Saratoga stopover

Saratoga is only about forty minutes away from the Adirondack house, so it was easy to contemplate a quick stopover on the drive home Monday. There's been a lot of yuppifying there; the center of town is dominated by a Starbucks, The Gap, Eddie Bauer...
Even so, the town is full of beautiful commercial architecture from the Victorian period, circa 1870-1880. Details such as this finely carved doorway abound.
The famous bakery/cafe, Mrs London's, is in this handsome old building. Closed on Mondays - darn! Another time. Noted that Borders Books had a large section devoted to local and regional books. A good source for when we want to plan some more ambitious side trips.

I stopped in to check out a fine wine store on Broadway. They carry only one type of box wine, and this is it. The proprietor told me it was a very good Chardonnay, and that they had trouble keeping in in stock. This is the last one they had. I have to finish the Banrock Station Shiraz (drinkable but not remarkable) before I open it. Will report in a future post.