Sarah and Samuel Beam, on-stage at Asbury Hall/Babeville, Nov. 12, 2008. Photo by LibraRonin.
Iron & Wine is one of the very few music acts the wife and I have Absolute Agreement on, so we snapped up tickets to their Nov. 12 gig at Ani DiFranco’s Babeville, a.k.a. Asbury Hall, as soon as we knew about [...]
Iron & Wine at Asbury Hall
November 20th, 2008 No Comments
Buffalo Architectural Wallpapers
November 17th, 2008 1 Comment
Nine things to like about the Nickel City
So the New York Times gave Buffalo’s architectural treasures the feature treatment on Sunday, detailing our city’s beautiful contradictions and breathtaking buildings. We’ve got projects designed by architectural progressives who had brilliant designs on the future, while the modern city itself … well, that’s another 40 posts [...]
Tags: architecture · Buffalo · photos · Things I Really Like
Real Deal Article on Buffalo’s Real Estate Market
August 11th, 2008 2 Comments
I’ve got a piece in this month’s insert to The Real Deal, a New York City-based magazine that covers real estate news, about how Buffalo managed to escape the recent credit and housing downturns. Titled Buffalo stays cold — and calm, it details how the conditions in Western New York’s economy and the character of [...]
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Oh, it is so on, Glasgow Edinburgh
August 1st, 2008 4 Comments
Photo by surrealist303.
Before heading out on a week’s vacation, I had to point out the awesomeness of “The Munchie Box,” picked up by my friend Andrew at Buffalo Buffet. The “standard” size costs about 5 British pounds, comes in a 10-inch pizza box, and includes doner kebab meat, nan bread, chicken tikka, pakora, onion rings, [...]
Taking on the Taste
July 13th, 2008 No Comments
One man, alone (actually, accompanied by a patient wife and/or a friend or two) and unarmed (except with a camera, wallet, iPod touch, keys, a water bottle, pre-applied sunscreen and sunglasses) against a horde (nearly 60, actually) of Buffalo’s restaurants, all lined up on one avenue, for two days.
This epic tale can be found over [...]
Tags: Buffalo · food · photos · Taste of Buffalo
Buffalo skyline
July 11th, 2008 No Comments
Taken from the observation tower at the Erie Basin Marina.
Best Picture Winner, the Eight-Word Version
February 28th, 2008 No Comments
“I don’t believe in this Oscar bullshit, but it is the best movie of the year”
Our local ABC affiliate WKBW, suffering for years under serious cutbacks, accidentally turned the studio microphones on during the big finale of this year’s Oscars (post-spoiler: “No Country for Old Men” won). Rather than embarass their last-in-the-market station, however, the [...]
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