Since then, I got a part-time job, went through some painful but non-life-threatening health drama, broke up with my significant other, finally found a real job, sold my car and most of my furniture, and moved to New York City ( Read more... )

Setting: Convenience store, Wednesday after work ( Read more... )

When I moved to Buffalo, I opened an account with Greater Buffalo Savings Bank because it was local, and because they had a branch (since moved) within walking distance of my University Heights apartment. Later, they opened a branch on Connecticut Street, which is very convenient to my Pennsylvania Street apartment ( Read more... )

I was interested to see this in The Buffalo News this morning ( Read more... )

A few friends and I met at Ulrich's, one of a handful of local joints featured on the Rust Belt edition of this Travel Channel show, to watch. It was -- exactly what I would have expected. Good-natured jokes about the snow, outdoor barbecue in winter, booze and organ meat at Ulrich's, beef on weck at Schwabl's (I knew they went to Ulrich's but ( Read more... )

Nothing like seeing that at the top of your Yahoo headlines when you wake up a little late on a Saturday morning.

We really should have joined Canada a long time ago.

About five years ago, my then-boyfriend and I marched in the Juneteenth parade with Housing Opportunities Made Equal, where a good friend of mine served on the board of directors. Neither of us had a car, and we took the bus down from the Kensington-Bailey neighborhood, where he was living at the time. Being in the parade, we arrived well before ( Read more... )

I went Greek Fest-ing for lunch on both Friday and Saturday, hiked up to Pride today. The weather was a little overcast (just today, it was gorgeous Friday and Saturday) and I am a somewhat tired old lady, but I'm still glad that Buffalo festival season has arrived ( Read more... )

Despite my many, many warnings that law school is the worst place in the world, my best friend has decided to go through with it anyway. Today she got a phone call from UB Law -- she's off the wait list and in in in! Thus, after 6 years of being separated by three hours of driving, Heather and Jessica will be living in the same city again once more ( Read more... )

I was just watching Breakfast at Tiffany's and noticed that Holly Golightly herself has the same mailbox as I do. This city is a living time capsule, I swear. When does that movie take place, the 50s? Maybe that's when this building was converted to apartments.