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The Top 10 Best, Not to Be Missed Things to Do in Albany (Week of May 14-20, 2012) »

Go Greased Lightin'! John Travolta in Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)

Top 10 Things to Do in Albany (Week of May 14-20, 2012) Grease, Hydrofracking and Some Great Greek Food and Dancing This week we all have something to sing about with a Grease sing-a-long, sold…

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The Top 10 Best, Not to Be Missed Things to Do in Albany (Week of May 7-13, 2012) »

Phil Ochs

Top 10 Things to Do in Albany (Week of May 7-13, 2012) Dennis De Young sings STYX, Phil Ochs Night and The Tulip Fest This week in the Capital Region, Tulip Fest is finally here!…

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A Preview of The Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Capital Region Chef Challenge »

Chefs Anand “A.J.” Jayapal and John Ireland

The Chef Challenge in Saratoga Two Local Chefs Face Off In a Benefit Contest on May 10th The Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Capital Region are initiating a food fight… On Thursday, May…

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Albany’s Tulip Festival Celebrates 64 Years, Preview »

Albany Tulip Festival. Photo by Aubree Cutkomp

Albany Tulip Festival 2012 It’s Time to Tiptoe Through the Tulips Once Again Yes, it’s that time of year: warmer weather, green grass, and the blossoming of more than 100,000 tulip bulbs in Washington Park.…

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Features

Lessons from the Pink Slime Frenzy »

Lean Finely Textured Beef (aka Pink Slime). Photo Courtesy of The Washington Post

Pink Slime: What the Heck is it? The Ominous Sludge that Your Kids are Eating The “pink slime” uproar – the…

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Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas and Related Health Concerns »

Hydrofracking. Photo Courtesy of Earth Times

The Controversy Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing and Natural Gas Hydrofracking in New York State Although natural gas is cheap and abundant when…

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Advocates and Lawmakers Come Together for 2012 Humane Lobby Day in Albany »

Participants at the 2012 NYS Humane Lobby Day. Photo Courtesy of HSUS

Lobbyists Come to Albany on Behalf of Animal Rights Humane Lobby Day Recap More than 160 humane advocates from all over…

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Wind Power and the Great Lakes Wind Energy Consortium »

Wind Turbines. Photo Courtesy of Rochester Solar Technologies

Wind Power: Costly at First, but Effective in the Long Run The Great Lakes Wind Energy Consortium Wind power is a…

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Levon Helm: 1940-2012 »

Levon Helm in The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978)

The Beloved Musician Loses His Battle With Cancer Levon Helm: 1940-2012 I remember the first time I saw The Last Waltz,…

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Quarter-Life Crisis Adverted. Sort Of. Part Five: California and Florida »

It's a Small World. Photo by Halley Ofner

California and Florida: Driving Cross Country, Part Five The Wild, Weird and Wacky in the US In the continental United States,…

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Food Prices and the Walmart Love/Hate »

Walmart. Photo Courtesy of Colorlines.com

Consumers and the Divide Over Walmart’s Prices Walmart’s Low Prices Compete Against Tried and True Supermarket Chains At a time when…

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  • Friends Lake

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  • A Tree Grows in Pottersville

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  • Up Yonda Farm, Bolton Landing

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  • Lake George Hudson River Recreation Area, Warrensburg

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  • Natural Stone Bridge and Caves, Pottersville, NY

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Neon Trees’ Picture Show, CD Review »

The Alternative Band Returns with a New Collection of Songs Picture Show by Neon Trees, CD Review Back in 2010, when the infectious single “Animal” was assaulting our ears on every airwave in existence, it seemed that the Utah-based band Neon Trees was in danger of becoming a one-hit wonder. Although they had only released one full-length album…

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Neon Trees: Picture Show (2012)

Remembering a Musical Legend: Marley, Movie Review »

A New Documentary Examines the Life of Bob Marley Marley, Movie Review Robert Nesta Marley (aka Bob Marley) did not have an easy life. As a child, he lived in poverty. His father, who was white, left the family and Bob rarely saw him. Bob was criticized by his peers for being only half black, which made…

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Bob Marley

A Gather of Glass at the Albany Institute of History and Art, Review »

A Gather of Glass, Review A Fascinating Overview of Glassworks from the Area The Albany Institute of History and Art is always a place of variety and wonder, housing a multitude of significant artifacts from ancient times to very recent history. Toys from our childhoods, mummies, presidential displays, plus a gift shop—all packed into a relatively small…

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Reading Cleaning Nabokov’s House in Onkwedo (Ithaca Blog) »

Reading Cleaning Nabokov’s House in Onkwedo Author Leslie Daniels to Appear in Ithaca We knew nothing of the history of my childhood home, or rather the land it was built on, until we began to dig for the brick patio in the backyard. The first license plate showed up just days into the project, to be followed…

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Leslie Daniels

My Two Left Feet: A Review of the 25th Annual Flurry Festival »

The 25th Annual Flurry Festival, Review Puttin’ On a Pair of Boogie Shoes at the Annual Dance-a-Thon Saratoga Springs Mayor Scott Johnson declared February 12th-19th as Celebrate Traditional Music and Dance Week, and that is exactly what festival-goers did during this past weekend’s Flurry Festival. Saratoga’s City Center was alive with music and dance during the festival’s 25th…

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The 25th Annual Flurry Fest. Photo by Aubree Cutkomp

Ten Great TV Shows…Just in Time for Spring »

Ten Great TV Shows…Just in Time for Spring The Old, The New and the Just Plain Weird With winter coming to an end and spring almost upon us, it might be prudent to invest quality time with your Netflix account (or whatever service you might use) and discover new television shows to get us through “mud season”.…

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Go Greased Lightin'! John Travolta in Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)

The Top 10 Best, Not to Be Missed Things to Do in Albany (Week of May 14-20, 2012) »

Top 10 Things to Do in Albany (Week of May 14-20, 2012) Grease, Hydrofracking and Some Great Greek Food and Dancing This week we all have something to sing about with a…

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Food/Drink

Get Cooking with Jessica Nicosia: Chocolatey Winter Comfort Food »

Chocolatey Winter Comfort Food

Chocolatey Winter Comfort Food (Video Recipe) Easy Chocolate Treats That Will Warm You Up Winter. Xmas. Valentine’s Day. You find a recurring theme here…

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Romancing the Grape: The Capital Region Wine Festival at Proctors »

The Capital Region Wine Festival at Proctors. Photo Courtesy of Proctors

Romancing the Grape: The Capital Region Wine Festival at Proctors Wine Tastings Galore, Just in Time for Valentine’s Day The time of year is…

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Bagging the Greens: Do You Know What’s in that Bag of Salad? »

Bagged Spinach. Photo Courtesy of Cooking Light.

Bagging the Greens: Do You Know What’s in that Bag of Salad? Salad Bags and its Harmful Contaminants Bagged salad sometimes seems like more…

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Trader Joe’s Coming to Albany »

The Location of the New Trader Joe's in Albany. Photo by Nicole M. Arciello Berhaupt

Trader Joe’s Coming to Albany Domestic and Imported Foods Galore Trader Joe’s announced on January 6th that they will be opening a new store…

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New Pizza Comes to Clifton Park: Top My Pizza, Review » Veg Out: How Local Colleges Stack Up in the Vegan Food Department » A Saratoga Institution: Hattie’s Restaurant, Review » Get Cooking With Jessica Nicosia: French Onion Soup » Saratoga Restaurant Week Kicks Off on December 2nd » Sweet Veggies! Just in Time for the Fall, A Great Butternut Squash Soup Recipe »
Power's Irish Pub. Photo by Kate Smith

Time to Get Irish: Power’s Irish Pub in Clifton Park, Review »

Power’s Irish Pub Gets Ready for St. Patrick’s Day Clifton Park Pub Wears Green Year Round It’s definitely the trend to push through the holidays as fast as possible. Before Halloween we…

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Samantha’s Café in Glens Falls. Photo by Dave Bower

Samantha’s Café Hosts “Soup’r Delicious” Recipe Contest to Benefit Local Charities »

Samantha’s Café “Soup’r Delicious” Recipe Contest Get Cookin’ to Benefit Local Charities Do you have a special original recipe? Do you secretly wish you could get it published in a cookbook or…

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Spring Weather: Rochester Area Parks and Geocaching »

Geocaching in Rochester Area Parks A Fun Way to Make Use of Your GPS With the recent heat wave sweeping the area, I’m sure many people have warm weather on their minds. Despite work and school, I’ve been trying to make an effort to go outside and enjoy the unseasonably high temperatures every day, even though the…

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It Has Begun: The 2012 Red Sox-Yankees Rivalry »

The 2012 Red Sox-Yankees Rivalry Baseball Fans Rejoice as the Two Teams Start their Season Baseball season takes up nearly half of the year, and that half of the year has just begun. For those that live on the Northeast coast of the United States, there are only two teams to don your rally cap for: the…

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Food Prices and the Walmart Love/Hate »

Consumers and the Divide Over Walmart’s Prices Walmart’s Low Prices Compete Against Tried and True Supermarket Chains At a time when food prices are soaring, Walmart has announced it will be slashing its already low grocery prices. Is this a good thing? The discussion about Walmart has come to stand for the larger debate about corporate food…

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Walmart. Photo Courtesy of Colorlines.com

Six New Year’s Resolutions Not To Make »

Six New Year’s Resolutions Not To Make How many stop smoking, stop drinking, stop doing something resolutions have gone to the wayside with that first cup of strong coffee and bottle of aspirin at the start of the New Year? It’s so bad in fact that it’s caused some of us to stop making New Year’s…

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Quarter-Life Crisis Adverted. Sort Of. Part Five: California and Florida »

California and Florida: Driving Cross Country, Part Five The Wild, Weird and Wacky in the US In the continental United States, the people are represented by 48 separate yet equally important and fascinating states. Our goal was to see them all. These are our stories. California and Florida. Both are sunny and warm, with ocean and plenty attractions…

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