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Travel + Leisure
a day ago
- Travel + Leisure
New York's Hudson Valley Has a Gorgeous New 11-room Inn by Audrey Gelman—and We Were the First to Stay
There are just 11 rooms at Six Bells, creating a comfortable, intimate atmosphere for guests. The property is an extension of the namesake country store in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, so it's only natural that guests can shop the majority of the products found within each guest room, like printed quilts, lamp shades, and even the mattresses. The hotel's whimsical decor—with hand-painted murals, mismatched wallpaper, one-of-a-kind furniture, and textiles in every color—evokes a sense of joy and discovery. A very European, complimentary breakfast spread of soft-boiled eggs, fresh trout, and meats and cheeses served at the restaurant, The Feathers, was a highlight for me. While the hotel is an ode to nostalgia, modern touches abound: A chocolate treat was left on my bedside table each night during turndown, every time a family with a child came down to dine, there was a high chair waiting for them, and when I had to leave early before breakfast service, a pot of coffee and banana were set up for me downstairs. 'My thesis was nostalgia,' Audrey Gelman said, as we sat at a red corduroy–cushioned corner table, deviled eggs in hand, a metal horse hanging on the wall in front of us, and "Great Balls of Fire" flowing through the speaker. We were at The Six Bells Countryside Inn—an 11-room property that takes elevated country-kitsch to a new level. And it was opening day for the Hudson Valley retreat. The hotel is an extension of its namesake homeware store in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and the latest venture from Gelman, the founder of the now-shuttered coworking space for women, the Wing. The three-story hotel, along Roundout Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River, first started welcoming travelers in 1850 when it opened as The Central Hotel. It has since had many lives, always as a hotel or a boarding house. When I arrived that rainy afternoon in June, the first thing I noticed was the hand-painted, map-like mural on the ceiling. It depicts Barrow's Green—an entirely made-up village that Gelman invented as inspiration when first building The Six Bells shop in 2022—and now lives on through nearly every element of the hotel. (Each of the guest rooms, for example, are tied to a particular storyline or character of the village.) While a fictional world was the inspiration behind Gelman's concept—a place that's 'not hokey, but also doesn't take itself so seriously'—the very real property on Main Street in Rosendale, New York brings her narrative to life. 'I like to build spaces that people can walk into and they feel like they're in a different reality,' Gelman said. And I'd say she, along with her business partner Jeremy Selman, a hospitality veteran behind names like Line Hotels, NoMad, and The Ned London, have succeeded. Interior of the on-site country store. Kate S. Jordan/The Six Bells Hotel From the moment you walk into Six Bells, it feels familiar and warm. Around every corner, there's a new detail: a decades-old wardrobes that Gelman hunted for at various antique malls across the country; custom quilts that match the color of the guest room they live within; a dollhouse replica in the on-site shop with stained-glass windows that perfectly match the property's. Many of the treasures within the hotel can actually be purchased, including the Sabre silverware at on-site restaurant, The Feathers. While some objets d'art are thrifted finds, many are custom made by artists and producers Gelman has found—or who have found Gelman. During my two days at the inn, I heard Gelman use several descriptors for where she drew inspiration for this first of potentially many hotels: the English countryside, Agatha Christie mysteries, Bavarian culture, resorts in Tyrol, Austria, and Amish culture in America. Also, 'kitsch, the idea of high-low experiences, theme hotels, and then luxury,' Gelman said. She and Selman worked with Adam Greco of Greco Deco, a New York-based design firm, to bring this project to life in just one year. 'I've freed myself from the limitations of, 'I have to do one thing or the other,'' Gelman said of her transition into hospitality. 'It's more, you're doing the things you're doing, and you're doing them creatively. I don't think the industry should lead you, the ideas should.' Here, my full review and everything you need to know about The Six Bells Countryside Inn. 'The hospitality experiences I like have a sense of humor about themselves,' Gelman said when explaining her inspiration behind each of Six Bells' 11 rooms. All of the rooms within the 175-year-old building tell their own story—curated entirely from Gelman's imagination. When I arrived at my room, The Ribbon, there was a leather-bound booklet (custom-made in Ukraine for each room) sitting on my four-poster king-size bed. Within it, guests can read about each of the rooms and the hidden stories within them. Whether it's Lamplight (Gelman's favorite), Mildred's Plum, or the Innkeeper's Suite, the individual personalities shine through in the details. In Lamplight, for example, local artist Wally Whitehurst hand-painted a blue mural, and the king-size bed is tucked behind thick curtains. Each room has a 'shopping catalogue' that guests can browse through. Items within this booklet include a $40 mug and a $99 floral pillow, or furniture like the rattan Adelaide Console for $3,250 found in the Lamplight room. While I slept like a baby in my all-green room on The Park Mattress ($2,195) designed by Ostermoor, a family-owned company in Massachusetts, one qualm I had was the lack of storage space. There are three small drawers in the hand-painted wardrobe—that houses a mini-fridge—but if I were staying at the inn with another person or had more clothes, I could see this posing a challenge. The restaurant on property, The Feathers. Kate S. Jordan/The Six Bells Hotel An 18-table tavern, The Feathers, is the only restaurant at the hotel. It's one of the Inn's main gathering spaces, serving a complimentary daily breakfast of soft-boiled eggs, fresh trout, and meats and cheeses. The design is cozy and invites guests to linger. In one corner, tables with dark-red cushions; near the bar, a set of beautiful wooden banquettes for two diners; and a sunroom-like space adorned with floral-blue wallpaper and floral-red couches, which somehow match. The Feathers menu was crafted in collaboration with consulting chef Molly Levine and the head chef Larkin Young; it will change seasonally, depending on the produce available in the area. During my stay, the Golden Slipper—a cocktail made with your choice of vodka or gin (I opted for vodka, as I always do), honey, lemon juice, and ginger—quickly became my favorite beverage on the creative list. While the food menu is small, the classic American-inspired flavors are not. During my two nights on the property, I tried the chilled buttermilk cucumber soup (Gelman's favorite), the deviled eggs, the roasted half chicken, the oven-poached hake, and the corn fritters. I am still dreaming of the latter, which were paired perfectly with crispy fried sage that I nibbled on even after there was no fritter left to pair it with. Outdoor dining will be available on the large wooden deck attached to the back of the property, overlooking Roundout Creek. Come fall, Gelman will introduce rotating seasonal experiences. 'A murder mystery series, definitely,' Gelman promises. She also mentioned that guests will be able to learn first-hand from the various craftsmen and creatives in the area, through a cooking class or watercoloring workshop, which will be introduced later this year. By the end of the June, according to Gelman, the backyard space will have additional seating, firepits, and a chicken coop, and there will be shelves stocked with books to peruse on each floor of the inn. There is also a small storefront located on the first floor of the property, adjacent to the check-in area. Here, you can shop Six Bells merchandise like tomato-printed tote bags, hand-painted mugs, or embroidered, tufted pillows. There is no spa at The Six Bells Country Inn. The dollhouse replica of The Six Bells Countryside Inn. Jess Feldman/Travel + Leisure The Six Bells is very family friendly, especially for toddlers or young children, simply as a result of its imaginative design. For example, the murals found on many of the walls and ceilings of the common spaces—hand-painted by Whitehurst—invite a closer look. There are two family suites on property, Scrubett's Ledge and The Innkeeper's Suite. In both of these guest rooms, children can search for the hidden bells (of which there are six, of course) within the murals on the walls. A children's playroom will be completed next month. The outdoor area has plenty of space for children to play, and the soon-to-come chicken coop will only add to the appeal. While there are not many activities on-site for teens or older children, the surrounding area offers plenty to see and do. The common spaces within The Six Bells Countryside Inn are ADA compliant, and there is one accessible guest room on the first floor. However, the majority of the guest rooms are on the second and third floors, and there is no elevator on the property. The exterior facade and entrance of The Six Bells Countryside Inn. Kate S. Jordan/The Six Bells Hotel Gelman and Selman knew they wanted to be in the Hudson Valley. After months of searching, in the summer of 2024, they found the Six Bells property, set in the town of Rosendale, in Ulster County New York. It's about a two-hour drive from New York City. 'There's something really special about it,' Gelman said of the space, located right on Main Street, where many small boutiques, farm-to-table restaurants, and a historic movie theater are steps away. When the weather is nice, there are various riverside trails within walking distance to explore. Rosendale is also just a 15-minute drive to Kingston, known for its antiquing, restaurants, and distinctive Dutch architecture. During my stay, I spent a few hours there, popping from one store to the next; mid-shopping, I had a delicious BLT on homemade bread at Rosie General. For more great dining options and art galleries, guests can drive about 45 minutes north to Hudson. The Six Bells is not currently affiliated with any loyalty programs. However, breakfast is included for all guests. Nightly rates at The Six Bells Countryside Inn start from $350. Every T+L hotel review is written by an editor or reporter who has stayed at the property, and each hotel selected aligns with our core values.
Washington Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
The rise of the Broadway ‘bro show'
Edward Price wouldn't be mistaken for a Broadway junkie. A straight guy in his 40s, Price splits his time between New York City and the Hudson Valley and rarely shells out money to see shows. But in recent weeks, he's been an unlikely Broadway regular, venturing alone to see two plays: 'Othello,' starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, and 'Glengarry Glen Ross,' starring Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Griffin Herring looking like a gem as Yankees draft pick continues to deal
Griffin Herring looking like a gem as Yankees draft pick continues to deal originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Griffin Herring, a the New York Yankees' sixth-round pick, is quickly making his mark at High-A Hudson Valley and in the organization. Advertisement Since his promotion from Single-A Tampa, the 22-year-old LSU product has gone 1-0 with a 0.96 ERA across 18 1/3 innings, striking out 20 with just four walks. Saturday night, he tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings against Greenville, allowing four hits and striking out eight. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 196 pounds, Herring features a mid-90s fastball, changeup, and cutter. His early success adds a promising name to the Yankees' growing list of minor league pitching standouts. New York Yankees prospect and former LSU pitcher Griffin Herring pitched in the 2024 SEC tournament. © Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images MINORS MATTERS Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (35-31, Fifth in International League East) Up next: Six-game road trip at Louisville beginning Tuesday Worth watching: The surging RailRiders swept a six-game series against Syracuse and have won seven straight, scoring 50 runs during the streak. Infielder José Rojas is tied for third in the International League with 48 RBIs and is batting .271 with 11 home runs. Right-hander Allan Winans (6-0, 0.61 ERA) is tied for second in the league in wins. Double-A Somerset (29-34, Fourth in Eastern League Northeast) Up next: Six-game road trip at New Hampshire starting Tuesday Worth watching: Center fielder Spencer Jones is tied for the Eastern League lead with 12 home runs. He's batting .241 overall and is riding a four-game hitting streak, going 7-for-15 (.467) with three strikeouts. Catcher Rafael Torres has 11 home runs and ranks third in the league with 39 RBIs. He was behind the plate when Portland stole 11 bases on Thursday night. High-A Hudson Valley (35-27, Third in South Atlantic League North) Up next: Six games at Jersey Shore beginning Tuesday Worth watching: Left-hander Griffin Herring (1-0, 0.96 ERA) continued his strong start at High-A with 6 2/3 shutout innings Saturday against Greenville, striking out eight and allowing four hits. Right-hander Elmer Rodriguez-Cruz (4-2, 2.70 ERA) ranks third in the league with 74 strikeouts over 60 innings, while opponents are hitting just .172 against him. Single-A Tampa (34-28, Second in Florida State League West) Up next: Six-game series at Bradenton beginning Tuesday Worth watching: Left fielder Tyler Wilson ranks fifth in the Florida State League with a .291 batting average. Center fielder Brian Sanchez is seventh at .281 and has stolen 17 bases in 21 attempts. Advertisement Related: After Fenway Disaster, Yankees Fans Hilariously Celebrate Rafael Devers Trade Related: Yankees Reliever Jake Cousins Likely Facing Tommy John Surgery This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 16, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Times
5 days ago
- Health
- New York Times
It's Not Just You: The Tick Situation Is Getting Worse
Lately, Shannon LaDeau and her colleagues have had unwelcome visitors at their office in New York's Hudson Valley: ticks, crawling up the building and trying to get through doors. 'Which is kind of alarming,' said Dr. LaDeau, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies who studies the arachnids and the pathogens they carry. As winters get warmer, ticks of several kinds are flourishing. Deer ticks, known for transmitting Lyme disease, are moving farther north. The longhorned tick, which came from overseas, has gained a foothold on the East Coast and begun moving west. Gulf Coast ticks have made it to states like Connecticut and Indiana. The lone star tick, which can make people allergic to red meat, is fanning out from the South and has been found as far as Canada. And even in places long accustomed to them, ticks are becoming more numerous and active for longer stretches of each year. Why is this happening, and how can you protect yourself? We asked the experts. What changes are researchers seeing? Marc Lame, an entomologist and clinical professor emeritus at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, put it simply: 'There are more and different types of ticks around than there used to be, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon.' The spread of individual species can be difficult to track. The longhorned tick, for example, was not identified in the United States until 2017, but a recent study confirmed that it was here as early as 2010. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Telegraph
14-06-2025
- Telegraph
Why the ‘real' New York has nothing to do with Manhattan
Whether you date the moment of birth to the seizure and rechristening of Dutch outpost 'New Amsterdam' in 1664, the founding, in the same year, of a British colony whose name referenced the king's brother (the Duke of York) – or its secession to the USA in 1788 as the 11th state in a new national jigsaw – there have long been two 'New Yorks'. One, of course, is the mega-city which swallowed the island of Manhattan, and now spreads its tentacles, famously, to 'Five Boroughs'. The other is the broader state of New York – which encompasses its metropolitan namesake, but is also a very different animal. So different that their shared existences look incongruous. The state of New York is the USA's fourth most populous (behind California, Texas and Florida). But of its 20 million residents, 14 million (70 per cent of the total) reside in 'the city', on Long Island, or in the urban hubs in the southern half of the Hudson Valley – including the capital, Albany. What remains – stretching to the Canadian border – has little in common with the stores of Fifth Avenue or the Empire State Building. It is quiet, even silent in parts; lushly forested, thrillingly rugged – the mountains of the Adirondacks and the Catskills rising mightily. Spend time in one of the New Yorks, and you could never deceive yourself into thinking you were in the other. So much is clear when I leave the 'first' New York for the 'second'. The road-signs along my route read like the lyrics to Chattanooga Choo Choo, albeit with a north-easterly quaintness, indicating possible stops in Tarrytown and Hopewell Junction, Lagrangeville and Pleasant Valley, Rhinebeck and Stottville. Only Albany feels like an interruption, shoving its rush-hour traffic and its comparative sprawl into my path. There at the heart of it, on Empire State Plaza, the New York Capitol adds an extra layer of surreality by resembling a grand, turreted Swiss hotel, rather than a classic domed American government building. But I am not looking for epic out-of-context 19th century neo-Renaissance architecture. I am looking for the shadows beyond the street lights; for 'the other New York'. And I find it, emphatically, some 200 miles north of Manhattan – at the bottom of Lake George. While the River Hudson, ebbing through Albany 60 miles to the south, ultimately drains into the Atlantic as it passes Manhattan, Lake George sends its currents in the opposite direction, pouring its soul into the border-spanning Lake Champlain – and eventually, into the St Lawrence. This is not the only hint as to the northerliness of my location. There at the lake's south edge, Fort William Henry is a timely link to American literature. It was built in 1755; a British bastion in the colonial push into the higher reaches of North America, designed to stymie France in its identical ambitions. In this, it failed. It haunted the shore of Lake George for just two years before, in the summer of 1757, it was destroyed by Gallic and Huron troops in a bloody chapter of what became known as the 'French and Indian War'. Yet it enjoys a strangely enduring afterlife. The existing structure, a 1950s replica, receives a steady stream of visitors as the Fort William Henry Museum. In part, this is because it is to Fort William Henry that the key characters are travelling, across wild and perilous terrain, in The Last Of The Mohicans – the James Fenimore Cooper novel which, though it uses the fighting of 1757 as its deadly backdrop, was published in 1826, and is celebrating its bicentenary this year. Lake George has moved on, but only a little, from that era of siege and massacre. The tree-defined landscape around it may no longer be dangerous, but it is certainly still wild. And beautiful. For a while, at the turn of the 20th century, it became a magnet for the era's financial elite; wealthy figures such as Spencer Trask and George Foster Peabody crafted homes as palatial as those on Long Island along the lake's west flank, in what was jauntily called 'Millionaires' Row'. Inevitably, in an era of private jets and Caribbean playgrounds, things are not as chic as they once were, and the town of Lake George now makes its living out of motels, T-shirt shops, amusement arcades and candy-floss stands. But the majority of the tourists who inflate the local population from 3,500 to more than 50,000 during the hottest months still come for the scenery, and the area's closeness to nature – the water still refreshingly cold during the heat of August, the Adirondacks bothering the horizon away to the north-west. But if Lake George seems to embrace the warmest season as a temporary arrangement, other corners of upstate New York seem never entirely to escape the winter. At Lake Placid, another 80 miles north, this is partially the point. Indeed, you can hardly move a metre along Main Street without noticing reference to the two occasions – 1932, 1980 – when it hosted the Winter Olympics. Supporting evidence is everywhere – Whiteface Mountain, the ski resort, 10 miles up the road, where the downhill events were held in 1980; the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, which salutes both games with medals and memorabilia. And the Olympic Ski-Jumping Complex is as close as 'Upstate' comes to skyscrapers, its twin towers piercing the treeline. Thrill-seekers can ride down from on high via a zipline. Rather confusingly, the water feature on which the town largely sits is not Lake Placid (which lies directly to the north), but Mirror Lake. An appropriate name. By now, my journey has brought me into the grip of the Adirondacks, and the lake's smooth surface captures the mountains in gentle reflection; a wholly pretty picture, whatever the season. A century or so ago, travellers came this way for more than such vistas. Saranac Lake, 10 miles to the west, blossomed not as a rich man's plaything, but as a sanctuary for the sick. The catalyst was the arrival, in 1876, of Edward Livingston Trudeau, a New York City doctor and tuberculosis sufferer who had ventured to the Adirondacks in search of the fresh air and cool climate he hoped would heal his condition. Revived by mountain life, he decided to stay, and opened a sanatorium for the treatment of fellow TB victims in 1884. Transport links came with this boom – the New York Central Railroad rolled into the town in 1877. These unlikely 'good times' could not last. Within 50 years, advances in medical science had rendered Saranac Lake's treatment centres obsolete. But it has fought back gradually against irrelevance, as a haven for fishing and boating. To that list can now be added hiking and cycling. The last train departed in April 1965. But while part of the line – a 108-mile stretch from Utica to Tupper Lake – has been preserved as a heritage operation, the Adirondack Railroad, the 34-mile section which links Tupper Lake to Lake Placid via Saranac Lake has been stripped of its track and relaunched as a space for adventures by foot and pedal – the Adirondack Rail Trail, which will be fully open by the end of 2025. It definitely feels like a useful addition as I cycle along it on a breezy afternoon, through thick patches of forest, finally reaching the town's former station – another sturdy relic that will be restored, with cafes and a gift shop, as part of the trail experience. I am a long way – almost 300 miles – from New York, as I stand on the decommissioned platform. The New York of subway trains and yellow cabs, that is. The 'other' New York – of fir trees and granite peaks; of rivers, lakes, and mossy tranquillity – is all around me. Essentials Airlines including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines fly to New York from various British airports. Lodges at Cresthaven, Lake George starts at £147 per night. Mirror Lake Inn, Lake Placid has rooms from £306 per night.
