{"id":126,"date":"2010-10-31T21:11:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=126"},"modified":"2010-10-31T21:11:12","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:11:12","slug":"in-cooperstown-but-not-at-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"In Cooperstown But Not at Bat"},"content":{"rendered":"

We went to Cooperstown in mid-October, well beyond baseball season.\u00a0 On a previous trip to this town that looks like the town fathers insist on a\u00a0 plants- and- flowers- surrounding- the- house when property changes hands, we went to the Baseball Hall of Fame and loved it although neither my husband or I are huge fans of America’s national pastime. On this visit, designed to meet friends from Hamilton, Ontario half-way (a shorter half for us than them), we went to some less obvious sights starting at the Saturday Farmer’s Market featuring lots of squash,
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\nseveral Amish farmers selling their wares and a typical outlay of cheeses, maple syrup, and late season lettuce.<\/p>\n

Next up: The Fennimore Museum of Art, a gem. The current special exhibit: John Singer Sargent and His Portraits In Praise of Women,\u00a0 follows the Goldilocks formula: not too big, not too small, just right. The paintings and a few sketches are set against salmon-colored walls inspired, according to the curator, whose gallery talk we stumbled into, by the pinkish dash in the left of the portrait of Mrs. Abbott Lawrence Rocht:<\/p>\n

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This exhibit\u00a0 runs through December. In addition, the museum has a highly regarded Native American collection, a folk art exhibition\u00a0 and a cute cafe with a small but well thought-through menu and a patio where one can eat or sip coffee and admire Lake Otsego.
\nWe had two terrific dinners at The Rose & Kettle in Cherry Valley, NY, a tiny town about a fifteen minute drive from Cooperstown. Chef Matthew Begley pulls off a fabulous crab cake with sauteed spinach and lemon caper aioli and a rosemary flatbread with caramelized onions appetizer as well as a great stuffed pork loin and other delights. You might not want to drive to Cherry Valley for dinner but if you’re in Cooperstown, you could do a lot worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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