Michael Poulin: Making Millbrook Home

When it comes to setting a stage, Squirrel Hall knows how to entertain.

Michael Poulin didn’t have to think twice. He was visiting a friend’s weekend house in Millbrook in the late 1990s, when he decided what he wanted for his 40th birthday.

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Equinox Farm

A visitor to Equinox Farm knows they’re in horse country long before the winding drive deposits them at the barn door. Fields with inviting cross-country jumps give way to large paddocks with horses contentedly grazing, and rows of ornamental maples screening the complex of buildings nestled at the base of a small hill.

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Raise the Roof

On May 20th some 300 people celebrated the return of the Dutchess Land Conservancy’s annual Spring Barn Dance at John Merryman’s  Merryfield Farm.

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Amenia Steakhouse, Modest

I had the best steak in years the other night, but it wasn’t from some place in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge served by a waiter wearing a chef’s apron around his midriff.

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It’s up to All of Us

The bad news is we’ve screwed up the climate. The good news is it could be worse. The best news is there are things we can do that can make a difference.

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West Side Story Love Story

They finish each other’s sentences. Share a passion for dance. Have had 28 careers between them. Truly, David and Jeanie Bean are two peas in a pod, and it all started with an accidental audition. 

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