AllOtsego.com: GIFTS* OF AN OTSEGO COUNTYCHRISTMAS

GIFTS* OF AN OTSEGO COUNTYCHRISTMAS

12/4/09

1 Stagecoach Coffee in Cooperstown roasts its own beans each week. Stop by on Monday or Tuesday for the freshest beans in the area, from left, Justin Deichman, Matt Grady and Becca Stack are ready to help.

2 Michael Bean became intrigued with the unusual shapes of wood in the wild while hiking with his children in the 1990s. He began bringing pieces – many roots and limbs that had grown around stones in streambeds – home to Oneonta’s Main Street and crafting them in to sculptures, many utilitarian. To view the result, call him at 434-8235, or visit www.imagewood.com

3 Renee LaFond, proprietor of Blue Sky boutique, Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown, shows off bottle-cap jewelry created by Jill Carey of Oneonta.

4 Karen Miritello, jeweler Wolf Wilde’s daughter, holds up one of her dad’s recent creations: A heart-shaped gold pendant and matching gold chain. The $545 item is one of Wilde’s local creations in his Clinton Plaza store in Oneonta.

5 Oneonta’s Sandra Swift has been painting “old world” Santas for as long as she can remember. Paintings on slate ($90) and footstools ($69) may be viewed at Morey’s Restaurant, Route 7, (operated buy her sister Gail Morey). Or call 433-2921 for a viewing of her original paintings.

6 Itz A Hit Chili Sauce is made in Colliersville and sold at Brooks BBQ, Oneonta Spice Company, Cooperstown Natural Foods and Tin Bin Alley.

7 Folk artist Ed Johnson’s Fly Creek gallery, studio, and residence offers a stimulating selection of original contemporary folk art paintings and fine archival prints.

8 Tin Bin Alley on Main Street in Cooperstown has more than 10 different types of homemade fudge including favorites such as Pumpkin Pie, Vanilla M&M and peanut butter chocolate. Sharon Matteson displays the Oreo fudge.

9 Mother-daughter team Judie, right, and Kelly Stone have hundreds of handmade ornaments and other country primitives in their Butternut Barn, just east of Richfield Springs.

10 Dyn’s Cider Mill on Route 28 north of Schuyler Lake, operated by Ken and Dale Dyn, offers apples, jams, sauces, Palatine cheese, salsa and cider, hostess gifts or additions to local-food gift baskets.

11 Green Toad Bookstore proprietor Michelle Pondolfino, right, and store manager Claire Willis recommend local history books including, from left, Joann Krivin’s photo book, “Jazz Studies,” Chuck D’Imperio’s “70 Great Graves of Upstate New York,” Howard Simonson’s Oneonta photo books, Jim Atwell’s “From Fly Creek,” and Niles Eggleston’s “Eva Coo, Murderess.”

12 Savor New York on Main Street in Cooperstown has nothing but things made in New York State including many items from our own Otsego and Delaware counties such as maple syrup, candles, lotions, apple sauce, chutneys and pottery explains employee Jessica Demby, Worcester.

Labels: 12-11-09, Frontpage