Category: Winter Guides

  • How to Lower Your Winter Heating Bill

    How to Lower Your Winter Heating Bill

    Even though at this point we may be looking more toward spring, there are a few weeks left yet of winter.  And with unrest in the Middle East being a daily topic on the news, you may be getting nervous if your home relies on petroleum-based heat such a fuel oil or propane.  But let’s…

  • Romantic Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

    Romantic Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

    With Valentine’s Day fast approaching you may be wondering what to get your special someone this year to celebrate your love.  Well, we’ve thought of that too! Here is a breakdown of some of the more popular gifts this year – for men and women – that are sure to say, “I love you” in…

  • Adirondack Winter Romance Guide

    Adirondack Winter Romance Guide

    A wintery landscape festooned with rolling, snow-covered hills, a picturesque log cabin in the woods, a roaring fire in the hearth, two glasses of wine, the dulcet tones of soft jazz playing in the background, a cozy blanket under which to share the scene with your special someone … ah, love! Few things give us…

  • Keeping Fit in Winter

    Keeping Fit in Winter

    Let’s face it; it’s a lot harder to focus on physical fitness when you’re facing heavy snow, school cancellations, dark, cloudy days and hibernation from the cold.  The long, dark days of winter can lead us to what some fitness gurus call “hibernating,” e.g. we become couch potatoes, watching movies and snacking.  Snacking = excess…

  • Winter Fun for Kids!

    Winter Fun for Kids!

    As any parent knows, a bored kid is a handful! And with the tendency of families to hibernate in winter, it’s easy to get in the “ho hum” mindset. This, of course, is when cabin fever sets in. If you, like us, find the winter blues especially hard to cope with, imagine what it’s doing…

  • Anglers on Ice: Sacandaga Ice Fishing

    Anglers on Ice: Sacandaga Ice Fishing

    In January, when the sky turns steel gray, snow starts falling and the frigid temperatures force you indoors, winter can start to feel never-ending and at times a little sad. Throughout the years beating the winter blues has driven human beings to some pretty strange pursuits, from plunging into frozen waters just for kicks, to…

  • Tips for Choosing and Keeping a New Year’s Resolution

    Tips for Choosing and Keeping a New Year’s Resolution

    We’ve all done it: made an ambitious, well thought out New Year’s resolution, and by February we’ve forgotten what it even was. Let’s put that trend out of style by keeping our resolutions this year! Here are some tips to help you out: Make sure your resolution is truly something you want to change, not…

  • Christmas Tree Buying Guide

    Christmas Tree Buying Guide

    Real Tree vs. Artificial: Pros & Cons Ah, the Adirondacks in winter!  The picturesque snow-covered landscape complete with rolling pastoral hills, trees whose limbs resemble diamonds against the morning sun when covered in a thin layer of ice, icicles that droop from our eves and sparkle in the glow of winter sunsets, the red feathers…