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New York Post likes Lenox!

Want fancy? Try Mass. appeal By CINDY ADAMS Last Updated: 11:55 PM, April 28, 2013 Posted: 11:40 PM, April 28, 2013 Cindy Adams Airlines are having it tough. Economy’s tough. You want to visit the Galapagos, the Outback, the Gobi, the Alps? Looking to freeze your tickets off in Siberia? Save your baht. Stuff your drachmas. Shove your…
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Fabulous in the Berkshires

Fabulous Magazine likes the Berkshires and highlights the Apple Tree Inn - how great is that! <<<   Mass. Appeal by Kate Wills   October 22, 2012in LifestyleTags: Boston,Massachusetts,travel Massachusetts might just be the artiest US state you’ve never heard of. From Boston to The Berkshires, it’s a Mecca for culture and cracking seafood…. Boston For red-brick buildings, cobbled streets and…
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New York Social Diary visits the Mount

New York Social Diary visits the Mount Big Old Houses: (Almost) Like New by John Foreman Hearing that his friend Edith Wharton had bought a fancy car with the proceeds of a fat book contract, the eminent author Henry James observed, "With the proceeds of my last novel, I purchased a small go-cart...on which my…
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Berkshires on a Budget

The Berkshires on a budget THIS STORY APPEARED IN September 30, 2012 “Wow, this is totally amazing,” we said, gazing in wonder at the kaleidoscope of color in the valley below us, as Route 2 zigzagged toward North Adams. “I wouldn’t know,” our friend in the driver’s seat replied, “I’m kind of busy right now,…
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Vogue honors Edith Wharton

Vogue Magazine  presents "Custom of the Country", an 18-page spread with photos by Annie Leibovitz, styled by legendary VOGUE Creative Director Grace Coddington, in the September 2012 issue of VOGUE. The feature includes an essay by award-winning novelist Colm Toibin about Edith Wharton and her complicated love triangle with Morton Fullerton and Henry James. The sixteen-page fashion…
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OpenMediaBoston.org writes about The Mount

The Berkshires: The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home in the Berkshires by Sue Katz (Staff), Aug-04-12 Travel The Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton came from a privileged background and made a bob or two from her writing – enough to build this wonderful home, The Mount; but despite being rich and successful, she was always…
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NY1 Covers the Berkshire Theater Scene

Nice video spot about the Berkshires' theater scene right now at www.ny1.com with coverage of Lenox-based Shakespeare & Company, Barrington Stage and Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Kemble Inn’s grandeur is in the details

By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Posted:   07/17/2012 12:07:11 AM EDT Renovations to the Kemble Inn in Lenox include new windows and bathrooms, and subtler overhauls like raising the ceilings 18 inches. (Photos by Stephanie Zollshan / Berkshire Eagle Staff) Tuesday July 17, 2012LENOX -- Scott Shortt owns an historic inn, but he doesn't want…
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Café Lucia

80 Church Street Lenox, Massachusetts 01240 (413) 637-2640 CafeLuciaLenox.com Email: reserve@CafeLuciaLenox.com Featuring regional Italian preparations, local organic produce, natural & organic meats, fresh fish & seafood. Excellent wines, full bar. Fine dining in former 1840’s farmhouse. Chef owned and operated since 1983. Air-conditioned or alfresco dining on our covered Mahogany deck amid flower gardens. Private…
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A Wedding – Willa + Mike | The Mount | Lenox, MA

Reposted from heidibenjamin.com/blog/willa-mike-the-mount-lenox-ma This wedding makes my heart smile. I spent the morning at a beautiful little Bed and Breakfast watching the ladies work their magic. Hung with the guys at a local brewery and got to live out a real live fairytale. This wedding had so many DIY elements. Everything was so perfect. Willa’s…
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Berkshire British Motorcar Festival

The Berkshire British Motorcar Festival has kicked off with a bang! Beautiful weather for the weekend and crowds of enthusiastic car lovers here to see the spectacular vehicles - Video by Judy Seaman: Here's some photos from the Friday kick-off event in downtown historic Lenox by photographer Kevin Sprague:
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Rapha Racing NYC: the Berkshire Cycling Classic | Rapha

Rapha Racing NYC: the Berkshire Cycling Classic By Guest Author • 7th June 2012 11:13pm • Posted in Team Text and Photos by Dylan Nord - Rapha Racing NYC Dame Nature did her best when she fashioned Berkshire. Elsewhere she has wrought effects more grand, more imposing perhaps, but nowhere scenery more exquisite in variety…
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Memorial Day in Lenox

05/28/2012 - Lenox, MA. Photos by Kevin Sprague. ©2012. Lenox, MA knows how to recognize memorial day the right way - a community parade and a chance to honor and recognize men and women in uniform who put themselves in harm's way on our behalf. Not withstanding a nice collection of Lenox Band Members, Scouts,…
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April Travel: Lenox, Massachusetts – Forbes

Spend a sunny spring weekend in nearby Lenox, Massachusetts. Relaxation, Rockwell and  delicious restaurants await. STAY Blantyre Luxury Country House Hotel 16 Blantyre Road Lenox, Mass. Blantyre, a charming, Tudor-style country house and estate, is located on 117 sprawling acres in the Western Massachusetts town of Lenox. This small luxury resort’s exquisite service, lavish rooms and…
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The Mount Takes Edith Wharton Personally in 2012 | The Rogovoy Report

Edith Wharton in 1905 (LENOX, Mass.) – In its programming for the coming year – the 150th anniversary of author Edith Wharton’s birth – The Mount will pay tribute to Wharton by highlighting her life, work, and achievements under the umbrella theme of Edith Wharton: 21st Century Muse. The Mount’s official opening day is this…
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Our New Site!

Welcome to the new website for the Lenox Chamber of Commerce - we're excited to see you here and hope that you find this site a useful resource to find out what there is to do in and around Lenox - as well as where to stay, things to do, great restaurants, and so much…
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Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism – The Berkshires at a Glance

via massvacation.com Think music, museums, and mountains. On the western border of Massachusetts, the Berkshires provide an unbeatable array of visual and performing arts experiences and outdoor adventures in a magnificent rural setting. CHECK IT OUT Summer in the Berkshire is synonymous with Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a venue for…
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Tanglewood summer picnic – Yankee Magazine

Lenox, MA: Tanglewood Picnic Menu ideas for lawn party at Tanglewood by Annie B. Copps Book excerpt: Tanglewood: A Group Memoir For music lovers, there's no more enchanting venue than Tanglewood in the summer. For more than seven decades, the members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (and a host of friends) have been switching to…
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In Winter, Berkshires Culture Moves Indoors

Traditionally, early September brings a frosty curtain down on this fair-weather communion of art and land. The region’s snowy scenes may have inspired some notable James Taylor lyrics and the color of American literature’s most famous whale. But by midwinter, Arrowhead, Herman Melville’s former home, is open by appointment only, and Mr. Taylor’s beloved Tanglewood…
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Apple Tree Inn

appletreeinnlenox.com 10 Richmond Mountain Road, Lenox, MA 01240 1.413.200.8456 • hello@ariesliving.com Nestled amongst 22 scenic acres in The Berkshires, minutes outside the quaint town center of Lenox, the Apple Tree Inn is an historic property with a modern twist. Originally built as a mansion in 1885, it has been converted to a historic hotel and…
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Canyon Ranch Resort & Spa

canyonranch.com 165 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA 01240 413.637.4100 • 800.742.9000 CANYON RANCH IS EXCLUSIVE TO GUESTS AND NOT OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THIS TIME FOR DINING. Award-winning destination for healthy living. Full array of indoor & outdoor fitness activity & classes, hiking, biking, luxurious spa & body treatments, nutritious gourmet dining, private consults,…
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Days Inn Motel

194 Pittsfield Rd. (Rtes. 7 & 20) Lenox, MA 01240 413.637.3560 • daysinn12200@hotmail.com • Daysinn.com Newly renovated, free continental breakfast, HBO, wireless internet, A/C, phones, microwave, refrigerator. Hair dryer, coffeemaker, no pets. Outdoor swimming pool. Minutes away from Tanglewood & major attractions. Ski pkgs.
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Eastgate Inn

207 West Street, Lenox MA 01240 413-637-1963 • Eastgateinnbedbreakfast.com A cozy intimate home on Tanglewood side about a 5-minute walk to main gate. Organic homemade breakfast catering to dietary needs. Afternoon wine & cheese, private baths, wifi, a/c, complimentary phone, bikes, kayaks, snowshoes, outside fire pit, and laundry.
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Scenic Lenox

An assortment of photos by Kevin Sprague in and around Lenox over the last few years.
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The Boston Globe – An Elite Retreat

An elite retreat Arts, culture, and luxury are surrounded by beauty of Berkshire The Museum of the Gilded Age is housed in the 19th-century Ventfort Hall. (Jonathan Wiggs/ Globe Staff) Globe Staff / December 26, 2007 In the mid-19th century, Lenox became a summer haunt for the elite of Boston and New York, but it…
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The New York Times – 36 hours in Lenox MA

JOURNEYS; 36 Hours | Lenox, Mass. By MICHELLE GREEN Published: February 21, 2003 UNDER a storybook blanket of snow, Lenox, Mass., may look like just another well-groomed New England town. In fact, this hamlet in the southern Berkshires is a retreat where world-weary types seek sustenance for body and soul. Home to the Canyon Ranch…
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Eastover Estate and Retreat

430 East Street, Lenox, MA 01240 413-637-0625 • info@eastover.com • Eastover.com Eastover – a holistic retreat center dedicated to serving the greater holistic community –  is a 600-acre sanctuary located only minutes from downtown Lenox, Kripalu Center, Tanglewood Music Center and other cultural venues in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts. Eastover offers spacious workshop and program rooms with…
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The Scenic Berkshires

Here's a nice slideshow of photos in and around Lenox and the Berkshires by Kevin Sprague that capture the beauty of our region!