This Month’s Featured Articles…
Twisted Sisters Coffee House: A coffee-lover’s atmospheric oasis in Hillsdale, NY
One early evening this summer, as I was picking up a pulled pork sandwich and burger to-go from Roe Jan Brewing Company in Hillsdale, NY, I noticed that the adjacent dark blue building – with its yellow accented windows, grape-colored door, and assortment of potted flowers and pastel garden gnomes out front – was open for business. It felt like a dream come true. I had recalled, in earlier years, passing the same building on my way into Roe Jan Brewing with my parents. I [...]
The Klocke Estate: Magnificent & Magical
I had the pleasure of meeting John Frishkopf and Brett Mattingly, partners in life and business, in 2016 in their early days of exploring the Hudson Valley for a suitable location to start a bona fide brandy distillery. John visited the Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, NY, where we had lots of Baco Noir grapes in the ground and lots of barrels of it in the barn, a possible starter kit for brandy production. He was kind and curious and gave us a sense of what he [...]
Fall Into a Great Read at Rough Draft Bar & Books
As we transition into autumn, most of us return to some type of routine. For many, the fall season marks an official slowdown. The frenetic pace of squeezing so many activities such as swimming, hiking, and kayaking into long summer days, quickly comes to a halt. School returns, the number of invites to weekend barbecues start to dwindle, and we start looking forward to spending the new season in markedly different ways than the previous one. Once fall arrives, cool weather and shorter days sweep [...]
Taconic Distillery Celebrates Ten Years in the Hudson Valley
If you find yourself traveling on Bulls Head Road in Stanfordville, NY, you’ll likely find pass a sign for Taconic Distillery. A bit off the beaten path, the distillery, which is located on Bowen Road, is a community hub that is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Owners Paul and Carol Ann Coughlin previously resided in Greenwich, CT, but Paul had been making trips up to the Hudson Valley, as he has been a member of Tamarack Preserve, a hunting and fishing membership club on [...]
Internationally Best-Selling Romance Novelist TL Swan’s Career is a Lesson in Perseverance and Authenticity
TL Swan’s career as an independently published romance author began when she found a diary, sitting at the bottom of a moving box that she didn’t recognize, with a pen wedged in between the pages. Fourteen years ago, Swan purchased a business with her husband and the two endured great financial hardship as a result. Having experienced the emotional turmoil that comes with near-bankruptcy, Swan needed solace and inspiration. During this struggle, she discovered Rhonda Byrnes’ self-help book The Secret on The Oprah Winfrey Show. [...]
