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bees, garlic and kilts

As I type, I’m having a delicious breakfast of last nights superb eggplant parmigiana from Arrividerci in Sherman, CT. Only about 35 minutes from Millbrook and they are now offering weeknight specials. Salad, entrée, dessert, wine and coffee for two at $32. 4 to 10. And they make probably one of [...]

This weekend and more

Reading for the eighth time Wuthering Heights and the perennial question arises and ruins my concentration: what happens to Mrs. Earnshaw anyway? Hindley and Catherine’s mother? Is it possible I miss her demise or disappearance everytime?
Absentee ballots and voter registration at www.dutchesselections.com. They are located in Poughkeepsie, if you feel better [...]

Tag sales are a super way to recycle and lots in the area this weeken

With so much to do, here is this week’s abbreviated list of good things to occupy your weekend.
Tag sales all over, especially Millbrook. Bennett Commons start, go south on 82 for Duncan Hill and Camby, or east for Tower Hill.
Look for people, mostly men, dressed in Turn of the Century. [...]

Millbrook is the place to be Saturday, Rain or Shine

Tomatoes…I was so inspired by this years heirlooms that I am already looking at options for next year. Seed swap in the thought stage for February. Do let me know if you would like to partake. This years favorites? The Garden Peach, the Nyagous and the famed German Pink. Oh [...]