by | March 24, 2010 · 8:15 am

Highland Falls, NY: The Greatest Place to Live in the World

View of the Hudson River from Highland Falls. Photo by Kelly Carroll

Ok, maybe not the world, but my hometown recently graced the pages of Hudson Valley magazine as one of the Top Ten Towns in all of the Hudson River Valley.

While I completely agree with this assessment, I do have a bit of a bone to pick with the blurb. Highland Falls, a village surrounding the United States Military Academy, has many more redeeming qualities than just being the gateway to West Point. It has a small community feel, families who have lived there for generations, breathtaking views of the Hudson River and Bear Mountain, and a kick-ass, three-day 4th of July celebration (complete with a parade, bed races, and a whole-town electric slide. I’m not kidding.) It’s also the place that inspired Billy Joel to write those iconic words: “Our reason coexisits with our insanity,” which I’ve always thought should be the Highland Falls motto.

So Highland Falls, congratulations. We always knew you were great and now so do the 20-plus people who will read this blog today!

Also making the cut: Garrison, NY

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by | March 23, 2010 · 1:59 pm

Quote of the Day

My friend Nick mentioned Club Trillion to me this past weekend and because I’ve apparently been living under a rock this basketball season, I’ve never heard of it. A walk-on and former manager of the Ohio State men’s basketball team, Mark Titus is much funnier in blog than I ever thought of being. It’s something I feel Tyler Neville and Ted Dunlap could come up with, if they weren’t too busy living in Cali and starring in Dwayne Wade commercials. That’s what being a walk-on can get you.

“Up next for us is the first round of the NCAA Tournament and the UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos, whose logo kind of looks like Snoop Dogg wearing a pimp hat while lurking in the shadows.” – Mark Titus

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by | March 23, 2010 · 9:55 am

FREE CONE DAY!

Stop in to your local Ben and Jerry's between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. for Free Cone Day!

This snuck up on me because I’m so used to Ben and Jerry’s Free Cone Day being in April and there actually being sunshine, but I did Google it and it is official!

Stop in to your local Ben and Jerry’s anytime between noon and 8 p.m. today and receive a complimentary scoop of your favorite flavor atop a lovely sugar cone. For your ease (because free ice cream shouldn’t be hard work), here is Ben and Jerry’s “Scoop Shop Locator” for you to find the nearest one to your home, school or office.

Enjoy!

Update: Just visited the Ben and Jerry’s at 20 Park Plaza in Boston and received my free coffee ice cream cone! Now proceeding to go into a sugar coma for the next hour.

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