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02/19/2006 13:29 #32489

Standing on the corner
Category: elmwood
Welcome to the site new peeps. The latest one (e:dragonfire) wrote [inlink]dragonfire1024,1[/inlink] about the demolition of the first section of elmwood after forrest to put in a new hotel. It is so sad that a part of elmwood that I remember as being "the elmwoodstrip" as a kid is going to disappear. I signed the petition but I honestly have no hope anymore after the coop destroyed the old brick brid house to make their store. I figure it is just a matter of time.

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Once that is done the Atwater hosue will come down. The sticky buns that used to come from the bakery in there was one of the original reasons I would skip school and ride the bus down elmwood. (e:iriesara), remember when you used to live there with the ghosts, lol.

[size=m]Allen Street[/size]
I seem to spend a lot of time standing on the corner of Allen and Franklin on the way home from work recently. Sometimes, I think I want to go to Cafe 59 but then I don't because for some reason it feels weird to go out alone. Does anyone rememeber when it used to be Java Temple?

I have a feeling a lot of prositutes stand near this corner here or around here by the way the people seem to drive by and stare over and over sometimes.

There is a nice tile floor there. I like to stare at it while I wait.

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The sky was so beautiful yesterday. It is hard to tell in these last two photos I took before the battery died on my phone but it was the really nice orange, purple, blue combo. We were driving at like 30mph int he car so they didn't come out real nice but you can still see the clouds.

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The Buffalo news article is coming out on Monday or Tuesday in the city section or possibly the front page accordig to the reporter. I am excited to see what they say about the site. The geek meet is also coming up in one week and I have to really start preparing my stuff. Luckily, tomorrow is presidents day and I have off.

iriesara - 02/21/06 19:34
You mean the witches, Paul? 1079 Elmwood, I think was the address, two houses down from the Carraige Trade Pastries....Although I do think that place was haunted by something, that's for damn sure. Although, Paul, we didn't skip school, we went on 1/2 days....Which corner are they talking about putting this hotel at? The Subway corner, or Home of the Hits? Do either of those places even exist anymore. I read Jason's journal today, he moved to the Strip in 2001? He should've seen it in 1995, huh? or '89 for that matter....
Even between the time when I started living there (1996) and left (what was that, I moved to Texas in 1999), there was a HUGE difference.... nature of the beast? Sign of the times? Take your pick!
leetee - 02/20/06 10:06
The first couple of weeks we lived in Buffalo, we used to go to Cafe 59 all the time. We didn't have any of our stuff delivered yet, including no internet connection. They have (had?) free wireless. I thought the place was ok. I found the food a little overpriced but decent. One thing that stood out overwhelmingly to me, though, was how unfriendly the staff was. We were new to Buffalo at the time and we were impressed by how friendly strangers were, in general. Until there. I guess we weren't cool enough...
theecarey - 02/19/06 21:50
Last I knew she moved to Amsterdam, did some traveling. If I recall, aslo has some family down south. Not sure what she is up to now. We chatted a lot..had some beers together, but we weren't exactly chummy.
I didn't know about the Weakest Link gig.. I wouldnt doubt it!
again, I miss Java :(
paul - 02/19/06 19:52
What ever happend to heidi? I though someone said she was on "the weakest link" TV show? Does she have a new business in town?
theecarey - 02/19/06 16:46
I was just telling Timika about the Java Temple. I miss that place so much. I spent a lot of time there between 1996 until the owner, Heidi, sold it. Was that 2002?
Before it had a smoking room, it had a "smoking couch", haha.
ladycroft - 02/19/06 15:27
carey and i were JUST talking about checking out 59 and how it was java temple!

02/17/2006 23:07 #32488

Paul's Box
Category: web
I put together some new content administration system to keep track of my content administration systems. I put one together for (e:twisted) too

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02/16/2006 18:39 #32487

Washington Market
Category: food
I went to the Washington Market with (e:enknot) for lunch. The food was yummy and it is in a nice central downtown location. They had these shrimp samples. Whiochi unfoprtunately has cillantro (which I am alergic to) but I ate them anyways because they were so freakin yummy and free,

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My lunch was a little more expensive than the equally delicious fare I would get at roswell but I fiugured it was worth evtnuring somewhere new, The prices for non-prepared food were very reasonable and they had much of the same stuff as the coop.

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Today I designed a site for people with brain tumors. I really do not want to see any more pictures of brain tumors. It is really making me nervous in fact I started using my cell phone on speaker phone. At least the site looks pretty now to see if the design will be accepted. The old site is . More than a redesign I made a new CMS backend so that the client can update, add media, etc all from the site itself.

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uncutsaniflush - 02/16/06 21:48
As far as I know Paul Tsouflidis and Sarah Mahoney are (were?) the owners of the Washington Market and they get their produce from Guericos.

It's possible that Billy Fuccillo is a silent partner (though how silent can he be if he is actually serving customers) or they sold it to him.

My guess is that it is a case of mistaken identity. Perhaps there are two large Italian men in the Buffalo who look like Billy Fuccillo.

What can the odds of that be? lol, next, someone will tell me that Coles sometimes closes for private parties.

The mind boggles.

As always I could be wrong.
imk2 - 02/16/06 18:46
i was there once and thought it was a pretty cool place, until i saw the fucillo chevloret "it's huge" guy working behind the counter. god, he gives me the heebe jeebes. i guess he's the one who owns it. how do you jump from car dealer to grocery store owner?

02/12/2006 21:43 #32486

My Mother's Birthday
Category: birthdays
[size=m]The gift of the internet[/size]
(e:mike), (e:terry) and I spent the day with the family in order to celebrate my mother's birthday. mike and I decided to buy her the internet for her birthday. For christmas we got the parents a computer system and now the high speed internet. Someday soon they will know it is like to actually use the internet. I don't think my father has ever actually explored the net. I am so curious where it will take them.

[size=m]Shango's Bistro[/size]
For brunch we went to Shango's Bistro at 3260 Main street (MAP TO: 3260%20MAIN%20ST) . For those of you that have not been there it is right across from UB South Campus. The food is unbelievable and the prices are quite reasonable. I had always thought it was more expensive.

The orange juice was quite fanastic. I like how it came with a slice of orange on it.
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Where else can you get green eggs and ham with procuitto
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We all ordered our own brunch meal but the Banana Glaze French Toast sounded so good we ordered an extra plate for the table.

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(e:terry) had scrambled eggs with sausage
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(e:mike) and I had sirloin and poached egg - I already weigh 145 how crazy is that. Up five pounds in like a month.
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My father insisted on dessert so we all shared a balckberry cabernet sorbet
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Dollar Store[/size]
Afterward we decided to go to Bingo ayt uncle Sams bingo in canada. Sorry (e:thhecarrey) we are never going again. It was definatey not nearly as fun as I rememebered the time that (e:iriesara), (e:terry) and I walked there from Buffalo.

We got there early so we took my mom on a excusrion to the dollar store. She loves those store and we just didn't feel like dressing up [inlink]pyrcedgrrl,18[/inlink] and going to walmart.

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[size=m]Bingo[/size]
Does this look like a sex toy or what?
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I never even got close to winning.
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And the no smoking room in really tiny and smell worse than the gym. Its so opposite of here where the no smoking room is the big room and the smokers have a little box.
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This one is for you (e:iriesara)

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::



joshua - 02/17/06 02:11
Wal-Mart is wicked flashy.
iriesara - 02/13/06 11:18
ARE THERE ANY MORE BINGOS? ARE THERE ANY MORE BINGOS? ARE THERE ANY MORE BINGOS..........
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIA!
jessika - 02/13/06 10:55
blah shango is garbage. i worked there when it was coffee bean for years- before they decided they wanted to be fancy-pants. they isolated the clientele they had for years and fired me for no reason. i hate them.
jenks - 02/12/06 23:26
ooh yeah, shango is yummy. n'awlins baby!!
leetee - 02/12/06 23:17
Happy Birthday to your Mom, Paul!

Way back when, i used to work bingos. It was volunteer work for the Hamilton SPCA; they ran a bingo every other friday night as a fundraiser. I was what they called a "runner", and run i did. getting cards for players, verifying winners and for prizes $1000 or under, paying out. I was amazed at how many cards some of the players could handle. I played the late bingo once, 'cause the caller told me he would give me a ride home (it was a loooong bus ride) if i could wait until he was done work. At 1am after a 5 hour shift of running, i couldn't keep up with a single card...
paul - 02/12/06 22:28
You ahve no idea how hard it is. Like I thought , oh I can do it and be drunk. Seriously you don't even have time to think. It is ultra fast based. A couple times I had to quit my boards because I couldn't keep up with them.
theecarey - 02/12/06 22:12
Ive never been to bingo.. I still think it would be fun if we under the influence, ready to cause some trouble..scare people with our bingo good luck chants and other paraphernalia. Maybe dress a little crazy. Take on different names and get into character. Oooh, maybe go somewhere local. Come on...lets do it! :)

02/11/2006 23:08 #32485

Discuss
Category: web
So my application is coming along great.

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The most fun part is the user interface for adding and removing users from your group discussion or document creation. It is all using surebert to load in users dynamically and then it lets you free drag them in or out of the group. The ones in the group get the cute little face icon and their names change font. Those outside of the discussion group are bold black.

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You can already visit it at