Defining regions in Upstate New York can be a difficult task. Let’s take a look at some maps and the different ways Upstate is divided by region. by Chris Clemens The New York times has written about it. People on Twitter have tweeted about it. Brooklynites have yelled about it over a coke and a […]
by Chris Clemens If you’ve resolved to make 2018 a great year, then you’re in good company. There’s no sense in looking back over the stressors of a previous year. Instead, each year at this time I attempt to find things to motivate me for the future. You’d think after seven years of blogging about […]
by Chris Clemens I’m a sucker for garage sales, flea markets, and second hand shops. They’re usually a great way to discover regional artifacts. While walking through a garage sale in my Rochester neighborhood last year, I discovered a shoe box of random items. Typically, a box of random stuff will have at least one […]
by Chris Clemens Lucille Ball was born in Jamestown, New York, on August 6, 1911. Though her television persona on I Love Lucy would capture the hearts of Americans and her fame would bring her to live all over the country, her love for her Chautauqua County hometown never waned. Ball regularly visited her childhood […]
by Chris Clemens In 1913, when Edward D. Putnam became the first curator of the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC)–then, Rochester Municipal Museum, Robert Ripley of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! was playing for the NY Giants. Neither could have imagined what their futures would hold. They certainly couldn’t have anticipated each other’s work […]