Ciao Italia! We have finally moved on to Germany! Düsseldorf was our only stop, and my photos are all from the Altstadt (old city). While there wasn’t snow, it was cold along the Rhine, yet there were still a ton of people walking around and, of course, drinking Altbier. But more on that later. Here’s five pics…
A few months ago, I mentioned the difficulty that we’ve had uncovering a specific geocache. Well, last night we finally defeated the dreaded Dam the Cayuga Cache. Maybe it was that we both had reached our 50 cache milestones. Maybe it was that we were carrying the Lighthouse Nickel Travel Bug with us, and we…
Hate is most often brought on by jealousy, and it’s obviously the driving force behind many of the comments on Buffalo Rising’s article on the newly proposed “Urban Mirage” in Amherst. The city vs. suburbs debate rears it’s ugly head yet again. Too many city dwellers refuse to believe that life should exist outside of…
Jeez… and all this time I thought it was a myth that Amherst didn’t want the MetroRail extended to it’s town because it would bring the crime to it from the city. Turns out, that’s actually a fact in places like “idyllic” Portland. When TriMet opened the light-rail line in 1986, it eliminated its transit…
I follow the digest emails from Buffalo Issue Alerts because the Terminal comes up in there every once in awhile. It’s a Yahoo group that consists largely of preservationists and anti-casino advocates. I don’t think I’ve ever posted before, because I prefer the wider range of opinions at SpeakupWNY. However, in the last digest I…
No matter where Wal-Mart attempts to go, NIMBY’s are sure to be found. Hamburg is no different. According to The Sun a group of 18 whopping people showed up at the Hamburg Planning Board meeting to protest Wal-Mart’s move to the ghost town known as Brierwood Plaza. The group cited several thinly veiled NIMBYistic concerns,…
Buffalo, New York February 26th, 2007: The Central Terminal Restoration Corporation (CTRC) is pleased to announce our 2007 schedule of events. Building on the success of 2006, in which the Terminal saw 8,000 visitors in September alone, three new events are being added this year: A Dyngus Day celebration in conjunction with St. Stan’s and…