Reach out to IthaDan on this forum, he lives on Cayuga Lake in Ithaca.
The Statler on Cornell's campus just got 4 stars. Say Hello to Rick Adie, the GM. The campus itself is gorges (pun intended). So is Robert Treman State Park, where you can swim at the limestone falls. The Cornell Dairy Bar ice cream is better than MSU's!
Try Moosewood Cafe, one of the nations oldest vegetarian restaurants in downtown Ithaca.
There are some great wines now produced in the region, not the Taylor/Great Western swill of my youth.
Get out on the water too if you have a chance!
Summer is the best time in the region, and as a student, I left Ithaca for great resort destinations like Nantucket, Marblehead, and Litchfield CT.
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