BEDFORD POST INN
Bedford Post Dining started in the late fall of 2019, when the award winning team behind Alchemy Consulting took over operations of the restaurants at the Bedford Post Inn. Partners Jason Cott (Director of Operations/Owner) and Roxanne Spruance (Executive Chef/Owner) immediately saw the potential of the property and jumped right in. Taking on hands on approach, they are redesigning all of the restaurants with a focus on local purveyors, ingredient-driven menus, attention to detail, and welcoming hospitality.
The Barn, the casual outlet, with a nod to the south of France, reopened after renovations in February of 2020 to rave reviews. Open for Dinner, Brunch, and Lunch, it quickly became the place to visit. Unfortunately, the opening was short lived as all restaurants in the state were shut down on March 15th due to the pandemic.
The Barn reopened for Curbside Pickup in mid-may, and has fully re-opened for outdoor dining on the patio as of June 9th.
The Terrace is the fully outdoor restaurant, with a menu cooked in the wood burning outdoor kitchen. With both an oven and Asador grill, expect a wide range of small plates, perfectly suited to snack on with a bottle of rosé or a pitcher of a signature cocktail.
The Terrace is slated to open Late Summer 2020.
The Farmhouse will be the piece de resistance of the restaurant group. Aiming for an impeccable experience, Chef Spruance will be offering both a prix-fixe as well as a tasting menu, alongside a hand selected list of wines from our cellar.
The Farmhouse is slated to open Spring 2021.
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THE INN AT POUND RIDGE
Chef Jean Georges introduces a casually elegant restaurant ensconced in the picturesque town of Pound Ridge, New York. Here, Jean Georges cultivates a truly seasonal, farm-to-table cuisine, with ingredients sourced from the Hudson Valley and New England, whenever possible. Constructed in 1833 as a residence and serving later as an inn, the building has been painstakingly renovated to preserve as many of the original materials as possible, including four working fireplaces. Thomas Juul-Hansen designed the restaurant’s interior with a modern yet rustic sensibility; zinc and marble accent stone and reclaimed wood. The restaurant’s lighting, artfully conceived by Hervé Descottes, employs paper shades and Edison fixtures to create warmth throughout.
The down-to-earth food and contemporary country feel makes the Inn at Pound Ridge a convivial, family friendly restaurant frequented by neighbors and tourists alike. Stop in for a glass of wine and a pizza, or come out for a special occasion dinner. With two dining rooms, two full bars, and a candle only illuminated wine cellar for private dining, we are equipped to accommodate events of all sizes, from intimate dinner parties to full-scale weddings. Jean Georges welcomes you, to the Inn at Pound Ridge and looks forward to providing you with a thoroughly enjoyable culinary experience.
We are nestled in the historic village of Mount Kisco, NY in northern Westchester County. Mount Kisco is an extraordinary village - walkable, diverse, and connected to nature. Check out what the New York Times said about our little town!
Mast Market is an organic market intended for food, family, and community gathering. Designed in collaboration with Mapos, the architecture pays homage to the stables and farmhouses that dot the local landscape with wood slatted carriage doors, a welcoming kitchen island filled with goodies and an open market space clad in ash and pine and filled with homemade goods. You’ll feel like you are at home.
Come visit our new market featuring our entire line of local, organic pantry items, specialty foods and kitchen wares with a beautiful café that looks over our one of a kind open kitchen. You can watch first hand the local grains being milled into flour, organic coffees being roasted in small batches, vinegars being brewed and blended, sourdough breads being baked (onsite coming soon), chocolate being handcrafted, and so much more.
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Jenny Wolf has dedicated her life to transformation. As Founder and Principal Designer of Jenny Wolf Interiors, she reinvents physical space for a living – knocking down walls to rebuild something stronger and individualized for her clients. Today she takes that concept of reinvention further.
Jenny continues the hunt.
The Huntress is her love letter to the idea of transformation and the treasures she collects along the way.
Mystery and fantasy unfold throughout her intimately designed flagship in Pound Ridge, New York.
The offerings from The Huntress hold a deep connection to Jenny and her own journey of discovery introducing a beautiful presentation of home furnishings and self nurturing products to the market with a fresh voice. Let your surroundings feed your soul.
Nurture your home. Nurture your body. Nurture your spirit.
At Kimberly House, we are all about the essence of beautiful, handmade creations for you and your home. We believe your home is the cocoon that nurtures and protects your family and the oasis where you restore and balance your life. It should be a place where you and your children experience safety, serenity, and beauty.
Thank you for visiting and exploring Old New House® (ONH), New York based, family-owned company specializing in vintage rugs and home decor. Shop owners Melissa and Dave Dilmaghani started ONH in 2011 on Etsy as one of
the sites first handful of vintage rug sellers. In 2015, OldNewHouse.com was
created to expand the Dilmaghani's selection of one-of-a-kind home goods
with emphasis on unique, collectible and decorative antique rugs and vintage
carpets.
The Market at Union Hall is a North Salem hub, health market & European coffee bar selling groceries, frozen food, dairy products, soups, salads, sandwiches, pastries, dessert, quiche, grab & go food & gifts!
I truly love connecting with each person that comes to the store – and hopefully, that makes a difference in their experience. Everything in Kahlo is kind to people and planet, and gives back in some way – so we embrace slow fashion and fair trade, sustainably-focused practices.
We embrace a conscious lifestyle – one that is thoughtfully lived with an awareness and care for both people and the planet. This includes people near and far, the environment and even our fashion choices. It’s about community and connection… to self and others!
When you shop at KAHLO you can feel good, look good and do good. Our brands are:
Our holistic services, events and workshops are fun and focused on bringing together people, sharing experiences, and deepening the mind/body/spirit connection.
Our attention is a hot commodity. We’ve got a million and one things vying for it at any given moment: media calling out from every device, the ever-fascinating past to inspect and analyze, and the oh-so-shiny future to fantasize about (I mean, isn’t the future grass always so much greener than our current yard??). With our focus pulled in so many directions, finding the present moment is needle-in-a-haystack hard. Staying there? A herculean feat.
And in truth, the present moment is a tough sell. I mean, if you could be enjoying a nice mental stroll through your fantasy future instead of plowing through a stack of emails, why not? Or dissecting your last conversation with your significant other instead of focusing on a monotonous Zoom call, what’s the harm?
I’ve been asking myself these questions a lot lately, as I struggle to get my new business off the ground, parent a child who seems hell-bent on challenging my every parenting decision, and navigate the ongoing COVID mess. I try meditating, breathwork, mindful walking but somehow just can’t seem to find the entry point to here-now. More often than not, stillness leaves me feeing agitated, with some version of “This is such a waste of time, I have so much else to do!” running through my head.
Then I start to wonder: Was the present moment ever really that great? Was I more productive there? Calmer? More fulfilled? It’s been so long I can hardly remember!
So recently, I decided to try an experiment to find out. I spent three days (three seeming like a nice doable number) giving myself as many opportunities to sit (or stand) without any push to do or think anything and focus on the in and out of my breath. Nothing fancy, just pausing to notice my breath for as long as was comfortable–whether that was 30 seconds or 5. That’s it. Whenever I thought of it, I would just pause and breathe. I could be doing the laundry, walking from one room to the next, or taking a midday stretch break.
The trick was, not putting any pressure on myself. If thoughts crept in, as they inevitably do, I would imagine inhaling into them, and exhaling them out. The result? At first I would get these intense pangs of boredom–something like a super-charged whirlwind of simultaneous exhaustion and restlessness. Sounds odd I know! I wouldn’t give in to the feeling though. Instead, I'd breathe through it til I got to the other side. And on that other side? A patch of calm. Sometimes a big patch, sometimes small. But both so welcome. And the good news? Each time I did it, it got a little easier.
This is all to say that the present moment, elusive gem that it is, is well worth the effort!
And for an added dose of calming, this is a breathing technique I discovered that's great to do before bed, or anytime you're experiencing symptoms of stress or dysregulation:
- Breathe slowly into your diaphragm on the count of four (through your nose if possible)
- Hold for a count of seven, being sure to keep your body relaxed as you do
- Exhale for a count of eight
- Repeat a minimum of 10 times
And if you’re up for a little something extra, I’ve got tons of tools & resources, as well as courses on the mental-wellness platform Mindfulness for a Messy Life.
Few would argue that this new reality is a challenging one. The barrage of bad news, the social isolation, the mounting fear of what lies around the corner. Few of us are mentally and emotionally prepared to navigate the extreme uncertainty and upheaval this virus has brought. And if you’re one of the millions of people already managing depression or anxiety, then this is a serious double whammy.
Fortunately though, you are not alone. And there is help. In addition to all the online support groups and services, uplifting and inspiring blog posts and articles (for which I am most grateful!), you now have this obsessively researched, tried and tested list of anxiety quelling, mood boosting tools and resources. The even better news? Every one of these self-care strategies will help create a solid foundation for mental and emotional wellness long after this is over.
Below are some simple tools & techniques to help you harness the power of your mind in support of your mental well-being. And every one of these is equally beneficial for managing depression and anxiety–whatever the source.
Make This Madness Manageable
Trying to wrap our heads around the enormity of this situation and the suffering that comes with it is a formidable task. We don’t know what our circumstances will look like in a day, a week, even a month from now. Which is why the best thing we can do for our mental health, is limit the focus on our current reality to what feels manageable. That may mean reading no more than one COVID-related news story a day (even going a day or two without!), allowing yourself to think/worry/talk about what's going on for no more than 10 minutes a day.
Control the Narrative
Give Yourself the Gift of Productivity (and distraction)!
Practice Being Present Tense
During times like these, everyone can benefit from a little mental breathing room. Whether you're a regular meditator or a never-meditator, there are tons of online resources to help you create that for yourself. I've personally fallen in love with the wellness app, Calm, as they have a very doable, down-to-earth approach to meditation, and have many different teachers as well as meditative music to help you sleep. They have both free and subscription options. Also worth checking out are Headspace and Simple Habit. It can be especially helpful to start your day off with a guided meditation or just a few minutes of quiet breathing practice.
Give yourself a break!
As a self-employed single parent of an uber high-intensity small human, I always have nagging sense that there is something more (many things really) that I should be doing. Even now. More work, more exercise, more to get more work, more time playing Legos (and basketball and soccer) with my son, more time cooking (though hour-wise this would already qualify as a part time job!), more time meditating, more cleaning (yes I have spent the past week ignoring the mounting dust piles in various corners of my house), and just generally, more earning of my place on the planet. If ever there were ever a time to give ourselves a break its now. Seriously. Stop what you’re doing, take a long, luxurious inhale and tell yourself “I am doing enough.”
Get Ready for a Real Day
There is something about getting showered and dressed that just makes the day feel like it matters. And we need to remind ourselves that it does! Now of course comfortable clothes are a must, and primping is optional (I've certainly spent my share of days not fit for human viewing), but I find that even just doing the bare minimum can be enough to give ourselves a little boost.
And of course there are many ways to get "real-day ready". Lately I've been starting my days with some gently energizing yoga (3 rounds of sun salutations specifically), followed by a five minute meditation. And when I'm able to get my son to join me, it really gets us in-sync for the day.
Notice (and revel in) what you miss
It can be so affirming to think about what we miss...it reminds us of the good in our lives, gets us focused on the positive, and gives us something to look forward to.
See how it feels to answer these questions. When this quarantine is over:
The first place I want to go is_______________
The first person I want to see is_____________
The first person I want to hug is_____________
The first thing I want to do_________________
The thing I will never again take for granted is__
Think about how grateful you will feel for each of these things when you have access to them again. Think about how good it will feel to taste/touch/see/do whatever it is, and how awesome is it to have so many things we miss!
Find the Funny
ff ever we needed a good laugh (or 50!), it's now. Adding some levity to our days can help balance out all the negativity coming in, and there's plenty of science to support humor as a stress reducer and immune booster. Humor can be found in any number of places: silly tictoc videos, funny animal videos on YouTube, comedies on demand, Netflix, or Hulu, stand-up comedy (nothing gets me LOLing like old Eddie Murphy routines). And of course, good old fashioned joke books work too! And if you have people in your life who can get a laugh out of you, be sure to add them to your quarantine call-list.
Choose How Your Talk About This Situation
Everything we say–either aloud or to ourselves–has an impact, and the more we use our words to assure and comfort, the stronger and more hopeful we'll feel. While of course we can't avoid thinking and talking about the hard stuff we're facing, we don't want to make it our primary topic of thought and conversation.
Try to notice how you're describing your experience: do you regularly hear yourself saying things like "this is a nightmare", "I can't take this anymore"? If so, see if you can cut those messages down and replace them with something more empowering like "this is so hard but I'm lucky to have_________(whatever or whoever is helping you through this time)" For instance, I keep thinking about how glad I am that this didn't happen in the days before electronics–imagine going through this without access to computers and cell phones?? I also remind myself (and my son) that this is a few months (hopefully) out of a possible1200 in our lives. Giving the situation perspective really helps to make it feel more manageable.
Give Yourself Good Dreams
Getting a good night's sleep is critical for our mental and physical health–never more so than now. This powerful practice can combat nightmares and help us get some peaceful zzz's, and it's incredibly simple. I recommend doing this every night before sleep but if you forget, it can also be done if you wake from a nightmare. This is also a great breathing technique for whenever you’re experiencing symptoms of stress or dysregulation.
- Breathe slowly into your diaphragm on the count of four (through your nose if possible)
- Hold for a count of seven, being sure to keep your body relaxed as you do
- Exhale for a count of eight
- Repeat a minimum of 10 times, fewer repetitions are significantly less impactful
If you feel your jaw getting tight as you do this, you can soften it by stretching out your tongue as far as it can go, then keep your teeth separated when you close your mouth.
NOTE: There are a few things that do compromise the effect of this technique including short-changing any of the steps or having too much caffeine and/or sugar during the day–especially if it’s late in the day (I know because I am guilty of all of these!)
Be sure to check out my next post Self-Care in the Time of COVID: Your Emotional Health, which will give you lots of tips for bolstering your emotional wellness during COVID times.
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