This space is devoted to recommendations and reviews of things in and around the Hudson Valley, mainly within striking distance of Millbrook and Rhinebeck, the yin and yang of Dutchess. The lists are not “bests of” (ever subject to debate) but rather personal preferences…though I hope they will prove more…

Long gone are the days you might happen upon an unidentified Cole, Cropsey or Kensett propped up in the corner of a sleepy Hudson Valley town antique shop. No, the ebays, antique roadshows and savvy dealers have surely ferreted most of them out. But perhaps…just perhaps one remains undiscovered, languishing…