August 31, 2008

• Buffalo

  It's been interesting to be here with someone this trip.  usually I'm by myself and can just do whatever I want to (which tends to turn into not all that much) when I want to.  This time, I kind of had to have events planned.  This is even more difficult as I don't have a vehicle here so I'm kind of relying on my friends to get me or Kristy to loan me her car.  It's not the most desireable situation, but it's what the monetary circumstances dictate (to rent an ECONOMY car was over $60/day.  Yikes!)

  
  

  So I JUST found out that my friend who had moved to AZ a year or so ago, who I now thought had moved back to NYC, has NOW moved back to Buffalo so I DO get to see her!  (and to think I almost didn't text her because I figured she must not have had the funds to make it back to B-Lo for a visit, as she hadn't text me yet... )  Oh well, glad I sent the message!

  
  

  Buffalo Thus Far:

  
  

  
  
  • Plane in Chicago delayed, got into B-Lo an hour late.0
  
  
  • Check-out at hotel 11am, hung out in lobby for a LONG time.  We initially asked if we could store our bags there until Kristy was off work & could pick us up.  No problem.  Then we asked about the hotel Wi-Fi to catch up on some emails and what not, in the lobby.  We stayed there for over an hour just doing our net stuff.  Then we asked about food, attempted to walk to the pizza place, but it was raining & the road we had to cross was under construction = I didn't wanna do it.)  So we ordered the pizza, had it delivered to the Lobby.  The desk clerk was going to let us use a room as long as we promised to keep it clean and not throw the garbage away in the room... which we eagerly agreed to, but I later said "no, I'd rather not, I don't want you to get in trouble.  We can eat at a table in that meeting room & watch a movie on his laptop." so that's what we did.  He had a chicken finger pizza & sub for the first time.  It was delicious... I wish I would have heard of these guys when I lived here!
  
  
  • Went shopping across the street (when the rain had cleared for a bit) at the Avenue... found some nice tops on clearance and a pair of jeans on sale for$20.  John is actually a very good clothes shopping partner.  Calmly sits in the waiting chairs while I try stuff on and show him when I am okay with what I have on to make a decision together.  lol
  
  
  • Got back to the hotel a few minutes before Kristy arrived to pick us up.  It was so exciting to see her. 
  
  
  • Went to Thursday at the Square to see a free concert (Candlebox) where I knew ONE song (Far Behind) which is kind of a romantic slow song, so Kristy & Chad are cuddled up and swaying, John & I are doing the same and some jack ass kids behind us that in NO way could really know who Candlebox even is, NOR are they old enough to drink & are also likely high as hell, decide NOW is the appropriate time for a mosh pit.  And they slammed into Kristy & Chad... then they slammed into us TWICE, the last time so hard we flew into people in front of us, at which point Kristy kicks the kid in the back and then he gets in her face.  She backed that idiot up while getting into his face and I seriously thought she was going to have to kick his ass, but he calmed it down after he called her a Bitch & Chad was like EXCUSE me?  lol  CRAZY and definitely have no need for that to ever happened again.  Damn it, we were all having a moment!
  
  
  • Friday we chilled and slept late - side note:  Kristy has a dog.  I don't know what kind of dog, but his name is Brinks.  He is a smaller dog, but he's meaty.  He's named after an armored truck for a reason.  This dog LOOOOOVVVEEESSSS people.  He would knock you down and lick you to death if you broke in, unless of course you were actually trying to hurt someone, then he actually gets mad, even at perceived conflict.  He would NOT get off our bed that was in the living room.  I was like "Brinks!  This is NOT a threesome!"  (Not that we were doing it, but we were cuddling and he stuck his face in the middle.  Icky doggy breath!)  Then he finally calmed down at our feet & fell asleep for a little while.  Got back up and left, came back in and fell asleep on the couch behind us.  The next morning after he was taken outstide, he came back in and jumped on our bed.  I was yelling "WET PAWS! WET PAWS!"  EEWWWW!  lol   But oh well.  Needless to say, the bed got moved.  lol  We now have a door.
  
  
  • Went to Taffy's for shakes (over 112 flavors)  I had a Snickers.  It was okay, but weird to have sucked in nuts through a straw.  Yes I know that's funny.  The food there wasn't very good, so I don't recommend that.  Just go for dessert.
  
  
  • For supper we went to "Duff's Famous Wings" and it was WONDERFUL.  Their sauce was excellent (we had mild & mild medium - neither of which was very hot, even though their warnings would indicate otherwise.)
  
  
  • Saturday was Wing Fest.  Bill & his gf Tia picked us up and we went to Mighty Taco because Bill LOVES it and John had to try it, it's a Buffalo thing.  Bill was pissed because they stopped carrying Aunt Mabel's Loganberry pop.  Craziness.
  
  
  • Went to the festival... it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!  We spent $20 on food tickets, so I think we had about 30 wings total between John & I - well, minus a couple because he also purchased some Buffalo Wing soup and that was a couple tickets.  I did not eat the soup.  I will not eat the soup.  Tia tried some of Bill's and said it was gross.  That was good enough for me.  They did have Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese that I now regret I did not try.  I probably would have enjoyed it.
  
  
  • Then we went out to Hilbert... walked around the campus that actually hasn't changed that much since last April, there are however a couple new benches & picnic tables.  Looks alright.  Will have to upload a picture of one of the Hilbert Values banners. 
  
  
  • Bill brought us home, they left & we chilled for a few hours.  We went out to OP to the TArget I used to work at.  Saw NO ONE I knew. 
  
  
  • Went to supper at Louis' Texas Red Hots because it was on John's list.  The hotdog was good, not a fan of the greek sauce.  I had my hotdogs with mustard & onions... the onions didn't taste good to me.  However, I also had a milkshake & that was excellent (as were the onion RINGS & fries.)  John also got Loganberry pop here.
  
  
  • We went back to Mighty that I had by my school & he had his first Mighty Taco (that morning we had split a chicken fajita, which is what I usually got at Mighty.)
  
  
  • We stopped at Wegman's to get dessert.  Got home, were asked to go pick up Kristy from work, so we did. 
  
  
  • Today we were picked up by John (my college "boyfriend" that I never really dated) for lunch at the Pearl St Grill & Bar... it was delicious.  I highly recommend it.  I had the Lighthouse microbrew and it was tasty. 
  
  
  • Now we're chilling for a little bit before we go and get food for the cookout tonight.  Should be fun!
  
  
  • Tomorrow I'm planning on hangin out with Christine.  We'll see what we end up doing.

  
  

   

  
  

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