This Friday, May 3rd, we are celebrating the launch of the summer issue of SaratogaMama Magazine with a special party at BodyWise Fitness Studio in Malta. Come hang out with us, have some wine, snacks, shop, spin, tan, grab a mag, win prizes and have fun – all to support Tour de Cure! Get a Spray Tan! Remember my amazing Island Mist Tanning spray tan experience? Friday night is your chance to experience Island Mist Tanning too! Jennifer Near will {Read More}
Last year I learned about about a wonderful Saratoga Springs organization called Floyd Warriors. Their mission is very simple: to help families cope with cancer, one household at a time. Floyd Warriors assists families with necessities like getting meals delivered, houses cleaned, and kids cared for while a parent is undergoing treatment for cancer. This Easter season, the organization will be embarking on its 4th annual Project Easter Bunny. Donations of toys and candy needed! The idea of Project Easter {Read More}
This has been an absent August for Strictly Saratoga, but hopefully that will change with this week. It’s deep into track season, and the weekends show it. How have you been coping with the busy downtown? Anyway – some news – and for the bookworm in me, this is really exciting. It seems more and more plausible that Northshire Books is going to be opening a second location in the old Borders building. Traver’s Restaurant Week is starting up today, {Read More}
I don’t know about you, but this has been a weird holiday week for me. I had Wednesday off…so it’s like I had 2 Fridays this week…and two Mondays. For the lucky few who took an especially long weekend; I am quite jealous of you. With the upcoming ballet season at SPAC, the New York City Ballet (and SPAC) announced that the ballet would only be in town for one week in 2013. It’s a little far reaching for planning, {Read More}
So it’s June. Which means there is quite a bit more going on, or at least there should be. And I don’t know if you noticed a couple more motorcycles downtown this week…but it is Americade up in Lake George. Brace yourself for the roar of the engines down on Broadway. And Putnam Market closed earlier this week to construct…wait for it…a cheese room. Saratoga Grand Openings There are a few grand openings coming up. Saratoga Paint & Sip Studio {Read More}
Ellsworth Commons has become an almost laughable landmark in “downtown Malta”. Nearly six months ago, I was happy, eager and optimistic at what the future of Ellsworth Commons would hold. Now, after my phone calls have been ignored countless times by the property manager and I can’t seem to get any information at all about potential commercial tenants, I’m not pleased. There’s something wrong at Ellsworth Commons I recall clearly reading the sign (long been taken down) that said, Ellsworth Commons, Delivery {Read More}
I was lucky enough to get the first look at the brand new Hannaford in Malta, off of exit 11. The store doesn’t open until Saturday, May 19th but I couldn’t wait to see what features this new location offered and was eager to share it with you! Being walking distance to both a Price Chopper and soon a weekly farmers’ market in Malta (starting Tuesdays in June!), it’s often out of convenience that I make my food buying decisions. {Read More}
Goods News Brief: Obama in Malta, Whole Foods in Albany I’ve heard it ’round the water cooler that Obama is going to be in Saratoga – GLOBALFOUNDIRES in Malta – on Tuesday. (Get your fangirl on?) He previously visited HVCC and GE. And for those who have been longing for a Whole Foods in the area (like me) then you have your prayers…but not until early 2014. In response (probably) to the Trader Joe’s opening in Albany, Whole Foods has {Read More}
Saratoga Restaurant & Recreation News In foodie news – those of you craving Beverly’s after the diner closed a few months back can get your fix. Beverly is now hightailing it to her son’s restaurant (or rather, he’s the executive chef) The Turf Club, to make their breakfasts. This weekend will be the “grand reopening” so to speak, and The Turf Club will be serving breakfast from 8 – 2 and will reopen for dinners at 5. Next week – {Read More}
Saratoga Springs Named ‘Best Main Street’ First things first – Broadway here in Saratoga Springs has been named the 11th best main street in the US by Travel + Leisure. Pretty cool. The news spread like wildfire all over Facebook and Twitter. Makes us proud I guess. Saratoga Restaurant & Recreation News Elizabeth’s Table is potentially opening Tuesday – for those who are unfamiliar with the name, it’s the relocated and refocused cafe-restaurant by the same owners of the Cupcake {Read More}
