Dog days
of summer are upon us. It has been wet and hot. I am not so sure I like
this better then the snow! What I do like, is the change of seasons.
The change in the weather is something to look forward to, or
not.
Beats living in Florida or Montana all year!
How's Business
Been?
Seems like more CT, NJ plates in the area
While the term "staycation" is
relatively new, 15 percent of respondents recognized it as "a vacation
that people spend at or near home, instead of a traditional vacation
away from home." Once having the term explained to them, more than half
(51 percent) of the respondents said they plan to take one or more
staycations this summer-including 24 percent who are changing their
traditional summer vacations to include a staycation this year.
Staycations appear to be more popular among grill owners: 54 percent
plan to take a staycation this summer vs. 43 percent of non-owners.
Source: http://www.rnntv.com/
Historic sites in the Hudson Valley are all over the
place. Try to get the people to visit them and your business should be
easy. I know it's not. People need to be pointed to the right
direction. Try making some kind of "deal" with our local attractions, a
tit for tat arrangement.
See http://www.hudsonriver.com/ or http://www.hudsonvalley.org/
for places to talk to. I'm sure they will at least listen to any
reasonable suggestions. BTW: I do not know who owns either of the above
sites. I do know that my historic pages need work, and theirs are
perfect.
Have you noticed any change this year? Tell me
about it. I'll post your stories in my next newsletter, to recap our
summer season.
Last Time I
Wrote
I was complaining about the heat
There is no holiday in August.
We should write the governor and get him to declare a "Hudson Valley
Day", a "Catskill Day" or what ever. Just to get one more holiday for
the summer.
The next holiday is Labor Day. The summer season will be over. Why? The
weather is perfect during Sept and Oct in the Hudson Valley. Prime time
for picking crops, changing color of the leaves, the kids are back in
school... I don't even want to think about cutting my own Christmas
tree yet.
This bright idea didn't work at all. Google
seemed to be pissed off at this idea. It didn't like the combination of
the mix in subjects on one web site, These webs site are back to their
lonesome numbers.
http://veryslightimportance.com/
http://www.hudsonvalleyseniors.com/ (for sale)
http://artinthehudsonvalley.com/ (for sale)
If anybody out there is interested
in purchasing either of these domains, email me and we'll talk. I have
other Hudson Valley domains names that I would sell too. Email me for a
list of domains names
Try
Again
I have another bright idea. I
have added more state sites under BearSystems.com. See http://bearsystems.com/StateOf/index.html
for the states of VT, NH, CT, RI and NJ. Currently, they lack the
kind of content they deserve, but I'm working on them
Until
next time...
Mike Szyszka
PO
Box 1427
Woodstock,
NY 12498
(845)
853-9962 (cell)
July
28, 2008