by Dave Rochelle | Dec 30, 2014 | Area Fun!, Food & Drink, Misc, Uncategorized
If you don’t already have plans for New Year’s Eve, and are wondering what your options are, Urban Corning is here to help. ?We’ve rounded up your various early, late, and next-day options for ringing in 2015 Cystal City-style. First things...
by Dave Rochelle | Sep 13, 2014 | Area Fun!, Food & Drink, Misc
When the sign first went up for the new place at 74 E. Market Street, we speculated on the meaning of the name Volo. ?Anyone who attended the grand opening last Friday would have a hard time arguing against the Urban Dictionary’s top definition: “a hot...
by Dave Rochelle | Aug 19, 2014 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning, Misc, Uncategorized
I know what you’re thinking (because I kinda was), “In the information age, when just about every bit of world knowledge is only fingertips away on my (insert device of choice here)? what could I possibly need anymore at a public library?” ?Before...
by Sean Lukasik | Jul 22, 2014 | Local Trips, Misc, Uncategorized
Polish people have a lot of weird traditions. I’m very proud of my heritage, but it doesn’t come without a few head-scratchers. Each year on the day after Easter, known as “Smingus Dyngus” or simply “Dyngus Day,” it’s common...
by Dave Rochelle | Jun 14, 2014 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning, Local Arts, Misc, Parks and Rec, Uncategorized
Alleys are pretty utilitarian places. ?Take your typical Market Street block. ?If the Market Street side is the pretty face, then the alley is the? well, let’s leave it at this: the best you might be able to say about a typical alley is that it provides a place...
by Dave Rochelle | May 23, 2014 | Area Fun!, Best of Corning, Local Arts, Misc, Parks and Rec, Uncategorized
Point: Hey, remember the last episode of HBO?s The Sopranos? Counter-Point: Yeah, the one everyone hated? P: No, the one that ended in the middle of that Journey song. C-P: That?s the one. P: I always loved the end of that show C-P: You know, most people hated...
