There was a bit of traffic yesterday evening when I was driving down Delaware Avenue to meet a friend at the Lark Street Wine Bar & Bistro. The traffic was typical end of the work day stuff, nothing too extreme, but there were a number of occasions when other drivers were looking to be allowed … Continue reading Can we? Will we?
Category: Albany
Getting schooled
Last Friday we learned that our youngest, Quinn, had "won" a coveted magnet school slot for kindergarten in September. You see, there's a lottery that the city school district uses to place children in four of their twelve elementary buildings. These four schools have either unified themes (Arts and Humanities, Science & Technology) or particular … Continue reading Getting schooled
Cafe Capriccio
There's something about a place that you have to step down to get into that I love. And I love Cafe Capriccio. There - I said it. It is definitely my go to place whether it is a night out with the hubby or the girls. Even the Lilly children have been there! My first … Continue reading Cafe Capriccio
Steal MY bike. Please.
Walking through the DelSo, I saw some bicycles standing at attention on the front porch of a duplex. My first thought was "I hope those don't get stolen." We are acutely familiar with the incidence of bike theft in Albany - it is epidemic. Our family has had 4 bicycles stolen through the years, one … Continue reading Steal MY bike. Please.
Sake Cafe – New Scotland Avenue
Our plan for yesterday, the glorious first day of spring, was to attend the Mac N Cheese Bowl at the Italian American Community Center. We didn't buy advance tickets, and despite arriving reasonably early ~11:45, we got shut out. Since I like to think that the event was prompted by a comment I made on … Continue reading Sake Cafe – New Scotland Avenue
Flower Show at the NYS Museum
Can you believe that spring will be here in a month? Personally, I feel as if winter never really arrived other than a brief ultra-cold spell in January, but I am looking forward to watching things poke through the dirt in my tiny front yard. Until that day comes, however, there is the annual Flower … Continue reading Flower Show at the NYS Museum
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