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here’s something special— some would say magical—about summer in Saratoga. The Congress Park ducks carelessly stopping traffic on Broadway, the possibility of winning big on a $2 bet at the track, singing along to Dave Matthews Band at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), cutting a rug on the Miller Lite–soaked dance floor at The Horseshoe... summer lovin’ it all comes together to (clockwise, from top) create an electric energy “I love walking up and down that’s somehow, at once, Broadway and capturing both exciting and relaxed. the cars driving by with There’s so much to do, the historic buildings in but no one is in a rush to the background,” says do it. It’s almost as if, when photographer Samantha you’re in Saratoga, the city Decker; the gardens at happens to you, and you’re Yaddo; the Spirit of Life just along for the ride. statue in Congress Park; That’s the feeling sunrise over the Reflecting Pool at the Spa State Park; Saratogian Samantha SPAC from above. Decker (@samintoga) expertly captures in her
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