Blog Master G

One of the many things I really appreciate about living in this small, tight-knit community is being able to walk into a “meet the candidate” house party down the street and be enthusiastically greeted by the candidate herself, then look around and see that I already know about a third of the people in the […]

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Our new furniture arrived yesterday — two bookcases, one chair, one ottoman. Our living room line of furniture is allegedly being discontinued (part of me thinks it’s just a ploy to get us to buy more; if so, it worked), so last month we bought a few more pieces for the living room. The chair […]

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Last night we grilled some fish in the garage in the rain. It was a mix of cajun catfish and talapia brushed with olive oil and Old Bay spices. It was delicious, as were Jen’s baked squash and red potatoes. Mmm. I plan to grill into the winter. Even when it’s -14° F. Oh yes. […]

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The treemometer shows a chilly 44 degrees this morning. It was around this time last year, though a bit earlier in September, when the fall temperature took its first dip down below 50 degrees. If this year is anything like last, it should be just another month or so until we start to see some […]

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America: Land of the free, home of the brave, and playground to the filthy rich. In America, big is never big enough, espeically if you have deep pockets and a need to flaunt your individualism. I read in this month’s Vanity Fair about Rising Sun, Larry Ellison’s new $250 million 454-foot yacht, the largest in […]

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Helping to preserve an historic building, meeting new people, enhancing the quality of downtown resources in Saratoga Springs, and participating in a community project were some of the motivators that brought nearly a dozen of us together last night for the Universal Preservation Hall Young Members tour and meeting. My first exposure to the UPH […]

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You know the 136th running of the Travers is just around the corner when your local supermarket has Travers Coke bottles in stock (thanks, Dad!). The new version of Google Desktop is a big improvement over the last. I really dig the photo slideshow feature, which cycles through pictures you forgot you had on your […]

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We attended the Philadelphia Orchestra’s performance at SPAC last night to watch and listen with amazement as Van Cliburn performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Sibelius’s Finlandia, Op.26 came before it, but it wasn’t nearly as impressive as the Rachmaninoff piece. I used to play the sax — even in […]

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Jen and I hit the track yesterday on our day off (3rd time this season), and our betting strategies continue to be refined. In the 5th race, Jen put $5 on number 5 to win (he did). I played my first straight up trifecta — also a $5 bet — and turned it into $69.50. […]

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I don’t know a lot about horses or thoroughbred racing, but I’m learning. It’s hard not to learn when one lives in Saratoga Springs. You do so practically through osmosis. While walking/running the dogs this morning, a neighbor told us that he had seen Hip No. 47, Call Collect, sell for $2 million last night […]

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