Mike's Journal

10/22/2008 00:29 #46245

Lenny and Puppers and Florida Oh My

Here are some pics from Florida, mostly of the dogs. I didn't take too many pics. I will post more about the trip later or maybe i wil lnever like i promised to post the rest of my cleveland trip but never got around to it. Here they are......

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Eating a bagel in Buffalo before out 7 AM FLIGHT!

About to board our flight in Buffalo by the by I did not throw up on the way there

Oustide Dave's mom's house

This cool table in his mom's living room that I loved.

The pool. I WANT A POOL SO BAD. notice how it is caged in. All pools there are cages to keep out wild animals!

The bar by the pool, I DEF WANT ONE OF THESE TOO!!!

Dave in the kitchen

Dave, his mom and his grandma at the beach near their house. Being around his granmda made me miss my grandma so much. There is such a special thing about grandma's that noone else can fulfill in you. It made me sad.

Dave and his mom outside the tiki garden.

Me and Dave

Me and his mom!

AND HERE COME THE DOGS, i took way more photos of them , this is just a few. If you know me you know how carazy it is that i was so in love with these dogs , particularly lenny!!!! i really do miss them already....

Lenny

Puppers- notice the doggie diaper his mom makes for him

Puppers again

Both Cuties!

They would be so fat if i owned them cuz i could never say no to anything they wanted.

Dave in the Buffalo Airport waiting for luggage

A minute later when I told him he had to pretend he was happy he was with me and not be miserable.

tinypliny - 10/22/08 18:54
I totally laughed my head off when I saw the Casey Anthony comment. LOL

libertad - 10/22/08 13:56
LOL IMK! No I didn't see any casey anthoney anything there. I dont even know what she did, but I saw her picture in a magazine stand and I mentioned to mike how you are obsessed with her.

hodown - 10/22/08 11:34
So cute!

tinypliny - 10/22/08 11:32
You two are perfect. :)

mk - 10/22/08 11:23
I love that you love those dogs. When are you going to show the same love for Lucky and Nicholas...

imk2 - 10/22/08 09:07
awww...you guys look so cute. it looked like the perfect family vacation.

did you guys see all the casey anthony drama down there? are people talking about it there?

libertad - 10/22/08 06:31
OH, I should have posted mine last night too. I don't think I was miserable in that first picture. Maybe a little bit cause our luggage took forever and it was late.

10/21/2008 12:58 #46228

Sit, Back, Relax, It's Florida

I had an amazing time in Flordia. I felt bad for dave's family though becasue as you have read in his post, his mom's cousin passed away whlie we were there. I felt terrible!I will write more about the trip once i find my camera cord so i can post osme pics with it! One word though: i am in love with lenny, ok that was five words, nope it was six wrods i tihnk, either, I am in love with a dog named lenny and those who know me know I hate dogs!

tinypliny - 10/21/08 23:37
We absolutely want to see this Lenny!

libertad - 10/21/08 13:59
Thanks for coming Mike. I'm really really glad that we got that time together with my family.

matthew - 10/21/08 13:00
(E:mike) loves a dog, (e:paul) loves a cat, what is happening to the Visco family?!?

10/18/2008 10:02 #46174

A Tribute To A Ho

There is the girl named Ho
She is really quite super classy...
She likes to have good times...
and shake her sexy assy.....
I wish she was here in b-lo...
so the party and drinks would always flow...
but since shes not , i'll just wish...
a happy belated b-day to my HO......

Welcome to the 25 club ( i think you are 25 now right?)!!!!!

libertad - 10/18/08 15:54
Happy Birthay lilho! Come back soon because you really do bring all the fun.

10/15/2008 23:27 #46134

The Secret of the Neon Tango

First of all that would make a good movie title. Second of all , my entire life has been spent pondering the neon tango dancers above the Sahara Grill, that were about Uncle JOes, that were above Just Pizza and prolly the 900 other businesses that have been in that location on elmwood and bidwell. I was always in awe of their neon dancing glory but noone ever knew how thye got there, who paid for them, who pays for them now? were they a piece of art, were they once an ad for a dance school? Who pays the elctric? Who put them up? No one ever knows

AND THEN tonight on channel 2 news they say coming up next the secret of those neon tango dancer on elmwood and I liteerally screamed and jumped for joy!!!!!!!!! I peed my pants while i waited for the commercial break to end and the secrets to all be revealed!!! So the story starts and THEY SAY NOTHING, al,l they say is that part of it was borken and the elmwood society fiexed it! That ansers nothing! that is not secrets revealed. I loathe you channel 2 but alas i don't have the choice of watching channel 4 right now! It was like i though i was about to have all the answers and now I'm left with just more questions!!!!!!!

jim - 10/16/08 18:06
Photos and an interview with the artist: :::link:::

mk - 10/16/08 17:25
The neon tango dancers are a staple of my youth. I mean I don't know how often I actually was down there when I was little, but I can't remember them not being there. Now they always make me think of (e:jill) because she loves them. I HOPE YOUR VACATION IS SUPER AWESOME, well a little bit not because I have to go to Eckerd and you won't be there :(

fellyconnelly - 10/16/08 10:18
From :::link:::

In the early 1980s, a community economic revitilization project was undertaken to jazz up the Elmwood Strip section of Buffalo. The Strip was, and still is, home to several unique shops, nightclubs, bars, and restaurants. In 1982, the neon tango dancers were put up at the south end of the Elmwood Strip, welcoming those to the area. It was designed by Laura Rankin along with Dan Sack and Andy Ferullo, and contains a couple dancing the tango, with the neon depicting them in three different positions.

Unfortunately over the years, the tango dancers and it's companion neon moonrise, fell into disrepair and was neglected. For years it was never lit until the Buffalo Argentine Tango Society, along with a Buffalo councilman, raised some funds to get the neon lit up again. It doesn't quite function as it used to, but the fact that it's working again is a promising sign. The first pose is only half lit, and is on all the time. The other two poses seem to work pretty well for the most part. Hopefully some more money can be found to make it 100% again.

tinypliny - 10/15/08 23:44
Huh? Now I want to know what the heck you are talking about because I never saw these signs and neither do I have a TV. Gaaaah

paul - 10/15/08 23:42
It was for a dance studio that was there.

10/15/2008 23:02 #46133

Off To Florida in Six Hours

I am off to Florida with (e:libertad) in six hours. we are staying with him mom for five days near clear water! I cannot wait. I love beaches and pools and sun and sunglasses! and i especially love not working....be back next week!!! i am so afraid i did not pack enough stuff. I have apretty huge suitcase but i didn't fill it to the max so I prolly don't have enough stuff. I tend to overpack (see previous posts about any trip ever). Like three pairs of swim turnks for three days is not excessive right? I mean i cut back cuz i originally packed five! Alright see ya all later as long as I don't die on the plane either from either vomiting too much or terrorists. I just ate clam chowder soup that was prolly a bad idea cuz it seems gross to throw it up...bleh.......

tinypliny - 10/15/08 23:47
Oh man, you remind me of my parents. When we were kids, they would pack for an entire week when we were just travelling for just 3 days!

Don't worry too much. All puke looks pretty much the same.

gardenmama - 10/15/08 23:42
Extra room in the suitcase is really good - then you have a great justification for buying stuff for yourself while you're gone. "Well, since there's room in the suitcase..."