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His and Hers icon cars?

ByDerek

With only 14 hours left before my replica General Lee is sold on eBay, I thought perhaps I could appeal to my lovely wife by offering her a car she could relate to… the original Ecto 1. Now on sale, direct from George Barris‘ personal collection, for the low low price of… $149,998.

Who is subsidizing who?

ByDerek

I was scanning through the Buffalo Issue Alerts digest email this morning and saw this post from Cynthia Van Ness: So I was listening to WBFO this morning and heard a story about efforts to qualify the Grand Island bridge for federal aid in order to eliminate bridge tolls (but there was no link at…

A Buffalo fixture I could have done without

ByDerek

Funny, but I don’t ever remember putting “seeing a Terry Buchwald show” on my personal list of must-do Buffalo things. Regardless, Amanda and I had the, um, pleasure last night at a benefit for Variety Club organized by one of her coworkers. Don’t get me wrong, the benefit was great – well organized, well attended,…

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Norquist reloaded

ByDerek

Urbanist Idol John Norquist came to town. Again. In a press conference that shocked nobody, he claimed the skyway should come down. But now, in his post mayoral, ineffective years, he’s calling people out. Like, former bosom buddy Congressman Higgins and, of course, Governor Spitzer. “I doubt the governor has really looked at this issue,”…

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Cardavenue: Gift Card Exchange

ByDerek

I ran across Cardavenue while reading an article in Money magazine and loved the idea – a website where you can go and post gift cards that you have acquired that you don’t want or need, and try to trade them for other merchants that you might rather have instead. I got a couple Buca…

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Car Show/Restore Buffalo @ Central Terminal Saturday

ByDerek

Heading out on the wires right now… For Immediate Release: Free Open House Event at the Central Terminal “Cruise Into the Past” Custom/Classic Car Show Buffalo, New York – July 17th, 2006: The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation and Lakeside Classic Cruisers are very pleased to announce they will be co-hosting a classic and custom car…

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