by Myles Lasco | Sep 26, 2013 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning
The first time I saw the box above, was at a booth during last year’s Sparkle; I didn’t stop, thinking they were going to ask me hike or do some sort of exhausting outdoor activity. I later learned that Cache Me if you Can! is a local-made board game which...
by Myles Lasco | Sep 17, 2013 | Best of Corning, Food & Drink
I’m writing this hungry and so I’ll just tell you what’s what: I’m highly addicted to Clam Strips Fran’s Landing has the best Clam Strips in the area There are other places around that have clam strips, but those are nubs of mostly...
by Ellen Thompson | Jul 12, 2013 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning
When you first try to describe Corning, it can be difficult to get outsiders enthused. We’re a small town surrounded by big swaths of farmland. We get slapped with the labels “upstate New York” and “Southern Tier”, both of which sound...
by Myles Lasco | Apr 18, 2013 | Best of Corning, Unique Area Businesses
I found myself reading this random article about Olive Oil… don’t judge me. I bookmarked and came back to it recently. Here’s the quick UrbanCorning.com notes: Some dude moved to Italy and wrote a book about Olive Oil The majority of olive oil in...
by Myles Lasco | Apr 14, 2013 | Best of Corning, Food & Drink, Misc
If eating alone doesn’t make you self-conscious, you may be the creep the rest of us are desperately trying not to look like. There are all sorts of eating-alone tricks: The classic text your “friends” so people think you have friends trick, or the...
by Myles Lasco | Mar 30, 2013 | Best of Corning, Food & Drink
In the recent issue of Life in the Finger Lakes, Holmes’ Plate 54 was mentioned as one of the best burgers in the Finger Lakes (click here for full article). The author looked at two other places: Stone Cat on Seneca Lake (I also love Stone Cat), and Mom’s...