So a few weekends ago, now that Winter has finally gone, we were invited for some drinks and dinner in Saratoga Springs. This was also the day of the much anticipated Apocalypse and the CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) has released information on how to prepare for a Zombie Invasion! This was actually tongue in cheek (I hope) to remind people in the US of the need for an emergency plan for more likely problems, tornado, flood etc. Saratoga Springs is a very well to do Spa town. There is horse racing there throughout the summer. Don Maclean wrote 'American Pie' here and it is immortalised in the Carly Simon song, 'You're so Vain' with the lyrics, "I hear you went up to Saratoga, And your horse naturally won". It is a lovely place. As I may have mentioned before, America can often seem like a giant parking lot. Last week in Woodstock ( blog to follow!) we heard a song about "strip malls from sea to shining sea" and that is not wrong! It is desolate and depressing. However there do exist pockets of lovely and Saratoga is one of these. Lively, artistic and lots of shops and bars! We sampled the (disgusting sulphuric) spring then found a rooftop bar at Apocalypse time, safest place in a Zombie invasion!
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