She calls the business Flotsam, a maritime term for what floats to the surface after a shipwreck. The things left behind that still have somewhere to go. It is a fitting name for a studio built entirely on wood that someone else gave up on. Amy spent a decade at sea, most recently as a mate for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Living in Boston between voyages, she kept noticing furniture put out on the streets for trash pickup.

Let's start by talking about the unique venues that the CIA has to offer. First, Anton Plaza, which sits in front of Roth Hall, a broad stone terrace perched above the tree line, where the ground falls away to reveal the Hudson River, the mountains, and the grand estates dotting the far shore. A long white pergola runs along one side of the plaza, a colonnade style structure with climbing greenery draped over its open lattice roof, and a gazebo anchors the overlook at the plaza's edge. It's easy

I walked into the Newburgh Food Show at Adams last month, I wasn't just there as a journalist. I was there as my mother's daughter, taking in the whole experience and looking for something new. The food show itself was built for grazing. Vendors set up across the store to sample everything from small-batch pickles to fresh mozzarella, and the energy in the room made it clear these are people who love talking about what they make. Here's who I met.