A quick recap of the week

week review 2009-03-21

Here are a few highlights from the past week on AOA:

+ Aja helped us get our wardrobes in shape for Spring in the Northeast.

+ Spring must really be here: the ice cream stands are opening.

+ Jess got the background on the truck that sits atop the U-Haul building in downtown Albany.

+ We scanned the coverage of the special election for the 20th Congressional district -- not once, but twice.

+ A post about sauced St. Paddy's Day celebrators peeing on the street set off a big discussion.

+ Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned got some much deserved national attention.

+ Jess checked out the new Wolff's Biergarten.

+ What was up in the Neightborhood this week: crowdsourcing, tired knock-offs, low-lights, grr-ing, chicken fingers, bubble tea and the Corning Tower.

+ The Dalai Lama vs Phish: which ticket will make the most of your enlightenment dollar?

+ A few of the items found on Craigslist this week: the Taj-Mahwol, a malevolent force, vegans with crushing despair, discombobulating soy lattes and black swans.

+ We hunted down the first shipments of kosher for Passover Coke.

+ The stat nerds didn't think Siena would beat Ohio State -- they were wrong.


If you'd just like the whole week unfiltered, check our listing of the last seven days of AOA.

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment or sent along an idea this week!

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