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09/10/2010 14:33 #52694
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Listening to Terry Jones Speakis only good when Graham Chapman is with him...
09/01/2010 14:34 #52629
You want to move? No,Category: buffalo
You want to move? No, you just want here to be better
I don’t go for much reality tv, but of late there are a couple of programs on the Travel Channel that I regularly catch. The main one is “No Reservations†by Anthony Bourdain. The Rust Belt episode was on recently, you know with (e:Jbeatty) getting a lot of face time at the end. It’s become one of my favorite programs. It’s not just a food show, more of a food and culture show. There really isn’t anything like it, largely because of the host. Equal parts learned traveler, professional appreciator and snarkmeister, Bourdain does not play tourist, so much as seeks out the actual reality of a given location. It is definitely a job I want.
Lots of people were jazzed here about the 14 minutes he afforded Buffalo. It was nice video. I don’t really care that Schwabl’s made the cut instead of some other Beef on Weck joint. I am getting a little old to go celebrity spotting when he was here. It was too friggen cold for that. It was nice to see Ulrich’s get some face time, along with Nietzche’s in an unnamed cameo. Bourdain writes a lot of sentiments that I wish I’d written. One of those hit home last night when he was summing up Buffalo along with Detroit and Baltimore.
I've seen this episode a bunch of times before being a fan, but he hit on something that struck me.
At the end of the program, he showed a collage of folks from each spot, making themselves at home because it is home. It dawned on me that there is something to that. There is always that possibility that things COULD improve if you head out somewhere else, but that is a really big COULD. Might have made quicker hay elsewhere, but home is that for other reasons. I was reminded about that when some former classmates got together. My kids and my folks know each other and play a role in their respective lives. You can’t put a price about on that.
It’s the little things like that that cause the greatest amount of consternation when the Mayor pontificates or when the State Senate breaks down like an old Nash Rambler. The outline of a good thing is there and too many folks aren’t out to genuinely make it better. But you pick your places to make you stand in spite of those things. You look at what works around here and the vast majority of the success stories come in spite of the elected leadership.
I wrote about this a little in my own blog site and it got picked up by a journal writer in Baltimore who was a little miffed that Bourdain effectively gave a Berlitz style primer over the three cities as part of a large thesis. Each town is different and with its own set of problems. You could probably spend an hour in each region for a show but that probably will never be practical when you are talking about Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit.
You take your cues from what effects your surroundings. My folks have never stopped looking for ways to improve our immediate surroundings and my former spouse and I have taken up that mantle with our lot.
Looking at Bourdain’s video postcard and a few scenes from “the T.O. show,†you could pick worse backdrops.
Cold beer at a reasonable price, indeed, Tony
I don’t go for much reality tv, but of late there are a couple of programs on the Travel Channel that I regularly catch. The main one is “No Reservations†by Anthony Bourdain. The Rust Belt episode was on recently, you know with (e:Jbeatty) getting a lot of face time at the end. It’s become one of my favorite programs. It’s not just a food show, more of a food and culture show. There really isn’t anything like it, largely because of the host. Equal parts learned traveler, professional appreciator and snarkmeister, Bourdain does not play tourist, so much as seeks out the actual reality of a given location. It is definitely a job I want.
Lots of people were jazzed here about the 14 minutes he afforded Buffalo. It was nice video. I don’t really care that Schwabl’s made the cut instead of some other Beef on Weck joint. I am getting a little old to go celebrity spotting when he was here. It was too friggen cold for that. It was nice to see Ulrich’s get some face time, along with Nietzche’s in an unnamed cameo. Bourdain writes a lot of sentiments that I wish I’d written. One of those hit home last night when he was summing up Buffalo along with Detroit and Baltimore.
I've seen this episode a bunch of times before being a fan, but he hit on something that struck me.
At the end of the program, he showed a collage of folks from each spot, making themselves at home because it is home. It dawned on me that there is something to that. There is always that possibility that things COULD improve if you head out somewhere else, but that is a really big COULD. Might have made quicker hay elsewhere, but home is that for other reasons. I was reminded about that when some former classmates got together. My kids and my folks know each other and play a role in their respective lives. You can’t put a price about on that.
It’s the little things like that that cause the greatest amount of consternation when the Mayor pontificates or when the State Senate breaks down like an old Nash Rambler. The outline of a good thing is there and too many folks aren’t out to genuinely make it better. But you pick your places to make you stand in spite of those things. You look at what works around here and the vast majority of the success stories come in spite of the elected leadership.
I wrote about this a little in my own blog site and it got picked up by a journal writer in Baltimore who was a little miffed that Bourdain effectively gave a Berlitz style primer over the three cities as part of a large thesis. Each town is different and with its own set of problems. You could probably spend an hour in each region for a show but that probably will never be practical when you are talking about Buffalo, Baltimore and Detroit.
You take your cues from what effects your surroundings. My folks have never stopped looking for ways to improve our immediate surroundings and my former spouse and I have taken up that mantle with our lot.
Looking at Bourdain’s video postcard and a few scenes from “the T.O. show,†you could pick worse backdrops.
Cold beer at a reasonable price, indeed, Tony
heidi - 09/01/10 23:53
"You want to move? No, you just want here to be better." Such a great way to put it, (e:MrMike)!
"You want to move? No, you just want here to be better." Such a great way to put it, (e:MrMike)!
paul - 09/01/10 23:49
I figure I will stay and wait it out some more ;) It does seem to be getting better. I didn't know (e:jbeatty) was on a show. I will have to try and catch it.
I figure I will stay and wait it out some more ;) It does seem to be getting better. I didn't know (e:jbeatty) was on a show. I will have to try and catch it.
uncutsaniflush - 09/01/10 22:29
I concur. Both (e:leetee) and chose to live here. But then again, I grew up in suburban Detroit and attended the University of Detroit at the McNIchols (Six Mile and Livernois) campus in the late 1970s. The eastside of Buffalo ain't got nothing on that neighborhood.
Do you remember the Pretenders' song "My City Was Gone"? These days entire neighborhoods including Poletown :::link::: A couple of years ago when Lee and I visited Detroit, I was overwhelmed by what happened to Poletown. It wasn't where I grew up, but an entire Polish neighborhood was gone. Imagine everything between the 33 and Bailey along Walden being torn down.
I concur. Both (e:leetee) and chose to live here. But then again, I grew up in suburban Detroit and attended the University of Detroit at the McNIchols (Six Mile and Livernois) campus in the late 1970s. The eastside of Buffalo ain't got nothing on that neighborhood.
Do you remember the Pretenders' song "My City Was Gone"? These days entire neighborhoods including Poletown :::link::: A couple of years ago when Lee and I visited Detroit, I was overwhelmed by what happened to Poletown. It wasn't where I grew up, but an entire Polish neighborhood was gone. Imagine everything between the 33 and Bailey along Walden being torn down.
08/30/2010 12:10 #52610
If Golf was like thisCategory: random
08/23/2010 14:13 #52544
Estrip wants my localeCategory: random
Estrip would like to know my current location
Pretty cool, not exact, but awfully close. That is an older photo but it came close. I'm a little further back as this has me sharing a desk with big horned sheep.
Pretty cool, not exact, but awfully close. That is an older photo but it came close. I'm a little further back as this has me sharing a desk with big horned sheep.
tinypliny - 08/23/10 20:26
I. MUST. VISIT. THE. ZOO. SOMEDAY.
I. MUST. VISIT. THE. ZOO. SOMEDAY.
mrmike - 08/23/10 16:25
Did this one off my phone as the pc had me at city hall, too. The Iphone program we've been trying out as my desk somewhere adjacent to the Rainforest so it's been funny seeing where I "work" according to the various programs.
This is a cool idea, Paul. Well done.
Did this one off my phone as the pc had me at city hall, too. The Iphone program we've been trying out as my desk somewhere adjacent to the Rainforest so it's been funny seeing where I "work" according to the various programs.
This is a cool idea, Paul. Well done.
paul - 08/23/10 15:56
Ya, its not so accurate when using a computer. It only shows the location reported by your network IP. For example, my home connection on rime warner shows city hall. On smartphones it should be pretty exact.
When you click on the location button and it adds the map code to your blog, you can click on the map and preposition the marker.
Ya, its not so accurate when using a computer. It only shows the location reported by your network IP. For example, my home connection on rime warner shows city hall. On smartphones it should be pretty exact.
When you click on the location button and it adds the map code to your blog, you can click on the map and preposition the marker.
That's the county executive, the Zoo Prez in the middle and to the left, your good looking Zoo Marketing Manager
Who is he?
If only that was so, I was actually teaching him how to update his Zoo app. We have one for Iphone and Droids now and he was good enough to come out and help us launch it. I think the resulting press was there because of him as apps aren't exactly groundbreaking. It was cool to hear my kids get jazzed at seeing me though.
Nice, are you signing autographs there?