Saturday, January 08, 2005

New York Times recognition

Hot Damn! Yesterday's NY Times had an article about how great Saugerties is, and included this quote:"Several art galleries and four independent bookstores thrive, including the Hope Farm Press & Bookstore, a repository of publications about New York State,". It just shows that one can work hard for 18 to 20 years building a great collection of New York State books & a reputation for square dealing, and suddenly become an overnight success. Ironically, it is not my first mention in the Times. I made the architecture section about 10 years ago with information on the origins of the name Onteora, which here is a mountain and a school district, but in NYC is the name of a building. I've been mentioned several times since then - mostly in puff pieces on tourism - but yesterday's mention brought the most response. Even a radio station called this morning to ask about it. Go figure.