A quick recap of the week
Here are some highlights from the past week on AOA:
+ We sipped some drinking chocolate at Crisan.
+ Amanda asked where she could get a t-shirt she'd seen at a party -- and it looks like someone found it for her.
+ David Paterson complained that people were treating the Hillary Clinton Senate seat succession story like reality TV. Good idea! We would totally watch Top Senator.
+ We found a list of Albany's biggest parking ticket scofflaws.
+ We ate at The Standard, the new restaurant at Crossgates.
+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: crafting, restaurants, attitude, outfits, drinks and a thickening of the plot.
+ A few of the things we found on Craigslist: downsized iguanas, hairless rats for your kids, very flat German shepherds, wedding crashers, a wedding-date-seeking psychologist who loves Vespas, a 7-foot-tall wooden Indian.
+ A note to CDTA about those electronic schedules.
+ Layoffs are coming to RPI -- but the email announcing them kind of buried the lede.
+ We broke out the Winter Storm Meter for Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch.
+ The storm did bring some ice -- and knocked out power for a bunch of people. It also made for some interesting pictures.
+ Local holiday gifts: The Peppermint Pig, tea from The Good Leaf, pet treats from Sherry's Kitchen and beer from Brewery Ommegang.
If you'd just like the whole week unfiltered, check our listing of the last seven days of AOA.
Thanks to everyone who sent along ideas, links, pictures, corrections and comments this week.
... said KGB about Drawing: What's something that brought you joy this year?