#buffalo
On Friday I had to be in Buffalo for a conference. Because I couldn’t miss work on Thursday, I took an early morning Friday flight: 6am from JFK, landing in Buffalo at 7:18am. But on Saturday I didn’t have to be back at a certain time, so I booked the Amtrak Empire service, leaving Buffalo at 7:34am and getting back to NYC at 3:45pm. Sounds awful, right? Here’s why it wasn’t, and why the train part of this trip was better than the plane part:
Free wireless on the train
The ability to get up and move around whenever I felt like it
The empty seat next to me
The electrical outlet next to me, below the large, clear windows
The wide, comfy seatbelt-less seats
I only had to get to the station 5 minutes before the train left
I didn’t have to wait in a check-in line, get out my ID, wait in a security line, take off my shoes, or get patted down
I was deposited by the train in the middle of the city, not way out in Queens or Newark
I was able to look out the window, and learn about the changing landscape between the cities
If a baby started screaming, I could get up and change seats
When we were paused in Oneida, the lady in front of me pointed out a river snake and a muskrat in the pond we were next to.
I could go on, but I’m about to do some work, watch a crappy movie, and then stretch out and take a nice nap.
Now, obviously, planes are awesome, and necessary. Can’t get to Cairo from here on a train (yet). Trains have less flexibility, and if it’s a long trip the time it takes starts to become an issue, blah blah blah. Nevertheless, for short trips I’ll stick with trains, not the “commuter flights.” Give me a slightly longer (although not much, when you factor in all the airport nonsense), comfortable train trip upstate any day.
Protesters march outside the First Niagara Center during Donald Trump’s rally in Buffalo, NY on April 18th, 2016.
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I would like to extend a very sincere thank you to the entire Buffalo Beauts organization, the GM of the Beauts Linda Mroz, and everyone from the NWHL for giving me the opportunity to document history being made by the amazing women in the NWHL.
The season might not have ended the way I would’ve liked but it’s not important. What is important however is the impact that this league has made. In it’s first season it’s inspired countless amounts of little girls that they too can lace up and get paid for playing the sport we all love.
I remember walking into the first game on October 11th 2015 and not knowing what to think. I knew that this league had marquee players like; Knight, Duggan, Pfalzer, etc but what I did not expect to see was how the city came out to support this team.
It was an absolute honor to shoot for this league. I have met so many amazing people, been apart of so many moments, made lifelong memories, and had probably the best hockey season I’ve ever shot.
I will never forget the NWHL’s Inaugural Season.
Season 2 can’t come soon enough!
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Mother Of Buffalo Shooting Survivor: ‘Your Thoughts And Prayers Are Not Enough’, June 8, 2022
Zeneta Everhart, mother of a survivor of the Buffalo, N.Y. supermarket shooting, testified before the House Oversight Committee about her son and called on lawmakers to pursue new gun laws.
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Benny the Butcher - Welcome to the States (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
A Sitting Buffalo
- He awaits his death on this farm that raises buffalo for meat in California. :(Post link
Food of the day: Buffalo chicken burger
Yet another burger post, I really dooo love burgers. Got the burger at dave and buster’s diner. The burger was topped with blue cheese, deed fried onions and most of all buffalo chicken fingers, followed by a side of loaded mash potato. The burger was great, not extremely juicy but it was tasty none the less. Did no expect a burger like this at dave’s, kinda figured it would be more crappy. Can’t judge a book by… nething than the content i guess? haha
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Old Hardie
West Yellowstone Buffalo Stampede on entrance road. Over 150. full video
[ID: Several Cape Buffalo laying together in a warm patch of sun. Light shines on their dark fur.] via
