I saw the oldest JcPennys ever in a little strip mall.

[jackshoegazer]

Greetings!

I am blogging to you from the illustrious Buffalo in the great state of New York!

After a relatively uneventful drive from Wisconsin, we stopped for the night, dined at Ruby Tuesday, and passed the fuck out after marveling at the meta-ness trainwreck of Charm School with Ricki Lake.

Though, we did see some of the all-time douchiest driving ever.

A few hours today (pretty much the whole state of New York - this fucker is WIDE) and we'll be in Vermont and I won't have to think about the road (until Sunday when we drive down to Boston.)

Perhaps we'll finish Jacqueline Carey's Santa Olivia, which we read a little over half of yesterday.  I'm not totally sold, but it's entertaining enough.  I reserve my final judgment for its completion.

Continental breakfast, here I come!

Comments

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

Oh man, if I'd known you were stopping in Buffalo, I could've directed you to places much better than Ruby Tuesday's.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

We weren't actually IN Buffalo - just off the interstate south. And it was late, and the restaurant was close to the hotel, and cheap, and I used to work at one years ago. I was very disappointed in the lack of baked potatoes.

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah, there's not much south of the interstate. Northern Buffalo, you probably could've found a Jim's Steak-Out open till 5am and had the best spicy bleu cheese chicken finger sub ever.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Good to know - next time we'll push to the other side of Buffalo. :)

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

Other fantastic places to try in Buffalo if you're there during more conventional hours:

Fat Bob's Smokehouse - in the middle of downtown, best beef brisket and sweet potato fries ever.

Pizza Plant - they've got locations on the edge of town and have great calzones, deep-dishes, and a lovely rotating selection of microbrews.

Casa di Pizza - on Elmwood (think Willy Street), probably the best pizza in town.

[were-duck.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Santa Olivia has its moments but it never quite reaches the level of addictive crack as the Terre d'Ange books. I gave a short review of it here (http://were-duck.livejournal.com/82861.html) a couple of months ago, if you're interested.

I hope you guys have a splendid trip!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Jacquelyn has been bugging me NONSTOP to read the Terre d'Ange books :) I keep saying NEVER!

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

The only thing worse than driving the entire width of New York is driving the entire width of Pennsylvania - stay strong! Say hi to Vermont for me, I'm jealous :)

[cashmirjungle1.livejournal.com]

haha--I was going to say the same thing! I make that drive a couple times a year on the way to OH. The things I do to spend time with my sister!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

OMG Pennsylvania was awesome compared to New York!

[dakini-grl.livejournal.com]

Having gone to college in upstate NY, your description made me smile in recognition!

Vermont is one of the most beautiful places in the world -- especially at this time of year. Smell some lilacs for me!

[takes-a-fairy.livejournal.com]

What?! No photo of the old Pennys store?
That could have been icon material, dude.