Happy New Year from all of us at Mohawk Valley Living.
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We're gearing up to bring you more great adventures in 2010!
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There's a new trail that takes you from the village of Old Forge (trail head just behind the school) to the McCauley Mountain Ski Area. This trail is for hiking, biking and cross country skiing. It takes you along an old tow path used by downhill skiers in the 1930s & 40s, before the McCauley Mountain was established. You can see some old downhill ski equipment along your hike, like an old truck that was retrofitting with a shive to tow skier up the hill so they could ski back into town. Die-hard skier would hike beyond the tow hill to McCauley, carrying their skis on their backs.
Polar Bear Ski Club Annual Consignment Ski and Pre-season Pass Sale
Saturday, Nov. 7th 9am-noon
McCauley Mountain Ski Area, Old Forge
Fenimore Art Museum's
Thaw Collection of American Art
The American Indian Wing of the Fenimore Art Museum was designed to house the extraordinary gift from Eugene and Clare Thaw of their collection of American Indian Art. It is widely recognized as one of the most important collection of this type in the world.
Fenimore Art Museum
October 13 - December 31
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Closed Mondays
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas
The Goodyear family donated some of their land on the shore of Otsego Lake to Glimmerglass Opera and also to SUNY Oneonta as a field station. The GoodYear Swamp Sanctuary is open to the public dawn to dusk. There are five acres of wetlands with developed trails and boardwalks and a guide book available at the trail head sign in.
Road Trip along Oneida St. from Utica to Chadwicks
Growing up in East Utica, Malio always looked forward to Christmas Eve dinner, when his family would prepare special seafood dishes. (7 or 13 of them) His favorite to this day is Linguini with Anchovy Sauce
Malio Book Signings
Sunday, Dec. 6th 1-3pm
Sons of Italy, Bleecker, Utica
Sat., Dec 12 11-1,
Shoppes at Finish Line,
Court, Utica
Oneida Square
Oneida Square is more of a triangle. Overlooking the intersection is the beautiful Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. This area was once the site of the Utica College campus. You can see the video of our visit here last year HERE.
Manny's Cheescake Bakery 103 Pleasant St. # 1, Utica
(315) 732-4500
Busy Bee Drive Inn 4126 Oneida St., New Hartford
(315) 765-0207
Maria's Pasta Shop 2520 Oneida St., Utica
(315) 797-6835
Gingerbread Bake Shop 3991 Oneida St., New Hartford
(315) 737-5460
O'scugnizzo's Pizza Oneida St., New Hartford
(315) 737-8000 www.oscugnizzos.com
New York State Tool Co. Oneida St., Chadwicks
9315) 737-8985 3343
The newest business on Oneida St. is Lucky Mey's Market (pronounced "my"). This Asian market has everything you need and things you didn't know you needed, like persimmons, known to the ancient Greeks as "the fruit of the gods."
Who in the Mohawk Valley doesn't know of Manny's Cheescake? It is wonderful to see the grandchildren of "Manny" himself helping out in the shop.
Justin and Tina Allen are a young couple carrying on the tradition of old-fashioned pasta making at Maria's Pasta Shop. Their pasta can be found at local restaurants that value homemade Italian pasta.
Tina assists Richard with a "mapine" before he samples their fresh made Manicotti
One of the area's first "drive-ins," the Busy Bee is located on Oneida Street.
We've visited The Gingerbread Bake Shop before, but the holidays are always a perfect excuse to stop in for some fresh baked gingerbread.
You can get the original 1914 style pizza at O'scugnizzo's on Oneida Street as well as fresh, colorful salads and homemade soups.
For over thirty three years, New York State Tool Company has been manufacturing custom cutting tools for the aerospace, medical and automotive industries.
