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SARATOGA SPRINGS
Despite cold, hot evening by DMB
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Thankfully, the only thing chilly about Dave Matthews Band’s Saturday show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center was the weather.
MALTA
Quintessence retains its urban quality in a new setting
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Quintessence, the quirky, urban and hip casual restaurant in an Art Deco silver diner in Albany near the Medical Center has moved out of the city, physically and spiritually. It’s on Route 9 in Malta in another silver diner, this one with a noble pedigree, the home of the former Chez Sophie.
NASA plans to grab near-Earth asteroid
Sunday, May 26, 2013
NASA is looking for a 25-foot, 500-ton needle in a haystack. The “needle” is an errant space rock originally from the asteroid belt, and the “haystack” is the interplanetary space of our solar system.
SCHENECTADY
Annual show provides local designers their moment in spotlight
Friday, May 24, 2013
There were waves, a few kisses, hands on hips, sultry strolls, perfect hairstyles and knockout outfits during the fourth annual Electric City Couture, which showcases local designers and models.
SCOTIA
Freedom Park in Scotia announces summer shows
Thursday, May 23, 2013
When most people are finding something to be down about on a gloomy morning like Thursday, the board members of Freedom Park Foundation were all smiles. The foundation announced its 34-date 2013 Summer Schedule on Thursday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Geocache Challenge opens at 16 local parks and historic sites this weekend
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sixteen state parks and historic sites in the Saratoga/Capital District Region will host 50 all new geocaches as part of the second annual Geocache Challenge starting this weekend .
WILTON
Karner blue butterfly focus of nature events
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Karner blue butterflies have once again re-emerged in the Capital Region.
Oscar's Smokehouse brings out the wurst in visitors
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Did you hear about the two little piggies who went to the market? A few weeks ago, my cousin Kathleen and I discovered Oscar’s Adirondack Mountain Smokehouse, the famous pork palace of the North Country, where the Quintal family has been making bacon since 1943.
These 4 summer cocktails are simple, refreshing, versatile
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Summer is better with a signature cocktail. Not a fancy dinner cocktail. Not a party cocktail. And certainly nothing that anyone who goes by the title “mixologist” ever would deign to make.
DETROIT
Altitude with Attitude
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It is the kind of treehouse that a kid could spend all day and all night inside. Patrick and Cindy Mifsud’s kids have in fact pulled all-nighters in the cedar and pine play set nestled in their backyard in Dearborn Heights, Mich.
ROTTERDAM
Abandoned storage units can be full of surprises – or junk
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Auctions are part of the self-storage business. Whenever people fall behind in their rents or abandon their possessions, business managers are allowed to sell the contents and find new “tenants” for storage areas. A lot of the auction commotion is thanks to “Storage Wars,” a reality television series that began on A&E Network in 2010.
Most snakes are harmless, interesting additions to garden
Sunday, May 19, 2013
With the arrival of warm weather, it is likely that gardeners and yard workers may soon come into contact with snakes. I am writing this week’s column on behalf of the snakes and asking that you who see them give them the benefit of the doubt before grabbing a shovel.
Jasmine Thai offers flavorful introduction to cuisine
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Jasmine Thai Restaurant is a great place to try if you want to sample Southeast Asian cuisine.
DELMAR
With exercise and better diet, Delmar woman has diabetes on run
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Helene Meckler leads a changed life, and she calls the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes “a blessing in disguise.”
GE’s Nancy Fitzroy is subject of latest Wizards of Schenectady video
Friday, May 17, 2013
Most of Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy’s friends were all about going to Skidmore College and finding a husband. She had other plans. “I didn’t have any idea of what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to go to Skidmore and get my degree in ‘Mrs.,’ ” said Fitzroy, a Pittsfield, Mass., native and a mechanical engineer at General Electric Co. for 37 years from 1950-87. And she did get married, too.
