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...
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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,...
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 Gala Bright: They Light Up The Night!
Albany Medical Center’s annual Light Up the Night gala benefitted their Department of Emergency Medicine Editor’s Note: On Friday, July 14 – Prime at Saratoga National was host to one of the season’s most important galas. Light Up the Night is an annual celebration of success: indeed, a celebration of the thousands of lives...
Planet Mandy: Where Your Money Goes…
…And The Good It Does – A Siro’s Cup Preview SARATOGA SPRINGS – Get ready fellow track lovers, it’s that time of the year again. The time when restaurants no longer run their Wednesday specials, parking is nearly impossible and if you live in Saratoga your morning stroll to retrieve your newspaper requires you...
Jake’s Super Tuesday – Episode Two: Making the World Safe For Smiles
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away... PROLOGUE: My full mission can now be revealed. Jedi intelligence had determined that the chameleon-like Lando Calrissian. whose loyalty had always been questionable throughout the Star Wars series (refer to your geek friends if I am already losing you) was in fact, a...
SPAC Ballet Gala: Swooning to the Rhythm of Romance!
SPAC had a Rhythm So Strong, You Could Have Used Seven Senses, and Three Pairs of Shoes Last Saturday Editor’s Note: For the big Saratoga events this summer, such as SPAC’s Ballet Gala, I am pleased to welcome additional photos from MJ Collins and the perspectives of Carrie Rowlands Johnson and Lisa Champagne –...
The BEST Taste of Summer: Sixth Annual Chef’s Challenge
Benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBSCR) of the Capital Region Rocked the House! SARATOGA SPRINGS — At one time, this event was sort of UTR… No more! It’s just too delicious. And while I have no official figures at this point, my eyeballs tell me that this had to be a record attendance...
A Star-Spangled Blast! American Cancer Society’s Red, White + Blue Party
Editor’s Note: For the big Saratoga events this summer, such as the American Cancer Society’s Red, White and Blue Party, I am pleased to welcome the additional perspectives of Carrie Rowlands Johnson (L.) and Lisa Champagne – two outstanding communicators who bring ‘team coverage’ to outstanding events, such as what took place last Friday,...
Attention Foodies: Big, BIG News From Pitney Meadows Farm!
Farm to Host ‘Fire Feast on the Farm’ August 1 SARATOGA SPRINGS – At least five nationally and internationally renowned farm-to-table chefs will be featured at a “fire feast” to be hosted by Pitney Meadows Community Farm (PMCF) on Tuesday, August 1. The focus of the multi-course dinner will be five live-fire pits, each...