Government: The Commissioner

There’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... it all comes together to summer lovin’ create an electric energy (clockwise, from top) that’s somehow, at once, “I love walking up and down both exciting and relaxed. There’s so much to do, but no one is in a rush to do it. It’s almost as if, when you’re in Saratoga, the city happens to you, and you’re Broadway and capturing the cars driving by with the historic buildings in the background,” says photographer Samantha Decker; the gardens at Yaddo; the Spirit of Life just along for the ride. statue in Congress Park;

That’s the feeling sunrise over the Reflecting Saratogian Samantha Pool at the Spa State Park; Decker (@samintoga) SPAC from above. expertly captures in her

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