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Topic: Falconeer's New York expedition (Read 57386 times)
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Strazos
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Where did you end up going to a hockey game, in Buffalo?
Also, nice shot of that Mustang.
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schild
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It's nachos. You people are blind.
You mean the other picture. Heh. Whoops.
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« Last Edit: August 03, 2009, 09:51:51 PM by schild »
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Falconeer
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Yes, that was in Buffalo   Funny thing, I've been a die hard Bills fan since forever (yes, yes, Scott Norwood and all) , but didn't like the Sabres too much until recently. Thanks everyone for the compliments. I don't thin they are good pictures, but yes, they really bring me back there everytime I look at them so I guess they served their purpose. |
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Congrats on Waffle House, one of my favorites. Also: how's your cholesterol?
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Falconeer
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My cholesterol is fine, we don-t eat like that everyday in Italy. Actually, never. So I can go over the line as much as I like when aborad. Speaking of which, I am in NYC right now (stupid internet cafe on 37th and 8th) and I just had another ridiculosuly fat brunch. I am sure you`ll all love the picture Leaving with AMtrak for Buffalo in an hour. I really like traveling across USA. |
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JWIV
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Sadly their training camp is in NY, but you could always try to sneak out and visit it
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Lantyssa
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Speaking of which, I am in NYC right now (stupid internet cafe on 37th and 8th) and I just had another ridiculosuly fat brunch. I am sure you`ll all love the picture Welcome back! When are you coming to Texas?  |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Falconeer
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Lantyssa, you have no idea how much I-d love to spend a good six months in this country. Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Minneapolis, New Orleans, DC... so many places I would want to be for a while. And I have friends everywhere and I keep neglecting them, sigh.
When am I coming there, I don`t know. But I won-t stop until I do.
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Falconeer
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I-ll be there again next week, Mr.!
And thanks JWIV for the Bills headup, there-s a real chance we are going to Rochester (isn-t St. Fisher-s there? Thats-s what they say here)to see them today! That woud beat the other all american proposal which would be going to Watkins Glen for Nascar, hah!
Speaking of Nascar, yesterday night I-vr been in the most awesome house with a tavernin the basement with all kinds of Buffalo sport memorabilia, huge TV, car models collection and a real bar where I took picture like a Japanese tourist and I-ve been served some very, very alcoholic drink in a Nascar glass. Duh!
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JWIV
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I-ll be there again next week, Mr.!
And thanks JWIV for the Bills headup, there-s a real chance we are going to Rochester (isn-t St. Fisher-s there? Thats-s what they say here)to see them today! That woud beat the other all american proposal which would be going to Watkins Glen for Nascar, hah!
Speaking of Nascar, yesterday night I-vr been in the most awesome house with a tavernin the basement with all kinds of Buffalo sport memorabilia, huge TV, car models collection and a real bar where I took picture like a Japanese tourist and I-ve been served some very, very alcoholic drink in a Nascar glass. Duh!
Oh awesome. Hopefully it works out for you guys! |
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Cheddar
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I-ll be there again next week, Mr.!
And thanks JWIV for the Bills headup, there-s a real chance we are going to Rochester (isn-t St. Fisher-s there? Thats-s what they say here)to see them today! That woud beat the other all american proposal which would be going to Watkins Glen for Nascar, hah!
Speaking of Nascar, yesterday night I-vr been in the most awesome house with a tavernin the basement with all kinds of Buffalo sport memorabilia, huge TV, car models collection and a real bar where I took picture like a Japanese tourist and I-ve been served some very, very alcoholic drink in a Nascar glass. Duh!
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No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Tannhauser
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Hey Falc, enjoyed your pics, especially the train at night! Not to derail (heh), but can you tell me your opinion about Naples Italy? Would an American civilian working for the U.S. Navy enjoy living there? I'm pondering an opportunity there.
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« Last Edit: August 06, 2009, 08:47:50 PM by lamaros »
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Strazos
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Hey Falc, if you're ever around DC after mid-Sept, let me know and I'll bring you out for a drink or something.
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Paelos
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Same for me in Atlanta, I'll show you a college football tailgate. You'd be shocked.
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Same for San Francisco. I'll take you out drinking in the Castro, the best place to drink in the bay area! |
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Paelos
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Bring a sweater if you go to SF in the summer. Mark Twain and I agree it's the coldest winter you'll ever spend.
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Trippy
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Same for San Francisco. I'll take you out drinking in the Castro, the best place to drink in the bay area!  |
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JWIV
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Hey Falc, if you're ever around DC after mid-Sept, let me know and I'll bring you out for a drink or something.
We should just grab everyone in the DC/NOVA/MD area and take over a bar. |
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Cheddar
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Hey Falc, if you're ever around DC after mid-Sept, let me know and I'll bring you out for a drink or something.
We should just grab everyone in the DC/NOVA/MD area and take over a bar. |
No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Sky
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Bring a sweater if you go to SF in the summer. Mark Twain and I agree it's the coldest winter you'll ever spend.
Did Twain ever go to upstate NY? Summer Frisco is my perfect weather. We should just grab everyone in the DC/NOVA/MD area and take a shower
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Falconeer
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Hey, everyone is too nice in this tread. Thanks!
Small updates: hate cajun last night and loved it. Smoked sirloin tips, cicken gumbo or whateverwas the name, sigh, food heaven. I couldn-t even get close to the bucket of shrimps my friends had but I took pictures, heh. Then I spent the day strolling Buffalo downtown, and I was shocked. My idea of downtown, even in the smallest italian village, is a place bustling with life and stores and all, while Buffalo looks to me like a post-atomic city with survivors walking around the empty streets of the city with lots of closed stores and nothing to buy, or sell. Shock went out of scale when I started asking around for a bookstore and everyone went from amazed to scared in tellingmetat no there aren-t bookstores in downtown. There-s aBArnes & Nobles somewhere, butI need a care and 20 good minutes drivingto get there. Seriously? I-ve been told Buffalo used to be a much more populated area and the crisis is making stores close everyday, and people now only buy stuff in malls or online. Well, I definitely wasn-t expecting that. It has been instructive and of course a bit destabilizing.
Today, Rochester and the Buffalo Bills. Tonight, bus going west, to Ann Arbor. I-ll keep you posted on my ot-so-special adventures.
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P.S: Forgive me for the typos and the brokenest (!) English, I am alwaystyping in a rush, most of the times from my phone.
P.P.S: Tannhauser, hard to tell about Naples. Definitely a challenging city for so many reasons, but ot so tragic as they picture it. I mean, believe me, many of the things you read there are just Italy from Firenze and south of it (While you have a completely kindof Italy from Bologna and up). Roma is a piece of shit too. And while Naples is hardcore you can definitely have a great time there FOR A WHILE. I wouldn-t live there, and I suggest you or everyone approaching it with a very open mind, with your wallet tight, and without expecting any kind of service to work. In the end, you-ll be surprised but to lower your expectations about quality of life is the first step to enjoy the city, and tobepositively surprised about it.
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Falc, most cities in the US have a dead urban middle, its not just Buffalo. Since the 80s, most US cities have moved to the 'strip mall' model of development, where retail is moved to the suburbs in the form of box stores, shopping malls and the like. To give an example, Seattle, a technological capital of the world, doesn't have any computer stores anywhere near the center. You have to drive 20 minutes to NorthGate Mall to find a BestBuy, which as a good a selection of stuff as you'd otherwise find in Bumfuck Anywhere USA. There are exceptions, of course, like NY City, but by and large, most urban centers are dead as doornails.
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Yeah, walmart and the big boxes building on urban fringe rather than in downtown has decimated traditional american city layouts. Special is the city that maintains one.
Too bad you're on such a city-based jaunt, you passed over the cool finger lakes region, with the glens and great hiking and boating. Some nice parks in there, my favorite non-adirondack part of the state.
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Same for San Francisco. I'll take you out drinking in the Castro, the best place to drink in the bay area! I'd join you guys and buy round 2, as would several other bay area folk I'm sure. Castro is awesome though I go once every month or so, usually to The Mix, Bar or Cafe and honestly if you aren't afraid of dancing you can usually have some fun with the women there since competition is limited. |
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Strazos
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Hey Falc, if you're ever around DC after mid-Sept, let me know and I'll bring you out for a drink or something.
We should just grab everyone in the DC/NOVA/MD area and take over a bar. To be fair, I don't even drink, or go to bars normally. |
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Buffalo has been a post-apocalyptic fun land since the eighties. If you want shopping there are stores as far as the eye can see in Tonawanda and Cheektowaga just outside the rusting remains of the downtown core.
You really do choose some of the worst parts of the US for your trips.
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Falconeer
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Ok so why no one ever told me before HOW FUCKING AWESOME ANN ARBOR IS?!!?
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Trippy
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Er, it's a college town? I guess it's awesome... for Michigan. Maybe Buffalo broke your spirt.
What's awesome about it?
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Falconeer
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No it's not just a college town. It's a hippie town with tons of bookstores, record stores, cafes, very expensive european food grocery stores, punks, and alive as hell. Have anyone of you ever been there? I haven't seen enough America to judge, but this place is beautiful.
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No it's not just a college town. It's a hippie town with tons of bookstores, record stores, cafes, very expensive european food grocery stores, punks, and alive as hell. Have anyone of you ever been there? I haven't seen enough America to judge, but this place is beautiful.
That would be a college town. Try any of them along the eastern seaboard. Hell, try Athens GA where I went. |
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No it's not just a college town. It's a hippie town with tons of bookstores, record stores, cafes, very expensive european food grocery stores, punks, and alive as hell. Have anyone of you ever been there? I haven't seen enough America to judge, but this place is beautiful.
That would be a college town. Try any of them along the eastern seaboard. Hell, try Athens GA where I went. Well you aren't likely to find something like Zingerman's in a typical university town the size of Ann Arbor but otherwise, yeah. |
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