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...
by Myles Lasco | Mar 26, 2013 | Best of Corning, Corning Museum of Glass
My live-in lady friend of the past… 10(?… who keeps track of love) years is a smarty pants. As in a Master’s in Classical Archaeology smarty pants. She wrote an article for the Corning Museum of Glass on their new acquisition; two rare glass...
by Myles Lasco | Mar 17, 2013 | Best of Corning, Food & Drink
Market St Newbs: There is a Japanese lunch spot in Corning – Bento Ya Masako (meaning Masako’s Lunch). When I first moved here it was months before I actually found it. Then again, I often go about my daily life quite oblivious to my surroundings....
