The New Year Rises in Saratoga

New Year's Eve 2006/2007. Fireworks over City Hall.

The exploding sparkle of lights draped long shadows across the Victorian porches of Union Avenue.
Along Broadway, a group of tourists stopped in front of the architecture with their digital cameras and smokers forced outside of Caroline Street taverns wore t-shirts as they huddled in the doorways with their cigarettes.

The announcement came that the 3,000th US serviceman had died in Iraq.

In Congress Park, the odd jogger crossed tracks with the dog walker while young couples strolled together, bundled in ear muffs, long scarves and tall boots.
The only reminder of summer was a black sign with gold letters that read: Please do not feed the ducks.

12.31.06 thomas dimopoulos