Climate Change Protest Marches on State Capitol
Audrea Din, a recent Schalmont High School graduate, and UAlbany student lead a protest and march culminating in a rally at 1 PM in West Capitol Park as Albany joined sites…
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Chris Shaw spent the last 40 years singing the songs and telling the stories of the Adirondacks from here to Anchorage, and San Diego to Berlin. 15 years as the International representative of Taylor Guitars, 12 albums, numerous TV specials, and 25 years of "Mountain Snow and Mistletoe" shows later, he retired in 2015 after going back to school at both SCCC Culinary and CIA. He’s now writing about food and life in the Capital District and beyond here at Nippertown!
Chris’s Short Take: Oscar’s Smokehouse
As a born and raised Adirondacker, take it from me, there isn’t another place in the Adirondacks where culture and cuisine collide like this place. I’ve been going there…
Chris’s Short Take: Berkshire Palate
If you ask most folks from the Capital District what they think of when they hear “ What’s the best thing over in Williamstown”, I’m sure you’ll hear lots of “Theater!” or…
Chris’s Short Take: Ferry St. Night Market in Troy
If you’d like to graze your way through some fun Asian cuisine, talk with some cool folks, and sip a glass of wine, come on down to the Ferry St. Night Market on Thursday…
Chris’s Short Take: Oh Corn! Arepas and More
I’m a fool for a good rhythm section, and whoever the band was playing on the sound system at Oh Corn!- Arepas and More had everyone in the room swaying, working, or ordering…
Lunch with… Rex Smith @ Quang’s Vietnamese Bistro in Troy
Rex Smith, Editor of Times Union, and I headed to downtown Troy on a steamy 90° day for lunch at Quang’s Vietnamese Bistro, one of Troy’s latest culinary offerings. The…
Chris’s Short Take: 2019 NYS Food Festival @ Empire Plaza
Food trucks and purveyors from all over the state converged on the Empire Plaza to show their wares, despite the threatening thunderstorms. Locals flocked to the open-air…
Chris’s Quick Take: Ala Shanghai Chinese
About two football fields off the Latham Circle headed east toward Watervliet, Ala Shanghai sits in an unassuming building just off the road. The menu is extensive, and runs…