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Winter Wear

January 31st, 2017 by Mark Abell

Winter has finally arrived in WNY. Just in case the past few mild, snow-free months have made you a bit complacent about outerwear, here are some ways to dress for the deepening chill. Columbia Gold Down Ex ($250)Not gonna… more »

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Douglas Jemal Comes to Buffalo

January 26th, 2017 by Marti Gorman

This is a match made in heaven. There may be no developer better suited to tackling tough projects in gritty, authentic Buffalo than blue-jean-clad, boot-wearing, knock-down-a-cold-one Douglas Jemal. Amazingly wealthy, he may own… more »

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I Did Not Get to March

January 25th, 2017 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

I did not get to march. Oh, how I wanted to. A friend had invited me to stay with her in Washington DC where the Women’s March on Washington took place on January 21st. I passed. I wanted to march at home among my… more »

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Nostalgia and the Art of Not Caring

January 18th, 2017 by Kris Kielich

I flip the pages of my 2010-2011 high school yearbook, and I feel a pang of...what exactly? Regret? Longing? Happiness? All three, I think. Being the most nostalgic person to have ever existed on planet Earth, this is totally… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | January 18 - 22

January 18th, 2017 by BuffaloVibe

What's up with Wednesdays all of a sudden? Way too many fun things to do on a school night. Skate up some bucks for Bison Fund scholarships at Canalside, or get Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum for a peek at some amazing… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | January 11 - 16

January 11th, 2017 by BuffaloVibe

Start the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend early with the first black woman elected to Congress. The documentary "Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed" is part of a fascinating multimedia presentation by Eva Doyle at… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | January 3 - 8

January 3rd, 2017 by BuffaloVibe

If you've longed to hit the slopes, consider taking a very long lunch hour on Friday and be part of the World’s Largest Ski and Snowboard Lesson at Holiday Valley. You could help break a Guinness… more »

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Mommy, I Sick

December 31st, 2016 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

Cal’s eyes watered, his nose burbled, and his cough was so deep it sounded as if he had spent his three short years in a coal mine. I knew he was sick with a cold long before his body percolated and he proclaimed in that… more »

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A Clean Slate

December 29th, 2016 by Marti Gorman

I can't seem to think about the New Year until I have dispensed with the old one. As one year ends and another begins, I find I am less concerned with resolutions than with clearing the decks. I hate starting a fresh, new… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | December 28 - January 2

December 28th, 2016 by BuffaloVibe

Think the festivities are behind us? Think again. We're right in the heart of both Channukah and Kwanzaa, which do not end until the New Year begins. So don't put those party shoes away yet, there's lots more fun to come this… more »

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The Cannoli

December 21st, 2016 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

On my wedding day, before the ceremony, my future mother-in-law Joyce, pulled me aside. She cradled my cheeks in her strong, capable hands. This was not the first time she had done this. A few months earlier I was a patient in… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | December 20 - 25

December 19th, 2016 by Marti Gorman

We're in the count down to Christmas and Channnukah! But before the holidays hit, there are plenty of things to do and places to go. On the shortest day of the year head to the Winter Solstice Celebration at Parkside Yoga… more »

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Parks and parkways

December 14th, 2016 by Marti Gorman

My mother was born a block from Delaware Park and half a block from Humboldt Parkway. I grew up on the same street, Woodward Avenue. My yard backed up to Agassiz Circle, and my two best friends lived just a crawl-through-the-fence… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | December 13 - 18

December 12th, 2016 by BuffaloVibe

There are just 19 days left in 2016. Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years Eve, with associated festivities, all loom. Get your jingle bells on quick! M&T Bank certainly is. The annual Holiday Music Under the… more »

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How Buffalo Got Its Waterfront Back

December 7th, 2016 by Marti Gorman

Kayak up the Buffalo River with Edward McClelland writing for Next City. Although you paddle by RiverWorks,. RiverFest Park, Silo City, Canalside and more, this is not your standard tourist piece extolling Buffalo's attractions… more »

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Buffalo Day Hikers Meetup, and Google Fit, One of the Best Fitness Apps for Tracking Hiking

December 2nd, 2016 by Mark Abell

Want to stay fit this Winter? Join the Buffalo Day Hikers Meetup as part of Meetup.com. Buffalo Day Hikers have a Hike at Reinstein Woods on Friday, December 16 at 7:15am. They will briskly walk 4 miles/1.25 hours… more »

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Low Maintenance Gore-Tex Alternatives for In Between Buffalo Weather Days

November 30th, 2016 by Mark Abell

Columbia just released an update to their OutDry coat series this fall. I am writing to get our readers up to speed with a puffy and a raincoat that embody much appreciated innovation in outerwear. Columbia OutDry… more »

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Polaroid 600 Review with Impossible Project Black & White Film

November 27th, 2016 by Mark Abell

For those interested in photography, there is the Science Museum Camera Club held at the Buffalo Museum of Science which meets every 1st and 3rdWednesday of the month from 6:30p-9:00p at 1020… more »

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Thanksgiving Playing Cards

November 23rd, 2016 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

I have experienced as many Thanksgivings as there are cards in a deck. In the first six years of my life, my parents took me (and later my brother) to one or the other (sometimes both) of my grandparents’ homes for turkey… more »

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Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | November 21-27

November 21st, 2016 by Marti Gorman

Looking for ways to Give Thanks? Monday, Nov 21 is the last day to donate a turkey to the Buffalo Mission's Turkey Express, and Tuesday, Nov 22 is the last day to donate non-perishables to Rock Out Hunger. The… more »

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The Election, the Zombie Apocalypse, Jaws, and the Bethlehem Steel Fire

November 19th, 2016 by Lesa Quale Ferguson

The morning after the election, I drove my sons to school like any other weekday. My ten year old son Sam slumped in the corner of the backseat. He had sulked his way through the morning and into the car. I was confronted with… more »

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Editor's Picks: Best Bets in WNY | November 16 - November 20

November 15th, 2016 by Marti Gorman

As the tail end of a fabulous super moon bathes Buffalo in its silvery glow, the week ahead beckons. Fall weather persists, making it easy to get out and have some fun! Love beer? What about the glassware it's served in? Let… more »

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Baking for Stability

November 15th, 2016 by Alan Rizzo

In 1984, the year of my birth, a bread book was published, one that for me contained an unforgettable image. That image wasn't a literal photograph or illustration, nothing like that, but an image created in the mind's eye, using… more »

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"I’m Here for the Fight for People That Look Like Me" with Samantha Nephew

November 14th, 2016 by Natalie Photiadis

I meet Samantha Nephew for an early morning coffee at Sweetness 7 Café on Grant Street. Born and raised on the Westside, Sam has known the neighborhood since “before it was cool,” and she remembers when the… more »

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Gratitude

November 10th, 2016 by Marti Gorman

Today was my third day on the fourth floor of the Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center. The view is is amazing. City Hall, the Gold Dome, the Liberty ladies, Central Terminal...and the gaunt young man in high top sneakers sitting… more »

Winter Wear

Douglas Jemal Comes to Buffalo

I Did Not Get to March

Nostalgia and the Art of Not Caring

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | January 18 - 22

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | January 11 - 16

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | January 3 - 8

Mommy, I Sick

A Clean Slate

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | December 28 - January 2

The Cannoli

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | December 20 - 25

Parks and parkways

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | December 13 - 18

How Buffalo Got Its Waterfront Back

Buffalo Day Hikers Meetup, and Google Fit, One of the Best Fitness Apps for Tracking Hiking

Low Maintenance Gore-Tex Alternatives for In Between Buffalo Weather Days

Polaroid 600 Review with Impossible Project Black & White Film

Thanksgiving Playing Cards

Editor's Picks - This Week's Best Bets | November 21-27

The Election, the Zombie Apocalypse, Jaws, and the Bethlehem Steel Fire

Editor's Picks: Best Bets in WNY | November 16 - November 20

Baking for Stability

"I’m Here for the Fight for People That Look Like Me" with Samantha Nephew

Gratitude

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