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Originally Posted by saratogabrit

I thought just that before I started visiting in the off-season prior to buying property there.

Try getting a breakfast downtown on a Sunday morning-any weekend of the year-and you'll be in for a long wait. Despite the Country Corner Cafe opening the new 100 seater place on High Rock in 06 and expanding Church St by 40 covers in 2007-both places have lines to get in by 9am. At the same time Uncommon Grounds-which had a huge expnsion in 07-is totally full and has a line virtually out into the street. Same story at Beverleys, Shirleys and even Comptons.

For starters the town is jam-packed pretty much every weeked of the year. Asides from the 6 weeks of the racing season-there's the 3 weeks of the ballet season and the town has a very strong Chamber of Commerce and large conventions take place virtually all year round in the City Centre-such as the "Dance Flurry" when around 5000 dancers descend on the town during a weekend in mid-February. As well as that events like the "Victorian Walk"-the Thursday after Thanksgiving and "Chowder Fest" in early Feb-atttract thousands into the town.

Togabrit/ BTW - My apologies, I was trying to compare (very poorly, I would add) the contrast between the 6 weeks during the meet and the balance of the year, and how Sedona is more of a year-round destination. That's not to say that Saratoga isn't a bustling place; it certainly is.