Discovering the World, Moment to Moment — Hudson NY

Episode 2: The Vagina Dialogues

Hudson NY Janet Samuels Photographs Myron Polenberg Warren Street Yad Vashem

Hudson, New York is perhaps the smallest “city” I have ever encountered: only 2 square miles.  It is serious enough to need a mayor and 10 aldermen.  I don’t have a clue what an alderman is, but apparently they need a lot of them. Hudson is pristine, colorful and holy cow, does it have a sense of humor.  My photographer, Janet kept remarking, “They are all so happy!” as if that is just nuts.  Hudson is like Soho, when Soho was Soho, if you get my drift.  Warren Street is lined with shopping, restaurants, artists and even actors.  Strolling around...

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Episode 1: Go 4th and Celebrate

4th of July Hudson NY Janet Samuels Photographs Warren Street

People boss me around.  They mean well, but everyone tells me what I should be doing.  Number 1 on the list is writing a blog.  Apparently, I'm fascinating.  They have fantastic ideas for me: I should write a blog about fashion, style, design. Yes, yes & yes. But what’s my angle? Today everything changed. The idea came to me. Epiphany is the word.  I hate to throw that around especially because there were no hallucinogens involved, but there you have it.  I will write about days spent running amok. Hubby and I enjoy days hither and yon with our pals,...

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