Got on the road from Cape Cod headed towards the Botsford Briar B&B in Beacon NY. We were greeted by Harley (cute little dog) and Charles at the door, and eventually met Shirley the other co-proprietor. Charles showed us all over the property, pointing out all the work he's been doing on the deck, and all kinds of other work that he's done and still has to do. For the night, we walked around Main Street, as it was Second Saturday, when galleries are open late. We were provided graciously-sized cups of sangria from Steve at one gallery, talked with another comedic gallery proprietor who had a cavernous space, and another who was a former high school art teacher and who had a cool sliding-art concept. We had wine and apps at "Chill", very cool place, and called it a night.
Sunday, checked out around 10am and headed to Cold Spring, where again we ended up talking to a bunch of great art gallery and antique shop owners (especially Paul from Brooklyn) and after a few hours of slow-strolling, we went back to Beacon for a drop-in at the one gallery where we fell in love with the panoramic artwork, and we stole an awesome Times Square piece (for $150) that we first thought could have been 150 thousand dollars...but, luckily, it was not. Then had a coffee across the street after an unsuccessful ATM attempt and only a few bucks to spare. We were giddy with our art purchase and made off for our continuing trek Westward to Nordmont where we had a productive discussion with Don and his lovely wife Darlene before a quick dinner at Marley's in Bloomsburg (great food and beer selection) and a find return to Philly (door to door, 2:45).
The week blew by, and didn't feel much like a vacation, but sure was nice to be away. Next time, we wish to experience Cape Cod in season, when everything is open, and our stress levels and workloads are more manageable.
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