Whatever Happened to Beggar’s Night?
I have to wonder why the holiday is no longer popular in more Buffalo communities.
Read more
The Power of Childhood Memories
It is possible to step back into a childlike state of wonder, if and when we choose to do so.
Why I Wrote a “Love Letter” to Buffalo
I wanted to begin a narrative that would trace the city’s arc from the first warning signs of a collapsing economy to its eventual rebirth and revitalization.
Wax Lips, Licorice Sticks and an Homage to the Corner Store
One of the things I miss most when I return to Buffalo is the family-owned corner store.
Secrets of the Scajaquada? Treasures of Tonawanda? Or…
This month I am asking readers, what are the undiscovered gems in Buffalo and the surrounding area that I need to visit this year?
Publishing My West Side Story: It’s About to Get Real
Like every would-be author discovers, if writing a book isn’t difficult enough, the ordeal of trying to get it published tests all one’s powers of endurance.
Why Buffalonians Will Always Love Spring Break
As long as there are long, snowy months in Buffalo, there will be snowbirds of every age winging their way to the Land of Sunshine.
Life in Buffalo—375 Million Years Ago
My uncle’s goal on these field trips was to teach us about paleontology…as well as something about life in Buffalo before the Buffalo Bills. (Photo of Eighteen Mile Creek by Doreen Regan)
A Buffalo Christmas to Remember
Everyone in my hometown of Buffalo, NY will have a story to tell about the “bombogenesis” blizzard that hit the city late this December, just as many of its native sons and daughters were traveling home to be with family for the Christmas holidays. I was one of those making the journey. Fortunately, my story, […]
The Year I Met the Buffalo Bills
It was a beautiful summer day in early August, 1963. The Buffalo Bills, a young team that had been admitted into the American Football League just four years earlier, were wrapping up their annual summer training and getting ready for their first game of the season. The excitement in the city was palpable. My Dad, […]
The Most Prestigious Club You Probably Never Heard Of
Tucked away a discrete distance from busy Delaware Avenue, and a stone’s throw from the famous Wilcox Mansion where Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President after the assassination of William McKinley, lies a stately Italian Renaissance-style structure that I suspect few people in Buffalo have ever noticed, let alone visited. It is the home […]
Gimme That Summer Lovin’
It’s hard to underestimate the impact of the long Buffalo winters on young romance.