Happy New Year!
Buffalo Holidays musings New Years vintage

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year. We had a lovely dinner at The Black Sheep in Buffalo (and yes everything was amazing) followed up with a stop at the Alton Brown approved public espresso + coffee at the Lafayette. We were safely home by 9 (as to avoid all the amateur drunks […]

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Christmas Wreaths

Christmas Wreaths 1 cup soft shortening ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs (separated) 2 cups sifted flour ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups chopped nuts or cocoanut ½ cup raspberry or strawberry jam Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg yolks, flour, salt. Mix well. Shape 1-inch balls, drop into unbeaten egg whites, then in chopped nuts. […]

Opening Day ad, 1982
Buffalo Buffalo History musings Random retail geekery

Rainbow Centre Mall & more dead retail

I really hate falling into rabbit holes and today I blame the guys over at Forgotten Buffalo.com (and facebook) for today’s rabbit hole. The Rainbow Centre mall was part of the dystopian future envisioned by the proponents of Urban Renewal (aka tear down any interesting 19th century buildings and replace them with stuff designed by Brutalist style […]