Guide to the Lower Hudson Valley

Old orchards, new breweries, and a wonderful long weekend of eating and drinking so close to New York City.

Growing up, I was fortunate to be among a small group of New Yorkers who not only had the ability to escape the city for a weekend, but were able to escape the city every weekend. My parents in their 30s were not prone to conventional thinking, and decided to buck the trend of having an expensive wedding and instead bought a second home in the Hudson Va…