The recently relocated Allegro Cafe (1633 Hertel Avenue) is gearing up for the holiday season with a shopping event this evening (Nov 29) from 5-9pm. Holiday Shopping at the Cafe, a 21+ event, will feature coffee, dessert, wine tastings, and a Chinese Auction along with gift items for sale such as leather bags, costume and [...]

Anyone remember Rick Santelli? He became famous for a day or two when he assailed the Obama stimulus for “rewarding bad behavior” because it included money for mortgage relief. While many tea party types cheered Santelli’s rant for exposing the Indonesio-Kenyan socialist usurper President Obama for the Leninist Hitlerite he is, as it turns out, [...]

I have a voracious appetite for internet memes, video, podcasts, news, and analysis. Each morning I’ll share several links that you can consume during your “morning grumpy”. 1. Andrew “$400K per year” Rudnick and his 1% accomplices at the Buffalo Niagara Partnership have released their 2012 Regional Agenda. As in previous years, the agenda sets [...]

Toronto’s BlogTO runs several photographic posts each week, all cultivated from Torontonian members of the social photography site, Flickr.  We all know Buffalo and WNY to be a beautiful place filled with gorgeous things and interesting people. Share what you capture. So, I invite you photographers – amateurs and professionals alike – to submit your [...]

Yesterday, Alan Bedenko posted his review of the Niagara Falls Holiday Market. It was a review filled with a lot of positive feedback. The Niagara Falls Holiday Market is a phenomenal idea. Take a largely abandoned, gritty street not far from a natural wonder, invite locally-owned businesses and artisans like 464 Gallery, Sarah Walley, Delish, [...]

Doubt if this is the original General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard, but, it is a 1969 Dodge Charger. And it is orange. So, who knows? Although Sanborn is a long drive from Hollywood, stranger things have happened. I mean, how many orange Dukes of Hazzard Chargers could there be out there? — Jim [...]

The Erie County Legislature is entering 2012 as a downsized, more nimble body, and the Democrats will be holding a 6-5 majority. Along with the end of the ruling “reform coalition”, two Buffalo based legislators are hitting the ground running to begin setting legislative priorities for the New Year. On Wednesday, December 7th, from 5:30-7:45PM [...]

A new semi-regular feature on AV Daily will be a top five list for us to discuss and argue. I mean, everyone likes lists, right? It’ll be released sometime around noon each day and will primarily be written by me, but other writers may fill in based on availability. We’ll kick it off with the [...]

The Niagara Falls Holiday Market is a phenomenal idea. Take a largely abandoned, gritty street not far from a natural wonder, invite locally-owned businesses and artisans like 464 Gallery, Sarah Walley, Delish, Zillycakes, Tony Walker, and others to set up in little sheds along the street, add a festive atmosphere, some concerts, a skating rink [...]

I have a voracious appetite for internet memes, video, podcasts, news, and analysis. Each morning I’ll share several links that you can consume during your “morning grumpy”. 1.  As Newt Gingrich settles into his new role as front-runner for the Republican Presidential nomination, here’s a double whammy of “discredited and unqualified” for you. Along with [...]

From a New York Times profile of how multibillionaire heir and man-of-leisure Ronald Lauder avoid paying taxes on his income. The tax burden on the nation’s superelite has steadily declined in recent decades, according to a sliver of data released annually by the I.R.S. The effective federal income tax rate for the 400 wealthiest taxpayers, [...]

This week’s find is a 1968 Chevy Corvair Monza coupe, spotted in the grass outside a Youngstown repair shop. I’d say from the looks of it that it’s original (except for the bogus stripes and K-Mart wheel covers & mud flaps). It looks like something they call a “driveable dream” in Hemmings Classic Car magazine — [...]

’68 Chevy, Grand Island, N.Y. Today’s one of those days when I wish I had some kind of a business that I could use a restored truck to drive around in. Picture this very un-aerodynamic (seen on Grand Island) 1968 Chevy delivery van (with an after-market body, I think by Grumman), but picture it without the [...]

’73 Pontiac Astre “Mother, there’s something wrong with the front of this Chevy Vega!” No Father, there’s nothing wrong with the front of this car, it’s something from the “You Don’t See One of These Every Day” department — the 1973 Pontiac Astre. Available only in Canada, as were many GM, Ford, and Chrysler products through [...]

Two Old Oldses — ’85 left, ’83 right Twin Olds Toronado coupes spotted in a Sanborn driveway. And no, they’re not parked for posterity as I believe I saw the brown ’85 in front of DiCamillo’s in Niagara Falls the other morning. I mean, it’s gotta be — how many of these are still out [...]