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This past summer, I took at trip to the Catskill Mountains in New York with a bunch of local Boston creatives {and friends!} for a very special overnight. The event was dubbed “#CREATIVEOVERNIGHT: no work, all play” and with my friend Lauren running the show, I was instantly up for being a part of it. We drove down on a Tuesday morning, spent the day stopping here and there around the Hudson Valley, and then spent the late afternoon and evening doing the kinds of things that fun people do when they are together. There was rain, which was not ideal for swimming or sunbathing, but there was certainly plenty of instagramming, taco eating, flower crown making, and S’MORES, which was QUITE IDEAL and perfectly delightful.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the trip…

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Rachael, Natalie, Laura and I all drove up together from Boston. We piled into my car and coasted out on the thruway, heading towards the Hudson Valley and the Catskills– and we stopped in the town of Hudson for lunch!

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Hudson is so cool! Old School vibes with both vintage and trendy storefronts.

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Destination #creativeovernight: Phoenicia, NY

Home of The Graham and Co!

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Rachael and I were roommates for the night! Loved!

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The Graham and Co. was amazing. It’s a small but mighty boutique hotel located in the town of Phoenicia. This wasn’t my first trip visiting the Catskills, but it has been a very long time {my cousins have a cabin in “upstate” where we visited once or twice when we were little} so everything felt very new to me.  There is just such an old fashioned feel to the whole town, like you’ve stepped back in time. The Graham and Co was the perfect spot for our getaway– and so kind and accommodating, too. They had simple cozy rooms, and both a lobby garage and a den, which saved us from the rain and was also the perfect movie theatre for Moonrise Kingdom!

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The next morning we headed to the Phoenicia Diner for brunch. SO DELICIOUS!

This is the kind of place I would go back to every weekend if I could.

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I just loved everything about it.
Because it’s fun to have a good time, eat good food, and spend time with good, kind, inspiring people. And because this getaway was the dreamiest.

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Thank you, Lauren for organizing the best #creativeovernight ever!

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And 3 cheers for The Graham and Co! Such a sweet place!

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{diner food by Rachael + map photo by Natalie}
{group photos by JAMES. Thank you for everything, James!}

Comments

  1. That looks like it was a blast! So glad you had fun, even with the crummy weather!

  2. Your photos are perfection! Brings back wonderful memories :)

  3. SUCH a fun getaway! :) Hope to see you soon!

  4. Hi Anna! I saw you in the Boston Globe, and I thought the description of you sounded familiar so I had to check out your blog. I’m so happy to have found you. Just in case you don’t remember, I took the Responsive Classroom with you last summer. Hope all is well! I’m happy you got an article in the Globe!

  5. that first photo – i die. because of you. it’s so you. i love it.

    i’m so glad this trip turned out to be everything you wanted it to be! after our little motel 8 weekend i was looking forward to you going on this and sharing with us :) and yes, hudson is the coolest! brian and i would go there for the day sometimes when i visited him in saratoga, loved it.

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