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09/27/2011 00:48 #55201

Random pix, tioga county
Category: tourism
Pirates rock, sunset over frack pond.life is both wonderful and crazy awful. Such beauty and destruction.. Ganesha, are you the one who guides? Informs? How do I understand this multiplicity of realities?

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09/27/2011 00:42 #55200

Oktoberfest
Category: tourism
Happy oktoberfest! (and other random pix)

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metalpeter - 09/27/11 17:33
This brings back a few memories of Blogtobber fest and then the great time had at (e:theecarey)'s .......
heidi - 09/27/11 12:08
We were there from about 7 to 10. Yeah, the beer tower grew and grew and grew, then the person who was stacking more on the top knocked it over. It was so sad. :-)
lauren - 09/27/11 09:37
You were there?? Did you come later or did we just totally miss each other? When we were there that beer tower was only about 6 rows high :)

09/20/2011 12:37 #55173

Pomegranate
Category: food
Pomegranate on transit is really yummy. It's the highlight of trips to see clients out in clarence. Super tasty and be sure to get the brown rice. (e:terry) says the chicken is cooked and spiced "professionally marinated" to perfection. The hummus was one of the best we've ever had. I had the pomegranate-walnut stew over brown rice today. Yum. I've had the eggplant delight a couple times and I love it. The eggplant comes with a bit of the stew on it as a sauce.

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tinypliny - 09/22/11 00:37
Its in a pom plaza all on its own. heh. What are the other stores in that plaza? Too bad its not walking distance.

09/18/2011 14:51 #55168

Inadequate bike rack
Category: biking
I just rode my bike over to Tops & Rite Aid over on Niagara. Rite Aid's bike rack was at least identifiable as a bike rack, but it wasn't securely secured to the ground. Tops' bike rack was insufficient, so I locked my bike to a locked cart. Carlos the Cart Guard (that's what his nametag said) kinda scolded me, so I asked him what I should do next time since the rack was clearly inadequate. He suggested I get a different kind of lock. :-p

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I've been trying to increase the amount of biking-as-transportation I do and I've found that bike racks are not evenly distributed around the city. At the First Niagara where we have our business account, we have to use a street sign. The account rep we spoke with said the racks have been stolen in the past and they don't want to keep replacing them. At the Washington Street post office, we use the hand rail. Allentown has lots of bike racks.
terry - 09/20/11 13:18
Well I can confirm that the First niagara manager did say that the bike rack was stolen, she seemed pretty genuine about it.
metalpeter - 09/19/11 16:41
Can't believe I'm going to say something nice about the co-op but it is in a good part of town.. So guessing it has a good bike rack... Some how don't think hardly anyone bikes to Tops Niagara... Wonder how long the bike rack has been in bad shape a day or a year.... I worked with this Puerto Rican (know that spelling has to be wrong)Women who said that she doesn't go to Tops Niagara cause there are to Many Puerto Ricans. -->there so I figure well them I'm not going.... Granted that was years ago and it has gone up scale a bit but... I have had a problem there so I don't shop there... But the real reason I don't go is the two other tops are better for how I travel....
YesThatCasey - 09/18/11 20:08
I'd call bullshit on that story too.
tinypliny - 09/18/11 15:55
They stole my recycle bin. Maybe there is a gang of low-level eco-terrorists afoot.
paul - 09/18/11 15:48
Something is so totally wrong with this bike racks if the racks themselves are getting stolen. I mean who would even steal a bikerack. I almost sounds like a bullshit story. I guess maybe for scrap metal.

09/13/2011 20:25 #55149

More stuff
Category: stuff
Jill & Shane let me have this awesome globe lamp. We've been cleaning out and organizing the office and lots of random things are being tossed or given away. I also scored a four-drawer vertical fling cabinet.

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Nisha & Blu, a bluetick coonhound, hanging out. (A's dog Whitey is a treeing Walker coonhound.)
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Classic chair in the 2nd floor women's room at DNIPRO.
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I took a cruise on the Miss Buffalo Sunday. I hadn't seen the West Ferry drawbridge up before.
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Cruise included Stripteasers :-)
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10-person double qwirkle!
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metalpeter - 09/14/11 18:50
Wow I saw those two Jo Jo Marie and Cat Sinclair/McCarthy on facebook hope you enjoyed the Miss Buffalo I haven't been on it since I think I was a kid?

That globe light looks pretty cool....Since you have the skills do to so you should turn out all the lights and take pictures of it! Does it spin? In other words are the same places all ways lit on the map?