I always knew it but it is great to see that I am backed up by two of my favorite travel magazines, Budget Travel and Town & Country Travel. My home turf of the Hudson River Valley has gotten some long over due kudos, and from two magazines that are opposite ends of the $$$ spectrum. Budget Travel named Port Jervis and Catskill in their ten coolest small towns piece. Town & Country covered the whole area and included two of my favorite restaurants one on each side of the Hudson, Gigi’s in Rhinebeck and Depuy Canal House just down the road from my home. To me though sitting on the back deck lit with hurricane lamps gets top billing.