What’s Up in the Neighborhood, September 13 2025

Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. I hope you’re having a good day, and that you’re able to enjoy a decent weekend. There’s a few things going on locally if you’re interested – the Polish Community Center in Albany is hosting a Ukrainian cultural festival on Saturday, and the Saratoga Harness track has a charity “Young Guns v. Established Legends” series of match races on Sunday.

So how about we start our day with a wrap-up of this week’s blogroll?

• BLOGS FOR THE SCREEN
  • The B&S About Movies, “Danger Zone 4: Mad Girls, Bad Girls (1992).”
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever, “Kung Fu Theatre (1984).”
• BLOGS FOR TASTE

• BLOGS FOR TRAVEL
  • Richard Lakin’s blog, “Margate – Turner and Trotter.”
  • The Cawston Greenway platform, “Lumberjacking – Week 2.”
  • The Saratoga Woods and Waterways platform, “A Happy Birthday Camping Adventure!“
  • Roger Green joins the Royale With Cheese Movie Club, “Movie review: Dirty Dancing.”
• BLOGS FOR HISTORY
  • The Albany history blog “Hoxsie!”, “The Cataract House, Cohoes.”
  • The RIP Baseball site, “Weird Stats: Earl Weaver, Minor-League Ballplayer.”
  • Remember the Drive-In from Kanauga Kool, “Vintage Carnival Canes – When you can’t win it, BUY IT!“
  • Trivial Music Silliness, “Take Five #44.”
  • Emily Pratt Slatin’s blog, “The Place I Called Home.”
  • G. Jack Urso’s “Aeolus 13 Umbra” blog, “Mid-Century Modern Elegance: The Skyline Restaurant and Terrace Lounge, Catskill, NY.”
  • J. Eric Smith’s blog, “Best Albums of 2025 (Third Quarter).”
• BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE
  • Alan Ilagan’s blog, “The Glads and the Glad-Nots.“
  • The Resurrected Camera blog, “Gold Digger.”
  • Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,” “It’s noisy here.“
  • Tim Jeffers’ “Vintage Lens,” “We are here for only a short time, so admire the flowers!“
  • The Bedlam Farm Journal, “Flower Art Two, September 11, 2050. Here Is A Much Needed Santuary In A Chaotic World…For People Who Love Nature And Kindness….”
• BLOGS FOR THE WORD
  • Robert Doherty in the Bel Esprit portal, “Vapor Trails.“
  • The Phoenix Desertsong blog, “If You Write Daily, Will You Run Out of Ideas?” (Chuck says – personally, not yet. 😀 )
  • M.P. Carver in the Pine Hills Review, “A Woman Walks into a McDonald’s.”
• BLOGS FOR CONSCIENCE
  • The Emptywheel blog, “Gamer Culture and Guns.”
  • Jacob Gilbert’s “The Land of Whatever,” “In the end, it wasn’t the left after all: Charlie Kirk’s killer caught.”
  • The WritergurlNY blog, “Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp Book Review.”
  • Silvia Lilly’s “DelSo” blog, “Turning my fear into anger.”
• BLOGS FOR SELF-HEALING
  • Audley Stephenson’s “Best Audacious Life!”, “Unlocking Spiritual Intelligence: Embrace Your Unique Gifts for Audacious Leadership.”
• BLOGS FOR PREPARATION
  • Molly White’s “[Citation Needed],” “The scam of all scams.”

Have a great weekend, everybody!