From High Heels to Pirates
Begin with 17 acres of old vinifera plantings. Add a dash of entrepreneurial flair and a desire to create a unique visitor experience. Shake…
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EcoVillage at Ithaca: A Community Bound by Ideals
When Kristen Nygren’s three young sons suddenly dash outside to play, there are no cars or trucks zooming by to cause her to worry….
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Destination: Finger Lakes Independent Bookstores
There is no place quite as mesmerizing as a bookstore – shelves and shelves of books on wide-ranging topics, with paperbacks and hardbacks wrapped…
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Back to Nature
It’s been said that I focus too much on nature in this magazine. That may be true, but I think deep down most people…
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Apple Picking: A Fall Family Tradition
The parking lot was empty when we got to the apple orchard, but we really weren’t surprised. Weekday afternoons in mid-September aren’t considered prime…
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An Angel in the Graves
Woodlawn National Cemetery in Elmira is home to a Civil War monument unlike any other north of the Mason-Dixon line. Bearing witness to one of…
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Always the Vineyard First
When driving into Red Tail Ridge Winery on the northwest shore of Seneca Lake, one is struck by the grand expanse of the vineyard,…
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A Survivor
A tiny storefront caught my eye one sunlit morning on Main Street in Williamson. The hand-carved wooden sign “Sea to Sea” hanging in the…
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