Nathan Liverant and Son has been actively dealing in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American furniture, paintings, silver, glass and related accessories since 1920.  Liverant and Son specializes in fine examples of Connecticut and New England furniture and decorative arts made prior to 1840.  Acquisitions from their large inventory of quality antiques have made their way into most major museums and private collections across the country.  The owner, Arthur Liverant, is a third generation antiques dealer.  He is the son of Zeke Liverant and grandson of Nathan, who founded the business more than 90 years ago.

Join the MRHS travelers on a fall foliage trip north of the border!  We will leave Mystic on Monday, October 4, have a delicious lunch and exploring break in Randolph, VT, cross Lake Champlain by ferry from Burlington, and spend our first two nights in Vieux-Montreal, the old town Montreal of quaint buildings, little cafés, and ancient churches.  Tuesday, October 5, we will spent much of the day touring Montreal by motor coach with stops and then by our own feet in the area of our hotel.  You will have time to explore and shop on your own in the afternoon.  Dinner will be near the hotel.  Wednesday, October 6, we head south to Saratoga Springs by way of Fort Ticonderoga and Saratoga.  Our last day, October 7, we will head further south to Catskill to visit Cedar Grove, the house and studio of Thomas Cole, originator of the Hudson River style of painting.  From Catskill we will drive to Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, NY, an outdoor museum where sculptures are carefully sited among the fields a woodlands.  There we will enjoy lunch in the café, a tram ride around the grounds, and a short walking tour.  We will complete the afternoon with a visit to West Point.  There will be a guided tour in our coach with stops at the Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point, and the Plain before making our way back to Mystic.  We expect the leaves to turn earlier in the far north while we will still enjoy the good weather of early October.

Please plan to join us!  The required minimum of travelers has been met, and we will not take more than 32, so please let us know as soon as possible if you wish to save a place.  Remember, you can use either your valid passport or the much less expensive passport card for Canada.

The cost for each person sharing a room is $745, including all transportation, guides, and admissions, all breakfasts, two dinners, at least one lunch, cancellation insurance for health reasons, snacks and drinkables on the bus.  The single room rate if $1045.  A deposit of $300, single or sharing, is due immediately, and is nonrefundable.  The nonrefundable final payment is due September 4.  To save a place or ask a question, please contact Joyce Everett, 860-536-6339, or jeverett38@aol.com.

Ashley is a full-time book designer and freelance illustrator and designer, spending the bulk of her time in the interior design department at HarperCollins Publishers in New York City.  She doesn't limit herself, however, but keeps her hand in fine art too...Colors of Mystic is one happy result...as she spends much of her free time doing watercolor illustrations and graphic design for various non-profit groups.