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Arthur and Lola, then and now.
Perfect pitch
A story of love and 75 years of marriage
by Erin Quinn where a young woman playing the piano ano player, he realized that she not only
I
caught his eye. “Not only was she playing could play with her legs crossed but that
n 1945, a strapping young man the piano,” said Weiss, who will be 100 her musical pitch was absolutely perfect.
named Arthur Weiss was enrolled years old in October, “but she was play- “I never sounded so good in my life.”
in New York University’s School of ing while her legs were crossed. I’d never He asked the young woman, named
Dentistry. One day, he and some seen anyone do that before!” When Weiss Lola, to dance. He soon felt himself glid-
friends went to the USO in Manhattan, began to sing next to the dexterous pi- ing across the floor. “She was a wonderful
dancer, and I was smitten,” he said. After
that night, Arthur, who lived in Brooklyn,
was determined to see her again.
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Lola was in her final year of Hunter
College and lived in the Bronx.
“I thought he was cute,” said Lola, now
95, with bright eyes and dangling ear-
rings, looking effortlessly elegant. “He was
dressed sharply and was a good dancer and
sang well, and then there was his interest
in dentistry. I was intrigued.”
Arthur decided to move in with a fellow
dental student in the Bronx so he could
be closer to Lola.
When their courtship reached the two-
year mark, Arthur recalled them sitting
on a park bench in the city, and Lola
said, “I’ve been going with you for a long
is almost
is almostall youneed
need
time now and want to know what your
intentions are.”
Feeling at that moment like the world all you
is almost all you need
was his for the taking, Arthur replied,
“Well, I have a lot of travelling I want to do.”
Lola was not impressed. She gave him an
ultimatum. “He called that night,” she said.
“I couldn’t even make it one day without
her,” he said, laughing.
A life of adventure
Exactly nine months after their marriage
Lola gave birth to the first of their three
sons, Jon, now 74. He was followed by Eric,
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now 71, and then Adam, the baby, now 61
and living with his wife Laura in the artist
John Pike’s former home in Woodstock.
Arthur worked at building a dentistry
practice, and Lola continued as a piano
teacher, travel agent and dancer and
devoted mother. This love story only
heightened over the years, with the two
travelling all over the world, moving to
Arizona (where Lola worked at a Native
American museum) and then, after a yard
sale in which they parted with all their
possessions, to a tiny town in Mexico
when he was 91 and she 87.
They had lived in Mexico for a time
before. “We both spoke Spanish and had
always wanted to go back there,” said Lola,
as though moving to another country at
their age was no big thing.
“We had travelled there when the kids
were younger, and I fell in love with it,”
explained Arthur. “There was no tourism,
no one spoke English, the people were
so kind and welcoming, and I remember
thinking, I’m killing myself building
my practice on 51st Street in midtown
Manhattan, when we could live here as a
family for $100 a month!”
Family lore has it that Adam, then
eleven years old, would not bear living
in a tiny village in Mexico. He wanted to
get back to his school, friends and sports
in the States. Though his parents did
return then, the desire to go back to that
little village in Mexico never quite left
the couple. After they had retired co to The couple recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary with
Arizona and travelled to China, France, a full musical score, singing, dancing, all three of their sons, their
Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand grandchildren and more than 35 people spanning four generations.
and many other places, the lure of that
magical place in Mexico brought them wanted to be closer to our family, so we months to see you!” said Adam.
back decades later never left them. moved to Woodland Pond [in New Paltz],”
“We loved it there, but eventually we explained Arthur. “I said, Mom and Dad,’
They remain very active
realized that we were of an age that we we can’t travel to Mexico every three The couple recently celebrated their 75th
wedding anniversary at Adam and Laura’s
house in Woodstock. There was singing
and dancing. All three of their sons and
their grandchildren were there. More
than 35 people spanning four generations
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ground,” said Adam. “We even had a picture joint life an adventure, a journey. in many things.”
blown up of them kissing at their wedding.” “We’re partners in crime,” said Lola. Jon said the 75th wedding anniversary
Arthur and Lola have continued to live a “We’ve had to dodge a lot of curve balls, had been “an opportunity of a lifetime.”
busy life. “We’ve always been very active, and we just kept on loving one another It had been, Eric said, “an unbelievable
athletic people whether it was tennis, run- and raised these three sons. I think that joy, knowing that less than one percent
ning, swimming, dancing,” said Arthur, is our greatest accomplishment,—raising of people in the world get to honor both
“and we’re so happy that at Woodland these three beautiful human beings.” of their parents with this achievement.”
Pond they have an indoor pool where we Adam agreed that the celebration had
swim three times a week and also go to
Unconditional mutual support been the most loving gift ever. “To see
the gym several times a week.” And what do their sons have to say about them smiling and enjoying the chocolate
They also grow their own vegetables in their parents? wedding cake my wife made, surrounded
their own garden. “Mom will often make the joke that it by four generations of family! What more
What has kept them together all these was having separate cars,” said Adam. could you ask for?”
years? “But my take is an unconditional support These two are extraordinary people
“Arthur is very tenacious when he goes of each other in all facets of life as well as whose contagious love of life begins with
after something,” Lola said. “He’s always self-care both physically and spiritually.” their appreciation for each other. They
learning, always searching whether it’s his Eric credited his parents being “both are a living testimonial to what love can
spirituality or a new language or instru- being extremely curious and interested mean. Cheers to Arthur and Lola!
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Partying is back
Some things may be a little different now
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A
any pre-pandemic bash. cial distances. They’ve been making
h, the summer of 2021. Kayla Reinherz and Sam Levine planned floor plans for parties smaller than 100
New York State is open! If to get married last July. Both 28, they’ve guests, with dancing only with people
you planned to get mar- been together for nine years, ever since at your own table.
ried last year but couldn’t he helped her, an arriving freshman, Bob McBroom, co-owner of the Onteora
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dance and hug a little, right? on gatherings would be lifted in time for back to the fall.The guests at the first wed-
Right. Parties are definitely back.Not just them to tie the knot this summer. When ding of the season had their temperature
weddings, but anniversaries, birthdays, they sent out their invitations, they let taken, and there were separate tables for
baby naming -- any good excuse to gather their guests know it was important to the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.
with friends and family in person again. them that everyone be vaccinated or have In early June, the New York State Depart-
Though most people are giddy about a negative Covid test before their wedding. ment of Health dropped its restrictions on
being together after way too long apart, public gatherings. The socially distanced
there is often a bit of trepidation. News Caterers throughout the Hudson floor plans and Covid-inspired parapher-
of Delta variants are scaring some folks. Valley have been outfitting themselves nalia were (temporarily) packed away.
With a few adjustments, though, your with thermometers, plexiglass sneeze Kayla and Sam’s wedding was definitely
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They were also conscientious about How meals are served may be somewhat tional guests may be staying home. After
getting everyone’s contact information, different now. Buffets are rare; partygoers 15 months of social distancing, people
in case contact tracing would prove neces- feel more comfortable with seated table are more comfortable with a bit more
sary. They’re pretty sure every one of their servings, with food untouched by other space. As Beekman Arms sales coordi-
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since it’s easier to spread out during the
party rather than huddled around the
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Glamping celebrations
“Glamorous camping” has social distancing built in
by Celia Watson Seupel she was bartending for a ca-
T
terer. “I saw people in a field
he celebra- boarding a school bus to go to
tions industry a hotel,” she said. How much
got crushed dur- better it would be if they could
ing Covid. No just stay there, she felt.
gathering, no On the other hand, Friedman
partying, no fun. For locals noted, people don’t want to go
who count on drawing crowds buy a tent and a sleeping bag
to the Hudson Valley, it was a and everything else needed for
scary time. But that makes a night or two.
our recovery all the more Modeled after a successful
sweet. Australian business Friedman
“During Covid, I had noth- saw on Instagram, Glampstars
ing,” said Nicole Friedman, who provides everything needed for
owns Saugerties-based Glamp- a comfortable stay anywhere in
stars (https://www.glampstar. the Hudson Valley.
com), a glamping business that Friedman’s dome tents are
provides on-site luxury tents fifteen feet across and nine feet
for campers and events. Now, An offering from Glampstars. high. They are set up with mat-
she says, the phone is ringing tresses, linens, rugs, ottomans,
off the hook. while not unique, is different from many low tables, chairs and chandeliers. Fried-
Glamping, or “glamorous camping,” is Hudson Valley glamping venues. Instead man has 20 tents with lots of furnishings,
the latest in luxury camping. Experiences of maintaining her own campground, and she’s in the process of acquiring more.
can range from a furnished tent to tiny Friedman sets up specialty accommoda- But in early spring, 2020, after four suc-
houses with butler service. Not only do tions wherever an event is being held. She cessful years, Glampstars went on hold as
glamping sites provide fun and comfort- travels all over the Hudson Valley to create the pandemic gripped the nation. Fried-
able accommodations, but they often a luxurious camping experience in fields, man’s already-booked weddings were
serve as a lovely setting for celebrations back yards, campgrounds and campsites. moved ahead a year or simply canceled.
like weddings and reunions. Friedman originally got the business So were other events: girls’ weekend
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people in all.
“Because people could work remotely, each other in a year rented the entire Treetopia in Catskill offers even
there was no difference between weekends property for a get-together,” he said. more glamping luxury (https://www.
and weekdays,” said Druckman.“People With long trestle tables and fairy lights treetopiacampground.com).
were checking in and checking out every strung outdoors for dining and dancing, Not only does Treetopia host weddings,
day of the week.” Druckman hopes to increase his wed- reunions, retreats and other events, said
It took a lot of work, said Druckman, ding business going forward. “Weddings owner Jenny Yu, but Treetopia also creates
but “it was so gratifying just being able to postponed from last year are happening its own fun for guests. Yu said Treetopia’s
offer people a safe place to escape, to take this summer,” he reported. celebrations include Christmas in July,
some time away from craziness.” With long trestle tables and fairy lights when everybody decorates golf carts for
For a year, Outlier Inn hosted no events. strung outdoors for dining and dancing, Christmas and parades them around,
That started to change early this summer. Druckman hopes to increase his wedding monthly music fests with local bands and
“A whole group of friends who hadn’t seen business going forward. a Fourth of July extravaganza.
The newly renovated 42-acre camp-
ground got off to a shaky start when Yu
and her family bought it in October, 2019,
four months before the first wave of the
pandemic hit.
“There was a New York travel ban. We’d
planned on renovations, but we had to stop
work,” said Yu.“It was hard to get contrac-
tors and materials. It was extremely scary.”
Now, two years later, the renovations
are finished and Treetopia is in full swing.
For weddings and other events, they have
two pavilions and a barn. Often, said Yu,
the happy couple books one of Treetopia’s
“specialty accommodations,” like a vintage
Airstream or a treehouse, and shoot their
photos there.
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camping,” said Yu, “but we’ve done the across a ravine. “When you walk out of the
hard work for you.” Waterproof tents are tent in the morning,” said Yu, “you really
set up in the forest on wooden platforms feel like you’re in the trees.” Treehouse
with beds, nightstands, chairs and a dwellers also use the bathhouses.
cooler. Tents can be clustered together For campers who prefer a more home-
for friends or family. For cooking, camp- like experience with en-suite facilities,
ershave a communal water source, shared Treetopia provides four vintage airstream
grills, or they can rent a standing, propane RVs, a tiny house and a cabin.
grill. An on-site store sells food and ice. Glamping is ideal, said Yu, for people
Campers use a fully air-conditioned who want to get together and celebrate.
bathroom trailer, said Yu, as well as a new So far this year, Treetopia has hosted a
bathhouse, with toilets as well as indoor high-school reunion and a teambuilding Make your Travel
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have four. The tree-houses are two-storied pre- and post-wedding events on site.
platforms with electricity and running Yu said she’s happy when local people
water. On the ground floor, there’s an open choose Treetopia for their events. “We’ve
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