Welcome to The 518

We started this newsletter because we wanted a better way to connect with our friends and neighbors, to find out what’s happening around town: cool events, the best new place for brunch on lazy Sunday mornings, where to take the kids when it’s brass monkeys outside, what to do this weekend, and important stuff like where and when Hootie & the Blowfish is playing. Just kidding. We already know—June 15th at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Oh, Collective Soul will be there too. Cue the Gen X vibes.

The word ‘community’ is completely overused, but that’s what we’re trying do here. Create community. Community means more engagement, more pride, more connection, more fun, more of everything that we want to get out of this place we call home.

We hope you’ll be a big part of this community. Read The 518. Share it. Got a hot tip, cool event or an awesome local business or personality we should profile? Get in touch with us at [email protected]. It’s really your local newsletter.

Btw, Phat has a background in journalism and media, while Karley comes from the world of fine arts & photography.

Stay connected,

Phat X. Chiem & Karley Sullivan