Directions to Art Omi

For those driving to Columbia County, here are my standard directions coming from Manhattan (you can use these from New Jersey, if you cross over to the Taconic at the Tappan Zee or another Hudson crossing further north):

Go up the West Side Highway; this turns into the Saw Mill Parkway. Exit onto the Taconic Parkway north toward Albany (about 20 miles on the Saw Mill). Go about 100 miles to the Route 23 (Claverack) exit. This is the exit after the Ancram/Hudson exit. Beware of police along the Taconic, there are several speed traps, often at the bottom of hills.

Take Route 23 west (turn left at the exit) to Route 9H north (gas station on your right). Turn right, go approx. 6 miles (you'll cross Route 66). After Columbia County airport, the Red Barn Restaurant (on the left), and the Love Apple Farm (also on the left), you'll turn right on Route 22 (therea are signposts to Gallagher Stud Farm and Dunbar’s Nursery). Follow Route 22 for about 3 miles, you'll see the Art Omi visitor's center on your left, a modern glass/steel/stone building shaped like an arc, parking in front. A link to the Google Map here.

Trains to/from Hudson, NY

Here is the page on Amtrak.com showing trains to/from Hudson on September 12. If you're taking the train, let me know, and hopefully I can arrange some rides from the station or a carpool, especially if several people are on the same train (e.g., the 3:15, arrives 5:15). There are many taxi companies in Hudson, and usually some waiting outside the train station when trains arrive, but if you want to reserve, Hudson City Taxi says they'd charge $15 for the trip, at (518) 822-8880‎. More taxi services here if you want to comparison shop, best bet would be to share a fare with somebody else.

Places to stay in and around Ghent

Friends who want to stay over in Columbia County asked for recommendations about places to stay in the area. Here are some ideas, with the caveat that we haven't ourselves stayed at any of these:
Kinderhook B&B, in nearby Kinderhook
The Inn at Hudson, home to the station for the Amtrak train to/from New York
The excellent Rural Intelligence website has an entire section devoted to places to stay in and around Columbia County. Ask if one of the places there sounds too far afield: the site covers not only Columbia County, but also western Massachusetts and Connecticut, so some of the places it features look great, but might be 90 minutes or more away.

Woops, small typo on the Louisville invitation

You'd think two editorial types would catch this kind of error, but we messed up: the Louisville party is on Saturday, August 29th, not the 28th as written on the printed invitation (it does say Saturday, but the actual date is incorrect). Hope this doesn't cause any confusion, nor provide the tinder for our first post-wedding argument: just whose fault this is (like, who was the last person to see the text)! Apologies...

Directions to the Louisville party

We hope you can join us on August 29 in Louisville. If so, here are the driving directions:
From I-264 go north on US-42 for 7.1 mi
Turn right at Countryside Estates on Hayfield Way
Almost immedatley, make a slight left onto Meadowland Dr for .2 miles
Turn left at Sunnybrook Dr
12903 Sunnybrook Drive will be on the left in .2 mi before the circle. See you at 4PM, and please don't forget to RSVP to kmiller@susandoban.com.