Hudson Valley | Whiskey Distillery

Hudson River Valley is among my favorite places to visit because of the immense natural beauty and long history as an artist community...but adding the Tuthilltown Sprits [Hudson Whiskey] into the mix quickly doubled my love. 

Tuthilltown is small and intimate distillery with a true craft spirit. They take locally grown ingredients and combine them with ingenuity and style.  

 Hudson Whiskey swag

 Each bottle is hand marked with the year, batch, and bottle

All of the tastings were incredible but I think Baby Bourbon won my heart. 

School House | Catskills

Lauren, Addy, and I headed up to Catskill New York to celebrate Lauren's 26th birthday. We are huge fans of airbnb and the Hudson Valley area so after a little searching we settled on the beautiful and charming Cottage School House by the River. The renovated school house sits on a five acre plot along side the main house. The atmosphere was perfect and we were so at happy and home to be tucked away in the mountains again. The mountains and the crisp air brought back so many great memories of Williams College in late summer (before preseason)!

Main house & shed

Teepee & backyard

School House with original wood floor and panels

Wood panels from the 1920s complete with kids names etched in

Addy the doodle lounging around

Amazing wood burning oven

My girls sleeping in 

patterns & texture 

Coffee table books 

Hiking | Catskills

This is one happy little hiker (below)! We have always enjoyed hiking but since we got Addy the hiking has become a weekly tradition. It has been a great way to put studying on pause and be outside doing something healthy. So naturally it would not have been a complete trip unless Lauren searched for the best possible trail. We hiked up North Trail for a round trip of six miles in perfect weather. In total it took us about four hours with a breathtaking lunch break at the top. The trail was manageable with a couple of steep rocky portions for good measure.

Obligatory mom and pup pics

Family selfie

Working hard and getting muddy

The view from above

Nature 

I was obsessed with these mossy roots

Addy met some very interesting new friends upstate including a frog, wild turkeys and falcon. 

CYP450 Inhibitor | Grapefruit Cocktail

A toast to the end of the last summer and the beginning of second year. 

Throw back to Block 6 Pharmacokinetics with a delicious CYP450 inhibitor.