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"100 Things To Do In Albany Before You Die" by Sandra Foyt

Book cover for "100 Things to do in Albany before you die"
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Sandra Foyt is an award-winning travel photographer, freelancer, and content media producer. In addition to publishing the family travel site, Albany Kid, and the guide to romantic getaways, Getaway Mavens, she is a freelance writer with credits in Parade, USA Today, and Huffington Post. This year, Foyt has launched Albany Traveler. Her new book is “100 Things to do in Albany Before You Die” - it is published by Reedy Press.

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Sarah has been a public radio producer for over fifteen years. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing.
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