I watched Dirty Dancing yesterday, and it made me nostalgic for the Catskills. The Catskills and cinched waists. Every year, for the last few years, we’ve piled into the car and headed to Upstate New York. Last year, we began in Rhinebeck and ended up in the Adirondacks. We’ve explored all the little towns in and around the Catskills and the Hudson Valley, and we always come home with treasures a plenty; a racing green ceramic bowl handmade in Kingston, a beautiful straw hat made by a Hudson milliner, alpaca stuffies from a farm in Roscoe, an ostrich egg from a local farmer’s market in Rhinebeck. Today, I came across the work of  Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. They’re based in Kingtson, and make breathtaking furnishings in solid wood. While a dining room table wouldn’t fit in our boot, I look forward to one day bringing home a hand turned salad bowl or two.