A quick recap of the week

week review 2010-01-09

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

+ Jess told us about a guy from Delmar who's famous for playing music on water glasses.

+ The newest World's Tallest Building is 4.6 times as tall as the Corning Tower.

+ Speaking of tall -- how many cornings is that?

+ The Albany police department is using Twitter.

+ Here are some small things you can do to make winter better.

+ What do you call a group of migrating Lady Liberties?

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: a wrong turn, dim sum, a ribeye, New World, Troy, bikram, goals, the Baseball Hall of Fame, a wedding reception, the Huyck, frost, and a car sale.

+ Here's a quick scan of the David Paterson's State of the State speech.

+ Congrats to xina, nicole, Ninz, mtass and Laura -- they won free tickets to see the Albany All Stars roller derby this weekend.

+ A few of the items found on Craigslist this week: a dance partner, makeup-applying drivers, the laws of girl's night and a fraternity paddle.

+ Slacker's looking to buy a couch -- and people had some suggestions about where to look.

+ And if you've been waiting to get an H1N1 shot, wait no longer.


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!

roller derby photo: Brian Kraus / AASRD

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