There is no-one hipper than Johnny Depp. Unless it is Johnny Depp just having sold his yacht to J.K. Rowling for 22 million pounds. No, that is not a typo, although it is by all accounts small potatoes in the oligarch’s world of super-yachts. Rowling, too, has moved on, and the Arriva has arrived at […]
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch #4: Death on the… er… Rondout Creek?
I admit I had my snark cannon loaded for camelid when I first got wind of the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival. (So to speak. Barns smell like barns regardless of whether they are inhabited by horses, cows, goats, or alpacas.) But then I gave ear to the insidious little voice in the back of
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch #3: Admit it. You Want to Pat a Llama Too.
Remember summer camp? Remember reveille at 6:30? Remember the swim instructor who wouldn’t let you go to lunch until you jumped into the icy water over your head? Remember arts and crafts and the various mysteries of beads, lariats, and decoupage? Remember the communal toilets and showers? Most of all, remember those tents set up
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch #2: Glamping — So Old It’s New
Yeah, really. That’s what it says. Destination Hamburgers of the Hudson Valley. Because who among us doesn’t crave peanut butter on their pork belly burger?r The fictional town of Morgansburg, where The Brooklyn North Murder is set, is on the other side of the Hudson from where I live in Woodstock, but neither shore has
Hudson Valley Hipster Watch: Destination Hamburgers of the Hudson Valley