Coming up with ideas for Mother's Day isn't the easiest thing in the world. Sure you can get her a card with some jewelry, flowers, dinner and all the works which is lovely - but then hasn't that been done?...
Sounding Off On The 1st Annual Downtown Albany Blues Music Competition
Downtown Albany has always been full of soulful sounds and sweet melodies so it's only right that all the local talent comes together in one night to give fans a show to remember. That's exactly what the people expect this...
Curtains Coming Up On The 2012 Vanguard Showhouse
On April 29, 2012, 17 Chapel held the "Gala Preview Party" where a ribbon cutting ceremony took place officially kicking off the 2012 Vanguard Designer Showhouse Showcase "Urban Elegance." The Mayor and Maestro David Allan Miller, along with over 100...
Two Days Left
If you've ventured throughout downtown Albany at all this past week you may have noticed something was out of the ordinary. That something is Restaurant Week! 17 Downtown restaurants are offering three-course meals at just $20.12. Read that sentence to...
Vanguard Showhouse Coming Alive
In less than two weeks the Vanguard Showhouse opens its doors but yours truly had a sneak peek at what's to come and boy oh boy is everyone in for a treat. Before walking in, I reflected on an earlier...
Jump Into the Fog
The Wombats are just one of the bands headlining the upcoming MOVE festival on Saturday, April 21, 2012. And unless you are one of my fellow Alt Nation (Satellite Radio) listeners, it might be the greatest band you've never heard...
Rockin’ Restaurant Week Eight Days a Week. April 21 – 28, 2012.
There are Restaurant Week's across the country. There are Restaurant Weeks across the Capital Region. But there is only one Downtown Albany Restaurant Week. Well if you want to get technical, the event in Downtown Albany happens twice a...
Local Designers Shine at Vanguard Showhouse
In case you didn't tune in last time, we unveiled everything you needed to know about the Vanguard Designer Showhouse. Titled "Urban Elegance," the yearly event runs May 1st through the 20th, 2012 at the historic 17 Chapel condominiums in...
The Boswell Report
Who would have thought that it would already by March and still no snow? I mean seriously, WHERE IS IT? (Those two little spurts don't really count if you're a true local). Well, until that mystery is solved I will...
Shogun Sushi & Sake Bar Opens in the Lark Street District
The newest business to join the Lark Street...