blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 23, 2013 @ 10:13am
Buffalo’s Winterfest—also known as the Powder Keg Festival—won’t be happening this winter, but it will return in 2014, according to organizers.
“Wing…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 15, 2013 @ 10:40am
Happy National Hat Day, cap-wearing locals. What an appropriate day to reach for an article of clothing that keeps your gourd warm, considering how much cooler the weather is now compared to a few days ago.…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 14, 2013 @ 10:54am
While many locals loved the brief recess from winter this past weekend, organizers and potential attendees of Flurrious! are hoping for more wintery conditions in the weeks ahead.
The free winter festival, now in its third year, is scheduled for Jan. 26 at…
blog by Avery Hartmans • January 11, 2013 @ 9:19am
Dear Avery,
I’m a pretty fair skinned individual and seeing as it’s January in Buffalo, I’m at my palest right now. What can I do to not look so, for lack of a better word, sickly? Every time I see a picture of myself I’m not happy. What colors…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 10, 2013 @ 12:01pm
Pull together a group of your winter-loving athletic pals and register for the Flurrious kickball tournament while there are still team openings.
Just six of the 16 team…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 07, 2013 @ 9:38am
Visit the Buffalo Zoo any day of the week, even Mondays and Tuesdays when the zoo had remained closed in recent winters.
With the number of school breaks, and Monday and Tuesday holidays, zoo representatives…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 02, 2013 @ 9:40am
Slap on the spandex pants and wind-resistant jacket for a leisurely winter run tonight.
Starting today and continuing through March, Fleet Feet will sponsor free weekly winter jaunts…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • December 20, 2012 @ 1:38pm
Forecasters are calling it: Buffalo could very well have a white Christmas.
No big news, it seems, as Buffalo is often a contender for the coveted Golden Snowball award, which is based on annual snowfall numbers. But,…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • December 03, 2012 @ 12:06pm
Celebrate the season and display your raw machismo in one swoop this December by chopping down your very own Christmas tree.
A handful of tree farms around Buffalo offer locals an opportunity to select and chop their own trees. Unlike the pop-up retail stands…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • November 28, 2012 @ 10:13am
More than 70 snow plows and nearly 11,000 tons of salt are at the ready for Buffalo’s first big snow of the season.
Mayor Byron Brown, Department of Public Works Commissioner Steven Stepniak, and Street Cleaning and Snow Removal Director Henry Jackson…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • October 16, 2012 @ 10:45am
For anyone who vowed to take up running upon ringing in the new year and haven’t yet set out to accomplish that goal, I hate to alarm you, but it’s time that’s running [out].
December is less than six weeks away. If visions of Couch…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • October 03, 2012 @ 11:44am
As much as my sun-worshipping colleagues loved the warmer-than-normal conditions this past winter, I was miffed by the lack of snow. I mean, I didn’t move back to my hometown for THIS.
Lucky for snow-lovers like me, the mild winter of 2011-2012 is long…
video by S.J. Velasquez • February 23, 2012 @ 10:57am
This UB Office of University Communications video gives a little insight into what it's like for international students to experience Buffalo winter for the first time.
Having grown up in Western New York and spent the majority of my life here -- with…
gallery by Don Nieman • February 12, 2012 @ 10:02am
The snow fell, the cold winter wind blew, and Buffalonians played in the downtown streets of Buffalo in the 2012 Powder Keg Winter Festival. The Buffalo Fire Department and the Police Department went head to head in a rowdy session of broomball in front of Statler City.…
blog by S.J. Velasquez • January 30, 2012 @ 10:15am
Doesn’t matter that the temperatures have been unseasonably warm in Buffalo this winter—the snow[man-building] must go on!
Every Sunday in February, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York invites families to compete in snowman-making challenges…
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