A great place to be. We came for the brunch, and liked the place, inside and out a lot. Uniquely stuffed but in an inviting way. Canoes are everywhere: in the driveway, on the ceiling and on top of a piano.
A crackling fire pit in the backyard, their out door space. Enjoy the atmosphere.
My little handbag looks at home; the pastry they offered are fresh and delicious.
The lovely mix and match … and the fire place in their yard is a heaven
The last stop we made on this Tanglewood trip. This little town has 7,104 people (2010 census), that included village Housatonic. With the backdrop of the mountain, the little town is pretty attractive.
Jewelry shops, antique stores, galleries, eateries, cafes are plentiful, they even have a performance center. Furniture Ware Rooms brick building is preserved well. The Vault Gallery, showcasing artist Marilyn Kalish, is in an old bank. There is a Mini Cooper with Mini Me license plate.
Thinking about my little town, I couldn’t help but feeling sad …
The summer of 2020 was a wash due to covid-19 pandemic. This year, we stayed in West Stockbridge. Although no mask required but the closeness with the concert goers on the lawn made me a little uncomfortable – never before people would get so close to one another – this may only prove that more people are coming. NO pre-concert performance at Ozawa Hall. The all Beethoven program is simply wonderful.
An evening with Beethoven can make me give up almost anything, include (did watch the women
This wine cellar is our goto store for picnic supplies for Tanglewood. However, this year, they don’t have our favorite duck, unfortunately. But I discovered their baklava is very good. Their wild honeys look interesting.
It’s dating back to 1930s. The first concerts was performances by New York Philharmonic Orchestra on August, 23, 1934 and was attended by FDR’s mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt. The NYPO would play a few more concerts that summer and returned for the second season in 1935. However, Conductor Serge Koussevitzky led BSO in 1936 and the venue eventually moved to Tanglewood in 1937. New York, as it seemed, lost out big time.
We first went there in 1996. My two toddlers enjoyed it enormously. The most endearing scene was when my two years old toddler heard Beethoven and began to dance to the music. We also discovered Sterling Vineyard‘s pretty delicious Chardonnay from their wine shop, next to the box office.
On our first visited, we stayed at the Ponds at Foxhollow (a timeshare) in Lenox, 3.5 miles from the main stage, Koussevitzky Music Shed.
Father and son at Linde Center @ Berkshires. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was the 1970 Noble Prize literature winner and his son, Ignat curated a 90 minutes show, in which he excites his father’s poems (Growing Old is particularly moving) and plays piano. Supposedly two Beethoven and a Dmitri Shostakovich. BUT because the limited parking spaces (late comers have to park at the main lot and being shuttled over), we started 15 minutes later at 7:45. Therefore, he forgo Shostakovich’s prelude. Why on earth the organizer sells more tickets than the seatings and parking allowed? It brings back the traffic nightmare from last summer …
We passed by this lookout (Yokun Ridge … to StockbridgeBowl over the forest) a few times but unable to stop due to the small parking lot was always full. On a cold winter weekday afternoon, the lot was NOT empty. It’s the easier to drive from West Stockbridge, heading toward Tanglewood. The near by trail
On a cloudy Sunday in November 2021. The 2 miles loop Charcoal Trail near by is moderate.
The Sunday matinee at Tanglewood is anchored by Beethoven’s 6th symphony. It’s so appropriated to listen to on the grass, under a glorious skies. Families. Friends. Lovers. Butter drinker – me.
However, the turnaround time is very tight: ours started at 2:30 and the evening is at 8pm. We sat in traffic for 86 minutes. It’s horrible, totally avoidable, which makes me think to come again twice …
(did watch the women
