Tag: Saratoga Springs

• “Saratoga is the wickedest place in the United States.” Nellie Bly

    Wicked maybe, but beautiful too. Oh, for the days of such wickedness! Before the CIA promoted ugly art causing president Truman once to remark, “If that’s art, then I’m a Hottentot.” Gambling was illegal when Mr. Morrissey, a tough prize-fighter from Troy rolled into Saratoga and set up his Gentlemen’s Club (aka casino). The…

  Adrienne Morris

  August 25, 2014

  19th Century Art, Beautiful Images, inspirational, Saratoga, United States History

  19th century, Canfield Casino, Fashion, Gambling, John Morrissey, Las vegas, Life, Lifestyles of the rich and famous, Saratoga Springs, sin, United States History, Vacation Destinations

• When People Get Nice On You

  I was just popping in for a few minutes at the library when one of my new favorite librarians hailed me over to see what she’d found at a garage sale?! I come from a long line of people who want to trust others, but just don’t. It’s an affliction we wear with humor and…

  Adrienne Morris

  July 31, 2014

  Beautiful Images, Books I’ve Known and Loved, inspirational, Intoxication, The Crenshaws, The Tenafly Road Series, United States History, Writing

  19th century, antiques, Books, Buck Crenshaw, Grand Union Hotel, Random Acts of Kindness, Research, Saratoga Springs, Tenafly Road Series, Victorian resorts, Writers, Writing

• Explore Your City with Bird’s Eye Maps

  This map is a dream come true for me. How lucky to have my character Buck Crenshaw visit Saratoga in the very year this map was published! Find your city and explore the way it used to be at the Library of Congress Panoramic Maps Collection! You can zoom in and out and have a…

  Adrienne Morris

  April 16, 2014

  Beautiful Images, History, The Unknowable Past, inspirational, Writing

  19th century, Bird’s Eye Views of Cities, fiction, geography, Illustration, Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps, Research, Saratoga Springs, United States History, Writers, Writing