After some news this week about New York State unveiling new license plate designs, let’s talk about the proposed designs, and why they’re all wrong The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles announced on Monday that a new license plate design was slated to hit our bumpers next spring. They’ve chosen five designs, and […]
Quick evening out to the Wayne County Fair in Palmyra for a Friday night of fair fun The Wayne County Fair in Palmyra has a long history, dating back to 1849. Since then, of course, it’s grown quite a lot, but the family-fun, agricultural focus has remained since its inception. For this year, the fair […]
Upstate News You Can’t Use is a series by David Brooks to discover insane ads, fantastical headlines, and ridiculous news in historic newspapers from Upstate New York by David Brooks We have emerged from the Dog Days of Summer (July 3rd to Aug 11th according to the Farmer’s Almanac). Those hot sweaty days in Upstate […]
Taking a weekday ride to avoid the crowds on the Maid Of The Mist at Niagara Falls One of the primary concepts throughout this site is that you don’t have to seek an exotic destination for adventure. You can, of course, but you don’t have to. There’s a long list of cool things in Upstate […]
The popular Birdsong Trail in Mendon Ponds Park is now home to Rochester’s favorite Fairy Trail. Imagine walking through the woods and stumbling upon a curious green door painted in the scar from a downed limb on a tree. But then, just a few steps further, a little home with a similar door and tiny […]