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Entertainment

Housewives of WNY - VIDEOS

video by S.J. Velasquez  • 

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Just like the "Real Housewives" on television, Western New York has its own groups of well-to-do socialite ladies -- but you won't find them sitting back, sipping mimosas all day. These women are busy moms, business owners, philanthropists and Buffalo boosters.

Entertainment

Travel Channel International zooms in on upstate New York

blog by S.J. Velasquez  • 

{video_photo_caption}Photo from Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp's Twitter feed.

Update: Our friend Karen over at Visit Buffalo Niagara confirmed via Twitter the Buffalo locations visited by the Travel Chanel crew: Anchor Bar, Pierce Arrow Museum, Colored Musicians, The Place and Vera Pizzeria.

Grub + Pub

Break bread with bakers

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{video_photo_caption}Photo courtesy of the Fancy and Delicious blog.

Fancy and Delicious Bakery, Buffalo’s homegrown community bakery and bread-share project, will launch its spring baking season with a party…

Grub + Pub

We go together like ice cream and doughnuts

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{video_photo_caption}Photo courtesy of Flickr / jefflen

Tim Hortons - Coldstone Creamery shops want to sweeten your Valentine’s Day date with some free ice cream.

From 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday (Valentine’s Day), Timmies-Coldstone combo stores invite couples to indulge in two “love it”-sized ice…

Arts + Culture

From hip-hop to the heartland: local filmmaker unveils latest experiment

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A lot of us are from the rural parts of Western New York.  Even people from the bigger suburbs—Orchard Park, Amherst, the Tonawadas—really aren’t that far from the countryside.  Hiking, camping and close proximity to a variety of wildlife…

Neighborhood

Craigslist Gold: emergency love

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For the past few months, Buffalo.com’s homegirl @BuffaloRach has been tweeting us her favorite Craigslist finds. While Buffalo’s no New York City in terms of Internet weirdos looking for love, we have our…

Grub + Pub

Girl Scout Cookie season is upon us

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Remember the old days when Girl Scouts would walk up to your door with an order form and list of cookie descriptions? Well, that was simply dangerous and irresponsible parenting.

Now, you have to dig a little to find a Girl Scout to sell you boxes of the…

Neighborhood

It gets better, and these people can help

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{video_photo_caption}Photo courtesy of Flickr / Krystal T

Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old freshman at Williamsville North High School, ended his life Sunday.

For years, the teen had struggled with emotional issues and bullying, his parents told the Buffalo…

Neighborhood

Gathering of the formerly plaid-clad grads

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There’s something magical about the Catholic school experience in Western New York, said Amanda Schroeder, young alumni ambassador for the All Catholic Elementary School…

News

These are a few of my favo[u]rite [Canadian] things

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{video_photo_caption}Photo (before editing) courtesy of Flickr.com / katietower

When I was a kid growing up on the South Buffalo - Lackawanna border, I thought everything beyond the Skyway was downtown Buffalo or Canada. Now, I’m not saying I was the smartest child; I’m just saying, I was on the QEW probably more frequently than…

News

Vote to Award $15,000 in Grants!

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The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is holding a video contest and will award $15,000 in grants to the environmental nonprofit that receives the most votes on Facebook!  To vote, visit GrowWNY.org and click the CONTEST tab or visit facebook.com/GrowWNY. …

Entertainment

Get ready for a Sara Bareilles overdose

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{video_photo_caption}Photo courtesy of sarabmusic.com

Canisius College announced back in February that “Love Song” songstress Sara Bareilles would play the Koessler Athletic Center April 17, and now it seems like…