Playing TOURIST – past 3 days in upstate NY gathering inspiration with friends.Hundreds of miles exploring (just the tip of the iceberg). A handful of things that I cant shake.HUDSON: + The backroom on the 2nd floor of JC Rogerson Co Inc (180 years old, 5th generation, a time capsule museum of a hardware store). + The ceiling in the old firehouse-turned bookshop-in-a-bar Spotty Dog Books & Ale+ The bar & gym at @themakerhotelHUNTER: + The hot cider in the backroom at the Prospect inside @scribnerslodgeTANNERSVILLE:+ The library at @hotellilien+ The nick nack corner back booth at Tannersville Antique & Artisan Center PHOENICIA: + The Den at @thegrahamandco+ @phoeniciadiner (whole vibe & book)+ The local map section at the Nest Egg country storeKINGSTON: + The banner & wall of Nat Geo walls at @hamiltonandadams And just the CATSKILLS as a whole Driving the Borscht belt (best if accompanied while flipping through the hotels of the Catskills, Abandoned resorts of the Northeast; & Abandoned Catskills – each tell the tale the heyday of upstate seasonal resorts and how car/plane travel changed the way Americans vacationed forever- leaving so many historic roadside resorts to be abandoned & taken over by nature.All said, hands-down, the most beautiful, eclectic, creative place that inspired us most wasnt a hotel at all- but the private estate of our friends @markdarcy & Deb- (14th pic) their countryside compound was mind blowing in the kind of way that it makes us want to head up to Hudson & save another old resort. As we return to our own tiny corner on our tiny lake- feeling grateful that against all odds were still standing here one hundred years later. Hudson- well visit again soon

January 7, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram