A quick recap of the week

posted Apr 8, 2016
week review 2016-04-08

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

+ AOA birthday drawing: New World, Spectrum, Nine Pin, Albany Distilling, Crisan, Albany Institute - What is your favorite thing about the city of Albany?

+ Jenna continued her domination of the AOA NCAA Tournament pool.

+ AOA birthday drawing: A Taste of Albany, Lark + Lily, Capital Wine - What is the tastiest thing in the Capital Region?

+ A few visions of a possible future Troy

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: differentiating cookies, Tagalongs, bagels, Off Shore, Asian-Mexican fast-casual fusion, red sauce, brunch booze, organizing workers, a typical Syracuse experience, running, horse riding, seeing things differently, a statue, stocking up, letting go, and the fridge list.

+ AOA birthday drawing: 677 Prime, Adirondack Food & Wine Fest via the Giddy Up, Bilinski's, Tierra/Madison Theater - What's your favorite Capital Region thing to share?

+ Baby bear alert. Baby bear alert.

+ There are few more details about the upcoming Breathing Lights project.

+ AOA birthday drawing: Something Rotten, The Producers, The Trip to Bountiful, Tala - What is something dramatic in the Capital Region?

+ An exit interview with winter

+ AOA birthday drawing: Brown's, The Hill at Muza, Twenty-Two 2nd Street Wine Co., Weird Beard, EMPAC - What's your favorite thing about Troy? (This drawing is open until Monday at 1 pm.)

+ And thank you to everyone to everyone who celebrated the AOA birthday with us this week in person or in spirt. We appreciate it.

Here's the whole week in one place.

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

bear photo: NYS DEC | rendering: Realize Troy

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