Insiders Westchester Group
Group Head: Bob Clyatt
This group gets out to local points of interest. Sign up if you’re interested. Future trips may include Mamaroneck Water Works, Save the Sound Water Quality laboratory in Larchmont, a muncipal sewer treatment plant (Mamaroneck? Rye?), our local EMS Dispatch Center, Aqueduct which brings water from the Catskills down to NYC, the Frick Museum, and more. Members are encouraged to make suggestions of future trips and volunteer as co-leads to help organize/coordinate events.
Past trips: Storm King Sculpture Park, Bruce Museum, New York Blood Center, Frick Museum, William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation. Note some of these can be re-visited in future if there is interest.
Upcoming Event: Thursday December 18, 4pm-7pm+
Tuesdays at 10- Holiday Pub Crawl
Mixing it up a little- we are going to have our first Tuesdays at 10 Pub Crawl in Rye, Thursday Dec 18, 4:00 until whenever people have slaked their thirst :-). Non-drinkers or those pacing themselves should know that mocktails and juices are totally fine too. Join from the start or whenever you can at roughly the following schedule and places:
Rye Grill and Bar - 4pm
Ruby’s - 5pm
Bareburger - 6pm
Anyone needing some food can settle in at Bareburger for that as well, where our chances of getting a table are better.
Bring some $10 and $20 bills as it might help when we are settling up checks.
Your RSVP will give me a chance to tell the venues our approximate numbers and possibly even get us a table but probably safe to assume we will be standing around, not seated.
Hope this works out and feel free to let a few friends know about it who are not already on our Discover Westchester subgroup.
B
If you are not already receiving emails for this group please send me a note at bob@clyattsculpture.com to get on the announcements list.
INTRODUCTION LETTER SENT 5-16-25 TO INITIAL SIGNUP LIST
Thank you for signing up for events in the Insiders Westchester group. We are starting planning on a few events. This note is to thank you for signing up, and to get the ball rolling.
Any of us can suggest and/or lead a visit, so this is a definitely a group undertaking. I will try to keep all your ideas and suggestions, including this note, posted on the Insiders Westchester page on the Tuesdays at 10 website.
We have the first few outings being planned and will get detailed signup information out to you as soon as things are confirmed.
Our first planned event will actually be beyond Westchester, about an hour north of us up the thruway. A few of you asked if I could run a “sculptor-led tour” of Storm King, which is one of the biggest and best sculpture parks in the country. Tentatively scheduled for Friday June 27th, leaving Rye at 9:30am and returning around 3:00.
Our Save the Sound presenter Bill Lucey suggested a tour of their laboratory in Larchmont where water and shoreline samples are tested.
A few of you have suggested other ideas which now need fleshing out. One is to see if we can get on a cargo ship or other large commercial vessel while it is docked in NY Harbor. Another is to get inside Indian Point (could be difficult but we will try!), inside the aqueduct that brings water down from the Catskills (I know a guy who might be able to help) or inside factories, and municipal infrastructure such as waterworks, treatment plants etc. (Where do they monitor all the stoplights in New York City?)
Our general model will be: if you think something is interesting others likely will too, so probe your contacts for possible access and then speak with me for organizing/coordinating assistance. Ideally you can function as or recruit an Event Lead, managing attendance lists, entry access or tickets, legal releases if the location requires, carpooling, so the actual event and logistics go smoothly. Set a max attendance if needed and we will cut off and start a waitlist.
No set timetable but I would be happy if we had maybe ten events a year.
We are currently 20 people in this group but I’m confident we will grow. Forward this to guys you think will be interested. New people should email me to ensure they get added to the email list, at bob@clyattsculpture.com