Fun in Saratoga

Articles on Divinyl Revolution and 38 High Rock in Times Union

In case you missed it, Sunday's T-U had articles in it about Divinyl Revolution, the successor to the Last Vestige Record Shop on Broadway, and the new condos at 38 High Rock.  I am linking them one of them here FYI. 

Divinyl Revolution article/interview

38 High Rock article - as of my writing of this I can not find the article on line but it is on pages 3 and 5 of the Sunday Real Estate Section.  If I do eventually find it on line I will link it here. 

ADDED:  38 High Rock article posted on Saratoga Seen blog here. 

Article in Post Star about downtown wireless options

I am linking an article in the Post-Star written by Drew Kerr about downtown wireless options - and your truly was quoted in part of it.  share.

Gorgeous day tomorrow at the Farmers' Market!

Here is the latest Saratoga Farmers' Market newsletter, which starts off in a rather ebullient manner - and with good reason considering the great weather!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saratoga Springs Farmers' Market May 28, 2010     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Market News: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another glorious market day predicted! Hope you can join us tomorrow for a beautiful day at the market.  The warm temps are bringing lots of new product in at each market.  While we still have a few farmers waiting on product you can count on at least 40 vendors to be at the market tomorrow!  Happy Memorial Day Weekend to All! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Latest Products Yes! The strawberries are here (and the bakers have delightful shortcake biscuits to go with!)The warm temps have made them ripen early and they are sweet, sweet, sweet!  In addition, asparagus are plentiful, rhubarb, scallions, mixed greens, turnips, spinach, potatoes, green garlic, fresh chicken and pullet eggs.   Its definitely safe now to plant vegetable/herb plants in your garden-- so buy now while the supply and variety are available! . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you checked out our newest vendors? New England Farms My Other Kitchen Dancing Ewe Farm Ozze Foods Saratoga Mediterranean Thunder Mountain Curry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW COFFEE VENDOR AT MARKET Argyle Cheese Factory is now providing coffee and tea (hot and cold) and lemonade. Note: Bottles of Water can be gotten at the market shed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Music -- Kate Blain Piaono player extraordinaire will be playing the keys tomorrow at the market.  Give her a tip, if you like her! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Market Shed will be the place to obtain "market money" (tokens) for those short on cash, but have a credit card, debit card or EBT card. Please note that the market pays a per swipe fee overhead for this service.  It would be appreciated that people keep their transactions  to $10 or more. ALSO TO KEEP OUR OVERHEAD COSTS DOWN, TRY TO USE YOUR DEBIT CARD WHEN ASKING FOR MORE THAN $20. THANK YOU! Market tote bags (canvas), t-shirts and Gift Certificates are also available at the Market Shed!  Information on seasonal product, suggestion box, and market special event calendar can be found at the shed. Note: we are temporarily out of insulated totes.    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please note: MARKET TOKENS ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE between different Farmers' MARKETS. We can accept only tokens labeled Saratoga Farmers' Market.Thank you for your cooperation.In honor of our earth, avoid plastic bags. Please try and bring your reusable/recycable market bags for shopping.  The market table sells totes if you need one. Recipe of the week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THINK LOCAL SEASONAL BOUNTY FOR  THE BEST ALL-AMERICAN  FEAST   The timing of Memorial Day in upstate New York growing season is wonderful as it coincides with our farmers harvesting the first of summer's early bounty.  What could be a better way to honor Memorial Day than to put forth an All-American Feast full of fresh, locally grown, tantalizing great food?   Below are just some of the recipes that will be found at many of your favorite Saratoga farmers' family gatherings this weekend --with the primary ingredients all available freshly picked/made, this Saturday at the Saratoga Farmers' Market, 9a-1p, at the High Rock Pavilions, High Rock Ave.)   French bread appetizers (from Rick Green's Ballston Lake Apiary table) Cut baguette bread into one inch slices on the oblique, coat with butter on both sides and toast on a pan or grill; layer with mild cheese, grate pepper all over and put under the broiler or top shelf of grill until cheese melts; finally put streams of honey over the melted cheese and serve.     Tossed Salad with Strawberries (from the market shed family table) mixed greens (and or romaine lettuce) fresh spinach Minglewood Sprouts (I like their nutty tasting ones) Scallions, chopped 1 tbsp Ballston Lake Apiary Blueberry Honey 1/4 cup Saratoga Balsamic and Honey Concentrate 1 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 tbsp. brown sugar feta cheese, crumbled 1 pint strawberries, cleaned and quartered   1. In a large salad bowl, lightly toss greens, spinach, sprouts and scallions together (rip salad greens and spinach into bite size pieces if needed). 2. In a sauce pan, whisk together honey, balsamic concentrate, oil, mustard and brown sugar.  Heat over low heat until brown sugar dissolves.  Allow to cool (unless salad is going to be eaten immediately, in which case cooling is not necessary).  Whisk once more and pour over greens. 3. Add strawberries and feta cheese and toss, serve.    Whole Spiced Chicken (from the market-vendor grillers) 1/2 cup salt or 1 cup kosher salt 1 chicken (approx 4 pounds) Pure red chile powder (at least 1 tbsp) 1 tsp cinnamon (optional) 2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce   The night before:Mix salt into 1 gallon of water in a large stock pot or bowl.  Add the chicken breast-side down and let sit in refrigerator over night. Remove chicken from brineand pat dry.  Sprinkle the chicken all over with Chile powder (mixed with cinnamon, if using).  Gently pour Worcestershire sauce over chicken, spreading the moist rub all over skin with hand. Grill whole chicken with breast-side up over medium-high indirect heat.  Cover the grill and vent only slightly.  Cook for 70 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 170 degrees and internal juices run clear.  Baste every fifteen minutes with a little more Worcestershire sauce during cooking.  Let stand 8 minutes until carving.   Potato Packets with Asparagus (M&A Farm family table) We take thin skinned potatoes, slice very thin, onion (or scallions) also sliced thin.  Take asparagus, snap the ends off, cut in half, add to potatoes and onion. Salt & pepper, pat of butter and wrap in foil, well sealed. We start these about ten minutes before meat is done, everything ready in about 30 minutes.  (Editors note: add a bit of plain yogurt on top when eating...yummy).   Strawberries ala mode/gelato/Greek yogurt (market favorite) Nothing is more appealing at the end of a great feast than fresh local strawberries.  In the case of our market vendors, what you put with the strawberries is up to you! A few of the favorites are: Strawberries and Battenkill Creamery Ice cream or Cream (whipped or natural) with Effie's Shortcake biscuits Strawberries and Argyle Cheese Factory Gelato Strawberries and Argyle Cheese Factor Greek Maple Yogurt (editor's note:  add a sprinkle of brown sugar and dash of Quantro (liqueur) to the yogurt and its really, really special :)     For a beverage with this feast I would suggest Colebrook Winery's award winning Cranberry Chardonnay.  For the non-alcohol drinkers in the family, cold Battenkill Creamery Milk (I know my husband will be happily guzzling their Chocolate variety!) For an extra special touch: Try serving your food on a locally created plate/bowl by Doug Klein Pottery!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Saratoga Farmers' Market is open for its outdoor season May-October, Saturdays 9a-1p, Wednesdays, 3-6pm at the High Rock Pavilions in Saratoga Springs, NY. (go to our website for a map to our summer location.) For more info go to www.saratogafarmersmarket.org

Cause I'm the taxman, Yea, I'm the taxman

Actually, I'm not the taxman, but those lyrics from the George Harrison penned Beatles song are rather apropos to this posting.  Second quarter City and county tax payment are due this coming Tuesday, June 1, 2010.  You can drop your payment off to city hall or get the envelope postmarked (not a meter mark) by June 1, 2010 to avoid late fees.  Click here  for the tax payment page on the Saratoga Springs city web site.

Tax payments may be mailed to the Commissioner of Finance, PO Box 328, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-0328 or hand delivered to City Hall at 474 Broadway. The tax office is located on the first floor of City Hall, first door on the left when entering from Broadway. The office hours are Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. All checks should be made payable to COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE.

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Danny Meyer: Hydrating in the Spa City since the mid-1970s

Danny Meyer: Hydrating in the Spa City since the mid-1970s.

Major NYC restaurateur to expand food options at Saratoga track

Major NYC restaurateur to expand food options at Saratoga track.

Construction close on downtown Price Chopper

Construction close on downtown Price Chopper.

Saratoga Farmers' Market news

I am posting the latest e-newsletter from the Saratoga Springs Farmers Market.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saratoga Springs Farmers' Market May 26, 2010     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Market News: We are in for wonderful weather at tomorrow's market.  What a difference a week can make! Remember the market has better parking on Wednesdays, is less crowded, and offers chef demos, live music and more specials than Saturdays! Latest Products at the Market:  strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, abundance of spinach, arugula, turnips, scallions, green garlic, fresh chicken and pullet eggs.  Also, Argyle Cheese Factory is now providing coffee, tea (hot and cold) and lemonade. Bottles of Water can be gotten at the market shed.   Also, herbed plants, flowers galore (cut, plants, hanging, potted), baked goods, cheeses, honey, dips, milk, yogurt, gelato, jewelry, soap and more. Live Music this Wednesday by Special Creek!  One our favorite larger groups to play at our market, we are sure you will enjoy them!  Don't forget you can use your EBT CARD or DEBIT/CREDIT CARD at the market shed to buy market tokens when you cash runs out at the market! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECIAL EVENT AT MARKET CONTAINER GARDENING DEMONSTRATION WITH SUSAN BEEBE Susan Beebe, Director of Saratoga County County Extension Office's Master Gardener Program and Asst. Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga, will be demonstrating variables in making great, decorative container gardens.  She will be using plants at the market. DEMO STARTS AT 3:30 If you would like her to help you plant YOUR container as part of her demonstration, bring YOUR container (flower box, flower pot, hanging basket) to the market shed to sign up by 3:15.  She will only have time to help a few AND you will have to purchase the flowers she uses. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vendomercials ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday- Specials Pleasant Valley Farm lots of strawberries (with no limit); Spinach will be on special 2 for $5, packed heavy summer weight; Scallions special 2 for $4; Lettuce $1 mini-heads. M & A Farm will have fresh chickens at the market this Wednesday! They also have a special on pullet eggs (eggs from their young hens..smaller than regular eggs) for $1.50 per dozen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Special Contest from Pleasant Valley Farm:  We have over 10 colors of our special morning glory plants now at market--take photos of them this summer in your gardesn and submit them to Pleasant Valley Farm and you may get a prize for having a winning entry! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday only Vendors (not to be confused with those present only Saturdays, and those who are present both Wednesdays AND Saturdays): Gifford Farm Oligny's, Inc. R&R Farm Reid Weatherby Farm Wing Road Farm Mr. Edge (knife sharpening) Note: Bridge to Health will not be at market this week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Saratoga Farmers' Market is open for its outdoor season, May-Oct., Saturdays 9a-1p and Wednesdays 3-6pm at the High Rock Pavilions, High Rock Ave. in Saratoga Springs, NY. (go to our website for a map to this location and to our Thurs market in Clifton Park beginning in July.) For more info go to www.saratogafarmersmarket.org

A nightclub that wants its guests' 'A game' -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY

A nightclub that wants its guests' 'A game' -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY.

CDTA trolley and new route

I wrote a post two weeks ago about the seasonal commencement of CDTA's Route 471 bus, which runs along Union Avenue over the the West Side - past the Ballston Avenue Price Chopper, the YMCA, and the train station.  I neglected to mention in that post about CDTA's renewal of the Saratoga Visitors Trolley runs, as well as a new route that will run along Route 9 from Saratoga Springs to Clifton Park. 

The CDTA trolley, which runs from Skidmore, along Broadway, to the Spa State Park, is not the only trolley in town.  The Horsin' Around Trolley, which I wrote about last year, is also going strong and has a Facebook page.  See you on the trolley!