Tag Archives: Buffalo

“I wonder why that guy won’t talk to the media!”, or, Great Moments in Buffalo Sports Journalism

Here’s a thing that happened. Last weekend, the Buffalo Bills’ 2014 season ended with the team out of the playoffs. Locker cleanout day was last Monday, and then the team dispersed for the offseason. Fast forward to this past Saturday, … Continue reading

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This is downtown Buffalo.

One of the projects that’s been under construction downtown has been the recreation of old sections of the Erie Canal, which were then filled with water and which have now frozen. Think of Buffalo as an old, decaying, has-been city … Continue reading

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The blanketing of the world, part deux

Oy. That was fun. And by “fun”, I mean, “This is the kind of shit that makes people want to live in weird places whose names end with ‘exas’ or ‘zona’ or ‘ida’ or ‘arolina’.” The lake-effect snow that started … Continue reading

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Buckets, the Bills, Stadiums, Pies, Sharkheaded girls: Some random opinions on some random stuff

Just a grab-bag of some thoughts on stuff going on…. :: I posted the following on a Facebook exchange debating the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. This wasn’t really in response to anything anyone specifically said, but more in response to … Continue reading

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Shorter Jeff Simon

“In any article I write about Roger Ebert, half the words will be about how I hate Gene Siskel and that teevee show that proved that they were both better critics on teevee than I’ll ever be in print.” Seriously, … Continue reading

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Drones Over Buffalo!

My city is quite lovely, sometimes: Have a great Memorial Day weekend, folks!

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Crunch Time again for Mercado!

I’ve been remiss in updating about Mercado, the Kickstarter-led effort to open a culinary market in Buffalo. The original Kickstarter effort failed to reach the funding target, but undeterred, the Mercado folks have migrated over to IndieGoGo, and this effort … Continue reading

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It’s crunch time for Mercado!

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about a new project coming to Buffalo, Mercado Revolution, which is to be a marketplace and dining establishment featuring all things local and artisanal in Buffalo, as well as also featuring young and … Continue reading

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On Mr. Wilson

Ralph Wilson, owner of the Buffalo Bills, died yesterday at the age of 95. He was the only owner the team ever had, and, like seemingly everything else around these parts, Buffalo’s relationship with him was…complicated. Wilson brought football to … Continue reading

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The revolution will be incentivized.

(I’ve changed the wording below a little since my first posting.) I actually donated to a Kickstarter project recently: Mercado Revolution, a new venture in Buffalo that will…well, here’s how Mercado’s visionaries describe it: Mercado will kickstart the Buffalo/Niagara region … Continue reading

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