Hello to everyone,

I just found this site, and am really glad that I did. I grew up in East Aurora, New York, and lived in Buffalo for a couple years before moving out to Hollywood California where I am now. My first residence in Buffalo was in S. Buffalo and it wasn't the nicest of places to live. I did enjoy my time there though, right in Tifft street....with a bunch of friends whom occupied the whole house. We were able to be as loud as we wanted (except for a couple of times when we were visted by Buffalo PD) but there was no community feeling.

I then moved to North Buffalo on Potomac and loved every minute of it. The sense of community was awesome, cool people everywhere...a 5 minute walk to Cafe Aroma and many other places. I had the time of my life last summer, working at a great restaurant, and thus being able to check out many more great restaurants in Buffalo. My girlfriend and I definitely have a favorite...which is Mothers. Such a cool vibe and great food.

I have moved out to Hollywood in order to try and make my dream of working in film a realization. So far in 7 months I have worked on an independent feature film, and a television commercial. Both taught me a ton about what goes on behind the scenes of these projects. Since both of those projects ended, and I'm just working in a restaurant for the time being, I have found myself missing home more and more. Although the weather sucks in Buffalo, I do miss it greatly. And although there is nothing really going on in Buffalo regarding film, I do wish to re-locate back to North Buffalo sometime soon. I think it would be great to start a production company in Buffalo, to harness the talent that resides within the city limits.

From my time at UB, I know that there are many skilled and talented people in the city, but the problem seemed to be there was no way to unify all of them. Maybe someday I can fix that, but for now, I'm out here for at least another year while my girlfriend goes to school. She just moved out here about a month ago, and will be attending college for one year in Northridge.


Thanks for reading, and creating such a cool site.
Peace,
Steve