OLD RED DOG, LLC

Property Management Services

Columbia County, NY

Harrison F. Meeske, Principal, 80 Chittenden Road, Hudson, NY 12534

518-249-4788 OldRedDogLLC@AOL.com

Places to Go and Sights to See

The upper Hudson Valley offers a wide range of year round things to do for all personal interests and activity levels: antiquing, fine dining, horseback riding, skiing, autumn leaf looking, gardening, picnicking, hiking, golf, tennis, parks, theaters, historic sites, swimming, boating and just plain old fashion hammock lazing. Want to inspect properties? We have the best access to monthly Real Estate Reports and all current listings. Business needs? We can suggest many regional professionals, businesses, bankers, book stores, boutiques and specialty shops, as well as a preferred list of local skilled crafts and repair people.

Restaurants

Breakfast at Ursala’s in Athens is always a pleasure with a river view or Tanzy’s in Hudson serves American breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea. Marisa’s Bagel Café in Chatam: soups, salads and wraps.

n Hudson there are several cafes and fine restaurants. The Muddy Cup is a casual coffee place and The Spotty Dog offers “Books & Ale” from micro breweries. Le Gamin Café, Earth Foods, The Cascades deli, and Swoon Kitchen Bar are pleasant lunch stops.

The Wunderbar & Bistro has good German style offering and great salads; DABA, LLC has New American and Scandinavian food; and, for Japanese food there is Wasabi Japanese Restaurant; Mexican Radio has an extensive menu that goes far beyond mere tacos and burritos; Purple Paradise Caribbean American Restaurant offers fish and goat with a spicy flare; a rare find is Scali’s real offering New York City quality pizzas and subs; and, Four Brothers Pizza Restaurant in Hillsdale has American, Italian and Greek specialties. When it gets late and all else fails there is always Wendy’s on Route 9 north of Hudson.

In Rhinebeck there is fine country dining at the authentic and historic Beekman Arms Inn or the casual horse country atmosphere at Foster’s Coach House. In Kinderhook country casual is the way at Carolina House features steak, cornbread and great deserts. When fine dining is called for Hudson has Ca’ Mea with authentic upscale Northern Italian cuisine and a garden setting in fine weather; and, Ciao Bella – Ristorante Sicilia, and Vico – with Tuscan cuisine - have similar upscale fare and settings. The Red Dot restaurant and bar, “well worth the walk” ….trendy and boisterous

Books and Regional Information

Bookstores such as the Spotty Dog in Hudson offer a wide selection of works on local area topics as well as books by local authors. Anyone interested in checking out the region’s rich and varied history will find numerous books outlining people, places and events as well as suggesting many of the notable local sites to visit.

Early classics are Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776 and Henry Noble MacKracken Blithe Dutchess and Old Dutchess Forever! Current works include The Hudson Valley Dutch and Their Houses and Vernacular to Spectacular: How Houses Changed 1700 -1830 by Harrison F. Meeske which covers many aspects of the historic development of housing in the region. Remembrance of Patria by Roderic Blackburn offers a comprehensive history of the early Dutch colonial culture in the valley; and, his book - with Ruth Piwonka – A Visible Heritage: Columbia County New York: A History in Art and Architecture covers developments in the area. Dutch Vernacular Architecture in North America 1640 – 1830 by John R. Stevens presents technical renderings of many of the important early buildings; Dutch Colonial Homes in America by Geoffrey Gross offers a gorgeous photographic presentation of many local houses. Dutchess County’s Plain Folks by William P. Mc Dermott has a history of early hardscrabble life in the country.

Roderic Blackburn’s website: rhblackburn.com. that presents monthly installments on local topics and current updates on the regions real estate market and offerings. General interest in country living can be gleaned from among such books as Country: Wisdom for a Country Life by David Larkin; In the Country Style: Timeless Designs for Today’s Home by Barabar Buchholtz, et al; and, The Country Home by Ellen M. Plante.

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