Community The Rural We: Annie Brody Annie Brody's reasons for living in our region is for the dogs, literally. After adopting a dog in 1999, she saw wide-open spaces in her future, so she left New York City for East Chatham and quickly acclimated to the rural lifestyle. A longtime film buff, she By Editor
Real Estate A Dip On Top Of The Hill Copake is home to a gracious hilltop estate with a gunite pool and hot tub surrounded by green lawn as far as the eye can see (129 acres, to be exact). The huge property allows for a sprawling main house, two guest houses, tennis court, numerous barn and outbuildings, large By Editor
Real Estate Carved Into A Quarry A Sheffield property takes advantage of its natural surroundings with a state-of-the-art quarry pool surrounded by the original rock walls. The carriage house style home has a large foyer, gourmet kitchen and open living room and dining room, plus three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. By Editor
Real Estate Swimming In Style April Hill is a meticulously restored Greek Revival with privacy, guest house, swimming pool and spectacular views. By Rachel Louchen
Real Estate Pool Seclusion This Old Chatham home has a heated gunite pool perfect for lap swimming, plus a pool house equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, wine fridge. There is also a outdoor grill station, outdoor shower and fire pit set on 55 acres (five of which are beautifully manicured). The six-bedroom, five- By Editor
Style Mary Randolph Carter's New Book Title Is A Collector's Mantra Mary Randolph Carter knows the frisson of discovery at tag sales and antique shops. After all, she's written the book (and blog) on junking. In her newest, she extolls the virtues of living with your treasures. "There are so many reasons to say, I don’t need By Editor
Arts Kristin Wold Takes Center Stage In The Story Of The Bard's Bed By Jeremy D. Goodwin Among other things, Kristin Wold has spent the past two-and-a-half decades playing and teaching all things Shakespeare. But with the exception of a cluster of iconic female leads— like Rosalind in As You Like It and Viola in Twelfth Night—the Bard was By Editor
Community The Rock Star of Stockbridge: Daniel Chester French By Dan Shaw Although sculptor Daniel Chester French is less well-known than his Berkshires neighbors Edith Wharton and Norman Rockwell, he was as influential as they were and more of a rock star. After all, French often worked in stone, most famously when he designed the iconic 19-foot- By Editor
Arts Farm To Frame Puts Hudson Valley Artists (And Food) On View By Lisa Green Two years ago, Dorit Straus, an art and insurance advisor, attended a dinner for collectors at Henry Klimowicz'sRE Institute in Millerton. The part-time Hudson Valley resident was taken with the intimate setting and interaction between the artist and guests over a meal composed of By Editor
Food Recipe: Rhubarb Meringue Twice a month, Berkshire native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller status, By Editor
