upstate New York DUers please check in

anybody out there? Want to get together in the fall?

I am west of Buffalo.

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You're practically in Pennsylvania! Maybe in the center of the state? Since I am practically in Vermont! Syracuse, Ithaca???

I have a sister or two and brother in that area.

Watertown? A DU Thousand Is cruise? Many beautiful places.

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Let's work on it-maybe we could get Will Pitt to attend as inspirational speaker. There must be enough of us to make a cruise happen.

I took my South Carolina sisters in law up there a few

years ago. They were astounded at the beauty and wilderness

of this rugged state (Area). Most southerners I knew think

only of New York City. My grand parents are buried in Adams, NY. North of Syracuse.

The cruises might end on labor day???

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Unless we hop in our cars right now! Actually I have to drive to Turin NY tomorrow to pick up my son. He and friends are at the Moedown for the weekend. The roadways should be a real jot tomorrow! A gazillion people on the throughway. Yuck. Let's hold the thought of the cruise-I think it's a good one.

and large lake less than 1/4 mile from house...friends of mine own a beautiful The Eggery Bed & Breaffast ( i can get good deal for DU here)www.eggeryinn.com ...15 rooms all with private baths...or else The Deer Mountian Inn (everyroom has a fireplace) up the road from me: http://www.deermountaininn.com/ breaskfast and dinner and bar.

I will be happy to meet DUers anywhere in upstate NY...also I can ask Phil Dray author of "The Lynching of America " to join us...check him out on Amazon.com and Stanley Aronowitz "Learning to Labor
How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs" also amazon.com is a friend and nieghbor. Both are personal friends and with some good food, wine, and good minds could be easily persuaded to join us

just let me know and i'de be happy too arrange things
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/023105/0231053576.HTM

I'm a bit north of Albany. Let's keep this going until we make it happen! Just looked at the Eggery Inn website-looks great!

There are a few others in this area that I know of.

I'm very close to Saratoga Springs so that would be easy for me.

I am frequently in Saratoga and am quite familiar with it, as it's my hometown.:-)

I grew up there. Beautiful place I couldn't wait to get the hell out of.

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But it's not so bad here. Glens Falls has the highest per-capita ratio of bars and used-furniture stores (some like to call them "antique shops") than any other city in the nation, I'll reckon.
I believe you lived here because you didn't say "Glen Falls" like every other outlander.

"Glens Falls has the highest per-capita ratio of bars and used-furniture stores (some like to call them "antique shops") than any other city in the nation, I'll reckon. "

:D Nice. Although I have to say GF has a few decent restaurants now. I particularly like Aimee's.

I like Aimee's but they make you watch a movie while you're eating. ;-)

Kinda expensive for me though, that's one I gotta get the parents to go with me to pay for. ;-)

Hehe Taste of Poland... yes I have eaten there once. It's not too bad! It's actually right next to my HS. :)

It didn't really hit me until one of my return visits home. Drove up rt 9 from So. GF to West/Queensbury and realized there was a bar every block, or so it seemed. Lots of empty storefronts, too, especially in So. GF.

It's great that there are still so many locally owned GOOD restaurants. I miss La Cabana, the old George's. Hart's, then Harvest, pizza. Going to Dobert's Dairy for an ice cream cone. Fresh milk from Dickinson's Ideal, farm-fresh sausage from Sokol's. And wings from Pat's Dugout. Always thought the Log Jam was over-rated. I like the Chinese place near what used to be Lum's on rt 9 (Q-bury). I think it's called 'Flower Drum Song,' or something like that. I think I've heard my mom say nice things about Aimee's, not sure. Is that the place that's in the old Woolworth's? I read somewhere that Charlie Wood is behind that.

Speaking of CW, Storytown's latest coaster (something with a western name, I think) came up from Nashville's defunct Opryland; meanwhile, Storytown's orginial kiddie coaster is now down here in Nash Vegas. As for Nashville, the bodies of water here make Haviland's Cove (circa 1970-80) look pristine by comparison.

And of course, there's Dirty Johns. The Official Taste of Glens Falls. Now they hae a second place, where the ladies' room isn't painted blood red!

The Branding of Queensbury at the intersection of Rt 9 and Aviation is the most depressing sight to behold, and really made me grateful local businesses are clinging to the downtown architecture.

Is the name of the new coaster at Great Escape (Storytown for you old timers) :)

Aimee's is not in the old Woolworth building. It's next to Davidson Bros. They actually just opened a new theatre in that building. Yep, Charlie Wood I think was behind that. :)

new strip malls on any piece of unoccupied earth. Many of these are now empty, as well.:-(

Yes, there still are many good, locally owned, restaurants. I agree with nuxvomica that Taste of Poland, in Lake George, is very good, all home cooking. Also, it is owned by a Polish physician who is using the profits to purchase needed medical equipment for use in Poland.:D

I remember all those restaurants, though I grew up in Saratoga. The Harvest is still there. I ordered a pizza there recently. Hart's, which I thought had the best pizza in town, is now Talk of the Town, and is still going strong and the pizza's just as good. Dobert's is now a cell phone place and Dickinson's is no more, but Sokol's (nee The Queensbury Market) still does a great business. They continue to have sausages and bacon from Oscar's Smokehouse, in Warrensburg.:-)

Flower Drum Song is still there and is certainly the nicest Chinese restaurant in the area. Pat's Dugout, in South Glens Falls, still does a great business, as does Massie's, a few doors down on the same side of the street. Abbott's closed because the two brothers who ran it for so many years are now around 80.:-(

Aimee's is on the opposite side of the street from the old Woolworth's. It's not too bad, but I prefer The Off Broadway Theater and Grill in Saratoga. This is another dinner and a movie place that has a more varied menu. The old Woolworth's is still supposed to become a theatre and you're right about Charley Wood. I heard on the radio last week that he donated around half a million.:shrug:

I can't tell you the name of Storytown's new coaster, since I haven't been there in several years, but I have seen it from Route 9. My personal favorite is still the ``Steamin' Demon.'' I got my first job at Storytown, like most kids in the area. I worked there several summers, mostly driving the Storytown Train, the purple one that went through the jungle. I was promoted to that after putting my time in as Cinderella! That's the job they hired me for and I had to stand out in the hot summer sun in a long dress and smile for pictures. I hated it!:grr:

The expansion of Aviation Mall has been put on hold, after they vacated various businesses to make room for it. Business has fallen off. I agree that the intersection of Route 9 and Aviation is a nightmare. What was once forest is completely paved. There is still a wooded residential area across from Aviation Mall. People fought hard to keep this last little bit of land from becoming a Cracker Barrel. I remember when Aviation Mall was built. This changed the whole complexion of that section of Queensbury. They have already taken down far too many trees.;(

Called the Lake George Forum. It's going to have conference space in it, and it supposed to be really nice. Lake George Action Park (formerly Gaslight Village) was shut down several years ago and everything was auctioned off. I think some of that space will be used to build the new forum, but I could be wrong. There has also been drastic improvements in the village in terms of beautification- a new boardwalk along the lake front was installed a couple years ago and now there is a new "Centennial Fountain" to celebrate the 100 years the village has been around :P

So there's the Lake George updates.

On edit: Talk of The Town. Always a favorite, though it's been Talk of The Town all my life. :)

There is a new pizza place in Lake George called Pizza Jerks. REALLY GOOD. Also Sweet Cravings Cafe and Jitters Cafe are excellent :9

moved here 12 years ago from NJ- aplace I couldn't wait to get the hell out of!

I grew up in Saratoga and always thought I'd return there someday, but I just couldn't face the commute in the winter. I'm sure you remember the snow.:grr:

It is beautiful country, snow not withstanding; I live in the shadow of West Mountain. I don't blame you, though, for wanting to get out. It is much less cosmopolitan and small-town than Saratoga and is serious freeper country.:-(

Queensbury. Maybe I've seen you and not known! ;-)

with your parents!:-)

:D

Oh hey, did you go to the candlelight vigil in Crandall Park? Maybe you saw me there ;)

Yeah, that was one of the things. It's not so much the non-Cosmo, but .. the quickest example would be to say I didn't want to be in a place where bands play out and have to apologize in advance if they want to play even just *one* original tune. I always felt stifled there.

And I could have been your neighbor at one point; I lived in the area off West Mtn road where all the streets are named for indian tribes. Queensbury had a great high school though. I got an excellent education there.

I thought I was the only one, and I've got two more years of being here. :(

30 minutes north of Saratoga. Hour north of Albany.

hello

When and where?

on edit: Add that I'm in the Adirondacks just 90 miles from you...

Rendezvous in Utica at any Hemstrought's bakery. Stock up on half moons. Then drive north up into the Adirondack mountains. I'd suggest taking a couple of hours to swim in Booneville. Then on to Lake Placid.

From one who used to live up there and still misses half moons. Sigh.

Delicatessen. Unfortunately, Manny's closed over ten years ago.:-(

long enough to stock up on half moons. Or you could wait someplace like Remsen for the rest of the gang to catch up. :evilgrin:

They were also known for their incomparable strawberry-topped cheesecakes. I am not familiar with this bakery, but it sounds like it might be worth the trip.:-)

I'm in Clinton. Just a thought - the Electric House (first electrified house in upstate NY, or something like that) on Sunset Ave. in Utica is holding a MV for Dean Smackdown a week from Saturday. It would be swell if a bunch of DU'ers from out of town would descend upon the place.

Getting ready for the Salmon Run and all the fishermen. :D

I will look you up on the map, but I would guess that you are in the central part of the state? In any case, I would guess that we are neighbors and I welcome you to DU!:bounce::toast::bounce:

one hour from Syracuse. I am originally from the 1000 Islands and yes the boat tours stop after Labor Day, but you can get great deals at places like Bonnie Castle on the off season. Unfortunately,I think that some would think that is way too far to drive. How about somewhere along the Thruway or Rt. 81 so that is it easily accessible to more people? It doesn't have to be too far downstate because NYC has had its share of get-togethers, but let's keep it centralized. Keep this kicked up.

I am only a few hours away in Pa, but I grew up in NYS. I did most of grade school and HS in Rotterdam, I graduated from Washington Free Academy in Salem NY, if any of you know where that is. I went to concerts in Saratoga every summer. I have climbed many of the mountains in the Adirondacks. My grandparents had property on Hatch Lake near Hamilton where we spent out summers until I was in my 30s.

After I moved to Salem, if I wanted a movie, I had to travel to Glens Falls, thirty minutes away.

When I saw Seabiscuit a few days ago I got very nostalgic during the fall scenes in Saratoga. You all live in one of the most beautiful areas of the country.

:)

I graduated in 1976. 76 of us graduated in a class of 78. We accused the administration of doing that on purpose.
It was a great place to grow up.

Geeze, "upstate" goes on for hundreds of miles!
But I vote for Albany because I live right outside of it!
I would have gone on and on about it being the right place because it is the capital and all, but in the end, I just don't have the time and money to drive someplace else and pay for a hotel.

We are liberal thinkers.

We stay in one room. Share. Cheap.

Hee! Hee!

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count me in! :party:

we can converge on Bomber's Burrito Bar on Lark Street, home of the greatest burritos on the face of the planet!

Where just outside of Albany are you from? I'm from Guilderland, but I'm going to school in Ithaca right now.

Near East Greenbush...my son just started at Ithaca! Transfered from HVCC this year. A tech theatre major, living in Lyons.
LuLu

So are we talking West Sand Lake or Averill Park area?

Good for your son, Ithaca's a great school, and our theatre programs are rockin!

but so many people don't know where it is, exactly. :hi:

so..I'm nearby :)

this fall. Maybe October. Before the snows.

Ed

This is very cool- I just drove back from Utica, actually Turin (Moedown fest). Long haul, but traffic was not too bad for Labor Day. I'm up for travelling up to 3 hours on a weekend, but as someone who drives way too much already (sales rep whose territory is upstate NY) I don't relish going any further. It would be wonderful to meet some fellow DUers for real, what weekends look good, and where looks good. I'm in if I possibly can.

On Route 81 is it? On a Sat? Sun? Pulasiki? Rome?

I have a Mozart concert ticket at SUNY Fredonia on 20 Sept. I will not miss that!

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on NY route 26, about 30 miles north of Rome...

nice area.

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A lovely little town. He always said that Lewis County had more cows than people.:-)

I KNOW there are more cows in Lewis Co. than that.

They've been known to pull people over doing (gasp) 35 in a 30.

September 27-28
October 1st 2 weekends
November 8-9, 15-16

That pretty much does it for me. Other obligations take up the other weekends and then we are into the holidays and the snow season. Any consensus on place, dates???? How far can you travel?

and I can travel to anywhere in the state.
Just tell me when and where... I will be there.

I'm booked solid with soccer through October and then am in DC for a week in November. I hope you guys can arrange something, take lots of pictures! :)

(not like i'd be able to get out and meet a bunch of strangers anyway! :hi:)

one is into crosscountry, one is into bass guitar and DU! But maybe if you play Greenwich we will run into each other- I'll have to order myself a DU T shirt so you'll know me!

Do you come to any of the girls' games? Scratch that. I don't want anybody to see how horrible I am! :D

Soccer is a great game and lots of fun to play- or it used to be - a million years ago, when I was young!

city of my birth

Actually, Keuka Lake would be a great place for a get together.

That is a very beautiful area, I will tell it hello. :hi:

I think I have been fishing in that Lake. Too many fish!!!

I was born north of there, In Phelps. Nice area

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Are we meeting?

I hate to be indecisive, but am cramming a month's worth of work into 2 weeks so I can go help with my mom in Jersey- she had a fall and is recuping at a rehab center from a broken pelvis-ouch- and I have become somewhat crazed trying to tie up loose ends.
So, HELP someone please help me nail down a weekend and site. I already listed the weekends that work for me and I will happily travel 3 hours or so. Does the Eggery Inn in Tannersville sound good, as was suggested? I love the idea- hey 0neighty is that too far for you?

A really good Thai/sushi restaurant, Caffe Lena (waiting for the fall schedule), The Parting Glass (Irish bar w/live music) also, the Museum of Racing, Museum of Dance, you can take a mineral bath at the state park..., lots of great shopping, etc. Would that work for anyone? I could look up hotel info for out of towners.

Caffe Lena is the oldest folk coffeehouse in the country. Bob Dylan played there when he wasn't famous.

www.caffelena.com is the website (i think)

But I'm going to be away the weekend of 10/25.

too. If it isn't overcast or snowing that is.

When I was a little guy up at Stony Point I met a girl from Oswego.

We fell in love. She was about 12, I was maybe 9. I went for

older women in those days. Her name was Mildred. Do you know her?

Oswego, good place for a get together.

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As well as anyplace...

and any weekend except Columbus Day weekend when I will be in Denver at my niece's wedding.
That's my vote.

I grew up in and around Albany (with a couple of years in Ballston Spa). No snow or mountains here in FL. :(

We just keep debating, can't make up our minds what direction were want to go in, going off on tangents, etc. etc.
You guys are KILLING me!

:bounce:

Is that near you Redwitch?

Why not, there are nice places nearby. inbetween Buffalo and Syracuse. Long trip for Albany.
I really don't get the point of 1000 islands area- the one time I went it reminded me of myrtle beach north.
How many of us are there? Adarondacks are great in the fall. Long Lake anyone?