Now I'm in Lynchburg, VA - home of Jerry Fallwell and Liberty University. I didn't expect so many restaurants and what not.
Cheapest gas I've seen so far - $2.55 Roanoke, VA.
Um not much else. I'm just tired.
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05/23/2006 16:22 #24639
Etc.Category: travel
05/19/2006 13:03 #24638
Apartment SearchYo guys - my co-worker and his buddies are looking to move to the general strip area. What is the best method to search for a place, and is there a place online that commonly lists pads near or on Elmwood? They are looking for a 3-4 bedroom pad, and the only thing I can think of thus far is the Artvoice classifieds.
I wish I knew more about this apartment search thing - we were lucky and didn't have to really do a search to get the place we live in so I don't really know a lot of this info.
Any help is appreciated guys - and if anybody knows of a 3-4 bedroom, decent spot for rent gimme a heads up... I may have a tennant ready to go for someone out there.
I wish I knew more about this apartment search thing - we were lucky and didn't have to really do a search to get the place we live in so I don't really know a lot of this info.
Any help is appreciated guys - and if anybody knows of a 3-4 bedroom, decent spot for rent gimme a heads up... I may have a tennant ready to go for someone out there.
mrmike - 05/23/06 16:31
I did the drive around thing, but there are a crap load of for rent signs from Bidwell to Bird at the moment.
I did the drive around thing, but there are a crap load of for rent signs from Bidwell to Bird at the moment.
metalpeter - 05/19/06 19:30
I know there is also the Buffalo News classifieds. I think one of the best ways to walk or drive around the general area and write down nubers and or call them on a cell phone. I know there is also a free publication that comes out but I don't know for homes but not sure if there is one for rental properties. Around this time there should be a lot of turn over with school ending. Word of mouth is a tough way to search but often can give great results also, I wish them the best of luck.
I know there is also the Buffalo News classifieds. I think one of the best ways to walk or drive around the general area and write down nubers and or call them on a cell phone. I know there is also a free publication that comes out but I don't know for homes but not sure if there is one for rental properties. Around this time there should be a lot of turn over with school ending. Word of mouth is a tough way to search but often can give great results also, I wish them the best of luck.
paul - 05/19/06 16:47
Try ispybuffalo.com , my friend (e:zack)'s company programmed it. It lists rentals in the area.
Try ispybuffalo.com , my friend (e:zack)'s company programmed it. It lists rentals in the area.
ladycroft - 05/19/06 15:33
we looked in the artvoice, on craigslist and drove around writing down numbers on signs.
we looked in the artvoice, on craigslist and drove around writing down numbers on signs.
jenks - 05/19/06 14:08
it's been two years, but when I was looking I used artvoice, and also just drove around looking for 'for rent' signs. timika/jen/ryan may have more tips...
it's been two years, but when I was looking I used artvoice, and also just drove around looking for 'for rent' signs. timika/jen/ryan may have more tips...
05/12/2006 13:20 #24637
Two StoriesA couple anecdotes for you all -
1) Elizabeth Smart and her father Ed sat 2 rows in front of me on my first flight from LAX. At first I saw this gorgeous blonde girl that was dressed very well, and I was thinking the usual extremely dirty thoughts that guys think when they see a pretty girl. I didn't think much of it. Once we got on the flight I heard Ed speak when someone was in his seat, and I thought "AHA! Thats the Smarts!" Then I immediately felt filthy and extremely guilty over what I was thinking about Elizabeth. For those of you who either don't remember or don't pay much attention, Elizabeth Smart was the Mormon girl who was kidnapped in Utah 3 yeras ago by a couple who had done some handiwork around her father's multimillion dollar suburban Salt Lake City home. Yo Ed - you are a millionaire, you don't need to be flying America West with your daughter. At least she is 18 so I don't feel REALLY dirty.
2) After I returned from California, my co-worker and his friends went to IHOP in Williamsville for breakfast. Ralph Wilson, the venerable Buffalo Bills owner, was sitting by himself eating breakfast there - amazing! They went up to him and chatted him up - apparently he is a really, really nice old fella and even signed some Bills stuff for my co-worker and his friends. Its just kind of strange seeing a damn-near-billionaire octogenarian who practically has deity status here in Buffalo eating at an IHOP by himself.
1) Elizabeth Smart and her father Ed sat 2 rows in front of me on my first flight from LAX. At first I saw this gorgeous blonde girl that was dressed very well, and I was thinking the usual extremely dirty thoughts that guys think when they see a pretty girl. I didn't think much of it. Once we got on the flight I heard Ed speak when someone was in his seat, and I thought "AHA! Thats the Smarts!" Then I immediately felt filthy and extremely guilty over what I was thinking about Elizabeth. For those of you who either don't remember or don't pay much attention, Elizabeth Smart was the Mormon girl who was kidnapped in Utah 3 yeras ago by a couple who had done some handiwork around her father's multimillion dollar suburban Salt Lake City home. Yo Ed - you are a millionaire, you don't need to be flying America West with your daughter. At least she is 18 so I don't feel REALLY dirty.
2) After I returned from California, my co-worker and his friends went to IHOP in Williamsville for breakfast. Ralph Wilson, the venerable Buffalo Bills owner, was sitting by himself eating breakfast there - amazing! They went up to him and chatted him up - apparently he is a really, really nice old fella and even signed some Bills stuff for my co-worker and his friends. Its just kind of strange seeing a damn-near-billionaire octogenarian who practically has deity status here in Buffalo eating at an IHOP by himself.
sbrugger - 05/12/06 13:52
Gotta love brushes with "celebrity"... ;).
All of mine are with hockey players...and most of those from before they were famous....
Gotta love brushes with "celebrity"... ;).
All of mine are with hockey players...and most of those from before they were famous....
05/10/2006 15:04 #24636
To be or not to beYou know, the interesting thing about hair is what to do with it when you are in a "tweener" awkward stage. I thought about just getting my hair thinned out, trimmed slightly and letting it grow, or just doing the usual and getting it cut so that I can style it with my trademark frontal swoop. I've never really had longer hair before so I don't know what to do. (e:jason) says that I'm developing a little mullettude.
Other than that, I've generally been enjoying my time while not travelling. I've been busy at the office, watching the Sabres, enjoying illicit yet delicious contraband and getting a ton of new music. My most recent acquisitions have been too numerous to list, but the one I'm most proud of is the hard to find Analord 1-11 12" vinyl only singles that Aphex Twin released last year. I've got all 11 in MP3 format, WITH the LP label graphics so that I can continue having all of the album graphics on my iPod. I'm truly obsessive/compulsive with my music. I've also gotten the most recent Broken Social Scene (which I've liked but not owned until recently), Built to Spill, a few Flaming Lips albums, a few Talking Heads albums, Madlib's Blue Note album, Taking Back Sunday's newest and some retro new wave/80's music thats been floating out there. If you like Duran Duran, and you know you do, then check out VHS or Beta. They do some really great instrumentals on their albums, which I think is so cool for a rock band to mix in.
Actually I'm kind of mixed on a lot of the retro 80's stuff coming out recently. I say to myself that I like it, but then I also say to myself that if I wanted to listen to Duran Duran or Talking Heads that I could do just that and stow away the designer imposters.
Other than that, I've generally been enjoying my time while not travelling. I've been busy at the office, watching the Sabres, enjoying illicit yet delicious contraband and getting a ton of new music. My most recent acquisitions have been too numerous to list, but the one I'm most proud of is the hard to find Analord 1-11 12" vinyl only singles that Aphex Twin released last year. I've got all 11 in MP3 format, WITH the LP label graphics so that I can continue having all of the album graphics on my iPod. I'm truly obsessive/compulsive with my music. I've also gotten the most recent Broken Social Scene (which I've liked but not owned until recently), Built to Spill, a few Flaming Lips albums, a few Talking Heads albums, Madlib's Blue Note album, Taking Back Sunday's newest and some retro new wave/80's music thats been floating out there. If you like Duran Duran, and you know you do, then check out VHS or Beta. They do some really great instrumentals on their albums, which I think is so cool for a rock band to mix in.
Actually I'm kind of mixed on a lot of the retro 80's stuff coming out recently. I say to myself that I like it, but then I also say to myself that if I wanted to listen to Duran Duran or Talking Heads that I could do just that and stow away the designer imposters.
mrdt - 05/10/06 18:56
I kinda like those regurgetated (remixed) tunes from the 70's and 80's. I was at the gym today and heard a Fleetwood Mac remix of "You can go your own way." It's nice to hear all the songs I grew up with that now have a modern update.
As far as the illicits, I need some help... After my last final in finance tomorrow I want to celebrate. I have 9000 mp3's, 200 cds and about 100 records that you may be interested in. Help a brother out!!!
I kinda like those regurgetated (remixed) tunes from the 70's and 80's. I was at the gym today and heard a Fleetwood Mac remix of "You can go your own way." It's nice to hear all the songs I grew up with that now have a modern update.
As far as the illicits, I need some help... After my last final in finance tomorrow I want to celebrate. I have 9000 mp3's, 200 cds and about 100 records that you may be interested in. Help a brother out!!!
lilho - 05/10/06 16:14
ummm, let cut your hair! or at least see it and give you advice. im elmwoodstrip's resident hair guru.
ummm, let cut your hair! or at least see it and give you advice. im elmwoodstrip's resident hair guru.
jenks - 05/10/06 15:57
If you like Talking Heads, check out Clap your hands and say yeah. Very david bowie-ish. On high rotation for me right now.
If you like Talking Heads, check out Clap your hands and say yeah. Very david bowie-ish. On high rotation for me right now.
05/03/2006 21:14 #24635
CaliforniaCategory: travel
It seems like every time I visit Los Angeles my feelings about this place grow stronger. It has a lot to do with economic prosperity, attitudes, what you make of places, what you might leave behind, what you might gain. I've decided that one day soon I'm going to shed my skin and migrate west. I haven't been this certain about something in a long time.
Today it hit me that leaving Buffalo is and should be a real prospect for me. I've always said that if I can stay in Buffalo I will, but my perspective is changing. I love Buffalo, even with all of its problems - don't get me wrong. Moving onward and upward is the only thing on my mind lately, and I've grown to adore many places in the USA. California is #1 by a long shot, and it seems like choosing somewhere else to make my next step in would be nothing but a compromise.
I absolutely love this place - maybe I won't end up in LA, maybe somewhere else in this state. I travel enough to know that just getting a new perspective someone else is intoxicating, but I've already been through this before. I haven't wanted something badly enough to fight for it for a long, long time - its a strange feeling. Whatever it takes, I'm coming here for good.
I wish I could share how I feel right now.
Today it hit me that leaving Buffalo is and should be a real prospect for me. I've always said that if I can stay in Buffalo I will, but my perspective is changing. I love Buffalo, even with all of its problems - don't get me wrong. Moving onward and upward is the only thing on my mind lately, and I've grown to adore many places in the USA. California is #1 by a long shot, and it seems like choosing somewhere else to make my next step in would be nothing but a compromise.
I absolutely love this place - maybe I won't end up in LA, maybe somewhere else in this state. I travel enough to know that just getting a new perspective someone else is intoxicating, but I've already been through this before. I haven't wanted something badly enough to fight for it for a long, long time - its a strange feeling. Whatever it takes, I'm coming here for good.
I wish I could share how I feel right now.
codypomeray - 05/10/06 19:33
I understand how you feel, and while i had moved east for better opportunities, i still do love buffalo. it is my home. but now when i do visit my parents and friends still up in b-lo, i get a sense of longing to return down to new york/long island. i think alot of it has to do with the ocean, the beaches, and a strange sense of limitless possibility that comes along with it. the seasons feel different (they are slightly, spring actually arrives almost like clockwork on april 1) well good luck whenever you do decide to move. i have a few friends who have moved out there, and love it. but they also moved to santa monica, san diego.
I understand how you feel, and while i had moved east for better opportunities, i still do love buffalo. it is my home. but now when i do visit my parents and friends still up in b-lo, i get a sense of longing to return down to new york/long island. i think alot of it has to do with the ocean, the beaches, and a strange sense of limitless possibility that comes along with it. the seasons feel different (they are slightly, spring actually arrives almost like clockwork on april 1) well good luck whenever you do decide to move. i have a few friends who have moved out there, and love it. but they also moved to santa monica, san diego.
iriesara - 05/04/06 12:20
Hey Josh - A word of advice - forget Smell A, man. San Diego's the place to be, or even somewhat north of there. I'd skip LA and Orange counties entirely, but that's just me. Even Ventura county would be better. SD is absolutely beautiful, much less smog, more small neighborhoods all around town (like a thousand Elmwood Strips) and just as many job opportunities, I would think. Plus, it's a bit cheaper. What's the point in being in So Cal if you can't even see the sun? I mean, there are great things about LA, but to live? It's real easy to visit, just a couple hours drive. That another thing. San Diego's bad enough with traffic, but LA? Forget it. You'll spend half you life in your car. Sara
Hey Josh - A word of advice - forget Smell A, man. San Diego's the place to be, or even somewhat north of there. I'd skip LA and Orange counties entirely, but that's just me. Even Ventura county would be better. SD is absolutely beautiful, much less smog, more small neighborhoods all around town (like a thousand Elmwood Strips) and just as many job opportunities, I would think. Plus, it's a bit cheaper. What's the point in being in So Cal if you can't even see the sun? I mean, there are great things about LA, but to live? It's real easy to visit, just a couple hours drive. That another thing. San Diego's bad enough with traffic, but LA? Forget it. You'll spend half you life in your car. Sara
mrdt - 05/04/06 01:35
need a roommate? actually I'm gonna spend sometime in Vegas makin a ton of money then to Cali when I can afford to live comfortably.
need a roommate? actually I'm gonna spend sometime in Vegas makin a ton of money then to Cali when I can afford to live comfortably.
ladycroft - 05/03/06 21:28
I was smitten on my first visit. When I graduate I'll be applying for jobs at uni's out there.
I was smitten on my first visit. When I graduate I'll be applying for jobs at uni's out there.
We've driven through Roanoke VA before... felt like a low rent suburb to me, but that could have just been the parts by I-81. Ate at a subway... i was happy to see they had the veggie pattie subs i like.. lol. Have fun in Virginia. I hear it's for lovers.