Project Lift University Soars Again SARATOGA SPRINGS – Consistency counts. And for over 30 years, Project Lift University has been there. Operated by Franklin Community Center, Project Lift is a free after-school prevention program that is in place in all six elementary schools in the Saratoga Springs School district. Project Lift serves our youth...
Planet Mandy: When the Fields Feast – We All Feast!
Feast of the Fields – Thursday, September 20 Mandy Weinerman SARATOGA SPRINGS – Too often I forget to stop and enjoy the simple beauty around me. The harmony of what has been presented to me. My family, friends, work, health, and home. But each year I find that Feast of the Fields reminds me...
Seeing Saratoga Like a Native
The Saratoga Native American Festival – Friendly Nations Convene at Spa – September 16 SARATOGA SPRINGS – We’re all tourists today. Blessed tourists, I might add. Honored guests as well. Guests that, several centuries later, felt the rush of gratitude for those people who kept their traditions alive – under, as we know, the...
They’ll Sing For YOUR (Seven Course) Supper!
Opera Saratoga To Hit Only High Notes in Next Sunday’s Gourmet Benefit ROCK CITY FALLS – Join Opera Saratoga for a Wine Tasting Recital, featuring a selection of exceptional wines from The Thirsty Owl, each paired with delicious savory and sweet delicacies created by The Mansion Inn’s executive chef Rick Bieber, all while enjoying...
Saratoga Wine and Food Festival – Part C Is For Classic – and Colin!
All photos by Alice Corey. All content by Alice and Mike Corey Editor’s Note: A blessing it is… to have talented friends who want to contribute here and there, and give you – The Reader – alternate perspectives on events and such. In this connection, today we welcome a long-time friend and collaborative partner...
Saratoga Wine and Food Festival – Part B Is For Bugatti Parade – and Bacon!
The Grand Tasting and Bugatti Parade From End to End! Mandy Weinerman All photos by Mandy Weinerman and Peter Lostritto SARATOGA SPRINGS- Editor’s Note: Mandy and Peter took on a major assignment at Saturday’s Saratoga Wine + Food Festival. The Grand Tasting, on Saturday, September 8, is a load to cover all by itself!...
Saratoga Wine and Food Festival: Part A Is For Atmosphere -or- Chillin’ Out at Fired Up!
Editors Note: This is the first of three posts about the Saratoga Wine + Food Festival. In this one, we explore the doings at FIRED UP! on the evening of Friday, September 7. Keep an eye out for two more: – On Saturday, Correspondent Mandy Weinerman had her track shoes on! Her post will...
Ladies and Gents – Start Your Dream Machines!
Saratoga Automobile Museum Hosts ‘Bugatti: An Evening of Elegance’ SARATOGA SPRINGS – Dream cars displayed on a dream evening. This was the scene on Thursday, September 6, as the Saratoga Automobile Museum (SAM) showed off it’s major contribution to the ambiance that would adorn the Saratoga Wine + Food Festival over the next couple...
Four Days of the Bugatti
It’s a Bigger Deal Than You Might Think SARATOGA SPRINGS – I know, I know… Labor Day over, back-to-school routine, back to ‘normal’ schedule – season over, right? Not quite. Beginning Wednesday, September 5, A convergence of 160 drivers and 80 luxury Bugatti automobiles will descend on the Saratoga Spa State Park from every...
Casino Royale!
Prestwick Chase Presents ‘The Friends of the Canfield Casino Gala’ on Travers Eve SARATOGA SPRINGS – It’s no stretch to say that you don’t see stuff like this everyday… Photographers: Anna Jastrzab / Arthur Gonick But on this day – Travers Eve, August 24 – it was no stretch to say that you saw...