Week of September 19 – September 25, 2014
Families
Stadium vs. Stadium
Owner Christine Harmon Takes One For The Team!
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The battle for sports bar supremacy between the two titan Stadium Cafés (112 Congress Street on the West Side and 389 Broadway) took a unique and strange turn on Wednesday, September 10, as West Side was an given ice bath from their Broadway brothers and sisters to benefit ALS. Correspondent / proprietress / drenchee Christine Harmon reported: “The West Side Stadium accepted the ALS Challenge from the Broadway Stadium Cafe! Afterwards, each employee drafted his or her favorite customers, who took the same Challenge on Monday, September 15. The customers then nominated other Stadium team members for the next round.” So clearly, this is a challenge that will continue. “We certainly hope for some warm weather so
Drenched For A Good Cause!
West Side Survives Broadway’s Invasion!
our nominees won’t turn into popsicles!” Harmon said as beach towels were being handed out to the soaked Stadium-ites. To date this effort has raised over $300, with more to come. — Arthur Gonick
Baby You’re The Greatest! push, pinch or shove. If our Dad was tired, which he was most nights, he looked for a reason to have peace and quiet. So the kids went into stealth mode to have our TV time. Jackie Gleason was one the funniest entertainers ever to our family and we never missed a chance to watch him. We
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ello my Foodie Friends! We are still waiting for our new site to be built so I went on a little vacation staying with each of my siblings for two days each. My brother Bill gave me a black and white sketch drawing of “The Honeymooners” Ralph and Alice Kramden and Ed Norton. I grew up watching that show. Bill remembered sitting with me, brother Dan and sisters Patty and Carol Ann while laughing at that show. When there was a show we really wanted to watch we would get through dinner being very quiet and not give our parents a reason to cancel TV for the night. We knew that the dishes had to be done quickly and without one
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had to kind of muffle our laughs because Dad needed some quiet. We laughed at all his characters. Jackie also had a big appetite and would routinely eat 5 whole lobsters in one sitting. As a young boy I got a lot of attention from Mom and Dad by
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The West Side Stadium Crew Prepares For Battle
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