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...
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!...
Declare Your Independence on Labor Day Weekend!
Twiddle, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong to Headline 2018 Adirondack Independence Music Festival in Lake George LAKE GEORGE – The 4th Annual Adirondack Independence Music festival returns to Lake George over Labor Day Weekend, once again taking place at the Charles R. Wood Festival Commons Saturday, September 1 and Sunday September 2. The two-day, multi-band...
Planet Mandy: Croquet Everyone!
Croquet on the Green – Tuesday, August 7 WILTON – One of the joys of being a Mom is having both children in separate summer camps located 30 minutes away from each other, however require being picked up only 15 minutes apart. Throw in making your daughters change out of their ripped black leggins...
Polo by Twilight: Town + Gown = One
SARATOGA SPRINGS – As always, this is an excellent event – on several levels. But the 39th Annual Polo by Twilight Gala, to benefit Skidmore College’s Palamountain Scholarship Fund on Tuesday, July 24, at the Saratoga Polo Fields, was distinguished by a very interesting backstory about this year’s honoree. Skidmore alumnus, Eleuterio “Ele” Martinez...
Saturday Night’s All Right For White!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Don’t let the name White Party fool you, this monochromatic party was a spectacular rainbow of variety! Within my first few moments the Saratoga Bridges’ 8th Annual White party (Saturday, July 21) I was greeted by the rhythmic, overpowering sound of a low flying helicopter propeller. For the second year in...
Agog!
On a Reimagined SPAC New York City Ballet Gala – Saturday, July 20 SARATOGA SPRINGS – It’s very simple, and I quote: “Give me snowflakes and unicorns, and I am there!” So said Anna – my colleague and companion on this evening – and in so doing, she basically wrote the lede for this...
Airborne Gallery: Prime Passage To The White Party!
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Everybody can go to The White Party, benefiting Saratoga Bridges. But only a few get to go like this! …And this! …In this! Fortunately, the ‘few’ that got to go airborne to the White Party on Saturday, July 20 – Kimberly and Leigh McConchie, piloted by Heather Howley, Owner of Independent...
‘Tis The Season! 25th Annual Siro’s Cup
The Scene To Be Seen – For A Quarter Century Carrie Rowlands Johnson SARATOGA SPRINGS – Long bubblegum pink nails conceal the soft pads of my fingertips as they reach under my left forearm, massaging the skin and restoring circulation. Shifting my posture, I stand upright and look down at my arms, exposing a...