Holidays/Events/Parades

Santa Fe Salad

What is a "Santa Fe salad" and how is it different from a "Southwest salad"? Is it simply called a "Southwest Salad" if you walk into McDonald's and a "Santa…

Saratoga: August Mecca (nickname)

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Opened in…

Saratoga: Peppermint Pig

Saratogo, New York, confectioner Mike Fitzgerald re-introduced the Christmas tradition of the "Peppermint Pig" since the 1990s. Supposedly, peppermint pigs first became a Saratoga…

Saratoga: Saratoga Potato (Chip)

Saratoga is famous for giving birth to the "potato chip" (or, Saratoga chip) in the early 1850s. I couldn't find anything that early, but below are some interesting citations. 17…

Saratoga: Saratoga Trunk

(Oxford English Dictionary)Saratoga, n.In full Saratoga trunk: a large kind of trunk much used by ladies.1858 N.Y. Tribune 26 July 3/1 The Saratoga Trunk is an article that has been a theme of…

Satan’s Circus

Another name for the "Tenderloin" area of Manhattan, just below "Hell's Kitchen," is "Satan's Circus." The term is historical and is not used today, but…