Hello Hudson! The current “in-the-know” breakfast and lunch spot is Bodega Aguila Real. For $9.99 or less, you can eat a huge breakfast of eggs and/or pancakes. For $10-12, you can have yourself a huge plate of fried chicken (or other meat) potatoes and vegetables. They moved the shelves to make room for table-service dining!…
Author: Trixie Starr
The Lowe’s Pickup Lockers are Life-Changing
True story. I needed carpet tape. Well, need is strong. Who really needs carpet tape? The carpet in my living room was curling up, and I was tired of tripping on it every day. It finally dawned on me to buy carpet tape to hold it down. (The realization that I needed carpet tape happened…
Fall Events in Hudson, NY
Hey Hudson – Three columnists this week – THREE! I’m happy to announce Hudsonian Susan Simon’s first food review for Trixie’s List! Susan reviews Kitty’s new baked goods counter. Read her review here: Kitty’s Café New Baked Goods Selectionand the Route Taken to Get There by Susan Simon Susan Simon is a James Beard award-winning…
Happenings and Events in Hudson, NY – Last Week of Summer 2023
Hey Hudson – Do you want to know what to do in and around Hudson? This was my THURSDAY evening this week in Hudson. I attended a packed-room event about the history of Hudson’s Quaker/Dutch and whaling past, got a drink at Padrona, and then at 8pm, watched the Queer Ass Film Club’s screen of…
Whaling Talk at the Hudson Area Library
I’ve been doing it wrong all these years. For fifteen years, in the City of Hudson I’ve planned parties, game nights, shows, parades, bed races, polar plunges, you name it. Some have been successful, some, not so much. There were many nights that I *waited* to get into drag to see if anyone was going…
Columbia County Fair Weekend
Hey Hudson Meredith Bricks, stole the show this past Wednesday in her self-made light-up spaceperson outfit. I bumped into Meredith at the Columbia County Fair, hard to miss. This is Meredith’s home-made, hand-stitched jacket, made from Cookie Monster fur. True Story: We were walking around the fairgrounds, by the cow barn, and we bumped into…
County Fair Season
Daily life in Hudson: I’m in the car, stopped at a light, a friend crosses the street and says, “Hey, what are you doing? Come and meet us for a drink at Padrona (on N. 4th Street). It’s their one year anniversary!” Sure! Why not? What else am I doing on a Sunday evening? Nothing….
Sunshine Fair, Schoharie County, NY
The Sunshine Fair Let’s go an hour west – yes, WEST. Schoharie County is when you’re getting into the REAL upstate New York, beyond the New York Times “bubble”. The New York Times has yet to write a feature story about some of these places, and you can still buy an affordable house there. Schoharie…
John L. Edwards Elementary School and Storytown, USA
Hudson – Writing this blog is fun, it gets me out of the house. Sometimes with a purpose, sometimes to eat ice cream and write it off as “research” for a tax deduction. This past week, I visited two totally random places, Storytown two hours upstate in Lake George, and the John L. Edwards Elementary…
Greetings from Storytown, USA
If you live in Hudson, it’s difficult to not have a soft spot about preserving old houses in their historical context. What if the houses are only five feet tall? If you’re looking for a fun day-trip, drive about an hour and a half to Lake George to see the tiny mid-century houses of the…