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Check out Edward Rothstein’s great article about the $35 million renovation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York. Mr. Rothstein writes that the effect is overwhelming because its new permanent exhibition so steadily recounts the history of this remarkable historical figure. Click here for the whole story. Don’t want to…
My son, Alex, and I had a great time together at a Parent-Teen course at the Culinary Institute of America earlier this month. This year the CIA’s Hyde Park campus scheduled 43 different Enthusiast classes, with a total of 174 chances to take a great cooking course. I’ve been told that there will be more…
Now that my teenage son and daughter are getting older, I have to put a little more thought into planning a “Mom and Me” event. With parties and friends even more important, I’ve got a lot more competition and, frankly, they’ve both outgrown some of the things I would have done in the past. So…
Whether it’s to become the next Bobby Flay or to open a little romantic cafe , how many of us have, at least one time in our lives, dreamed about discovering a new career in the Culinary Arts? The New York Times recently published an interesting article about some of us who did try this culinary “Plan B.” Entitled, “Maybe It’s Time For Plan…
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If you’ve read my posts, you’ve learned that I enjoy traveling from my native Albany, New York area to New York City. But as many of us know, there are a lot of terrific places to visit between those two venues. So a few weeks ago I was delighted to be invited by Dutchess County’s Tourism Bureau and…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler