All Over Albany

What's up in the Neighborhood

Among the topics in this most recent spin around the Capital Region's online neighborhood: boils, fountains, construction, Stewart's, barbecue, ice cream, plastic bags and slapstick.

Leigh would like you to know that the girl with the green canvas bag does not want to know about the boil you just had lanced.

Fun in Saratoga reports that the modular building going up on Grand Avenue actually looks pretty good.

Dawn has a secret place she takes her kids to splash around. Don't tell anyone.

Leah's backyard got an upgrade.

Matt loves Stewart's.

He went a little more upscale for a dinner with Steve, though. They had what sounds like a boffo tasting menu at Angelo's 677 Prime.

Christopher put together a list of local barbecue joints.

Kate made what sounds like awesome strawberry ice cream from local ingredients.

Kristi's playing a pricing game.

And Sara had a good time at the first TightKnit show by the Farmers' Market in Troy.

Tweets of the week

From @Mrs_Misanthrope: "92 yr old Grandpa referring to massage therapist as "the lady who gives me the rub off". He HAS GOT TO KNOW what he's saying. Right? Has to."

From @meagangreen: "Asked Price Chopper cashier to put all my stuff into one bag. He did this, then double-bagged it. Green living fail."

From @mstyne: "One wonders if the NYS Senate will be more efficient now that they can't meet"

From @jesslyons: "RE #geekpickuplines As we ladies say at RPI: The odds are good, but the goods are odd"

From @Mrs_Misanthrope: "I tripped and fell embarrassingly hard. Mother asks me if I fell on purpose. Didn't realize slapstick was part of my comedy repertoire."

There's a lot more going on around the Neighborhood, check it out. We just added a few more sites. If you know of another great local blog we should include -- or person to follow on Twitter -- post a comment or send us an email: editors |at| alloveralbany |dot| com.