Saratoga's Primordial Appeal, Part 1-- In my real estate life, as if I were a journalist, I am allowed to ask people a ton of questions, and if I'm dealing with a married couple, or an unmarried couple who are...
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Saratoga’s Abundance of Infill Projects…& Why
The sign of a healthy, prospering city is when every leftover, spare lot, even in previously neglected or overlooked areas, is suddenly being sold and built out. There are an increasing number of instances of this in Saratoga Springs,...
Saratoga’s Changes: The Adelphi Hotel
When I first decided to live in Saratoga Springs, I remember coming up Broadway across from Congress Park and seeing a huge banner across the street proclaiming that a "FACADE RESTORATION PROJECT" was underway. The year was 1977. There...
What I’m Hearing Lately… On Disc & On the Radio
Most bloggers and pundits usually wait till the end of the year to post their Top 10 favorite songs or albums but I am too impatient for that, and don't want to get caught up in that traffic jam....
One Night at A Bowling Alley, West of Here, w/ Four Down
Had a flashback a week ago Saturday night, a good one, that serves to define why staying up with music, with good musicians themselves, is so important , a non-musician myself. By staying up, I mean not only staying...
SPAC’s Aftermath…More Music In The Air, & Where
As with any seasonal facility in the northeastern part of the country (Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass, or Bethel Woods, downstate, also come to mind) -- it's always a bit sad when SPAC (The Saratoga Performing Arts Center, for you...
Florence + the Machine: A Powerhouse Close to SPAC Season
I thought I had seen a few Rock Goddesses perform on the Saratoga stage before, but there is now a new Queen in the pantheon of live musical presentations I've witnessed-- and her name is Florence Welch. I recall...
Retrospective Smorgasbord of Summer Music in Saratoga
Technically we are still in summer here as of September 15th but it sure feels different around here after Labor Day...the same feeling you get on any college campus in the northeast, or at any farmstand where you might...
Mid-August Catch-Up Blog: Santana Takes Over at SPAC
July 27th at SPAC, Second Half of the Concert that night... Needless to say, that 2012 version of The Allmans "Whipping Post" was a tough act to follow... and we needed a little time to breathe and walk it...
Mid-August : Catch-up Blog–The Allman Brothers at SPAC, first
In our instant gratification-based world, blogs are ideally supposed to be spontaneous reporting, a quick reflective fix, but in the summer season especially, when most of us are in pure experiential mode, there is not always time for reflection,...