Real Estate Log Home on the Lake How grand of you to be able to invite people to your very own lakefront property, even if you're only borrowing it for the season. This retreat in Holmes overlooks 120 feet of water frontage on the only motorboat lake in Dutchess County. Built in 1940 and renovated By Editor
Real Estate Summer Retreat Go mod and rural at the same time with this summer getaway in Lakeville, which combines contemporary design with the charming surroundings of the country. Offering a private woodland setting, the house has a new kitchen and a large living room with a cathedral ceiling and welcoming stone fireplace. Four By Editor
Real Estate Special Setting When looking for a summer rental, one thing always rings true: location, location, location. This Hillsdale home has it covered, situated on a hill at the end of a small country road yet minutes away from local attractions such as Tanglewood, Jacob's Pillow, and the shops and restaurants By Editor
Food Rhubarb Cinnamon Polenta Cake Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help By Editor
Style Garden: The Dirt On Soil The following is the second part of a new column for Rural Intelligence, a weekly Q&A that seeks to address basic issues facing the ever-inquisitive back and front-yard toiler. Both questions and answers are provided by the people who know best, the fertile master gardeners from By Editor
Parties Ramp Fest: Third Time's Still the Charm Dale Stewart reports from Hudson. If the line snaking out to the parking lot of Basilica Hudson on Saturday, May 4, was any indication, the third annual Ramp Fest was a wild success. And the lines didn’t stop at the parking lot: Some foodies piled up three deep to By Editor
Wellness Have the Oil, Hold the Olay By Sarah ToddBased on the number of articles singing the praises of edible oils these days, you might think the liquid fat industry has an excellent new publicist. Olive oil wards off heart attacks and strokes! Avocado oil lowers blood pressure in a single bound! But many oils really do By Editor
Arts Dancing the Myth: From Isis to Isadora By Robert Burke WarrenThis Mother’s Day weekend, two deeply devoted dance organizations combine their resources, offering audiences a chance to celebrate life, love, beauty, and the feminine energy that brought us all here. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli hosts the Isadora Duncan International Institute Dancers’ From Isis to By Editor
Community Black Velvet: Gentle Giants in Litchfield By Nichole Dupont“Never turn your back on a stallion," Ann Egan says as she enters the dusty paddock where her prize stud stands. “A stallion can have an off day, you just never know. I love this big guy, he's my heart horse. But he' By Editor
Food Fish Tacos Sans Cilantro Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help By Editor
Parties A Fabulous First: The PS21 Gala Amy Krzanik reports from Chatham.On Saturday, May 4, PS21 (Performing Spaces for the 21st Century) held its first-ever gala benefit at the beautifully decorated Cady Hall in Chatham. PS21 President Judy Grunberg (shown left, between friends Chris and Jim Warren) and Board Member James Kraft welcomed guests who By Editor
Parties In the Shed: Berkshire Botanical Garden Reception Sarah Todd reports from Stockbridge.Avid gardeners are constantly thinking of ways to up their backyard's "wow" potential, from heirloom rose bushes to koi ponds. But although the humble potting shed is as much a part of the landscape as any trellis or azalea shrub, it By Editor
