Upstate New York

So, after a wonderful week with my family and taking in the sights of New England, it is now time to get down to business, stop having fun and start focusing on work...

Right???

WRONG!

Jason and I decided that on our first official weekend in New England, 

we were going to go see upstate New York.  Jason wanted to see the 

Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and I wanted to go to Sharon Springs

to see where they film my favorite show on TV...

The Fabulous Beekman Boys!

If you have not seen it, you have to watch it...

It is about 2 guys from New York City who decided to open a farm and live the simple life!

Its great!

We decided that on the way up to Sharon Springs, we would stop by Bedford, NY to say hi to Martha Stewart since she just lives so close!

We thought it might be difficult to find her house, but don't you worry!

(I am really getting to be a very good stalker!)

Here is her mailbox, of course its perfect!

And then we saw her amazing greenhouse (obviously this is all the rear view since it is from the street, no trespassing, I swear!)

All the buildings at Martha's bedford estate are painted what she calls "Bedford Gray"  you can see it here...

And then I found a small sign for her horses!  So fun!

We then drove another few hours North and finally made it to Sharon Springs, New York

Our first stop was Beekman 1802 where the boys from the show sell their goods including goats milk soap, handmade linens, canned food from the veggies on their farm, etc.  I got a beautiful signed (first edition) cookbook!

At the store we met Megan, who was featured on the show!  She was nice enough to pose...

The store was as beautiful as I thought it would be...

We then saw the American Hotel where we made reservations for dinner for later that night!
I was so excited to see this in person!

Just across the street was McGillicuddy's Soaps where we met Deb who ALSO is featured on the show and makes all the soaps for Beekman 1802. (Which I have given out as Christmas presents before, to anyone who got one, this is who made them!)  She was also nice enough to pose with me!

By this time Jason was itching to go to the BBall Hall of Fame...

Which was actually very beautiful and interesting...

He finally got to see the famous busts!

We of course found the Giants stuff...

Then I forced him to take this picture! He doesn't look too upset about it, right!?

After seeing all the baseball stuff you could ever want to see, we drove back to Sharon Springs to try to find the Beekman farm.  We thought it was going to be as easy as finding Ina's house, or even Martha's house but boy were we wrong!

After what seemed like hours of looking, just before we were going to give up...

Then...

There it was!!

We drove right past it!

I screamed at Jason to turn around, and as he did I noticed 2 cars pulling out of the driveway...

(Now, if you don't watch the show, you will not understand and just think I'm crazy, but I don't care!)

As we got closer I realized, it was Farmer John!

We kept driving because we didn't want him to think we were stalkers (which of course we are)

So Farmer John was driving right behind us for about a mile!

He was very respectful and did not even tailgate us even though we slowed wwaayy down to take this pic!  What a nice guy!

After Farmer John following us for about a mile, he pulled off and we turned back around to take a closer look at the mansion and the farm...

The mansion is a historical sight from 1802 (thus the name, of course) and it is so beautiful!

Everything was perfect!  Even the shrubs at the front of the house!

Here is the barn... I guess the goats were inside for the night...

And again, I didn't trespass, I swear!

Our last stop was back at the American Hotel, where we had an amazing dinner of all local ingredients.

The hotel is owned by Doug and Garth, who of course are also on the show...

On the front porch... We felt very American!

We had an amazing dinner and stuffed our bellies full...

Doug was there that night and it took me almost 3 glasses of wine to get up the nerve to say hi and that I was a fan of the show...

He was so nice, posed for multiple pictures with me and then even was kind enough to indulge Jason and I with about a half an hour worth of gossip!  He even showed us his wedding pictures!
He was so welcoming and really reminded me why I love the show so much...

I swear, this is something I will not soon forget!

What a great day...

Jason got to see his baseball stuff...

and I got to see my Beekman stuff!

Hopefully the fun will continue!

Current Location:

Stamford, Connecticut