u/Bac0nLegs

I was just thinking about how I used to go to this cute plant/coffee shop near cold spring a while back. It closed a couple years ago and now I feel like I go to the same few shops over and over.

I live in the Newburgh area and frequent beacon but I’d like to know what your favorite cute, whimsical shops are all over the Hudson valley? Places you like to browse and look at tchotchkes. Small businesses, hand made things, your favorite coffee shops. Your favorite place to kill time when you don’t want to be home. Favorite road side stands? Favorite ice cream places?

It’s supposed to rain this weekend and I don’t feel like being cooped up again but I want to explore!

So, I’m a daily commuter from upstate (after 15 years living in the city). The bakeries near my home are 100% ass when it comes to bread. I’d like to pick up a decent baguette to have with dinner when I get home.

Does anyone now of a good bakery that might still have bread at this time of day? I think I maybe shit out of luck but…maybe not?

Thanks!!

I’d love to start some garlic in grown bags this autumn. I’m in zone 6b and I was wondering if a hardneck variety would do okay?

I can’t plant in the ground as I live in a condo and they use questionable mulch around the perimeter of our unit, unfortunately.

Would garlic (maybe even onions) work in 6b or will they get too cold? Thanks!!

My mom currently lives with my aunt but they’re both getting up in age. My aunt is dealing with a serious medical issue presently which gave me the kick in the ass to figure this out. My aunt owns the house but it’s too expensive for either one of them to afford on their own if the other passes.

My mom makes 2500 a month in social security and has no other assets or money. She pays my aunt 500 bucks a month. They live in westchester.

That being said, I’ve been looking for senior low income housing in New York State (not the city). Every time I search for it, only New York City resources come up.

I really need help finding New York STATE resources please. I’m so overwhelmed by what’s going on that maybe I’m screwing up but I would love to be pointed it the right direction so that I can get her on some wait lists please.

Thank you in advance!

So, to start off, I’m a woman. I’ve used kettlbells on and off for over a decade but a steel mace seems more fun and so far it has been. I was hoping I could get some advice on my beginner work out.

Here’s what I’ve been doing:
I use a 5lb mace
8 reps, 3 rounds

1. Over head Mace Switches
2. Slow grinds
3. Flat footed squat with flag at bottom and cast at top
4. Warrior with a cast
5. Ballistic squats
6. Front swings

should I add anything? Does this sound pretty good? It definitely leaves me sore and makes me sweat.

Thanks!!

So, I used to be relatively fit and then my dad got sick and passed away in a really shitty, traumatic way about two years ago. I had to move out of nyc to about an hour and a half outside of nyc to be closer to family and just ate my feelings and gained 20 lbs. I’m giving my self grace about it but I need to get back to feeling like my self again.

Suffice it to say, my commute is long 4x a week. I’m lucky that I get to take a train and read rather than have to drive to get to work. There’s nothing I can do about my commute or my job. I own my house, I love where I live and my job is tied to the city in a big way.

The problem I’m running into now is how do I balance my job/ commute and my health. I get up at 6:30 to catch a 7am train and then I get home at 7 pm, eat dinner, hang out with my husband and watch shows and chat with him until around midnight and then I go to sleep and do it all over again.

Typing this out, I guess the only answer is to suck it up and go to bed at 10pm so that I can get up at 5:30, get a 45 minute work out in and then go to work. I just hate how that cuts into the time I get to spend with my husband.

Those with exceedingly busy lives, how the heck do you do it? How do you balance health and free time? I know I just need to do it but oh my god.

Edit: I just wanted to say how grateful I am to this community. Everyone has been so kind and I appreciate y’all not making me feel like a dummy for being overwhelmed and exhausted. I can’t express how much I appreciate the kindness.

So I asked for a shaggy French bob with some texture and left looking like lord farquad with his fuckass bob.

Every time I look in the mirror I think the berries and cream little lad is looking back at me.

In all seriousness though, I’ve been dealing with hair loss from stress and I was hoping a hair cut would help me feel better and I just feel worse now. If anyone could recommend a hair stylist that can salvage a bob haircut, I’d really appreciate it.

What I have now is a very blunt bob with what we’re supposed to be curtain bangs but they’re not at all. I can pin up the bangs but the rest is a fuckin mess. Please help

Edit: I’m in newburgh! Figured that’d help as the HV is huge.

Edit2: my friend saw my haircut and called me a cunty little lad oh my god.

So, I'm from the Hudson Valley and am no stranger to the hikes in New York State. However, I'm in a bit of a pickle, especially since I'm less familiar with adirondack hiking besides the Saratoga 6er I did a few years back.

My husband and I have friends who are flying out from Texas to go camping with us. We're camping at Moreau Lake, which is nestled inbetween Saratoga Springs and Lake George. Beautiful area and I'm excited to show them around in a few weeks (mid June)

However, we range from pretty out of shape to very in shape. Our very in shape friend wants a hike with a good view, and us less in shape folks can do a moderate hike, but I dont think my husband is ready for anything nuts like crazy rock scrambles and I don't want him to get hurt.

If anyone can direct me toward a hike that would satisfy all of us with out embarrassing some of us too badly, I'd really appreciate it.

I've been browsing All Trails to get acquainted with the hikes and trails in the area but I don't trust the reviews to accurately call out the difficulty of a lot of the hikes.

In the mean time, us out of shape folks are trying to get in shape for next year. Oof.

Thanks in advance!

So, I have a California Air Tools Pressure Pot, Model 365CW. I need an air compressor. I'd really love help finding one that works with this pressure pot that isn't ultra expensive. If anyone could recommend an air compressor, and something that I don't have to rig, I'd really appreciate it. I'm afraid to buy the wrong one and it not work or it damage the pot.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: Under 200 USD would be ideal.