Blog Master G

Twice in the past week I’ve officially become a regular. First, Saturday night following the Petty concert we went to local favorite pizza place Pope’s to pick up a pie. As he handed me the pizza, the guy who had cooked it exclaimed, “Hey! I know you. How are ya?” I suspect that during this […]

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Yesterday was opening day at the track here in Saratoga. I didn’t go (races run from 1-5pm and there’s that whole job thing during weekday business hours), but we hope to go soon. If only we were socialites like local celebrity, race horse owner, and track frequenter Marylou Whitney (last year at Travers I won […]

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The excitement is in the air. The plant date is in the ground at Union and Circular. The horses have arrived. Wednesday marks opening day of the 137th season of Saratoga Race Course, when our little city will be visited by more than 100,000 people per day, more than three times the year-round population. Racing […]

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My my own home aside, one of my other favorite homes in Saratoga Springs is on the market for more than a million dollars. I can’t fathom owning a place like this — imagine what the upkeep would be like. “The most historically photographed home in Saratoga Springs, this gracious Victorian has been completely remodeled […]

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As part of its New York State Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore brought Joyce Carol Oates to Palamountain Hall last night. Jen and I got seats in the second row of the packed auditorium, only a few seats removed from author and fellow attendee Russell Banks, whom we’d last seen speak along with Michael Ondaatje a […]

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House-rattling thunder is exciting! SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 341 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 337 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED […]

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A Technorati search for Saratoga Springs gives a good feel for what bloggers around the world are saying about our little town. If you can ignore all the deliberately-placed advertising that makes its way into the search via other blogs, it’s pretty cool. Some blogs I’ve found via Technorati with Saratoga mentions: New Urban Progress […]

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The second big thunderstorm of the summer struck last night — though not as intense as the last, and without the tornado warning — and I realized (again) just how much I enjoy the crazy weather here. It’s incredibly invigorating to hear the booming thunder claps, the lightning bolts flash right outside my window, the […]

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When Jane and Sarah were here, they were lucky enough to get a taste of what a small town Saratoga really is when this front page story ran on that Saturday: No special delivery for moved mailbox Well, the good news is that we can all rest better tonight because as of yesterday, the mailbox […]

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Summer officially arrived at 2:46am this morning, but it’s felt like it’s been here since Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer, despite some of the insane thunderstorms we’ve had. We’ve also already seen much hotter weather than usual: “June thus far has had an average temperature of 72.5, or 7.4 degrees above normal.” […]

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