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 I don't have a lot of thoughts this week, but I do have a few links to share:

• Want 20% off your order at Saratoga Coffee Traders?  Click here

20% OFF your entire order. This coupon may not be used with any other coupons or promotions. Print out and present to cashier or show on your smartphone. Feel free to share this coupon with friends and family Exspires: June 15th 2012

• Check out Savoring Saratoga's blog post about the Saratoga Food Tours.
• Saratoga Arts has announced their 2012 workshop series.  They are all free and open to the public, and include topics like making slide presentations, copywrite and intellectual property, grantwriting workshop, and gallery submission process.  Click here to learn more.
• The Saratoga Farmers Market has a new Saturday vendor - Slyboro Cider House.  This isn't Hannaford mass produced cider, these people take it to a new old level:  Still ciders, sparkling ciders, ice ciders...Slyboro Cider House reintroduces the lost craft of American Ciders."  Cool!  I hope they have samples - I would like to try the ice ciders.  They sound sweet.

• Click here for the May newsletter for Longfellow's and the Olde Bryan Inn.
• Maestro's is celebrating a year at the new place.  Check out their party on Monday May 21.
• Here's the latest news from Saratoga Arts Fest
• I'm a little late, but check out local blogger Tom Noonan's comments on the Kentucky Derby, and be sure to look for his analysis on the site before the Preakness.
• It would appear that Chianti is going after the Vegetarian/Vegan dollar - at least on Tuesdays:

• Chianti's sister restaurant, Forno Bistro, is continuing it's Tuesday night takeout special:

• Don't forget The Wine Bar has some nice Monday night specials.
• Well that's it for now. Have a great week. Don't forget PJ's Bar-B-QSA is opening tomorrow (Tuesday)

You can register on line for SPAC's Rock and Run 5K to be held this Sunday at the SPAC grounds inside the beautiful Saratoga Spa State Park. You must register by Monday June 14th to receive the reduced $27 fee.  The proceeds goes to SPAC’s Vivienne Anderson Program, an effort to give underserved children the opportunity to attend classical performances.  The kids 1K starts at 10, and the 5K at 10:30. It's a real nice run through the park, and here is a list of the bands performing along the way: 

My Pet Dragon
Headband Jack
Black Mountain Symphony
Jenson Rhodes Band
The City Never Sleeps
Garland Nelson
Lost Cantina
Tamer Lane
Dirt Cheap
Kemp Avenue Band
Betsy and the Bygones
John Donvito
Tracy Corey

See you there!

I'm very happy for John and Carolyn Davis, and their kids Johnnie and Jady, for this Tuesday's (May 15, 2012) grand opening of the new, year round, PJ's Bar-B-QSA Restaurant.  I definitely want to be there on its first day, and I imagine hundreds of others will be as well.  See you there!

Click here for PJ's Bar-B-QSA web site 

Click here for PJ's Bar-B-QSA Facebook Page 

Click here for PJ's Bar-B-QSA Twitter feed

I read an interesting ESPN blog post yesterday, convincingly stating that NYRA is necessary for the good of horse racing and that a governmental takeover would be a bad thing.  You can read that here.

I stopped into PJ's Barbecue   PJ's Bar-B-QSA on Friday and caught up with John "PJ" Davis and got an impromptu tour of the new place, which he tells me could open as soon as this week.  The new place looks awesome and I am happy to report that much of the outside, including the covered areas with the picnic tables and the "PJ the DJ" booth, are exactly the same.   Stay tuned to find out the exact opening date, but don't be surprised if it's this weekend.

Congratulations to the owners of Saratoga Olive Oil for not only getting through their first year, but for doing so well that they are expanding in Vermont!  This weekend the owners will be celebrating their one year anniversary and that means lots of treats, deals, and other promotions.   Stop by this Saturday May 5 (10am-7pm) or Sunday May 6 (10am-6pm) for FREE truffle popcorn made with their original Truffle Butter olive oil and Truffle Sea Salt. Yum!  As good as that sounds, that is certainly an adult indulgence that the kiddies may not appreciate, so they will also have free balloons to keep the little ones happy.   Plus there will be a prize wheel, a $100 gift basket giveaway and 10% off everything in the store.  See you there!

I saw Harold Ford, who is a Johnny Cash impersonator both in appearance and voice, a few years ago at First Night and I thought he was really good.  Johnny Cash is yet another musician that I wish I would have seen live, and I'm not saying that Mr. Ford's show is anything but an impersonation, but it's a very well-done and enjoyable one that I recommend.  He even has a June Carter impersonator in the show, Laura Lucy, and she is very good as well.  You can get tickets ($20) for this Friday's show (May 4, 2012) at the Saratoga Music Hall online here or by calling 518-863-0913.  The band's web site is Thejohnnycashband.com

I just read on the You Idiot blog that Divinyl Revolution was closing.  I was just there a few weeks ago.  Brittany Nasser should be commended for giving it a good go - what a shame she couldn't continue through the summer at least. 

Well it's not often that Saratoga Springs related restaurant happenings are reported on in the Wall Street Journal, but I noticed this article in the Wall Street Journal from a few days ago reporting on what we all know - namely that Siro's will be opening a location in NYC with new partner Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.   You can read the article here.  Also,  Forbes Magazine web site mentioned  about a party there with a picture from the inside of the place.  It's big and looks very New York City-like.  Go figure.