Review: Lost & Found Bar and Kitchen
NA Beverage Experience: Okay Background The Lost & Found Bar and Kitchen is a small establishment in Albany’s warehouse district. Its building […]
Read moreAuthor: SamUpstate
A suburban dad enjoying and celebrating life in New York's Capital District.
Working to improve the world by supporting public education and strong, walkable communities.
Software Engineer (by day).
Review: Fiden’s Brewing Company
NA Experience Rating: Okay Background Fiden’s is a local brewing company that opened just before the pandemic hit. They weathered the pandemic […]
Read moreLife Events, and some changes here
About a month ago, a cardiac situation sent me to the hospital emergency room. I’m fine now (I was discharged the same […]
Read moreRt 2 Corridor (Congress and Ferry)
I submitted the below comment to the public comment section for the Rt. 2 Corridor project. Capital Streets has a good deal […]
Read moreMulled Cider
We had our first really autumnal day here in upstate New York. It’s been around 50 and rainy all day, and the […]
Read moreNegroni Week?
Apparently, today is the penultimate day of Negroni Week. I have to confess that I didn’t enjoy it the first time I […]
Read moreCocktail: Manhattan Project
This one is my own invention, inspired by the need to use a decade-old white elephant gift. A family holiday gift swap […]
Read moreArticle: Artifice and Intelligence
This was written a few years ago and seems to be even more relevant today. It’s worth a thoughtful read (~10 mins). […]
Read moreArticle: on the use of Substack
This is a good read by Philip Bump, a seasoned journalist, on the consolidation of power in media, and why he doesn’t […]
Read moreReading articles
I do a fair amount of reading of articles, relying heavily on mastodon and BlueSky for topical news and discussion, and on […]
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