by Chris Clemens This past December I published a story about having discovered a birth announcement designed as a theater ticket. When I first found the ticket at a garage sale, I hadn’t given it much attention. Later, after doing a little research, I became more and more intrigued by how unique it was. Recognizing […]
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 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 […]
by Chris Clemens It’s not lost on me that Exploring Upstate has been covering a lot of food lately. Stumbling on to new places serving new things is always fun, and sharing that with you is also fun. And, that’s why there’s been so many recent food stories! I can’t be on the road all […]