by Myles Lasco | Jul 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
This coming Sunday – July 31st, 2011 – from Noon to 8PM is the 64th Annual Ukrainian Festival. Located in Ukrainian Park on the Corner of Garfield St, and McCauley Ave. in Elmira Heights, NY. I won’t be around the bush… I would like to say...
by Myles Lasco | Jul 20, 2011 | Best of Corning, Food & Drink
This is a difficult post for me; I think Walker Cake Company (127 W. Market Street, Corning, NY) has replaced Old World Cafe as my go-to light lunch spot in Corning. Old World is still great, but Walker has done an overhaul in the past few months: improving their...
by Myles Lasco | Jul 20, 2011 | Corning Museum of Glass
[Update: Live Streaming finished. Re-watch video below] Today at 10:30AM, Corning Museum of Glass is live streaming a flameworking class named “Glassmaking as a Laguage” from The Studio. The class is by renowned glass artist Gianni Toso. You can watch the...
by Myles Lasco | Jul 18, 2011 | Area Fun!, Local Trips
This afternoon I went to the u-pick farm along 352 in Big Flats, NY. You’ve probably seen the sign along 86 when you’re headed east from Corning. Just take the Big Flats exit and keep going along 352 until see a stand on the left. Owner George Kapral will...
by Myles Lasco | Jul 17, 2011 | Food & Drink
I drove up to Hector, NY yesterday for lunch at Stonecat Café. Hector is located on the east side of Seneca Lake and Stonecat sits amongst the local wineries of the area. It’s has a great atmosphere, fantastic food (using almost all local organic produce), and...
by Myles Lasco | Jul 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival starts next week (July 21st-24th). Online ticket sales are closed, but you can purchase at the gate ($30-$45), or at various stores (listed here). I’m going to try to make it up for 1 of the 4 days. Even though on-site camping...
by Myles Lasco | Jul 9, 2011 | Local Trips
Stay-cation will be a new category for the blog. I’m starting off with some tips from my trip around the area for the 4th of July weekend. Feel free to share your own in the comments or submit your own stay-cation ideas. Waverly, NY Saturday morning we dropped...
by Myles Lasco | Jun 30, 2011 | Area Fun!, Parks and Rec
It’s week 2 of Boot Camp via Snap Fitness and I’m down about 3-4lbs already. I’ll be honest, it’s hard work and somewhat dismaying to realize I’ve hit my 30s and am already noticing how much work it takes to stay in shape. I used to be...
