More Eating Locally

We're in Cold Spring on Hudson. We'll start at the Riverview, my all-time fave. Perfect baked halibut, picante Mexican pizza (sin pollo), top-notch (if tiny) salad, Bass Ale on tap. Yum-O! Best food, atmosphere and view.

Close second (at least for Cold Spring) is Brasserie Le Bouchon. If you like mussels, this is the place. J'adore les moules à la marinière. There's also a curried version ou à la crème. I know, mixing languages is a symptom of a weak mind.

More Cold Spring: Flying A on Fair Street

Main Street

Chapel of Our Lady: Joan and I were married here - almost 18 years (wow!) ago.

Poughkeepsie-bound Metro North train beneath Mt. Taurus

Poughkeepsie-bound Metro North train beneath Mt. Taurus with Breakneck Ridge behind

Westchester Wildlife

Pickerel frog in Saw Mill River Audubon's Haas Sanctuary, Town of New Castle

Box Turtle held by Anne Swaim, Executive Director of Saw Mill River Audubon in Audubon's Choate Sanctuary, Town of New Castle

Time for the deer fence? Dessert on our front lawn after dinner in Joan's garden.

Think Globally, Eat Locally

Mario of Capriccio II Pizza, Croton-on-Hudson

I Rode the Bus Today

Well, not today but last week I took the number 14 Beeline Bus from Peekskill down to Croton-on-Hudson to pick up my car, which had been in the shop for repairs. This was my first local bus trip in over 20 years. Unlike the train, riding the bus here carries with it a certain stigma. It seems the bus is for the blind, lame, disturbed, desperately poor, or extremely old. This is a far cry from riding the buses in Manhattan, which carry a real cross-section of the population. Here in the suburbs we need to get over our total dependence on our personal vehicles and start using alternatives that are less taxing to the planet. Most of us cannot imagine using the local busses in place of our cars but a little research would reveal that at least some of our trips could easily be accomplished on public transportation.