Hello Hudson! I was scooped, scooped by the Register-Star this morning! They did their cover story on the new sandwich place at 430 Prison Alley, Hudson Sandwich Shop. I ate lunch from there yesterday, and had a post waiting. I was scooped like tuna salad on rye. I have informants – people who give me…
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Via San Gregorio Armeno
I had no idea what to expect in Naples, Italy. As far as I knew, no one in my family had been back in about 100 years – since my great-grandparents left. We have no family there. I was looking for something to do during my one-day visit to Naples while staying in Rome. After…
Q&A with Dylan from Matter Storm Design
Trixie’s List had a little Q&A with Dylan James Goodman of Matter Storm Design – a local, Columbia County-based graphic and web design company. TrixiesList.com: Tell us a little about your background and experience. On paper, I’m a self-employed graphic and web designer. My interest in design and art started when I was young. I…
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…
Hudson’s Great Blue Heron
Hey Hudson – If you’ve visited the Hudson City Cemetery recently, you might have seen a large bird in the pond. I took a picture, and after a google image search, learned that the bird is possibly a Great Blue Heron. It is a majestic bird, and I’ve seen it by the pond several times…
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…
Extra Zucchini
Hudson – There was this comment on the Warning! Read This Before Moving Upstate! post: I moved up here in 2002 because I wanted to be a “bumpkin” who knows the name of the grocery store produce man, gives rides to folks in Lowe’s vests when I see them in Fairview, gets blood work lab…
August in Hudson, New York
Hudson – We are mid-way through summer, and soon, it will be County Fair season. The first nearby fair is the Sunshine Fair in Schoharie County. It’s a real upstate New York fair, and I go every year. It’s about an hour or so drive directly west on Rte 23 then 145. You can go…