Fun in Saratoga

NBC Sports has dropped "Summer at Saratoga" tag and will skip many Saratoga races, including this weekend's Jim Dandy stakes

I haven't posted since May, but now I have something to say.

Am I the only one who noticed that this year's NBC Sports coverage of Saratoga racing is much less than previous years?  NBC is showing perhaps as little as 40-something percent of previous years' Saratoga coverage.  They are only here three days this year, and unlike past years will not show this weekend's Jim Dandy stakes!   Last year, NBC was here 7 days total, and in 2012 they were here 5 days, and in 2011 they were for eight days.  In fact, in 2011 NBC was here every weekend of the track.  The only national networks carrying this year's Jim Dandy coverage seem to be TVG & HRTV.  Incidentally, for some time now TVG has been available on Time Warner as part of a sports package that will set you back $8 or so a month. 

It's not just the number of days that NBC is here that has dwindled, but the number of races covered on most of those days has declined precipitously as well.  For instance, in previous years Travers Day's TV coverage featured four stakes races, but starting last year it was reduced to just two races. 

Wheras I was happy to see Fox Sports 1 step into Saratoga coverage, Fox is still in its infancy in televising horseracing.  I saw some of their coverage at Belmont last month and it was really just the NYRA announcers using Fox microphones - it was an honest effort but still pretty rudimentary without the experienced professionalism and star power of NBC.  Maybe they'll hit their stride at some point - it just won't be this year.

It doesn't even seem that NBC is using the tag "Summer at Saratoga" anymore.  To show you how things have changed in just one year, below I will put NBC Sports' 2014 Saratoga coverage and below that I will put its 2013 coverage.  This is just something that I noticed that I don't think anyone else has written about, so I am sharing my thoughts.  Have a great weekend!

NBC Coverage of Saratoga 2014

Saturday,  8/2; 5-6 PM     NBC     Test Stakes and Whitney Stakes     
Saturday, 8/23; 4:30-6 PM  NBC     Ballerina  and Travers
Saturday, 8/30; 6-7 PM     NBCSN   Forego and Woodward

NBC Summer at Saratoga 2013 schedule

Saturday, July 27:  Grade 1, $600,000 Diana and Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy (5-6pm on NBC Sports Network)

Saturday, August 3: Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Invitational Handicap (5-6pm on NBC)

Saturday, August 10: Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap (5-6pm on NBC)

Sunday, August 11: Grade 2, $200,000 Adirondack and Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special (5-6pm on NBC Sports Network)

Saturday, August 17: Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama and Grade 1, $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational (5-6pm on NBC Sports Network)

Saturday, August 24: Grade 1, $500,000 Foxwoods King’s Bishop and Grade 1, $1 million Travers (4:30-6pm on NBC)

Saturday, August 31:  Grade 2, $250,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap, G1 $500,000 Forego and Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward (4-6pm on NBC Sports Network)

Field Horne's 2014 Saratoga guide available

Field Horne initially wrote a Saratoga guidebook I believe in 2005, and he has updated a few times since, including his current 2014 edition.  Informative and enjoyable, it packs a lot of information in a compact book that is easily carried on the go.  It has everything from Saratoga history to a complete (and up-to-date) listing of the Spa City's attractions, hotels, restaurants, and other points of interest.  I got my book from PJ's/BarBQSA, so I am assuming it is available at various places in town.  You can also order it online.  Not a bad purchase for 9 bucks, which is actually $3 less than his 2009 edition was.

Funsaratoga.com blog update

I've had some loyal readers for several years now so I hate dropping off the planet like this.  Work, married life, and fatherhood are all going great - just exhausting.  Our daughter Antonella is growing by leaps and bounds and she wakes up smiling every day :) 

 

As my regular readers know, I haven't been blogging much lately.  I will see if I get the energy and time in the coming weeks; perhaps the end of winter will fire up my creative spirits and I'll have something I just have to write.  Family life of course comes first so for now I am taking a bit of a break from blogging. Take care everybody!

 

 

Northshire Bookstore December Newsletter

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Do you want to receive weekly event reminders for our new Saratoga Springs store; including author events, children's events, and store promos? Sign up here. Small Business Saturday  Saturday, November 30th Please join us this year for Small Business Saturday. The day we all think small! #SmallBizSat   In celebration of Small Business Saturday we'll be joining with Indie Bookstores across the country to celebrate Sherman Alexie's initiative, "Indies First". (read his letter here).  And in that spirit, one of our favorite local authors, Megan Mayhew Bergman, will be at our Manchester store as a bookseller! Megan will be walking around our store to meet, greet and personally help you pick out great books for you and your loved ones this holiday season!     For all your support we'd like to add, "Thanks for Shopping Indie!": Our booksellers have selected some of their favorite titles and if you purchase one you'll receive a $5.00 Northshire Gift Card. Look for the books with the Thanks for Shopping Indie bookmark. Every month the Northshire Bookstore puts a Spotlight on a local non-profit in various ways. Please join us as we honor the charitable, compassionate, and educational work of our neighbors throughout the region.     Give the Gift of Reading to Hundreds of Area Children. Please donate to our Book Angel Program! Help us to ensure that children who would benefit from the gift of new books receive them this Christmas! We will donate 1 book for every 5 our generous customers give, wrap and deliver them all just in time for Christmas. Look for the canisters at registers or for the tree on the Children's floor! Manchester Reading Groups this month at the Northshire, click here to see what we're reading, then join us! Northshire Classic Mystery Northshire Mystery and Thriller Northshire Women Read Northshire Cookbook Reading Group The Dark Side Reading Group Northshire Fountain of Youth Northshire Poetry Reading   Our Saratoga Reading Groups will launch early in 2014. Email us at [email protected] if you're interested in any of the following groups:    Northshire Cookbook Reading Group Truth and Tales Reading Group Northshire Poetry Reading Group The Armchair Explorer's Reading Group The End of the World Reading Group 'WeAreNotTooOldForThis' Reading Group Knit Wits Reading Group Reading Salinger Reading Group STAFF PICKS What we're reading and can't wait for you to read!  - Early word on Alice Hoffman's new novel (hint: pre-order now!) - Looking for a fun movie? - Holidays with (and for) the kids We have hundreds of great books in stock in our Manchester store and not enough room to display them all. Please ask a book seller if there is one you are looking for or browse the section for one you did not know you wanted!      For more information on any of the used and rare books in our store, send an email to [email protected] or search here. We have partnered with Kobo to offer the best in digital reading! The Kobo is a great gift to give to the digital reader, while supporting your local indie bookstore. We're honored to be the winner of the BPRNE's 2013 Independent Spirit Award .   The 2012 Vermont Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence   Awarded to the Northshire Bookstore in partnership with Alan Benoit.  Click here to find out why we were awarded Winner of Best of New England Travel 2011 Best Bookstore Manchester, VT   Saratoga Springs, NY  Gift Giving Made Easy Consider purchasing a Northshire Bookstore Gift Card, and take the guess work out of shopping! Thank you for Supporting Independent Bookselling! VT Store Hours: Open Daily at 10 am  Sunday - Wednesday till 7 pm  Thursday - Saturday till 9 pm 4869 Main Street  Junction of Routes 7A & 11/30  Manchester Center, VT 05255 VT 800-437-3700  VT 802-362-2200 NY Store Hours: Open Daily at 10 am  Sunday - Monday till 9 pm  Tuesday - Saturday 10 pm 424 Broadway   Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 NY 855-339-5990  NY 518-682-4200 www.northshire.com Greetings, All of us here at the Northshire Bookstores wish you a very happy holiday season.   We have much to be grateful for this year with the birth of our Saratoga Springs store and the continued success of our Manchester store. We are looking forward to welcoming many friends on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and throughout the holiday season.  Please remember that how you spend your money has a big impact on the vitality of your community.  Keeping your shopping local and independent is the best way to reinvest in your community as your dollar will circulate many times and have lasting impact. This is an important time of year for us and most small businesses - we thank you for your support.   Please consider joining us in making sure area children receive at least one book as a gift.  Our Book Angel program identifies children who would not otherwise receive a book (with the help of local schools) and makes it easy for customers to buy books or donate money for us to choose books for these youngsters. We give out well over 500 titles in the Manchester area each year and are looking forward to expanding the program to Saratoga.  Even if you can't make it into the store, you can donate on-line.  Thank you for supporting this wonderful program.   Our event with Doris Kearns Goodwin on December 6 is sold out, but there are still some tickets available to see Ann Patchett on December 11th. Both events are being held in Saratoga. Don't miss this special opportunity to see and hear this world class author.  Northshire Bookstore has the best in books, as well as a huge array of unique gifts, AND in each of our stores an entire floor devoted to kids. We are truly a one-stop shopping destination. Happy Holidays to all! Chris Morrow and the entire Northshire Staff. Featured December Events  Saturday, December 7, 5 pm. Bless the Dogs: The Monks of New Skete . Join Brother Christopher and a canine companion  to discuss and demonstrate training techniques. A delightful celebration in words and pictures of the special relationship we have with our dogs.    This event is scheduled in Manchester. It is free and open to the public.  Wednesday, December 11, 7 pm, Ann Patchett presenting This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. An irresistible blend of literature and memoir, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a unique examination of the heart, mind, and soul of one of our most revered and gifted writers.    This event is scheduled in Saratoga. Tickets on sale HERE.    Friday,December 20, 7 pm:  Esteemed art critic and biographer Deborah Solomon presents her her spirited and authoritative biography, American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell. Many of our friends and neighbors recall Mr. Rockwell vividly and, in some instances, even posed for him; don't miss this very special final event of 2013! This event is scheduled in Manchester. It is free and open to the public. New Books for Decmmber    A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition, by Lee Mendelson, Hardcover, $19.99 No holiday season would be complete without watching Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang give a forgotten tree a little love, recite the Christmas story, and sing "Silent Night." A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition is a delightful and fitting salute to the holiday special that never fails to deepen your love of Christmas, touch your heart, and give you hope. Read more...   Big New Yorker Book of Cats, by Anthony Lane, Hardcover, $40.00  Look what The New Yorker dragged in! It's the purr-fect gathering of talent celebrating our feline companions. This bountiful collection, beautifully illustrated in full color, features articles, fiction, humor, poems, cartoons, cover art, drafts, and drawings from the magazine's archives. Read more...       Puddin', by Clio Goodman, Hardcover, $25.00 The classic American treat finally gets its due: foolproof pudding recipes, from irresistible standards to inventive modern twists, by the chef and owner of New York City's popular pudding destination. Read more...       Jeeves and the Wedding Bells,by Sebastian Faulks, Hardcover, $25.99 This clever tribute to brings a smile to those of us who have read and re-read the many Wodehouse novels and have always wished there were more. The voice and the tone are just right and at times the reader forgets it is not the original. If anything, Faulks humanizes Bertie Wooster and smartens him up while propelling this character to a final act of closure. Delightful! ~ Reviewed by Karen Frank Read more...       Through the Evil Days, by Julia Spencer-Fleming, Hardcover, $25.99 As the days and hours tick by, Russ and Clare fight personal and professional battles they've never encountered.  In the course of this one tumultuous week the lives of the Millers-Kill residents readers have come to love and cherish change forever.  Readers have waited years for Through The Evil Days and Julia Spencer-Fleming delivers with the exquisite skill and craftsmanship that have made her such a success. Read more...       The Smithsonian's History of American in 101 Objects, by Richard Kurin, Hardcover, $50.00 The Smithsonian Institution is America's largest, most important, and most beloved repository for the objects that define our common heritage. Now Under Secretary for Art, History, and Culture Richard Kurin, aided by a team of top Smithsonian curators and scholars, has assembled a literary exhibition of 101 objects from across the Smithsonian's museums that together offer a marvelous new perspective on the history of the United States. Read more...     Children's Books The Snow Queen: A Pop-up Adaptation of a Classic Fairytale, by Yevgeniya Yeretskaya,  Hardcover, $24.95 This new holiday book features amazing paper engineering and pop-ups from the same paper engineer that developed the best-selling Snowflakes title. This unique pop-up interpretation of a beloved Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is destined to be another classic to be enjoyed for years by the entire family.  Read more...     Cinder: A Chicken Cinderella, by Jan Brett, Hardcover, $17.99 Jan Brett sets her Cinderella story in a snowy Russian winter where one magical night, Cinders, the most picked upon hen in the flock, becomes the most loved by Prince Cockerel when she arrives at his ball looking so beautiful that even her bossy sisters don't recognize her.  Readers will find these dressed up chickens comical as they pour over the extravagant setting, including a "WOW"-inducing double gatefold of chicken couples whirling around the ballroom. A feast for the eyes sure to become a perennial favorite. Read more...   The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokel, Hardcover, $22.99  A young seamstress and a royal nursemaid find themselves at the center of an epic power struggle in this stunning young-adult debut. On the eve of Princess Sophia's wedding, the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn prepares to fete the occasion with a sumptuous display of riches: brocade and satin and jewels, feasts of sugar fruit and sweet spiced wine. Yet beneath the veneer of celebration, a shiver of darkness creeps through the palace halls. Read more...  Independently Published at Northshire   Hot off the Presses! This book has just been published by ShiresPress. Come into the store or  click here for a list of our recently published books.   A Shepard's Story by David Hall Paperback, $12.95 The verses of this book were written in 1982 and first read at a Christmas Eve service at the church David was then pastoring in upstate New York.   This book is dedicated to the memory of his mother, Helen Hall, who first read to him the Biblical account of Christ's birth. Many thanks to David's four beautiful nieces, Josie, Debora, Emma, and Amy Hall for their illustrations. David Hall lives in upstate New York and is now in his tenth year teaching the Bible at Grace Christian School in Bennington, Vermont. Read more...   Interested in publishing with us? Visit our   Publishing page for more information.

You will soon have to pay to get Saratogian articles on line

The All Over Albany blog has the story here how both The Saratogian and The Record will soon have paywalls on them - which means you'll have to pay to get articles.   It is part of a national strategy by the papers' parent company Digitial First Media. 

 

Sign up for one of eight Northshire Bookstore Reading Groups

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We are getting ready to launch eight reading groups in the new year!
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"Northshire Cookbook Reading Group" We will meet on the third Tuesday of every month beginning on January 16th at 6pm in the evening at Spring Street Gallery, 110 Spring Street.  If you love to cook, collect cookbooks, nosh on home prepared foods and talk of food and the kitchen, don't miss out on this irresistible group! Email Maureen Sager, [email protected] for more details.   "Truth and Tales Reading Group" Approaching each topic from a factual and then fictional perspective, the group will explore a myriad of topics from art, history, mythology, women's studies and religion by reading one book from an historical/biographical account, followed the next month by a fictional version of the same or similar topic. Email Maeve Noonan, [email protected] if you are interested in joining this group.   "Northshire Poetry Reading Group" Whether an anthology or work by an individual poet, each month, our poetry reading group will enjoy a new volume of poetry from which group members will choose a poem to be read aloud and then discuss. Contact Carol Graser at [email protected] to join.   "The Armchair Explorer's Reading Group" Travel the world with a selection of novels set throughout time and around the globe. Each month we'll explore a new country and discuss the characters and themes that make up the culture, giving each novel its unique atmosphere.Please contact Amelia Stymacks, [email protected], for more information.   "The End of the World Reading Group" Is the end really near?  Explore a genre that may be predicting the future without even knowing it.  Prepare for post-apocalyptic worlds, the thrill of hostile takeovers, dangerous dystopias, and more. Consider the end of the world with Tara and Jess E as your knowledgeable guides! To register, contact Jess at [email protected] or Tara at [email protected]. "'WeAreNotTooOldForThis' Reading Group" Are "adult" books just not cutting it for you? Do you love reading about early life struggles, first loves, angst and dreams? Whether it be contemporary fiction, paranormal romance, or sci-fi adventure, booksellers Tara and Paige invite you to join like minded adult readers of YA fiction. Contact Tara at [email protected] or Paige at [email protected] for more info. "Knit Wits Reading Group" Knit Wits, Northshire's new reading group for knitters is here to save you from cold lonely winter nights - or at least one of them every month! Designed for knitters of every level, we will try new patterns and read new books!  We will explore books of all different genres, and new knitting projects each month. Leah suggests listening to the audio-book while working on your yarn project - improve your mind and your wardrobe at the same time! Please contact Leah, [email protected] for more information about this fun monthly group. "Reading Salinger Reading Group" Starting with the new biography, Salinger, by David Shields, this reading  group will then move on to explore the remainder of Salinger's fiction.  The initial meeting will take place on Monday, February 3rd,  at 7pm in "the Library"  of the Crown Grill in downtown Saratoga Springs, with future meetings on the first Monday of every month thereafter. Registration will be limited to 15. Please email Pat Friesen, [email protected] to enroll or receive additional information

Tickets are on sale now for three great upcoming events!

Friday, November 15, 7:30 pm, Holiday Inn Saratoga:  Mitch Albom, The First Phone Call From Heaven             Friday, December 6, 7 pm, Saratoga City Center:  Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the Golden Age of Journalism            Wednesday, December 11, 7 pm, The Saratoga Ballroom of the Saratoga Hilton:  Ann Patchett, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage

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Saratoga Snippets October 16, 2013

Well life, fatherhood, and a huge amount of back pain has gotten in the way of my blogging.  But that's OK, because I'm very happy being a Dad!  In the meantime, here's a few thoughts - most of which I've been meaning to write about for a few weeks now:

• It seems like quality sports writers from The Saratogian tend to leave our hometown daily soon enough.  That was the case with Nicole Russo, and is now the same thing with Andrew Champagne.   He not only put out good articles with commentary, but a lot of them.  His hard work paid off, and he is moving on to a Horse Racing TV network out in California.  Good luck Andrew!
• Sometime when I wasn't looking, The movie "Ass Backwards", which was partly filmed in Saratoga Springs and Albany, was released direct to video in September.  It reportedly will be released in theaters on November 8th.  If the facts that (1) the movie was filmed back in 2010, (2) had major financial difficulties and was shelved for a while along the way, and (3) went to video on demand before being released in theaters doesn't make you as uninspired as I am on this movie's prospects, perhaps the trailer below will seal the deal for you.  I always want anything associated with Saratoga to succeed, but this flick seems like a dog to me.  We'll know soon enough. In the meantime, you can watch the film on demand via Amazon.com.

 

• Speaking of movies filmed in Saratoga, how is it that I never heard of the movie "Aftermath" being filmed here in the Spa City?   Perhaps because it was filmed in 2006 and apparently has been mothballed until early this year, when it looks like it was shown at the Cinequest Film Festival.  The thriller, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Tony Danza, was also the last film for the late actor Chris Penn. Penn died in 2006, which is a clear indicator of how long this film has been languishing.  That's a heck of a delay, much worse than Ass Backwards.  Netflix lists the movie, but has a notation "DVD availability date unkown".  I guess there were scenes filmed at Clancy's Tavern on Caroline Street, but I don't know much else about the filming locations.  Please comment if you can add some knowledge on this.  You can watch the Trailer below:

 

• And continuing with movies, I am nothing less than thrilled about the new downtown theater.  Margarita and I are looking forward to walking downtown for some nice entertainment - and to have a clue what the Oscar-nominated movies are all about during the awards ceremony.  Of course, with a newborn baby in the house, I don't know how often we will get out, but it's exciting to know the movie theater is here.
• Shifting gears, it seems like the groundwork is being laid to develop the St. John Neumann residence next to St. Clements Church on Lake Avenue.  The parcel is apparently going to be split up so the vacant residence building is on its own parcel.   What else could that mean other than an effort to sell it? It's a picturesque site with many large beautiful trees giving nice shade and serenity to that area.  I hope any development there keeps those trees, the beauty of the building, and the residential nature of that neighborhood. I feel another condo development coming on.
• If you haven't been to Congress Plaza lately, the portion of the building slated for demolition is completely gone.  It really looks a lot different there.
• Speaking of Congress Plaza, I really appreciate the CVS plaza being open 24 hours.
• So when's Papa Johns opening?  Inquiring (and hungry) minds want to know. 
• I wonder how Jacobs and Anthony's is doing?  I was walking by there the other day and I want to go there in theory, but when I'm in the mood to go out to dinner it just doesn't excite me.  I was there for dinner once when it first opened and it was just OK.  The dining room is comfortable, but to me there are just better choices in that price point.
• I don't like the new Saratogian's print edition; the appearance has the appeal of USA Today.  It looks too much like the Times Union as well.  The extra-early deadline, imposed because the T-U is now printing the paper, is only going to make our hometown paper that much less relevant. On the plus side, the new web site looked sharp and clean at my first glance.
• Has Breuggers reopened yet? Will it ever reopen?
• Continuing on restaurants, I wonder which ones will close this winter.  There are usually at least a few that don't make it through the winter.
• I've been to Cookies & Milk a couple of times.  Really cool.  Go there.
• NYRA finally has what I call the floating horse numbers on the bottom of the screen for simulcasts. You know, those computer generated colored and numbered bubbles that show you where your horse is on the track. Other tracks have had them for years, but now NYRA tracks finally have them.  I can sleep well now.

OK folks, that's it for now. Enjoy the rest of the week.

The Movie "Saratoga" to be shown on Turner Classic Movies tonight at 6:15PM

This 1937 movie, set in Saratoga Springs, will be shown on the Turner Classic Movies (TCM - Channel 58 on Capital Region Time-Warner Cable) network at 6:15 tonight.  The description of the movie is listed in Time Warner's program listing as "A horse breeder's (Lionel Barrymore) granddaughter (Jean Harlow) falls in love with a gambler (Clark Gable) in Saratoga Springs, N.Y".   I also know that Jean Harlow died during filming, and there is a stand-in doing many of her scenes. 

I've always wanted to see this movie, as with any movie with a Saratoga connection, and just found out that it is being shown tonight.  Hopefully if I hear about it being shown again I can give you more timely notice.   You can watch the original trailer of the movie below.

 

The best Saratoga Horse Racing Publication You're Not Reading

OK, maybe you are reading The Saratoga Special, and that makes sense because I am really enjoying it this year and perhaps you are too.  If you are not reading this superb publication, and you have a passion for Saratoga Race Course, then you should find a copy today.  It's a free paper with daily editions available during the entire meet at the track and at many retail establishments in Saratoga Springs.  You can also read the online version.

The Saratoga Special is somewhat of an insider's paper run by two brothers Sean and Joe Clancy, as well as Tom Law who was with The Thoroughbred Times until recently.  Sean Clancy was a steeplechase jockey at Saratoga during the 1990s - I really enjoyed his book Saratoga Days, which is about his daily life while racing during the Saratoga meet in 1999.   

The paper is just fun - informative but not too dense - and each edition is guaranteed to give me a few smiles and laughs.  I really enjoy the "Here and There" section on pages three and four, which is an easy read and includes a subsection called "Worth Repeating", which is a number of overheard quotes from many places in an around the track, especially the backstretch. 

So find a copy and see if you'll get hooked like I did.  Hey, it's something free and it's all about Saratoga, what's not to like?

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