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SLAH: How to Make Friends in Saratoga

By Natalie Moore

March 22, 2025

When I’m out and about with my friend Kate, I tell the story of how we met to everyone that will listen. In May of 2022, we both found ourselves at Social IRL, a post-Covid meet-up at Lucy’s Bar meant to introduce folks who knew each other from Instagram, but had never connected in real life (IRL). After chatting for a few minutes, I manned up (womanned up?) and asked a question that you don’t often hear beyond the confines of playgrounds and kindergarten classes: “Do you want to be friends?”

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Natalie Moore

Natalie Moore is the editor of Saratoga Living and Capital Region Living magazines. A native of Ballston Lake, she began her career as an editorial intern at Saratoga Living, and, essentially, never left. In addition to overseeing the creation of the print magazines, she is the main contributor to Saratoga Living After Hours, a Substack newsletter that covers the Spa City’s social scene. In an alternate reality, she is a professional pickleball player.