American author Henry David Thoreau moved to the woods in 1848 for two years, two months, and two days to answer the call of what he referred to as “living deliberately.” He explained his quest for self-reliance, seclusion and simplicity in his most famous piece of literature, Walden, where he moves into a tiny cabin in the woods ...
Guest house, farm house, party barn, recording studio, zen garden, pond, wood-fired sauna, and a hot tub on 20 acres. No, this isn’t David Bowie's hidden place you heard about in the Catskills–it’s Silent G Farms, just two hours from New York City in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. On the bucolic, sprawling 20-acre property ...
2015 was a good year for us–thanks to the support of our friends, families, and partnerships, Escape Brooklyn changed from side project to full-time work for us. One of those partnerships we're excited about is with Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Along with a total redesign of their website, Enterprise recently launched a travel inspiration blog, ...
Before we started venturing beyond New York City every weekend, for a long time Denny and I's Christmas tree tradition was something that held little joy, because as much as we–okay, I–love putting it up, decorating it, and enjoying it for a month, there was no getting around a 30 minute walk in the ...
This content from this article is provided by Upstate Diary, a print and online publication about the creative possibilities that thrive in communities outside of city limits. Denny and I really excited to see that our friend, Will Lytle of Thorneater Comics was not only featured in Upstate Diary, but also working for Colette in Paris for ...
Over Columbus Day weekend, vendors and visitors gathered one last time for the final outdoor Phoenicia Flea of 2015. The market was held in the foothills of the Catskills in Stone Ridge at the magical Stone Ridge Orchard, which came complete with a farmstand that sold autumn staples like cider donuts and pumpkins. The seemingly endless ...
With temperatures reaching 90 degrees last weekend in NYC, we were excited to get out of the city and into the woods. We arrived in Chichester, NY after dark, able to see lots of stars and a porcupine climbing up a tree in the beam of our headlights. The next morning, we discovered the beauty of Nackapent. Ten minutes ...
The Deer Mountain Inn is the perfect weekend retreat from NYC. Typically we post dining, drinking, and outdoor activities recommendations in every location we visit—fortunately, the Deer Mountain Inn has all of that on-site. (It's all fantastic, too, which makes our jobs way easier.) The six-room inn is about a 2.5 hour drive from ...
Escape Brooklyn Summer Camp 2015: we came, we camped, we fished, we tubed, and man did we get rained on. But we didn't let that get us own–we had an incredible time with the fourteen brave souls who did make it out. A picture is worth a thousand words, so we thought ...
The Arnold House is a nine-room hotel just outside Livingston Manor in the western Catskill Mountains, just two hours from New York City. For such a small town, we found ourselves much busier than usual. Though it was hard to pry ourselves away from our cozy room, we still managed to squeeze in a farm ...