{"id":16431,"date":"2018-06-28T07:32:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T11:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/daily-planet-arthur\/?p=16431"},"modified":"2018-06-28T09:36:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T13:36:41","slug":"make-it-a-double-my-night-on-bourbon-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/daily-planet-arthur\/2018\/06\/make-it-a-double-my-night-on-bourbon-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Make It A Double! My ‘Night on Bourbon Street’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Editor’s Note: Mandy Mittler has returned from Bourbon St. by way of a well-deserved vacation in Niagara Falls. Her dispatch is worth waiting for – as usual. The first post, with a large gallery, is here.<\/a> I’ll have a double! – AG<\/em><\/strong> As I enjoyed the live music and my company, wait staff came around with champagne flutes and passed hors d\u2019oeuvers. Two favorites were snow peas stuffed with crab meat, and goat cheese stuffed dates wrapped in bacon.
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\nSARATOGA SPRINGS – Freihofer\u2019s Saratoga Jazz Festival kicked off their first ever speakeasy, \u2018A Night on Bourbon Street,\u2019 outside of the perfectly chosen Canfield Casino, on Friday, June 22. For this event, partygoers were encouraged to don their \u201cflapper best.\u201d
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\nAs I approached the outside of the Casino, fringe, feathers, and fedoras mingled with the smooth sounds of a lively 5-piece jazz ensemble. The jazz band was so full of life that I fully expected them to start marching towards Broadway, blowing their trombones and tubas while rapidly strumming their banjos. Instead this combination of players from near and far blessed my ears for the next hour and then strategically throughout the night. <\/p>\n
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\nOnce ushered inside, guests were treated to \u201c500 dollars worth of poker chips\u201d which could be played at either the roulette, blackjack, or poker tables. Lucky winners were able to leave the casino with a variety of wonderful SPAC prizes such as, 2 tickets to the New York City Ballet or 2 Saturday Grand Tasting general admission tickets for the 2018 Saratoga Wine and food festival.
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\nI am pleased to report that this first time roulette player was able to leave the night with 2 tickets to the opera. My strategy…all on red.
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