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06/06/2010 10:42 #51810

Dyke March and Pride
It was really great to see so many (e:peeps) at the Dyke March celebration Saturday night! Weather stinks today but hope to see some of you at Pride too.
metalpeter - 06/06/10 11:31
It was nice to see you as well. I'll be watching the Parade someplace. I don't do the after parade thing really. But who knows? Between here and facebook (still on myspace but that is like a if I ever have time for it thing, that isn't very often) not sure how to post the pictures and when what ones will go up, hoping for Pride and the Parade on Monday we shall see.

04/20/2010 11:36 #51423

cigarettes and chocolate milk
Category: music
Rufus at the Albright-Knox! The National opens. Can't wait for Friday, June 18!

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/live/2010/04/rockin-at-the-knox-2010.html

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http://www.myspace.com/rufuswainwright





vincent - 04/20/10 12:54
BOO! To The National opening up this show, they should have booked their own show as the headliner.

02/07/2010 19:59 #50986

Brunch at Left Bank last Sunday
Category: food
Brunch last weekend at Left Bank was soooooo good. The pictures don't quite do it justice. And of course you can't hear the jazz duo playing great music in the background.

Hot coffee, spicy Bloody Mary, shrimp bisque
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Breakfast bruschetta (w/egg, sausage, and cheese; foreground)
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Breakfast tortilla bowl (egg, chorizo, beans, salsa, with homefries)
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This morning's homemade breakfast wasn't bad, but just couldn't measure up. Wish we could afford Left Bank every Sunday...


paul - 04/20/10 20:17
I know this is old but shrimp bisque=yum
chico - 02/08/10 12:08
(e:tinypliny) : I think it was $42 including tip.

(e:james) : yeah, right there with you.
james - 02/07/10 23:12
I have a friend who used to live right next to Left Bank. He would get take out at least once a week.

Knowing that they do take out, I am afraid to live on the West Side. Too much temptation.
tinypliny - 02/07/10 21:57
What was the bill with the tip? :)

01/30/2010 14:34 #50942

Memo to YOU, parking genius!
Category: rant
Memo to the genius who parked on the wrong side of the street on North Pearl between Virginia and Allen yesterday afternoon: THANKS for RUINING it for everybody.

For once, the City actually sent a plow up our street to clear all the parking spots. But because YOU parked your Ford Explorer illegally (in violation of the clearly posted alternate side of the street parking regs) directly in the path of the snowplow before it came up the street, the plow had to swerve out to avoid your SUV and left a long trail of snow and ice slanting from the curb to where your truck was parked.

Now there's a huge pile of chunky, heavy, icy snow ruining three or possibly four parking spots in a part of the block where a lot of residents need on-street parking, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

P.S. I couldn't help but notice that you moved you truck to a clean spot on the other side of the street last night or this morning. Well played. You are a master of self-centeredness and disregard for your neighbors.

P.P.S. Are you also one of the geniuses who treat PMT's driveway as if it were a public parking lot? --see ((e:paul,47906)) and ((e:paul,50830))

01/21/2010 19:46 #50875

Guercio's
Category: food
Can I just say how much I love Guercio's? I know their produce isn't as pretty as that supermarket chain that starts with W, but I freakin love the fact that I can pop over to Grant Street, load up on produce, Italian cheeses, extra virgin olive oil, and all manner of goodies and walk out of there with an enormous box of great food for what I would spend on two plastic bags of stuff at the big store. Man alive I love Guercio's!!!
libertad - 01/22/10 08:13
Me and Mike love to go to Guercio's on Saturdays. My favorite part is the deli. If I skip a week or two they usually accuse me of cheating on them.
chico - 01/22/10 07:26
(e:angelal), those little pizzas are legendary but I haven't tried them yet -- that's going to the top of my shopping list next time!

(e:james), I feel like saying the same thing to them when I shop there, and yet yesterday a very sweet old woman grabbed my arm and told me I was paying too much for bananas (59 cents a pound). She tut-tutted about how Guercio was asking too much for them. (!)

I wonder what would happen to her if she went to the Co-op!
angelal - 01/22/10 05:06
I live around the corner from Guercio's. Being so close has been the best way to learn to shop for less and eat healthy. It's almost a habit to drop in every other day now. They also have these pesto pizzas at the front counter that are soooo amazing. And the walk through market in the warmer weather is unbeatably charming. I love Guercio's too!
james - 01/21/10 22:17
Once, when they were done ringing me up I told them to charge me more, that their prices were ridiculously cheap for what I was getting.

I am glad they didn't listen, but they are unreal.