SARATOGA SPRINGS – Editor’s Note: In my previous post about the Saratoga Polo Association’s 2017 opening match (see it here), I indicated that the experience of attending was a great two-hour mimi-vacation to pamper yourself, to get away and reconnect with your senses while not leaving town: “…I marvel at the pageantry, appreciate being...
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Cornelia Guest, Jeff Gural and Retired KY Congressman Ed Whitfield to be Honored
Equine Advocates 16th Annual Awards Dinner + Charity Auction this Thursday SARATOGA SPRINGS – Actress, author and humanitarian, Cornelia Guest will honored by Equine Advocates with the Safe Home Equine Protection Award for her rescue of slaughter-bound equines and her work and outspoken views to end horse slaughter. This event, which will be held...
Skidmore at Play: For An Important Cause – At Twilight
38th annual Palamountain Scholarship Benefit: Polo by Twilight SARATOGA SPRINGS – Good day, class. As you know, this is not a mathematics blog, but some numbers are too incredible to ignore: – On Tuesday, July 25, The Saratoga Polo Association Fields was once again the site of Skidmore College’s 38th annual event to benefit...
The Mighty White Party: Bridges Raises $113,000!
Bright, White, and Festive Tonight Carrie Rowlands Johnson Heads thrown back, laughter erupting from wide open mouths, half-closed eyes, crinkled noses. Bodies move in synch with each other, mostly in pairs but also in threes and fours and groups even larger. Feet, knees, hips, arms, shoulders, hands… swaying, strobing, waving; my own body eagerly...
T+L Puts the ‘T’ in T-Shirt
Hud Armstrong Designed his 43rd Consecutive Shirt For Landmark Tavern SARATOGA SPRINGS – In a landscape that changes – a reflection both of growth and just the passage of time – two important landmarks remain on Caroline Street: 1- The Tin and Lint at 2 Caroline – known as the ‘T+L’ to it’s patrons....
2017 Siro’s Cup: A 24 Year Winning Streak!
Editor’s Note: For the big events – such as Thursday, July 20th’s Siro’s Cup – we bring the big team. And this is what big looks like: In this case, we had a nice preview story from Mandy Mittler (see: her July 16 post). Here are some dispatches and perspectives from Carrie Rowlands Johnson,...
Ninth Annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace Features Loaded Field
Race Lineup Boasts Nearly $2.5 Million in 2017 Earnings SARATOGA SPRINGS – Saratoga Casino Hotel is set to welcome some of America’s finest standardbred performers during the running of the ninth annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Free for All (FFA) Pace on Saturday, July 22. The first post time is scheduled for 7:05 pm...
Spa Mirbeau Debuts at Saratoga Race Course
Day Resort to Offer Saratoga Track-Goers Spa Therapy, Giveaways and More to Benefit Local Charities Spa Mirbeau, a new day resort concept to be launched this fall at Crossgates Mall in Albany by the renowned Mirbeau Hospitality Services, will offer women and men a sampling of mini spa services and giveaways at multiple Saratoga...
Wheel of Goodness: A New Record For Jake’s!
Sixth Annual Finest Fillies + Some Colts Raises $37.500 for Jake’s Help From Heaven SARATOGA SPRINGS – A wide-open contentious contest – with several lead changes, twists, turns and plot lines – ultimately came down to a test of stamina. And the lesson learned on Wednesday Evening, July 19 is that – when stamina...
A Midsummer Night’s Opening…
Shakespeare in the Park – ‘Midsummer’ Through July 29 SARATOGA SPRINGS – {{{Couple overheard walking off their Brooks BBQ dinner at the Saratoga Senior Center:}}} He: “So what do you want to do now, hun?” She: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live in a place where world-class entertainment is provided free, in a perfect...