Saratoga Living

The Revivalists may not be a band you recognize the name of, but trust me: If you heard my off-tune rendition of their song “Wish I Knew You,” you’d know who I was talking about. Personally, my favorite of The Revivalists’ songs is the second-most-played-on-Spotify “It Was a Sin,” from the same 2015 album that produced their Billboard-charting hit. But “Get It Honest,” the ti...

Photography by Sean Corcoran For months—no, actually years—395 Broadway, located on the corner of Saratoga’s main drag and Division Street, has been under construction. Then, slowly, without much fanfare, the heavy machinery began to disappear, the adjacent sidewalks reopened, and the fence around the property was taken down. At press time there was still paper in the first-f...

Photography by Megan Mumford Sixteen years ago, Louis Hotchkiss was in the right place at the right time. He was living on Division Street in downtown Saratoga, right next door to architect David Taber, who’d moved upstate from Manhattan but was still working on extravagant projects in New York City. When Taber lamented to him that one of his clients wanted $280,000 sheepskin...

Two minutes and thirty seconds into my interview with Saratogian Sam Luke at Broadway Coffee Co. last month, we’d already made plans to get a beer at Pint Sized after we were done. Granted, at the time, he was just three weeks into being a father and deserved a Miller Lite, and I will rarely turn down an invite to Pint Sized. But still—Sam, with his booming voice and kind eye...

Photography by Zack Skowronek Event: The Belmont Stakes Place: Saratoga Race Course Date: June 6 This is such an impressive outfit: You’ve taken what conceptually could have been a costume, but you created something more elevated. The dress is Milly. I was drawn to it because it was bold and looked like a racing post. It’s pure Saratoga. I was born in Floral Park…