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Tables of Contents for Unforgettable Weekends
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Maps
vi
To The Reader
viii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
x
Weekending Without Leaving the City
A French Country Inn---on City Island
3
8
Wildlife in Winter at the Bronx Zoo
11
8
Walking Brooklyn's Flatbush Trail
19
10
Long Island
A Day at the Races: Betting at Belmont
29
8
Mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast
37
8
Fire Island: For Families, Too
45
12
The Hamptons (After the Crowds Have Gone Home)
57
8
Bicycling from Manhattan to Montauk
65
8
On the Lookout for Whales
73
8
The Hudson Valley
Garden-Hopping in Westchester
81
8
A Rockefeller's Aerie: Kykuit
89
9
Farm Life of the Twenties for Children of the Nineties
98
6
Happy Trails Along the River
104
9
West Point: Pitching Camp Where the Old Soldiers Live On
113
8
Woodstock's Old--Time New Age Karma
121
10
Where History Meets Nature
131
8
Paddling Downstream, Slowly
139
11
Horse Racing & More at Saratoga Springs
150
9
Rambling Through Ulster County
159
10
More Getaways in New York State
In Search of Waterfalls
169
6
A Bella Weekend at Mohonk Mountain House
175
5
Excess & Oddities: Upstate's Roadside Attractions
180
5
In Pursuit of the National Pastime: Cooperstown
185
10
A 150-Mile Voyage by Canal
195
10
New Jersey
A Piece of Portugal: Newark's Ironbound District
205
7
Wilderness Adventures in Stokes Forest
212
9
Strolling Bucolic Hunterdon County
221
11
Victoriana at the Shore: Cape May
232
11
Atlantic City for Low Rollers
243
12
Pennsylvania
Elegance in the Poconos: Skytop Lodge
255
6
Bucks County, History's Country Home
261
10
Down on the Farm in Mount Joy
271
9
The Brandywine Valley
280
9
Appointment in Schuylkill County
289
10
Connecticut
Three Paths of History
299
10
Apples & Elegance in Litchfield County
309
8
Unwinding in the Connecticut River Valley
317
8
Down-Home Foxwoods Casino
325
6
Exploring Mystic Seaport & Environs
331
8
Adventures Aloft: Hot-Air Ballooning
339
8
Other Destinations Within Easy Reach of New York City
Hooked: Eight Anglers Reveal Their Secret Fishing Holes
347
14
Newport, Old Money's Oceanside Retreat
361
9
Bicycling from Boston to the Bronx
370
9
Learning to Snowboard at Vermont's Stratton Mountain
379
10
A Literary Tour of the Berkshires
389
8
Where History & Beaches Meet
397
8
Index
405