Eat. Drink. Live.
The family headed for a walk downtown to choose a couple for ornaments for friends at our fabulous Christmas store here in Nyack: Hickory Dickory Dock. They have all kinds of beautiful hand-blown glass ornaments, painted glass globes, and fun […]
Linda and Alan had a Christmas party, and we all were singing carols by the piano. This, friends, is the reason your parents tell you to keep up with your piano lessons. Heed their advice! If only I had! The […]
For the second visit to the Met this month, we took in the Warhol exhibit: Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years. I didn’t take any photos in the exhibition for a couple of reasons. 1. They were not permitted. 2. I […]
I know I’m late to the party, but I’m loving this new #instagram, aren’t you? The elevated above 125th street in Harlem:
We went to see Matisse: In Search of True Painting at the Met, and came away learning so much about the artist and his process. The exhibit shows you how he painted in pairs and trios, how he saw light […]
A little chilly walk on a Saturday afternoon. What fun. Look at the river! And the light! More pics of Samantha, after the jump.
One of our favorite annual events is the festival at the Russian Orthodox Church around the corner from the farm. The food is incredibly delicious: beef stroganoff, stuffed cabbage, borscht, and lots of other great stuff.
The evening after the snowstorm, we had a sunset to marvel at. There’s nothing like a November sunset in the Hudson Valley.
A nice November morning, a spot of coffee in the brisk air. Good times.
Kelli and Patrick invited us along for a Harvest Hayride at the park in Irvington. The kids had a ball. Even Sam.
With Karen in town covering the UN General Assembly, we thought it a good time to visit the 9/11 Memorial for the first time. We met her down there for a quick visit.
In the little park off to the side of Madison Square Park — sometimes home to a Christmas Village or another such pop-up — there is right now a garden of eating. Food trucks, including one from Roberta’s in Brooklyn, […]
Final stop in our NYC evening: Il Laboratorio del Gelato. Fantasatic ice cream in all sorts of flavors. I’m glad there isn’t one near us at the farm. First, a little Banksy action: Some other sights: A cat on a […]
Kelli and Patrick invited us to play a twilight scramble of 9 holes during their member-guest. We nearly won the tournament… missed by only two strokes. Darn!
For years, Les Paul, the inventor of the electric guitar, played every Monday night at the Iridium, the jazz club in Manhattan. Paul died in 2009, but his trio continues the tradition. Greg is doing a story on the Monday […]
The evening sky crossing the Tappan Zee Bridge. So beautiful.
I’ve been trying to visit the Cloisters since, oh, probably the mid-1990s. Finally. We made it. Very happy we did, especially after seeing the gardens. And the unicorns. The Cloisters is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here’s […]
After the Mario the Magician show, we walked through Chinatown a bit to find this dumpling place I’d heard tell about on Serious Eats. Serious Eats, which I trust implicitly when it comes to this sort of thing, lauds the […]
We went to see our new neighbor and friend Mario the Magician perform in the city, and to Mae’s great amusement, she was chosen as a helper during the show. Well, criss-cross, applesauce! (Sorry about the blur, but it was […]
After Brooklyn Flea and Franny’s, we ended our BDoF in Brooklyn with a walk around DUMBO. What a great view. Here are some pics.
SCF fans may remember our last trip to Brooklyn Flea, where we learned that it draws bargain-hunters looking for cool clothes, beautiful furniture and handmade crafts and jewelry. Unless you’re us, of course. Then you go for the food. Red […]
The concert in the park nearly wasn’t this week. A band member was more than an hour late! But that didn’t stop us from enjoying our lovely supper of Asian Barbecued Chicken, Doris’ Cucumber Salad and Black Rice with Mango […]
Greg’s good friend Tony, whom he’s known since college but not seen for 20 years, was visiting New York. They got a chance to catch up, and we got a chance to walk the Highline and have a snack at […]
Sam got her first taste of the swimming pool at Lake Nanuet. A great little spot, because the whole shallow end is about a foot deep for a long while, which makes it easy to hold a little baby!
Piermont celebrated French Independence Day by closing down the street and serving food, selling trinkets and hiring a band. Because nothing says Bastille Day like a a Dead Cover band. There was also, separately, a carnival in Flywheel Park, hosted […]
Somehow, while Greg was hauling dirt out of our driveway, he also found time to make Sour Cherry Farm’s signature dish, Hickory Smoked Chicken. He also put together a salad, following my instructions via text. And wouldn’t you know it, […]
We had a lovely day to celebrate our nation’s birthday. Boo came up and we went for a long bike ride. Then we had some burgers at the Filing Station (yes, again) and watched a little tennis. Then Greg and […]
For our first picnic and concert of the 2012 season, Samantha fared very well indeed. It helps that other people love to take care of her. Thanks Kris! The menu was simple: chicken (Tom’s was excellent so we didn’t even […]
I was a radio guest on The Joan Hamburg Show on Friday. Not because of my Sour Cherry Farm fame, though. Because of my Journal News fame. (I guess you can call it that?) Here’s Joan on the dais with […]
Srimp and Daddy go get 2-by-4s for the patio. Think she has a future career in homebuilding?
My husband, Greg, and I are co-founders of SCF, which chronicles what we eat, drink and grow as we raise our daughter on a tiny plot of land in the Lower Hudson Valley.
