  Cienega.   - Auntie M

It was with both excitement and sadness that I returned to the house with Joan.  I could hardly wait to see the final touches but was a little sad that this would probably be the last time I would see the inside of this beautiful home. 

Bottle Tree Grocery & Manna Dew Cafe

Sometimes things don’t always go the way you expect. To some, the idea of change is fear provoking…to others it merely presents them an opportunity to do something even better. These two fabulous “Food Finds” have a couple things in common.

Carolyn Marks Blackwood: Hudson River Photography &
Nancy Bauch: White Forest Pottery
Now through August - Hammertown Rhinebeck Gallery

Carolyn Marks Blackwood: Photographer

Having spent her professional career writing and producing in the film and television industry, she had been on a quest to find a small studio to do her work. Ultimately this brought her to a “little house” in the village of Rhinecliff, sitting on a 100 foot cliff overlooking the Hudson.