What to see, do and try in the Hudson Valley

Prevailing myths: It’s not all Ichabod Crane and Sleepy Hollow, though, sure, Washington Irving’s tales nonetheless resonate, from Tarrytown north to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, between mountains and river, Catskills and Hudson. The higher Hudson Valley was as soon as a little bit of a backwater, or as one urbanite put it: “Sleepy in the summertime, dismal within the winter.” In the present day, the world is vibrant and full of the normal (county gala’s, farm stands, vintage retailers) and the brand new (theater firms, espresso retailers, outside sculpture parks).