All Over Albany

A quick recap of the week

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

+ We pulled together a list of potentially fun/interesting/noteworthy upcoming concerts for the next few months.

+ Speaking of concerts -- Wilco's playing two of them in the area this summer.

+ Daniel says the croissant at Mrs. London's is decadent -- which is exactly the point.

+ The music lineup and schedule for Tulip Festival is out. There was some grumbling -- and applauding.

+ That, uh, rather precocious Albany 12-year-old has been accused of being involved in with another stolen car.

+ Kelly asked about finding a good real estate -- there were a bunch of suggestions and some good advice.

+ There's a new arts/crafts/vintage/what-not market coming to Troy this summer.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: cutting through bone, a parent's job, exploration, Vroman's nose, Capital District geology, wildflowers, bursting bubbles, the Canfield Casino, that elegant chapeau, a mini food tour, Carmine's Brazilian Grill, two new spots, ramps, and light bulbs.

+ The state's teen birth rate continues to drop.

+ A few of the items found on Craigslist this week: hot mispronunciations, a debate challenge, a "rare Soviet era bike," and raw goat fleece.

+ The tulips are arriving.

+ The large-scale reconfiguration of the busy Washington Ave Ext/Fuller Road intersection is starting -- the renderings of the planned final product prompted discussion about how bike and pedestrian friendly it will be.

+ We ran a few numbers to see what sorts of deal people might have gotten at the state's surplus car auction.

+ And we're now accepting applications for this year's AOA Sunmark Startup Grant -- one good local idea is going to get a $1,500 push.

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 shared a photo or idea this week!

scattered books photo: Sebastien Barre
Washington/Fuller rendering via NYSDOT