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 ...
The holidays have finally come and gone in 2015, and so small business owners from coast to coast are breathing a sigh of relief. For many, the months of November through January are spent preparing–and ultimately surviving–the busiest time of the year. For us, it was no different. For three back-to-back weekends during this past ...
Denny and I are always on the hunt for new, cool places to explore and rest our heads. Though we usually end up in the Catskills and Hudson Valley, a friend recently challenged us to "lay off the Catskills." Up for the challenge, we left our comfort zone and looked north. Real ...
It already seems like forever ago, but Escape Brooklyn Summer Camp came and went in the blink of an eye. September 11-13, some fifty campers came out for a weekend of hiking, tubing, camping and drinking. The event was sponsored by Peekskill Brewery, who supplied us with a keg Uncommon Lager, and ...
With the 4th of July behind us, summer's now in full force, and we literally cannot stop traveling! What can we say?–we have the itch. Since we're having so much fun, we thought we'd put together another Escape Brooklyn Getaway Giveaway, this time to Woodstock, New York. The Escape Brooklyn Summer Getaway Giveaway includes: • Two night ...
My other half (and adventuring partner) Darren and I live in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (respectively.) We'd been meaning to head up to Watkins Glen, New York ever since we found some old photos in an antique shop showing some long-gone tourist's photos of the gorge. This past May, as spring was springing, ...
Historically, Fort Orange was a 17th Century trading post on the banks of the Hudson River, which would later become the site of the City of Albany. Friends Caroline Corrigan and Katy Smith, met in an Albany college ten years ago, fell in love with their adopted town, and decided to stay. ...
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 ...
Not to to state obvious, but here at Escape Brooklyn we appreciate both ends of the travel perspective, from campy lowbrow to luxury highbrow. And though this property is mostly the latter, it's rare to find someplace that combines both. But alas, we did! Just two hours from New York City in Port Jervis, ...