Events this Week

Monday is out of the way and we are headed in another week that has a handful of events taking place. Here are some of them:

:: Tuesday ::

Bidwell Park Concert Series

Food Truck Tuesdays at Larkin Square

:: Wednesday ::

Cocktails on the Lawn - Mansion on Delaware

Live at Larkin

:: Thursday ::

Thursday at Canalside

Kiss of Color Fashion Show

:: Friday ::

Summers Eve Gala at Hotel Lafayette

:: Saturday ::

50 Yard Finish

TT New York's Runway at the Bay

The White Party

:: Other events taking place ::

• Shakespeare in Delaware Park (every night except Tuesdays) Hamlet
• Buffalo Tours in and around Canalside
• Forest Lawn Cemetery Tours 
• Garden Festival

Saturday Mornings

On Saturday mornings throughout the Summer the Elmwood Bidwell Farmer's Market is packed with a variety of vendors selling salsa, vegetables, fruit, wine, craft-beers, flowers and more. It's by far one of my favorite farmer's markets in the area. The only thing I would like to see more of is a variety of different fruits. Every vendor who was selling fruit was only selling strawberries, I would have liked a few more options, but overall its still a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

-B

:: Fresh flowers from the market, so bright, so pretty ::

Outside in North Java

Yesterday I had the opportunity to leave the office behind and head into the beautiful outdoors to the Buffalo Audubon Society in North Java, NY. Filled with nature walks, animals and the pure outdoors, this is a great place to visit. -B

:: Nothing like seeing a Snake eat a mouse ::

:: Heart Shaped Rocks <3 ::

:: The sun was peaking through the Grandma tree ::

:: Flowers that help create medicine ::

:: One of the many frogs I got to see yesterday, ribbit ::

Up North

Lewiston, NY is one of the most beautiful places in the Western New York area. While I don't get to visit there as much as I would like to, it was nice to meet a friend and catch up by the water. With the nice weather I am looking forward to more visits up there this summer.

-B

:: Lewiston Landing ::

:: Strawberry milkshake from the Silo ::

:: What a beautiful vies, so relaxing and peaceful ::

:: The Silo - Man vs. Food paid a visit in 2010 ::

:: Boats ::

:: Just hanging out ::

Artistic & Unique for 56 Years

::The Allentown Art Festival celebrated 56 years this past weekend::

::People filled the streets of Allen and Delaware on Sunday::

::One of my favorite art festivals of the year::

::Great message; Enjoy your Life::

The Allentown Art Festival is a time for people to come out and enjoy the weather and enjoy the Allentown District, its creativeness and the one-of-a-kind businesses that make up that area. Over 400 creative and unique vendors line the streets and show off there talented work for two days. For more information or to stay up to date on the Allentown Art Festival and Allentown Village Society click here

-B

Bases MERLOTed

This past weekend, I, along with a handful of my friends and family attended the Bases Merloted event at Coca-Cola field. Proceeds from this fun and memorable wine tasting event go to Shakespeare in the Park. What could be better then sipping a variety of different wine, spending an evening with people you care about most, being a part of a sword fight and getting to walk on the baseball field? This year, in addition to the wine tasting, a farmers market was added making it a nice overall event that is just getting bigger and bigger.  Cheers!

-B

:: My Family and Friends::

:: One of my favorite pictures from the event :) ::

Around Town

There are a lot of events that happen over the spring and summer in Buffalo. Here are just some of the events taking place over the next month (outside of the American Diabetes, Tour de Cure and Roswell Park's, Ride for Roswell).

-B

June 8 - Bases Merloted (to benefit Shakespeare in the Park)

June 10 - Joe's Deli on Elmwood Opens

June 15 - Ooo La La Boutique's Local Designer Fashion Show

June 19 - Stiletto Run

June 20 - Buffalo Spree's Best of WNY Party at Sheas

Paddle Boat Tours (variety of dates and times throughout the month)

June 26 - Mansion on Delaware - Cocktails on the Lawn

June 28 - Great Gatsby - Summer's Eve Gala at the Hotel Lafayette

June 28- June 30 - Niagara Falls Music and Art Festival

My Weekend

Photos from this past weekend around town -B

Fun in the Sun

With the nice weather upon us (except for today) I took to the streets with my friend Lacey to update photos for my blog. This time we hit up the Cobblestone District, Colonial Circle and Buffalo River Fest Park on Ohio Street. Stumbling upon Buffalo River Fest Park, I had to research more about the park as I never even knew it existed before last week. They offer a variety of summer concerts and events. It has great scenery and is an awesome place to go to read a book on a nice summer day. You can check out more on the park here.

-B

Here are just a few of my favorite shots, you can see more on my facebook page and on my photo gallery page (again modeling is not my forte, but I had fun). Thank you Lacey for taking the photos!! :)

WNY Events

Here's a list of fun things to look forward to as you head into the Holiday weekend and finish out the month of May.

-B

Today (5.23.13)

If you're in any of these places this afternoon keep an eye out for the newest members of the Buffalo Bills Team as they take a tour of WNY: The Naval Park, New Era Cap, The Buffalo Zoo and Niagara Falls

Saturday (5.25.13)

Skills Camp at Williamsville South High School - Hosted by Buffalo Bill, TJ Graham

Sunday (5.26.13)

Buffalo Marathon - The Marathon kicks off at 7am this weekend

Tuesday (5.28.13)

Food Truck Tuesday at Larkin Square

Friday (5.31.13)

Love Buffalo? Then don't miss the Buffalove Fest at the Buffalo Zoo

Friday - Sunday (5.31.13 thru 6.2.13)

Greek Festival

A Day Full of Animals

One of my favorite places to go in town is the Buffalo Zoo - its nothing like the Toronto or San Diego Zoo, but I still love it. Everytime I go I'm just as excited as the little kids who may be seeing the animals for the first time. A most recent addition to the zoo is the  Polar Cub named Luna. She is so adorable! The Buffalo Zoo puts on a wide array of events throughout the year. Everyone that I've attended has been fun and unique. The most recent event coming up is the first annual Buffalove Fest on May 31. Click here for more details about the event. If attending an event isn't your thing make a day of it with the family.

-B

Around WNY

Looking for things to do around Western New York this weekend? With rain scheduled in the forecast here are some fun things to see/do indoors:

1. Donate to the Kiss Cares for Kids Radiothon. Support one of the best hospitals we have in town - Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo. 100% of the proceeds go to the facility.

2. Have children? Nieces/Nephews? Godchildren? Attend the Buffalo Museum of Science, Bubblefest on Saturday from 10-4pm.

3. Decorator's Show House -The Buffalo News & Junior League of Buffalo selected The Knox Summer Estate at Knox Farm State Park as this years Decorators’ Show House.

4. Mother's Day is Sunday- looking to do something special for Mom? Why not take her to brunch at one of these fine establishments (call ahead for reservations):

Statler City

Samuel's Grande Manor

Salvatore's

The Grapevine

Acqua

31 Club

La Galleria

Water Street Landing

-B

Refresh!

Last week my Mom and I went to the Refresh event that was held at the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens. The event was put on by Buffalo Spree and all the proceeds from the event benefited the Botanical Gardens. It was full of flowers, unique fashions (kudos to Erin Habes for the fashion displays - they were awesome), plants, beauty and healthy living. It was a nice evening out to spend some time with my Mom. If you ever have a chance to visit the Botanical Gardens, you can make a day of it; take in the beautiful plants, flowers and scenery and enjoy a nice picnic in the park afterwards.

Check out more photos that I took at the event below

-B

Behind the Scenes

Last week I had the opportunity to take a behind the scenes tour of WIVB (Channel 4) and the CW's Winging It, Buffalo Style! It was pretty cool to see how the newscast is produced and what goes into getting the news out to the public. Everyone that I met was so friendly and their very talented! A big thank you to my friend Jenny for showing me around and introducing me to everyone. I had a great time!

-B

Cinco De Mayo Festivities

With Cinco De Mayo just a few days away, you may be planning a little (or big) fiesta. Here are some things that you may want to have at your fiesta this year:

Or if you're interested in attending a Cinco De Mayo festivity around town here are a couple places you could check out:

The Draft Festivities at RWS

The NFL Draft was this past week and I had the opportunity to kick off the festivities at Ralph Wilson Stadium with my gal Lacey. While I attended a draft party a few years back, it was held in the Field House the last time I went and I thought the layout was better than this past year. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed walking through the Jim Kelly Club and getting to walk on the field and see the locker room, but the layout was a little "off" and it seemed to appear that no one (including the staff) were aware that the event was taking place outside. It felt like I was at a home game in the month of December. In the future if the Buffalo Bills Organization would like to hire me as there event planner for events like these I would be very, very happy to offer my services (hint, hint). Overall, Lacey and I made the best of it and had fun and in the end that's all that mattered. I'm looking forward to football season. Here's to hoping for a great upcoming season. Go Bills!!

-B

"Larkinville"

While I've driven down Seneca and Exchange St. multiple times before, I never actually had the chance to see the Larkin Building prior to last week when I was at the venue to attend a meeting for there upcoming Wednesday Concert Series. To my surprise there is a lot and I mean a lot they offer at Larkin Square.  Not only are there free concerts, they also offer food from a variety of places - The Filling Station (open year-round), The Grill (open seasonal), Square 1 Sandwiches, and Larkin Ice Cream Cart (offering Lake Effect Ice Cream). Tennis courts and Stalls with a variety of vendors fill the outside area making it a hot spot to be on a nice day. Inside tenants of all sorts rent space. For more information on the history of the Larkin Building or for leasing opportunities click here

Make sure to check Larkinville out this spring and summer- its a great place to go with your family or friends. Its also a great place to go for a date night or if you have guests from out of town visiting this would be a great place to take them.

-B

Larkin Square on Twitter

Larkin Square on Facebook

Beer & Science

Saturday night, the Buffalo Museum of Science hosted the fairly new event, Beerology. With a sold out crowd, over 500 people were in attendance to enjoy a variety of different beers, sample food, listen to music from DJ LoPro and walk around the exhibits in the Science Museum. They also offered an opportunity to win prizes if you tweeted during the event. It was an overall fun night out.

Food trucks Frank's Gourmet Hot Dogs and Sweet Hearth were on hand outside the building for guests to enjoy some one-of-a-kind eats before or after the event.

It was a night of firsts for me; It was my first time attending this event and it was great! I especially enjoyed the Blueberry Beer from Ellicottville Brewing Company and the Rasberry Beer from Harpoon. I have no complaints and overall is was enjoyable and unique. It was also my first time ever having food from a food truck in Buffalo and I was impressed with how good my food tasted.

I highly recommend you try a hot dog from Franks or grab some dessert from Sweet Hearth the next time you see them on the streets. Its cheap, delicious and you're supporting local business.

-B

More info:

• Buffalo Museum of Science on Facebook
• Buffalo Museum of Science on Twitter
• Franks Gourmet Hot Dogs on Twitter  
• Franks on Instagram: FranksGourmetHotDogs
• Sweet Hearth on Facebook
• Sweet Hearth on Twitter

My List of "Must Go-To" Summer Events 2013

With the warm weather starting to approach the Western New York area, below are a list of events around Buffalo for the Summer time that I personally love, love, love to attend. There are a couple that I will be attending for the first time this year and I'm super excited to see how they are. If you have a chance to attend any or all of them, I'd love to know what you think!

What are some of your favorite events to attend in the Summer time?

-B

(for more information on any of these events, click the title below)

1. Buffalove Fest (First year event)

2. Bases Merloted

3. Local Designer Fashion Show - June 15 at Ooo La La Boutique

4. Refresh

5. Wines in the Wild

6. Buffalo Chicken Wing Fest

7. BrewFest at Coca-Cola Field (Check back for 2013 info)

8. Allentown Art Festival

9. Mash Bash

10. Starry Night in the Garden

11. Buffalo Spree's Best of WNY Party (Check back for 2013 info)

On a Cobblestone Street

Located in the "Cobblestone District" Helium Comedy Club sits at 30 Mississippi St. A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to catch the Garfunkel and Oates Show. To be honest, up until that night I didn't really know what to expect, and didn't have any expectations. I was thinking it would be a regular comedy show, but to my surprise I was quite impressed with the venue and with the show. Kate and Riki (who is originally from Olean, NY) are two of the funniest gals in the business. It was a packed house and they kept the crowd laughing the whole night. Included with the show was a host and opening act, Sean Murphy, who both were very good as well.

The only downside of the night were the tables you sit at, they are way to small for a group of 4 or more. If ordering food, plan on having your plate on your lap. For a group of 3 or less there perfect though.

If your looking to do something other than just the usual "dinner and drinks" think of checking out a show at Helium. Wednesday nights are open mic nights. Tickets are reasonably priced (avg. $25 per person) and if you catch a show on a non-eventful day at the First Niagara Center, there's lots of free parking in the area. You can expect to have a night full of laughs.

-B

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