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The Villa at Saugerties: A B&B with a Boutique Hotel Feel and Playgirl Connections

Where: 159 Fawn Rd [map], NY, United States, 12477

December 26, 2007 at 2:35 PM | 1 Comment

This is one Meet the Innkeeper series that we would love to do. The Villa at Saugerties, a bed and breakfast in the Catskills in New York, is run by Aimee Szparaga & her ex-boyfriend Richard Nocera. Szparaga was actually the former editor of the Playgirl magazine as well as Time Out New York. Thanks to a recent Page Six post we found out she's now engaged and impregnated by former Gotham 100 bachelor Steve Scher, a restaurateur. Could there be a second edition of Inn Love here?

Anyways her B&B seems to be the opposite of cheesy beefcake layouts.

Situated in a 1929 Mediterranean-style country house, the Villa is open year round to visitors who crave the intimacy and tranquility of a bed and breakfast, but the flair of an upscale boutique hotel. Graceful landscaping, superior amenities, Modern 20th Century design and attention to detail ensure that guests experience the best of the country at city standards.

Of course, Aimee hasn't turned into one of those little old ladies running a B&B. Indeed in a WSJ article from 2002 she mentioned that she liked to "greet guests in a bikini."

We gave the Villa at Saugerties a nod last year around this time when we declared the Catskills an anti-Hamptons alternative. Since then, the reviews on the place have held steady although one guest said that the innkeeper was not around the first two days of their stay and another mentioned how Aimee seemed to be in over her head. Ah yes, so much like Chateau La Rue.