Tag Archives: Buffalo

It’s like the song, George! Downtown! There’s your answer!

Here at Casa Jaquandor, our regular day to go to the library is Thursday. That’s carved in stone. We always go on Thursday. Except for weeks when Thursday is some kind of holiday, such as the upcoming Thanksgiving Day…or last … Continue reading

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Ultracalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Mary Poppins at Shea’s Buffalo!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. See what I did there? It’s “ultra”. One step up from “super”. Take that, Mary Poppins! Which brings me to the topic here: Mary Poppins, the stage musical, which we were … Continue reading

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A Vacation Report (or, Recent Adventures in Overalls)

A couple of weeks back, I took a short vacation. OK, it was actually a five-day weekend, but I called it a vacation, because that’s what it felt like. Below is a really long recitation of stuff I did on … Continue reading

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Rails to Trails

As much as I love living in the Buffalo Southtowns, one thing I’ve always missed about this particular part of our region is the general lack of bike paths. Most of the best bike paths in the Buffalo region are … Continue reading

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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, stepping out your door….

After a summer that has seen a surprising amount of weather that’s been truly unpleasant — from our cool-and-rainy June to our incredibly hot-and-humid July — we finally got a welcome taste of autumnal cool this weekend. Or, as I … Continue reading

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A Day at the Fair — the report!

So, the other day we enacted one of our favorite annual rituals: a day at the Erie County Fair. We’ve been going to the Fair ever since 2001 or 2002, the first year we actually lived in the Buffalo area. … Continue reading

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I really hope he wasn’t trying out for “Hell’s Kitchen”

Well, I see that Buffalo has hit the national news wire again, this time for the actions of one of our fine citizens. Sigh: Buffalo police rescued a cat from a Cheektowaga man who apparently was planning to make a … Continue reading

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Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded

In the “I should really pay more attention to my surroundings” department, I’ve just spent 45 minutes scrolling backward through the archives of Buffalo Eats, a blog devoted to food in the Western NY region. I had no idea this … Continue reading

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Snooze

We all know that newspapers are slowly dying away, their readership and functions taken over by new modes of media and news propagation. But it’s always interesting to behold the physical manifestation of newspaper decay. Case in point: the front … Continue reading

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Breakfast — the Meal of the Gods

Breakfast at Charlie’s, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. I love food of nearly all varieties, but like a lot of folks, there’s a special place in my heart for breakfast. There’s something awfully nice about a day that starts off with … Continue reading

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