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Saturday in Saugerties

The dreaded stomach virus that has been running rampant throughout the city continued to wreak havoc on my social calendar when both gatherings scheduled for this weekend were canceled due to friends’ illnesses. (Get well soon!)

So instead, a one-day getaway to Saugerties, probably best known as the site of the 1994 Woodstock Festival revival. This quaint, historic town is located in Ulster County, in the heart of the Hudson River Valley. We were just 100 miles out of the city, but here, the streets were patched with winter snow. (Remember snow?)

In 1677, New York’s Governor Edmund Andros agreed to purchase the land which now comprises the town from the Esopus Indian tribe for the price of a blanket, a piece of cloth, a shirt, a loaf of bread, and some coarse fiber. The deal recalls a similar transaction half a century earlier, between the Director-General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, Peter Minuit, and the Lenape tribe, in which the island of Manhattan was exchanged for 60 guilders — those 24 famous dollars — worth of beads and trinkets.

Tags: day trip, Saugerties

There are 5 Comments ... Saturday in Saugerties

H20Buffalo
February 8, 2008

Any good eats up there?

There’s a wafels and dinges truck on our street, anyone try it? good?

vipnyc
February 11, 2008

I walked by Miss Lucy’s Kitchen — a homey little restaurant in the heart of town that was reviewed in The Times a couple years ago. Looked good, but didn’t try it.
I’ve seen that cute orange wafels truck outside Fairway, but have never sampled the wares. Been wanting to hit the famous Dessert Truck by NYU. Warm Chocolate Bread Pudding With Bacon Crème Anglaise… oh!

H20Buffalo
February 11, 2008

Don’t forget, a gourmet ice cream truck coming to you soon!

vipnyc
February 11, 2008

How could I forget “The Ice Cream Man“?

vipnyc
February 14, 2008

P.S. — I came across this 1981 Time piece by Insatiable Critic Gael Greene on the “quality ice cream explosion”: “I shall never trust anyone who doesn’t love ice cream. They probably hate the beach because of the sand, sleep in pajamas, never eat spareribs and kiss with their mouths closed.”

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