"The Hudson Valley has long served as a weekend getaway for New Yorkers, and the minds behind the most sought-after lodgings understand the assignment, providing an outdoorsy escape without sacrificing style. The Hasbrouck House is a prime example. The 18th-century Dutch Colonial mansion, set on a park-like estate with a private lake in Stone Ridge, about a two-hour drive from the city, was once the country home of a wealthy family. The New York-based Akiva Reich & Co. oversaw its transformation into a luxury boutique hotel, turning the carriage house and stables into elegant guest quarters, installing a chic farm-to-table restaurant, Butterfield, on the ground level of the main house, and modernizing the 100-year-old swimming pool." - Tablet Hotels