A Campus Visit Just for the Beauty of It Taking the scenic route on a New York road trip from Westchester County to Niagara Falls, I stop in Hamilton and revisit Colgate University. This place can’t help but inspire. It’s even better in winter. Next: On to Rochester —Lori Tripoli Looking for things to do…
Category: New York State
A Quick Getaway to the Colgate Inn
Not Just for Alumni I’ve had a romance with the Colgate Inn in Hamilton, N.Y. since my freshman year at college. I loved brunch on Sundays, Bloody Mary’s on those mornings that stretched into afternoons, beers before the fire during the week. Back then, I dressed for the place, a dress, a skirt, a sweater,…
Destination: Hamilton
The first stop on my memory lane tour is Colgate University, where I spent a beer-drenched year enjoying football games and fraternity parties. The Brawny Sherpa and I set off on the scenic route from Westchester to Madison County—the only option available, and a good one. Embarking on a gray Wednesday, we take an easy…
On Going Back: Dreams Change; Do Memories, Too?
Going back to a college town for the first time in decades, the Bashful Adventurer is surprised by her memories and their accuracy.
Ghostly Fiction in Sleepy Hollow
Nothing becomes October better than the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Even if you can’t make a performance of story teller Jonathan Kruk as he brings Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow alive, a walk through the graveyard alone will give a visitor some seasonal chills. See Washington Irving’s grave, admire the dramatic…
Graveyards in October: Forgotten in Pleasantville?
The overgrowth of this graveyard in Pleasantville, N.Y. contrasts with its proximity to a well-traveled road. What was probably a peaceful resting place stands still as progress comes to it on a road named Broadway. Should we pretend not to see, or embrace the past? —Lori Tripoli Are you interested in graveyards in Westchester County,…
History in the West Point Graveyard
We go to West Point to watch the football games, but we take a quick walk through the cemetery there on the way back to our car. Here are reminders of the real purpose of this place, and the outcomes of that purpose. Warriors more current and remote are here, and some of their families,…
Graveyard Art in Garrison NY: The Strife Is Over
The Bashful Adventurer finds some intriguing graveyard art at a graveyard at St. Philip’s Church in the Highlands in Garrison, NY.
Sleepy Hollow: A Cemetery Both Literary and Spiritual
The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in what was once known as North Tarrytown, N.Y. proves to be both literary and spiritual.
ISO Lemon Drop
Some days just call for steakhouses and martinis, especially if the nights are growing longer and the world is growing darker. Why not celebrate the night? My new favorite place for a walk back to the ’70s—when the grownups dressed for dinner and drank many martinis—is the sadly underrated Blackstones Steakhouse on East Main Street…