The HVH His & Hers Getaway Giveaway Worth over $3000
- Hudson Valley Happenings
- 8 minutes ago
- 6 min read
We've been covering this region long enough to know what a perfect Hudson Valley weekend actually looks like. This one was built for two.
The HVH His & Hers Getaway Giveaway brings together six of the best experiences the valley has to offer, and we're handing the whole weekend to one lucky pair. A $500 shopping spree at the Rhinebeck Crafts Festival, one of the most celebrated juried craft shows in the Northeast, where hundreds of artists, makers, and designers take over the Dutchess County Fairgrounds every June. Two nights at a stunning lakefront property right on Copake Lake, plus a boat rental so you can actually get out on the water. A round of golf for four at Copake Country Club, one of the most scenic courses in the Hudson Valley. Dinner for two at Swoon Kitchenbar, the room Hudson keeps coming back to for wood-fired cooking, sharp cocktails, and a dining room that makes two hours feel like forty-five minutes. And brunch for two at Le Perche, where the croissants are worth the drive alone.
This isn't a prize package. It's a full weekend, built from scratch, with no filler. Enter below, and start making plans. Winner will be annouced June 3rd.
June 6–7
Dutchess County Fairgrounds
Rhinebeck, NY
The entire giveaway was built around the Rhinebeck Crafts Festival. Every June, Artrider brings together hundreds of makers, artists, designers, and specialty food vendors at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds for one of the most genuinely exciting weekends on the Hudson Valley calendar. Contemporary jewelry, handcrafted furniture, ceramics, glasswork, leather goods, woodworking, fine art, textiles, specialty foods, the kind of work you
actually think about on the drive home. If you've never been, this is the year to fix that.
What separates Rhinebeck from a lot of other events is that it never feels like a market. It feels like a destination. Artrider has spent over four decades building some of the most respected juried craft shows in the country, and Rhinebeck has become their signature early summer weekend because the quality of the work and the energy of the crowd consistently deliver. The artists here are vetted, the booths are designed, and the range runs from entry-level finds to serious collector pieces, sometimes in the same tent. By mid-morning, the parking lots are full and people are already carrying ceramics, prints, and furniture back to their cars.
The winner gets a $500 shopping spree to spend across the festival, which goes a lot faster than you'd think once you start walking the grounds. One statement piece of jewelry, a ceramic you've been staring at for twenty minutes, a print that's going straight above the couch, and suddenly the math gets tight in the best possible way. Plan to spend the full day. You'll need it.
At a Glance
June 6–7
Rhinebeck Crafts Festival
Dutchess County Fairgrounds
6636 Spring Brook Ave
Rhinebeck, NY
Saturday 10AM–5PM · Sunday 10AM–4PM
Website www.artrider.com Instagram @Artridercrafts
Prize: $500 Rhinebeck Crafts Festival Shopping Spree
The Copake Lakehouse
Copake Lake, NY
The Copake Lakehouse is a 3-bedroom, waterfront property right on Copake Lake — two renovated structures spread across a lakefront bluff, sleeping up to eight, with direct dock access, mountain views across the water, and the kind of setup that makes leaving feel genuinely difficult.
Mornings start on the deck with coffee and lake views stretching toward the Taconic Range. Afternoons are for the water, kayaks, paddleboards, and a canoe are on-site, and the boat rental included in this prize takes things further. Evenings are for the fire pit, the grill, and the kind of long summer night that's hard to recreate anywhere else. The property has been featured in WSJ Off Duty and Good Housekeeping, and the reviews consistently say the same thing: it doesn't feel like a rental.
Wanderlust Realty added a round of golf for four at Copake Country Club on top of the stay and boat rental, which honestly pushed this prize into a different category. Wanderlust manages properties across the Hudson Valley, Adirondacks, and beyond, and their whole approach is built around stays that feel connected to the landscape around them. Copake Lakehouse shows exactly why that approach works.
At a Glance
Wanderlust Realty NY
Servicing the Hudson Valley
Website wanderlustrealty.holidayfuture.com Instagram @wanderlust_realty
Prize: Two-night stay at The Copake Lakehouse (Two midweek night stay based on availability) · Boat rental · Round of golf for four at Copake Country Club
Hudson, NY
After a full day walking the festival, Swoon is exactly where you want to end up. The restaurant has built one of the strongest followings in Hudson because the room consistently delivers, great cocktails, real energy, and a kitchen that balances comfort and ambition without tipping too far in either direction. It's the kind of place locals actually go, which in a town with as many options as Hudson, means something.
The menu is built around wood-fired cooking, fresh pasta, seasonal produce, and proteins that reward the heat they're cooked over. Dishes are designed for sharing, though nobody would blame you for keeping certain plates to yourself. The cocktail program is sharp and specific in a way that makes the pre-dinner drink feel as considered as the food. The dining room is stylish but not precious, the kind of place where a table of two naturally stretches into a second round without anyone noticing the time. Book ahead if you can; walk-in optimism is a gamble on a festival weekend.
It fits this weekend perfectly because it captures what Hudson does well: food and atmosphere that feel genuinely earned, not performed. There's no concept to explain, no gimmick to get past. Just a good room, a strong menu, and a staff that's been doing this long enough to make it look easy.
At a Glance
Swoon Kitchenbar
40 Warren St, Hudson,
Hudson, NY
Website www.swoonkitchenbar.com Instagram @Swoonkitchenbar
Prize: Farm to Table Dinner for two (alcohol and gratuity not included)
Hudson, NY
The weekend ends here, and it ends well. Le Perche is one of Hudson's most consistently beloved spots, a French café and bakery with a brunch program built around proper technique and the kind of pastry case that will absolutely derail any intention of ordering quickly. It's been a fixture in Hudson long enough to have earned its reputation the honest way, not through hype cycles or press moments, but through bread that's just better than it needs to be.
Croissants that shatter when you cut into them. Tartines on house-baked bread. Serious espresso drinks. Eggs done properly. A dining room full of people who came in for one cup of coffee and are still there an hour later because nobody feels like leaving. Croissants that shatter when you cut into them. Tartines on house-baked bread. Serious espresso drinks. Eggs done properly. The kind of brunch spot where one coffee quietly turns into two hours. It's the kind of place that earns its regulars through consistency and craft rather than novelty, and it shows every time the bread comes out of the oven and every time the espresso lands on the table without a word of explanation needed.
After two days of shopping, lake time, golf, and a dinner at Swoon, this is the right final stop. Slow, warm, and exactly what a Hudson Valley morning is supposed to feel like. No rush, no agenda, just good coffee, something flaky on the plate, and a table you're not quite ready to give up yet.
At a Glance
Le Perche
230 Warren St
Hudson, NY
Website www.leperchehudson.com Instagram @LePecheHudson
Prize: Brunch for two (alcohol and gratuity not included)
How to Enter
Click the button below and, follow all participating accounts, like the giveaway post, and tag the person you'd bring with you, share to your story. Every additional comment counts as a separate entry, pro tip: 1 comment + 1 tag = 1 entry. Share to your story for extra love.
Winner announced after the giveaway closes on June 3rd
.
And honestly, even without the giveaway, Rhinebeck Crafts Festival is still one of the best weekends the Hudson Valley puts on all summer. You go for one tent and somehow leave six hours later carrying ceramics, prints, hot sauce, jewelry, and something you absolutely did not plan on buying.
Never Stop Exploring,
HVH TEAM
