http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-05-28T13:01:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/12/134124/08 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/villas_saugerties.png"><p>Not long ago, the mainstream media declared that <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0308/04/lt.09.html">the Catskills are the new Hamptons</a>, where over-it New Yorkers go to ditch Times Square for fresh air and where they can switch out the horribly hollow "supermodels in Bungalow 8" for "supermodels in shabby chic farm house" scenario.<p> But the truth is: you get more square feet for the dollar, the Hudson Valley wineries are nearby and not bad. The farm produce is excellent (as is the artisanal goat cheese), and you're in close proximity to the crib of the new Governor, Elliot Spitzer.<p> Up here, Saugerties is the lesser-known little sister to the first-born funky town of Woodstock, the East Coast's answer to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury. Yea, you'll annie0007 2006-12-12T16:21:15-05:00 42.131698 -74.009024 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/