Category: Restaurants
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In Anticipation
In which I’m enthusiastic about enthusiasm. So, the other day I was getting all a-twitter over an oddball local historical figure, as I have a tendency to do. I love the folks who share their own little obsessions or strange skills with the public and make life a little more interesting for the rest of us. And…
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The Wrong Sandwich
In which I learn the value of complaining. I often have a hard time speaking up. I’ve let folks block my view at concerts because they seemed so happy dancing, even though a security guard offered to ask them to sit down. I’ve kept quiet about annoyances at work until I was ready to burst.…
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April Fools
Maybe I’ll whip up a batch of ice creamed corn this summer. We had a good smattering of fun pranks around here on April Fool’s Day this year. The Kiddo served up frozen cereal for breakfast in bed, and stopped up the shampoo so it wouldn’t dispense in the shower. But best of all was…
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A Good Sandwich
One of these days I’m going to splurge on that pretty jar of anchovies. There is something special about a sandwich someone else makes for you. Even if they use the same old ingredients you have on hand, the sandwich somehow winds up tastier. Especially when that sandwich is made with love. Rochester has plenty…
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That’s a Lotta Bologna!
Meat sauce is another local food phenomenon I’m still wrapping my head around … I don’t have much of a history with fried bologna sandwiches. As a kid, a bologna sandwich in my house was generally served cold, on white bread, and slathered with bright yellow French’s mustard. They weren’t my favorite lunch, but every…
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Feasting Before Fasting
If we drive to Buffalo for fresh paczki, can we justify a trip to NOLA for King Cake? You probably already know it’s Fat Tuesday, the last hurrah of fatty feasting before the Lenten fast begins on Ash Wednesday. But you might not know it’s also Paczki Day! If you’re of Polish descent or from a…
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Cured
Making time for date night. Date Night It was a fairly quiet weekend in these parts. The Mister and I started out with a Friday date night. So often our going out focuses around a concert, which is always nice, but this evening we centered around plans to check out a new restaurant. We started…
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Toronto
Try a different perspective. For my birthday this year, the Mister treated us to a trip toToronto to see the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera exhibit at the AGO. We started out dropping by the Ontario Science Centre. The place is huge! I am sure we barely scratched the surface in the three-plus hours we…
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Holiday Wrap-Up
No new books this year! The festive flurry of activity is over and it’s back to work around here. We had a nice break with time for both relaxing at home and getting out and about. This year, the kiddo had lots of Legos on his wish list and we all had fun helping to…
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