I cannot BELIEVE the skyrocketing gas prices. This is ridiculous. I know all of you share my pain, lol. Here in New York State, we are on the brink of $4.00 a gallon, and that’s for ECONOMY grade. Taxes chew up a lot of the budget. There’s chatter going on in our state capitol that [...]
The snow is sticking around to the bitter end, isn’t it?
Not too long ago, we took a jaunt to Cooperstown. Along the route is a wonderful little cider mill, with a homey, small-town, small-business atmosphere. The cider mill is in Fly Creek, NY, a tiny little hamlet nestled between the glorious Upstate hills. It’s a very, very small area. Believe it or not, Fly Creek [...]
Today’s Photo Hunters scavenger hunt is Unique or Funny Signs. The first thing I thought of was an old sign I remember seeing when I used to drive to work. I had to drive through some very old “shanty town” kinds of hamlets. One little area had a “convenience” store (this was before they were [...]
This is another post in my continuing “Where in the World” series! This time, we go across The Pond to the jolly UK!
Wimbledon is an ancient suburb of London, in the United Kingdom. I am fascinated with British history. I’ve read dozens of biographies on British monarchs, studied various ancient communities of the British isles [...]
Well, I’m not quite sure what happened, but this blog and my others were unavailable for a time. Usually these errors (it was a database error) go away after a minute or two. When it didn’t resolve after 10 minutes, I contacted them. I was relieved to hear it was a Bluehost issue! Something with [...]
I’ve been so wildly busy now that the warm, spring weather has finally arrived. We’ve not had any time to travel at all! the kids were moping today, wanting to “go somewhere.” All I can do is comfort them my promising a trip soon (we’ve going up toward the Adirondacks next week, so I’ll have [...]
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Utica, NY, is famous for its sumptuous Italian cuisine. Every year, we celebrate the Utica Riggiefest. This year it’s April 26, although some festival events begin Friday evening. It’s held at the Utica Auditorium. The food is incredible. Read more about it here and here.
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Re-enactments in Upstate New York are starting to gear up! We are looking forward to seeing some great battles and festivals. The kids absolutely LOVE to dress up, and always appreciate a good show. Besides the annual Fort Stanwix re-enactment and the one at Fort Ticonderoga that we hope to see, there’s the Civil War [...]
I was digging through my digital photos and found this one of my youngest, taken only a few years ago. How they do grow! He’s wearing his “cool cat” glasses. My kids have always loved dressing up. It helps that they are hams and love the camera, too.
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We’d heard about the Erie Canal Town Museum in Canastota, NY, and late last summer, we decided to give it a try! Boy, we were not disappointed! What a wonderful museum, and what a great tour guide we had.
The drive was very pleasant to Canastota along Route 5. There are numerous little communities strung like [...]
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