Scribner's Catskill Lodge

"Scribner's is impossible to miss, its all-black wood exterior bold on a sloping hillside at the tail end of Hunter, New York's Main Street. From the lobby and recreation areas to the rooms, the design is pure Scoutcore with green-and-blue plaid carpet, pennant flags, and shelves loaded with novels. The crowd dresses to match—you might see young parents in denim and flannels gathered around the outdoor fire pit, or groups of 30-something city slickers in Carhartt shooting pool—and you get the feeling that those Birkenstocks and Blundstones are pulling double duty now that their owners are upstate for a weekend. It's cozy, but never rambunctious; a couple sipping neat whiskeys beside an Australian Shepherd on the patio is on a similar wavelength to the guest slouched in a leather chair, engrossed in their book (or the Scribner Hollow Post “newspaper” left in every room, which actually has some pretty good articles on nearby makers and food). —Megan Spurrell" - Jessica Chapel