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Kate's Lazy Meadow Has Psychedelic WiFi

Where: 5191 Rt. 28 [map], Mt. Tremper, ny, United States, 12457

A few years back we were quite intrigued to discover B52s singer Kate Pierson had opened up a motel, but the NY Times has only just caught on to Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel not far from Woodstock on Route 28, near the Catskills. Their weekend review agreed with our thinking that it's a cool middle-of-nowhere stay with a bit of weirdness thrown in for good measure.

Kate's Lazy Meadow has nine rooms of various sizes, including two new suites (named Sakajawia and Annie Oakley) that are in stand-alone cabins. The rooms in the main motel building are all fully renovated and all except two of them include a kitchenette.

The NY Times reviewer got Room 4, the Psychedelic Gnome Room, and sounded heartily satisfied with the place, including the autumn forest wallpaper scenes. They also mentioned that WiFi is available in every room--but cell phones don't work out there.

The rates vary according to the rooms. The cheapest two (without kitchenette) are $150 mid-week, and the most expensive suite (with two bedrooms) is $225 mid-week and $275 on weekends. Sounds like the kind of place you sometimes need sunglasses inside, but it's a good overnight stop. Weird, but good.

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Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel: The Whole Shack Shimmies

Where: 5191 Rt. 28 [map], Mt. Tremper, ny, United States, 12457

Glitter on the mattress...

We just found out (thanks Right This Way) that the annoying red head from the B-52s, Kate Pierson, opened her own love shack in the Catskills.  

Her shack is dubbed Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel, and it looks like a cool little place.

Can't you just see one of those kooky talking heads from VH1 doing a blurb on this for the "I love the 80s: 1988" show.  It would go something like this:

Annoying VH1 Talking Head:  "So the B-52's rode out a couple big hits in the late eighties but then what?  What do you do when you are the annoying red head from the B-52s and the tread on your 15 minutes of fame tires is wearing down?  Open a real world "Love Shack", obviously, and hope the tin roof rusts so that on one hot August night you can scream out to the entire Catskills...

(cut to shot of annoying red head in the B-52s love shack video, where she yells):

Annoying Red Head from B-52s: "Tin Rooooooof!  Rusted..."

Looks like a cool, middle-of-nowhere, side-of-the-road, type place, if you are up that way.

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