Chapter 3: The Inside Scoop

The Inside Scoop

Anywhere you go in the world has its own story. It is worth trying to find and understand each place’s unique heartbeat. Farm Girl’s...

Main Street, Mountain Dale

Every town has a story. Sometimes the story and the name are intertwined. Livingston Manor is named for Robert Livingston (who was the...

NY State Says "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"

Maybe you’ve already noticed that the Catskills is becoming famous for its craft beers, its spirits and its ciders. It’s hard to miss....

Small Town Parades & Festivals

A key part of getting to know a place is finding its rhythm and its peculiarities. In any of the Catskills hamlets, you are likely to...

Take Off Your Coat and Stay A While

Throughout Farm Girl’s Guide, you will find some special inns, hotels, motels and B&Bs to try. But these are just the tip of the iceberg....

Getting Out

The Outside Institute theoutsideinstitute.org @theoutsideinstitute I am going to say it here. Just going to throw it down. If you are not...

Ghosts Are Everywhere

Ghosts. Everybody up here knows some. They are invisible to you, but they are still there in the shadows, watching as this new...

Funny Names

Maybe this is a little bit immature, but some hamlet names really tickle me. I have compiled a list of the ones that I absolutely love....

The Hurleyville Project

It’s a small town Cinderella story. It’s how a renaissance can happen, in the most unlikely of spots and with the most unexpected...

It's a Keeper. Mountainkeeper.

In 2006, on a back porch looking out over a pristine Catskills vista, the idea for Catskill Mountainkeeper was hatched among friends. At...

Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

Small towns have their own ways of doing things. If you are just passing through, you might not notice. But if you are doing your best to...

Classy Stuff

If this is your first visit to the Catskills, this might not be top of mind for you. But I urge you to think broadly about your...

The Big Sleep

A gentleman from Catskills goes out on a walk one day in an attempt to escape his wife’s incessant nagging (she, to be fair, was annoyed...

The Center for Discovery

589 Old Route 17, Monticello, NY (845) 794-1400 thecenterfordiscovery.org @thecenterfordiscovery To come to Sullivan County and not to...