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This week AOA was brought to you by daylight savings time, springlike temperatures, the kind of tweets you don't have to read, and by the fabulous AOA advertisers.

They keep us going... so lets help keep them going. OK?

Here's some of what they're offering this week:

+The patio is open this weekend at The Wine Bar and Bistro on Lark!

+The Schenectady Greenmarket will be set up at Proctor's this Sunday with veggies, plants, breads, home made desserts, prepared foods and more. Check them out.

+ The New World Bistro Bar is celebrating its first anniversary with specials all week. Every guest who comes in Tuesday through Saturday gets a Red Envelope with something free inside. Return with the unopened envelope any weekday in April and you could win anything from a Free Dessert to Dinner for Four/

+It's time to get in shape for the summer. Check out the open house at the JCC this week (March 21-26 ). They're waiving the $100 registration fee and offering a 30% discount on membership fees all week.

+ Ready to fire up the grill yet? Save on Bilinski's products with their exclusive AOA coupon.

+ The Honest Weight Food Co-op is celebrating spring with daffodils , tulips and crocuses!

+Check out the Bettie's Cupcakes double-decker cupcake bus on Sunday from noon to four at the open house at Experience and Creative Designs.

+ We're big fans of the caffeine shirts that some of the staff at Uncommon Grounds wear. Now you can buy them through the online store.

+ The Midtown Tap and Tea Room has all kinds of new stuff "brewing" and you can keep up with it all on their Facebook page.

+ Capital Rep presents To Kill a Mockingbird. It runs through March 28.

+ Complexions Spa and Salon is a certified green spa -- from the building to the products. Check out their new barber shop and men's spa.

+ Sunmark Federal Credit Union has online defensive driving courses to help you lower your auto insurance rates.

+ Want to be an Albany All Star? The team is always on the lookout for new talent.

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Comments

Ah - a *proper* robin :) The little fellows were are the gardener's companion in the UK - they don't leave for the winter or return in the spring however. In the Mary Poppins film - based in London of course - they made a model of an American Robin and animated it for one scene - growing up I just assumed that they were rubbish at making models in keeping with Dick van Dyke's 'cockney' accent - but it was a good model, just the wrong bird. Now my daughter who spent the first four years of her life over there just said 'that robin looks strange' . Sigh.

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