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I often forget this -- and maybe it's because so much of the population is concentrated in the southern tip -- but New York is a vast, vast state.  Get up north a bit and it's wide open with rolling ...Read More

A Burger Pit Stop at Poppy’s in Beacon

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One of the best moments from the movie Sideways: Paul Giamatti as Miles educating Thomas Haden Church in depth on the nuances of wine tasting.  Haden Church, looking fairly clueless, sucks down his wine, and afterwards an incredulous Giamatti asks: "Are ...Read More

Sideways East: A Day at the Vineyards