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CSA Goodies

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Face Scrub and Conditioner from Cold Spring Apothecary

Shop recommendation:

CSA – Cold Spring Apothecary
49 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Website: http://www.coldspringapothecary.com/

I’m excited about these two new purchases!

The Cold Spring Apothecary on Main Street in Cold Spring, NY has a cute shop with lots of fantastic natural, small batch goodies. These two, face scrub made with only three ingredients (adzuki Beans, lavender essential oil, and baking soda) and Lavender Honey Conditioner, are both exciting finds for me.

I really want to find products that are made locally and are also natural and organic. Another thing that is important to me is that they be BPA (bisphenol-a) free as well. However, with the exception of places like LUSH (which not only is not local, it also can sometimes give me a headache just walking by due to the strong fragrance!) I haven’t found too many options that I like.  I have a few other local brands on the list that I’d like to try and will hopefully get to soon.

As for the CSA products, I’ve used them twice so far, and I like what I’ve found. Hope I like them as much by the end of the bottles!

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Store front sign of Cold Spring Apothecary

Hudson River Inspiration

Long Dock Park, Beacon, NY

Long Dock Park, Beacon, NY

A photo I took with my iPhone this fall at Long Dock Park. Definitely one of my favorite outdoor spots in Beacon.

A source of constant inspiration for me is definitely the river. As a transplant from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Hudson River is a sturdy band-aid for my longing to be back by the ocean.

Long Dock Park in Beacon, New York, finished in the last year or so, has been a fantastic find for me this year! The farmers market hosted behind the train station on Sundays from 10-3pm makes hours of lounging, reading, and dreaming seem more productive in the afternoons when I pick up groceries there.

Finding Green

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Living in Beacon has provided a great deal of inspiration to not only foster my own green living habits, but also encourage others to see the importance and satisfaction of being sustainable in their lifestyle.

Beacon boasts restaurants such as Homespun Foods – exquisite healthy, local and in-season cuisine. This is addition to outrageous burger shop Poppy’s, and  coffee shop, Bank Square, that gets supplies from places as close as Tarrytown and Brooklyn, New York. All of these are just in the culinary category alone!

I look forward to sharing my experiences in finding “Green” in the Valley, and ask you to share recommendations for me  too!