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Comment on My Saratoga Post by Capri Roth

Capri Roth — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:44:27 +0000

Yeah Emily, Skidmore is kind of hideously expensive. However – cool tidbit for anyone who knows college aged people – Skidmore offers discounted summer classes. Like the summer tuition is REALLY cheap compared to like every other private liberal arts schol, or at least it was in 2005, and Saratoga is a better place to spend your summer than wherever you go to college, so… Do it!

Kyle, you would have so loved the Harp Concert! 24 harpists!

Comment on My Saratoga Post by Emily

Emily — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:41:43 +0000

I also LOVE Saratoga. Skidmore was my top college… but alas, I didn’t not have the cash monies. Tuition was already above 40K a year in 2003

Comment on My Saratoga Post by Blind Willow Book Shop

Blind Willow Book Shop — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:49:58 +0000

that ‘harp colony’ photo is so great in so many ways.. the tops of those seats! this whole thing makes me jealous

Comment on My Saratoga Post by Capri Roth

Capri Roth — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:39:49 +0000

Great Video, thanks for sharing! Sam Riddle’s house is a beautiful one, I’ve walked by it many times.

Comment on My Saratoga Post by Courtney Robinson

Courtney Robinson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:31:18 +0000

Capri,

I used to spend summers in Saratoga as well. We used to rent an apt. in the house across from the Track owned by Sam Riddle who was the owner of Man of War. I have always loved Saratoga and even though I don’t get to go there as much anymore, it will always have a special place in my heart. Whether it is the Morning workouts at the track, dinner at Gaffney’s, a show at SPAC or listening to Reggie’s Red Hot Feet Warmer’s as they stroll around the track during the racing day Saratoga is the best town to be in.

Courtney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64heZ1J-_IA

Thought you might like this.

Comment on The Big Box Ballyhoo by Andrew Kleiner

Andrew Kleiner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:36:56 +0000

Well said.

Comment on The Big Box Ballyhoo by In the know

In the know — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:13:57 +0000

You go, girl!

The local retailer deserves our attention and dollars much more than the national chain. For one thing, the profits stay in the Lehigh Valley. For another thing, it makes each neighborhood unique and interesting to have different locally owned shops. The big supporter of revitalizing neighborhoods through local retail is of course the Main Street Program. Emmaus has one and it has done wonders. 7th Street in Allentown has one that is transforming that neighborhood. Now Hamilton Street has one. Any community can be turned around if action is local and grassroots. It all comes from living and working in our traditional neighborhoods and supporting the local businesses.

Comment on The Big Box Ballyhoo by Blind Willow Book Shop

Blind Willow Book Shop — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:58:51 +0000

lower milford twp has a rite aid?

Comment on The Big Box Ballyhoo by Chris Casey

Chris Casey — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:41:36 +0000

I am with you on this, I even think we have too many damn WaWas.
I would rather keep my commerce in my own neighborhood than see my money shuttled off to a HQ three states away. I try to avoid Home Depot and Lowes for the most part, I like the indepwndent Bell’s hardware on Trexlertown road. I can go in there and talk to the owner not as a guy employed by Big Box Co, but as a guy who lives in the Valley. It’s the same with the locally owned dining establishments. You walk into Louies’ just off Lehigh Street, and you can talk to Louie. Try that at Buca or Carabba’s.
The big point is these owners are rooted in the community and invested in it, and the Big Box/ Chain gangs (And that pun is intentional, the way they treat employees) are not. They will bail if the profit margin doesn’t make a certain level, while a local will stick it out as long as they are above water.

I can live without the Big Box/Chain gangs.