The (surprisingly) Good, the (insufferably) Bad, and the (unbelievably) Ugly

Played a very worthwhile muni, in the downtrodden Catskill Mountains of New York, of all places, that was an extremely pleasant surprise. Tarry Brae in the village of Loch Sheldrake is well-conditioned, with lots of interesting elevation changes, modestly priced, uncrowded, and an excellent option for a half-day’s worth of golf entertainment.
And here’s a better option if you have the profound misfortune of booking a cottage at the generically-named “Guest House” in the nearby burgh of Livingston Manor. Sleep on a park bench instead.
The Guest House in Livingston Manor, NY is a wonderful experience. If you’re a cockroach, rodent or reptile. Humans, particularly those who believe that cleanliness is next to Godliness, beware. But beyond the generally shoddy condition of the bathroom, shower, bedroom, etc, is the hard-to-fathom mentality of the, and I use this term loosely–Innkeepers. Though they run a so-called lodging establishment, apparently they’ve never actually visited one. Because they don’t provide those petite individual shampoo bottles or personal-size soap cakes. Instead, visitors are charmed by the full-size generic shampoo bottle that’s just 99% empty, and the half-full squeeze bottle of soft-soap. But that’s just half the story of this B&B. The breakfast tale is even more grotesque. Cereal? Out-of-date. English muffins? ditto. Milk? Spoiled, and get this–served in Tupperware, not an unopened carton. Yogurt? Same sorry story! Jelly? Perhaps you see a pattern here–a half-empty jar! I’m a risk-taker by nature, and like to ski, snowboard, climb mountains and take risky 3-wood shots over water, bt I draw the line at sticking a knife into a sugary jar of fruity pectin that has been God-knows-where and defiled by God-knows who before I ever got there! Oh yes–The Ugly. The cost for this Anti-Ritz, this Faux Four Seasons–just $471 for a single night! Caveat Emptor, blog-readers, caveat emptor..