Adventures with the Parents
Up Close and Personal with the Amish on New York’s Amish Trail
During my summer trip to Buffalo, my parents and I set out on our next adventure, New York’s Amish Trail. My fascination with the Amish probably began before I was 5 years old when my family made road trips to visit friends in Titusville, located in Western Pennsylvania.
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Eating My Way Through the 2014 Erie County Fair
During a visit to the Erie County Fair, rather than tour the fun house or grip for dear life on one of those rides that now turn me green, my parents and I were on a foodie adventure.
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Have You Been Photographed by Google Street View?
Have you been photographed by Google Street View? I haven’t but my dad has and although the image was taken in August 2011, today was the first day I saw him in the image.
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Delta’s Corporate Policy Delayed My Surprise and I Have the T-Shirt to Prove It
Guilt is one of my Catholic battle scars that will always stay with me. My Mom turned 70 years old this spring and due to prior commitments, I wasn’t able to attend the surprise party my family planned.
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After All these Years, I’m Still Talking Proud of Buffalo, N.Y.
My reason for visiting Western New York in the heart of winter has little to do with snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures. It’s about family and hometown pride.
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Winter Adventures in Buffalo: Beautiful Botanicals, Father Baker and a Piebald Deer in a Cemetery
While visiting my family in Western New York for the holidays, a little snow didn’t stop our winter adventures. My mom and I headed to the City of Lackawanna to enjoy the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens and Our Lady of Victory National Shrine & Basilica and once again, I was surprised by Western New York treasures.
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New York Travel: Buying Monks’ Bread at the Abbey of the Genesee
Last summer I had one of those “aha moments” when my parents and I stopped at Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard, N.Y. to buy Monk’s Bread.
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Things to do in Southwest Florida: Jet Boat with Pure Naples
There’s just something special about being on the open water basking in the Florida sunshine and gripping on for dear life as a wall of Gulf of Mexico’s salty water bathes over you. That something special is called pure fun and last month I shared this experience with my parents during a Jet Boat Tour […]
Continue ReadingSharing Circus Sarasota with the Parents
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and children of all ages…” It’s been a long, long time since I last attended a circus, although I saw Cirque du Soleil’s La Nouba a few years ago, and after hearing of daredevil Nik Wallenda walk the high wire above Sarasota last month, I immediately decided taking my […]
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A Saucy, Zesty Time at the Annual National Buffalo Wing Festival
To blue cheese or not to blue cheese? That was the question I asked upon seeing the Marie’s Blue Cheese station during the National Buffalo Wing Festival over Labor Day weekend.
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