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Mattice, a Catskills boutique where coffee meets couture. A new reason to visit the quaint hamlet of Oak Hill, just 25 minutes from Hudson.
A barn-turned-tropical-paradise. Magical reels played in a treehouse-like cafe. A destination-worthy record store. A blacksmith. A soap maker. Some neo-Dadaist art. Hey, it must be Oak Hill Day!
Here's a cheat sheet to all my blog posts on the shops, restaurants, farm stands, hotels, and AirBnB's mentioned in my Brooklyn Based piece, “Upstate escape: 3 off-the-beaten-path Catskills towns.” Photo by Beth Schneck.
Hort and Pott has captured the modern cabin aesthetic and distilled all of its woodsy flavor into a little white barn in Oak Hill.
It's always helpful to have a few universally giftable items on hand, but items like sachets and candles can feel like phoned-in gifts... unless you're shopping at I.U. Tripp, the beloved Oak Hill antique store where old things become new again.
Wanna go lavish this holiday? How about pairing some cozy Icelandic House Socks with a fully customized trip to Iceland, complete with off-the-beaten-path locales and locals-only experiences?
For the seasoned camper who has it all — OR the person who likes the idea of camping more than, you know, hiking/getting dirty/roughing it — this aesthetically pleasing, campfire-ready espresso maker is the perfect gift.
The Wreathing Workshop at Oak Hill's Hort and Pott is a must for any gardener or amateur artisan who'd love to learn a new craft.
City folks always flock to Hudson, Phoenecia, and the surrounding areas. But if you have access to a car and can sneak away for a couple of days, go to the hamlet of Oak Hill in the Great Northern Catskills.
Like a scene from a picture book, the potluck dinner was drenched in golden light, filtered through the windows and doorways of an old red barn. On the edges of the soft green lawn, orange tiger lilies and yellow cosmos were nodding in the breeze, and the heavens above were a perfect Crayola Sky Blue.
The Yellow Deli in Oak Hill is the most unique cafe in the Catskills. The giant, dimly-lit, wood-paneled space, complete with an enormous avian mural and tinkling new age music, feels like a secret tree-house.
It's easy to fall in love with The DeWitt Oak Hill, a warm and welcoming inn on the Catskill Creek that serves gourmet breakfasts and is filled with antique treasures to take home.
Part plant nursery, part antique shop, part handmade home goods supplier, Hort & Pott's highly curated barn feels a bit like stepping into Ernest Hemingway's Key West yard sale.
At IU Tripp in Oak Hill, antique shopping just got a little sweeter. The colorful shop now sells 10-cent classic candies, like Necco Wafers, Kits, B-B-Bats, and Squirrel Nut Zippers, plus hand-made barley sugar hard candy and spicy-sweet cinnamon cube pops.
The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival Like You've Never Seen It Before
