Get out of town (after the RNC)
This past weekend my BF and I headed up to Mt. Tremper, a small town upstate near Woodstock. We stayed at the Lazy Meadow, a lodge that Kate Pierson from the B-52s recently bought and rennovated. Each room is decked out in sweet 50s mod interiors, each a bit different from the other. Room #3 was outrageous! It was super quiet and, as the name would have it, lazy!
The church photo is from Phoenica, a town a few miles away from the lodge. The main street features THE best breakfast nook: Sweet Sue’s, which features 22 kinds of pancakes, fresh eggs, and great coffee (mmmmm). Phoenicia also has a great junk shop called Mystery Spot, where I got an amazing yellow dress and adorable vintage ceramic kitten S & P shakers. On Sunday, with the sun shinin’ we headed over to Minnewaska State Park, which has an amazing waterfall, as well as a huge reservoir-style lake. If you get sick of the RNC protests To decompress post RNC: borrow a car, drive 2 1/2 hours, and get lazy with Kate and fat with Sue.
ED NOTE: I’ve edited my original post in response to a reader’s disappointment that I suggested people might want to escape the RNC protests. While I might find the RNC’s presence to be insulting within a city that’s been terrorized enough, I don’t think New Yorkers should duck and cover while Bush is in town. Even if you don’t want to participate in a rally it’s important to show Republicans that as voters (whatever your party affiliation) we won’t take the political process for granted and cover our eyes when we are inconvenienced, or just plain annoyed.
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Does the lodge accept Republicans or do you have to be dem protestors
the lodge accepts all forms of people, you just need to want to relax and be left alone.
Boo! Boo! You shouldn’t be encouraging New Yorkers to leave town! We can’t leave it to the ignorant bigots of the RNC unprotected.
Thanks for the edit. I do understand the need to decompress. I’m so livid right now I can barely function or get any work done.
We live on 23rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. There is nothing on the nyc.gov site about our being in any kind of security zone, but there are orange cones all over the streets, and no stopping allowed anywhere in the area, even well south of 23rd Street. The stores and delis in this area are screwed. Their delivery trucks are having to park blocks away.