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Posted Getting Past the False Springs, & the Yellow Dilemma... to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
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Posted "Helping Spring Arrive"...2013 Version to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Thirty years ago I wrote a poem with the same name as this version of my blog. It was roughly the same time of year, when just about all of us (except the most hardcore skiers) are sick of the...
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Posted Sean Rowe at Caffe Lena, 2/23/13 to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
I have touted several live music venues in Saratoga Springs & environs over the past 10 months on this blog-- SPAC, Bailey's Cafe, Dango's (the "J" is silent), and One Caroline, for example-- but I neglected a few old standby's...
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Posted Milo Greene at The Linda, in Albany to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
One of the blessings of life in this area, as I've said many times before on this blog, is the listener-supporter public radio station WEXT, 97.7 FM. If it weren't for them, I would not have been likely to...
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Posted SNOWDAY BLOG-- "What To Do With The Day?" to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Even though Rumor had it that schools would be closed on Friday the 8th due to an impending "perfect snowstorm" named NEMO, I still got up at 5:30 to check both the Weather Channel and Channel 9 to see...
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Posted Saratoga Updates, William Kennedy, & My Son's 21st... to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
If I really aspired to be Thoreau-like, I guess, I'd be taking a long hike on this Sunday-in-January morning but here I sit at my desk, hoping my family members all sleep late so I can get this underway before...
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Posted Hearing MaryLeigh on New Year's Eve...into 2013 to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
First Night Saratoga has grown into a grand smorgasbord of events that are altogether too numerous to absorb in one evening. There were over 30 different sites and venues with a myriad of musical choices, performance art, dance (modern to...
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Posted Year End Compendium: Dec. Late 2012 to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
A serious series of Saratoga-area snowfalls have hit at last, as this momentous year turns toward a grand finale. First of all, congratulations to us for having survived the transition to the aftermath of the Mayans' 13th b'ak'tun cycle, which...
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Posted SARATOGA's Constantly Changing Commercial Scene, Plus Postscript to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
AS OF LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER 2012... I can't imagine there is any town in the entire Northeast, aside from NYC itself, that has this many commercial construction projects underway on a per capita basis, not to mention those recently...
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Posted SARATOGA's Constantly Changing Commercial Scene to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
AS OF LATE NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER 2012... I can't imagine there is any town in the entire Northeast, aside from NYC itself, that has this many commercial construction projects underway, not to mention those recently completed. Most of the major...
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Posted Birdseed, Recycled Scraps, & The Universe to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Since late September I've been keenly conscious of feeding the birds who inhabit or visit our backyard. In the spring and summer it is apparent that they are thriving and feeding well but I worry about how they will...
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Posted Saratoga as Primordial "Watering Hole" to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Saratoga's Primordial Appeal, Part 1-- In my real estate life, as if I were a journalist, I am allowed to ask people a ton of questions, and if I'm dealing with a married couple, or an unmarried couple who are...
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Posted Saratoga's Abundance of Infill Projects...& Why to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
The sign of a healthy, prospering city is when every leftover, spare lot, even in previously neglected or overlooked areas, is suddenly being sold and built out. There are an increasing number of instances of this in Saratoga Springs,...
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Posted Saratoga's Changes: The Adelphi Hotel to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
When I first decided to live in Saratoga Springs, I remember coming up Broadway across from Congress Park and seeing a huge banner across the street proclaiming that a "FACADE RESTORATION PROJECT" was underway. The year was 1977. There...
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Posted What I'm Hearing Lately... On Disc & On the Radio to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Most bloggers and pundits usually wait till the end of the year to post their Top 10 favorite songs or albums but I am too impatient for that, and don't want to get caught up in that traffic jam....
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Posted One Night at A Bowling Alley, West of Here, w/ Four Down to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Had a flashback a week ago Saturday night, a good one, that serves to define why staying up with music, with good musicians themselves, is so important , a non-musician myself. By staying up, I mean not only staying...
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Posted SPAC's Aftermath...More Music In The Air, & Where to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
As with any seasonal facility in the northeastern part of the country (Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass, or Bethel Woods, downstate, also come to mind) -- it's always a bit sad when SPAC (The Saratoga Performing Arts Center, for you...
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Posted Florence + the Machine: A Powerhouse Close to SPAC Season to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
I thought I had seen a few Rock Goddesses perform on the Saratoga stage before, but there is now a new Queen in the pantheon of live musical presentations I've witnessed-- and her name is Florence Welch. I recall...
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Posted Retrospective Smorgasbord of Summer Music in Saratoga to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Technically we are still in summer here as of September 15th but it sure feels different around here after Labor Day...the same feeling you get on any college campus in the northeast, or at any farmstand where you might...
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Posted Mid-August Catch-Up Blog: Santana Takes Over at SPAC to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
July 27th at SPAC, Second Half of the Concert that night... Needless to say, that 2012 version of The Allmans "Whipping Post" was a tough act to follow... and we needed a little time to breathe and walk it...
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Posted Mid-August : Catch-up Blog--The Allman Brothers at SPAC, first to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
In our instant gratification-based world, blogs are ideally supposed to be spontaneous reporting, a quick reflective fix, but in the summer season especially, when most of us are in pure experiential mode, there is not always time for reflection,...
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Posted Downtown, w/ Four Down The Band, Trio Mode to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
I am mostly past the age and stage of running out to see local rock 'n roll bands. For a good part of my listening career, it was jazz or hardcore blues that I would go looking for, certainly...
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Posted SPAC Jazz Fest Re-Visited to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
This time of year is when we have a multitude of musical choices when we do want to venture out. Late June/early July is always the time frame for the regionally famous Freihofer's Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing...
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Posted Happy Hour, Ten Miles Out...circa mid-2012 to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
O how things have changed. A Friday eve like this, anytime in my life more than 20 years ago, I would not have been rushing home at 6:30 or 7pm to catch the last hour of light in my...
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Posted Decatur Related to Saratoga, Part 2 to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
In retrospect, the way in which Saratoga is superior as a vacation destination to Decatur is simply the nightlife. While the Decatur Arts Festival was an overwhelming revelation of accumulated talent and visual splendor, the music scene after hours was...
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Posted Upon Return: Decatur Related To 'Toga to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
In retrospect, the way in which Saratoga is superior as a vacation destination to Decatur is simply the nightlife. While the Arts Festival was an overwhelming revelation of accumulated talent and visual splendor, the music scene after hours was really...
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Posted New Moon & Rock Icons, Late May-- before DMB comes to town to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
"The Sky is Filled...with Good & Bad, Mortals Never Know..." Robert Plant Even though I am starting my Sunday with the drowsy beauty of Mr. Plant and Alison Krause harmonizing on "Raising Sand" -- his voice still brings to mind...
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Posted Mid-May Day Assortment in Saratoga to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
Frost on the ground as I start this, but later today they say it will be in the mid-70's; welcome to upstate NY in the glorious greening month of May. Up here, we say you can hit the heat in...
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Posted Saratoga's Gardens of Earthly Perennial Delight to WaynesWord2: A Saratoga Blog By Wayne Perras
To quote, or maybe misappropriate, Thoreau: I have travelled extensively within the confines of Saratoga. Since those early days of mine in this town, I have explored almost every nook and alley and carriage-house lane and corner of this city...
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Commented on WaynesWord2 -- Startup Story on Saratoga.com
Thanks for your comment but I can't take credit for the design-- the entire Saratoga.com site is programmed,created and marketed by Mannix Marketing of Glens Falls, NY. They make it easy for a non-techie like me-- who would still be...
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Wayne Perras
Born in Hartford, CT., but from age 5 grew up in Ravena, NY, till graduation from RCS High as valedictorian in '73. Small-town America upbringing--safe and wholesome but you had to find your own excitement. Lots of sandlot sports and one basketball court downtown-- radios constantly playing-- AM Top-Forty tunes were heavyweight classics now. WRPI added later for musical expansion. Lots of books, magazines, & old school input before computers. Attended Colgate U. on scholarship for 2 years, mid-70's. Left school w/ 3.57 avg. to become a writer and travel the country like Kerouac. That was a big mistake in retrospect, could've used the degree later. Came to Saratoga in 1977 and liked it just fine-- much more stimulating even then than my hometown. Helped edit and publish a magazine called The High Rock Review, 1980-1983. Lost money but tried to celebrate "latent native talent." Read my own bad beatnik poems of the day, sometimes with musical back-up, in bookstores and once at The Tin Shop, a blast. Sold solar products during the first wave of green energy: hot air panel systems, batch heaters, and custom sunrooms. Did a long stint of college radio (WRPI, Troy 1978-1982, WSPN, Skidmore station 1980-1992) as a volunteer d.j.-- jazz, rock, funk, R & B, fusion, electronic, etc etc. Until I had kids, that gig was fun. But having kids has kept me connected with new music for the past twenty years anyway.
Procured real estate license in 1987, met my future wife Melinda that year as well, and we've been together since 1988. First child Miles born Jan. 1992, life changing experience for me. Second son Daryn June 1993, equally amazing in his own way. Daughter Bella born late 1997, a whole different kind of charm and intrigue. All three a challenge and a revelation in their own right-- as a former solo bohemian, I love now having a family.
35 years now of living in Saratoga, and coming up on 25 years of practicing the profession of real estate in this area. Have sold homes from Stephentown to Lake Luzerne, from Glenmont to Queensbury, but Saratoga County and the vale of Saratoga Springs in particular are my focus and zone of expertise. I follow the market with the long-view of a history buff, and the minute-to-minute analysis of an MLS fanatic. But this blog is more of a generic reflection on Saratoga life, and why it's worth living here.
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