I just stumbled upon a gay and lesbian section to the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau web site. It's pretty interesting and spot on! Check it out in your spare time at http://www.buffalocvb.org/visitors/gnl/#goingon

I have fallen a bit behind on my development updates so I went after work today and got some new pictures. The print shop on Franklin Street near Edward pictured above is adding an addition.

This long vacant building on Allen Street right near Elmwood is under construction. Still no word what it will be.

200 Delaware Avenue is having a facelift done. The awful exterior will be replaced with a new modern look. The first seven floors will be an Embassy Suites with a ground level restaurant. The top four floors will be condos with the remaining floors open for commercial use.

The Webb Lofts on Pearl Street are open and just about full already. By summer the day care will be fully operational on the first floor with a roof top playground.

The new high rise condos on the waterfront are on moving on up Wheezie!

The Warehouse Lofts are just about ready to open on Ellicott Street.

SURPRISE!!!! My friend Jackie through a surprise 40th birthday party for her husband Scott complete with two strippers! What a trip! I introduced them at Sunset Bay Beach Club over 8 years ago.

Me and Scott's wife Jackie.

Damn, those 40 candles almost started a fire!

Me, Scott (the birthday boy), Tom, and my brother Al.

HAPPY THANKGIVING!

Try this, it's pretty cool:

UNBELIEVABLE MATH PROBLEM

Here is a math trick so unbelievable that it will stump you.

1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code)
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2

Do you recognize the answer?

I hate when that happens!

If you agree with my assessment that the New York State Route 5 construction project is another "Buffalo Disaster" in the making, go to this site below and sign the petition.

http://www.petitiononline.com/blvd4buf/petition.html

For those of you who don't know the facts. NY State DOT wants to add two two-way streets on either side of the current raised portion of Route 5. The alternative plan, which I support, would be to demolish the raised portion of Route 5 and make a single at grade boulevard with reduced speed and a tree lined median. The alternative would eliminate the unsightly raised portion of Route 5 which currently obstructs views of the lake and would provide a signature entrance way into the city that would make the traffic flow better and slower, allow new streets and developments to meet with the new boulevard at grade level, and would not perpetuate the existence of the sky way.

Me, my brother, sister-in-law, and her son went to the Central Library today where we spent some time researching some genealogy from my father's side of the family. Doing some quick research and using the microfilm were very entertaining and educational. I recommend the trip downtown if your family history is of interest to you. Head to the Microfilm Room within the Grosvenor Room. They have plenty of guides and personnel one to assist you!

I know it's very small but I found an old phone book from 1970 (which may or may not be the year I was born) and found the street that my father was raised on, St. Joseph on Buffalo's east side. My grandmother and two of my Uncle's were listed in the book!

Thanks Connie (my sister-in-law) for getting my cat catnip (kitty marijuana)! He broke the box apart, got it all over my kitchen floor, went crazy, and laid in it! LOL

Today after work and shopping my friend Darrell and I went to the University Heights staple Amy's Place to eat dinner. Bring back any memories Jeff?

Me, my friend Michael, and his friend Nick went to Letchworth State Park to take in the beautiful fall foliage and go for a hike.

Here's an old bridge along the hiking trail.

Me, Nick, and Michael pose for a picture.

Looking down the river.

The view of the gorge looking up the Genesee River and the middle falls.

Saturday my brother and his new wife had their wedding reception for our friends and family in Buffalo. Here they are being introduced.

Connie dances with her son Jeremy.

The Electric Slide always fills the dance floor.

Some of my mom's side of the family

Me and my friend Scott.

This past friday I took a ride with my brother and his wife to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Here's the skyline with the falls on the right.

Connie's son Jeremy, my brother Al, and his wife Connie at the falls.

What a cool outdoor clock.

After checking out the falls we went to Clifton Hill.

Here's a picture looking down the hill.

After 4 years I finally broke down and bought a new computer. I recently got this HP Pavilian a6230On complete with Windows Vista and a 19 inch wide screen monitor