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Pilothouse Paper, tucked into a nook of a storefront on picturesque Reed Street in Coxsackie, is the kind of place where you can find a really thoughtful gift without actually thinking too much about it. Here, proprietor Susan Baldaserini, also an owner of Reed Street Bottle Shop across the street, has done all the legwork for you. Photo courtesy of Pilothouse Paper.
A magical village of books tucked into a tiny town in the Catskill Mountains? Yes, please.
City folks always flock to Hudson, Phoenecia, and the surrounding areas. But if you have access to a car and can sneak away for a couple of days, go to the hamlet of Oak Hill in the Great Northern Catskills.
Mansion and Reed, tucked below a beautiful guest house in a quiet Hudson Valley town, looks like a general store you'd find in a picture book.
WARNING: The Coxsackie Farmers Market will ruin you for city greenmarkets forever.
Need a natural remedy for a poison ivy rash that actually works? Or maybe you just need a thoughtful hostess gift for a friend's country house? Check out Auntie Ivy's Poison Ivy Soap, made by hand at Honey Hollow Farm Stay in Earton, NY.
Part plant nursery, part antique shop, part handmade home goods supplier, Hort & Pott's highly curated barn feels a bit like stepping into Ernest Hemingway's Key West yard sale.