What’s Up in the Neighborhood, December 17 2022

It’s not too late – get out there and purchase that last-minute gift item and make that special someone in your life smile from ear to ear on Christmas Day. Trust me, this is when the Postal Service and UPS and FedEx earn their wings.

And with that in mind … while you’re making that last-minute shopping choice … how about we look through the blogroll and see what my favorite bloggers and photographers and writers are up to?

• BLOGS FOR TASTE
  • Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,” “Owners closing The Point in Albany, moving in Cafe Madison.“
  • Jerry Papndrea’s “DerryX” blog, “Completely VEGAN West Coast Burger Experience in NY.“
• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways blog, “A Fine Frosty Morning.“
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • The Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 29 – The South-East Gate.“
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Color and Light: The Proud Zinnia (Flower), more stom predicted tomorrow.“
  • C.S. Young Jr. Fine Art Photography, “Scenes from Venice, Pt. 2.“
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words, ‘”Black Birds.“
  • The Lonerist photo blog, “Orange.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “The Nikon F4 used in my photo projects work.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ Vintage Lens, “Delicate.“
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Marina Vaysberg in the Pine Hills Review, “Mrak Tea.“
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “My Top 200 Albums of All Time (2022 Update).“
  • Sara Flower Kjeldsen’s blog, “My Opinions about the Different Social Media Platforms.“
• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • Crimson Stone in the Superhero Rundown portal, “Sonic the Hedgehog.“
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever, “From champion to the unemployment line in less than 24 hours: Mandy Rose cut by WWE.“
  • The B&S About Movies blog, “Scrooge (1935).“
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • Roger Green’s “Ramblin’ with Roger,” “Ten Years since Sandy Hook.“
  • The Brainchild blog, “Keep Navigating.“
  • Greg Thomas in the “Tune In to Leadership” blog, “Possibility and Peril; Internal American Relations.“
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “RIP tWitch.“
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!” podcast, “Episode 150: Empowering others to be better, featuring Johnelle Hosking.“
• BLOGS FOR LIFESTYLE
  • The Capital District Fun blog, “Learning Italian.“
  • Lazygal’s “Killin’ Time Being Lazy,” “Why is this head cold different from all other head colds?“
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “Patient, I am not.“
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “Holiday Stroll 2022 With My Husband – Part 1.“
  • The Venn Librarian blog, “Minor Musings.“

Have a great weekend, everybody!