FOOD:

Phoenicia Diner (my happiest place on earth, perfect in every season)

Ollie’s Pizza

Quinnie’s

Stella’s Fine Market

Westwind Orchard (my favorite spot for summer-fall, fresh pizzas, eaten outside in an apple orchard!)

Stissing House (the most beautiful candle-lit high quality historical restaurant, taken over by the team behind King in NYC!)

Mel the Bakery

Kitty’s Market

Main St. Farm

The Kaatskeller

Kinderhook

TO DO:

Storm King Art Center (the most perfect place you’ve ever seen while in peak leaf peeping season)

Sunset Rock (gorgeous hike, especially for leaf peeping season)

Hotel:

Inness

Maker Hotel

Hotel Kinsley

Piaule

The Amelia

Scribner’s

Wildflower Farms

Neighborhoods: explore these downtowns!

Hudson

Beacon