Humans of the Catskills: Christopher Moore

Journey to the Catskills: I came to the Catskills with my girlfriend Jackie because we wanted an escape from New York City. We started looking in the Berkshires and finished looking in Andes, NY. I still love the first house we saw in Great Barrington, MA. Vocation: I do woodworking as a job, specifically cabinetmaking. Avocation: I am a photographer of long standing having started as … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Christopher Moore

Humans of the Catskills: Elly Wininger

Journey to the Catskills: When I was a very young child, I spent summers at my grandparents’ home in Woodstock. Ever since, the Catskills have been calling me home. I moved here from Brooklyn in 2001 so I could hear myself think and practice. Vocation: I am a musician and a producer. Avocation: I have always loved radio. I’ve produced music documentaries for public radio … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Elly Wininger

Humans of the Catskills: Shaune Bornholdt

Journey to the Catskills: On a summer day in 1973, on the Columbia University campus, I was chatting with another mother while our preschoolers splashed hands in the fountains. She told me of a place that sounded magical. Her family had recently pooled resources with four other families to buy part of a mountainside up near the Rondout Reservoir in Sullivan County – and they … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Shaune Bornholdt

Humans of the Catskills: Rhiannon Radu

Journey to the Catskills: My journey here has been a back-and-forth from the Hudson Valley to the Catskills from the start. In the 1990s, my father would travel every weekend to the mountains for downhill mountain bike races and meets at Plattekill. He met my mother, who was “his mountain flower,” and soon I came along. I was dubbed “The Plattekill Baby” among their friends. … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Rhiannon Radu

Humans of the Catskills: Jen Dragon

Journey to the Catskills: In 1983, I brought my art school college boyfriend (who I had only known for about three weeks) to meet my sister (who lived in Mt. Tremper) by bus via Adirondacks Trailways. She sent us out on an errand in her car to get wild rice from Jane’s in Phoenicia (which later evolved into the famous Jane’s Ice Cream). We were so thrilled … Continue reading Humans of the Catskills: Jen Dragon