Ted Nugent Puts The Stanglehold On Riviera Theatre In NT
8/15/2022 - North Tonawanda, New York - We waited over two years but today we finally got to see the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, perform at the lovely Riviera Theatre in downtown North Tonawanda, New York on his Detroit Muscle Tour 2022. We purchased the tickets for this show over two years ago and it was postponed due to Covid issues. We had great seats ten rows back dead center for this sold out show, which was his second since he played here the day prior. The opener was Rick Monroe and the Hitman, who did a great set of country rock that included good vocals and screaming guitar. Monroe could easily be mistaken for Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, we joked the country Dave Grohl. Soon after, Ted and his trio hit the stage made up of Greg Smith on bass and Jason Hartless on drums. They did a raucous but short set of Nugent hits. The show opened with Ted and company jamming on The Star Spangled Banner as only Ted can. Ted's political commentary filled in between the classics like Cat Scratch Fever, Hey Baby and Free For All. The crowd enjoyed his latest song Come And Take It with him bashing the president with choruses of F**k Joe Biden. Since the band was a trio the 74 year old Nugent played all the lead and did a great job. He closed the set with a nice jam on Stranglehold. He came out for one encore of Great White Buffalo. The sell out crowd in this nice venue were defintely entertained, thanks Uncle Ted.Slideshow[]
Browne & Taylor Shower The People Of Syracuse With Music
Florida Exploration Getaway Takes Us To Marathon & Key West
8/22/2021 - Syracuse, New York - Today, we headed East down the NYS Thruway to St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at Lakeview in Syracuse, New York to take in a double dose of classic rock music watching Jackson Browne and James Taylor perform together. Deb the contest queen won free tickets that were on the lawn but since the forecast called for potentially heavy rain we decided to upgrade selling the lawn seats and getting tickets on the tenth row, a smart but costly move. The NYS Fair was happening so we decided to go up early and partake in some food and fun at the fair which is right next to the venue. After a bite there we took the five minute drive up the hill to the concert. Huge lines had formed and nobody knew where to go we managed to get into the show with plenty of time. The unrecognizable Jackson Browne opened the show playing a good set that included some new material and some classic hits like Doctor My Eyes and Rock Me On The Water. Browne was joined for his last two songs by James Taylor to cover his hits The Pretender and Running On Empty. James Taylor and his All-Star Band soon followed and played a great set. The band included great musicians such as Rochester's own Steve Gadd on drums, Blue Lou Marini from the Blues Brothers, Jim Cox from Mark Knopfler's band and Taylor's son Henry on vocals. He opened with Country Road and played classic hits like Fire and Rain, Shower The People and closed the set with How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You). For the encore he played four songs and was rejoined by Jackson Browne for a cover of the Eagle's song he co-wrote with Glenn Frey Take It Easy and he also accompanied on You've Got A Friend. An excellent show.Slideshow[]
4/7/2021 - Marathon, Florida - Today, our journey to explore Florida began driving from Hilton to Buffalo Niagara International Airport to catch a direct flight on Frontier Airlines to our starting point Tampa, Florida. The whole flight experience was excellent. This would begin our tour of the state renting a car and heading to Nicole's place in Pinellas Park for a delicious scallop dinner. We went to our hotel on Treasure Island and found it disgusting, cancelled and stayed with Nicole instead. We started heading to St Petes Beach for some relaxation that included drinks and lunch at the Toasted Monkey. We enjoyed a nice sunset on Treasure Island Beach and an okay dinner at Buoys Waterfront Bar & Grill. The next day we hopped in the car and visited some relatives and then headed to Honeymoon Beach finishing the day with a great dinner at Fresco's Waterfront Bistro and exploring the newly developed St Petes Pier. The next day, we hopped in the car and headed southeast down Route 75 to Hollywood Beach to relax and have lunch at my namesake restaurant Florio's Of Little Italy. A very good pizza. We explored Hollywood beach a bit then headed south down Route 1 to our next stop on the tour Marathon, Florida in the Keys. We had an excellent ocean front room at Glunz Ocean Beach Hotel & Resort. Over the next few days we explored the Keys a bit taking in a nice sunset at Sunset Beach Park on Grassy Key and had drinks and a nice dinner at The Sunset Grille in Marathon. We drove all the way down Route 1 to Key West and hung out there making to the Southernmost Point of the Continental US and stopped and had drinks on Duval Street at the Original Jimmy Buffett's Magaritaville Key West. We had to stop at Hard Rock Cafe and pickup the mandatory pin and we also stopped at iconic places like the Truman Little White House, Mallory Square and Key West Lighthouse. We headed back to Marathon and enjoyed a day relaxing at the resort, experiencing true Florida Keys life with a power outage that lasted several hours. We checked out and headed back to Tampa to catch our flight stopping in Naples to enjoy the gorgeous Lowdermilk Park with great sand and ocean views. After that back to Pinellas Park to stay with Nicole one night before catching our early flight back home. An excellent trip, we will be back....Slideshow[]
Drone Shot Log - Buffalo, New York
Another Sad Aloha To Our Home Away From Home Maui
11/5/2020 - Buffalo, New York - A couple drone shots of downtown Buffalo, New York on cool but nice early November day.Slideshow[]
3/18/2018 - Maui, Hawaii - Today was the final day of our Maui vacation and the day started with a beautiful full rainbow view from the lanai at our ocean view condo at Kaanapali Shores. The morning started with the final daily walk down Kahekili Beach and then after we headed to Slappy Cakes for a delicious and filling pancake breakfast. We spent the rest of the morning getting packed and hanging by the ocean taking in our last views at the condo, whale watching and sunning. We finally checked out of our condo and hopped in the car and headed east across Maui stopping at some of the local's favorite beaches. We hit Waipuilani Park, Cove Beach Park and the trio of Kamaole Beaches all very nice. It was getting close to departure time and we headed towards the airport stopping for a quick pre-flight dinner at Marcos Deli and Grill in Kahului. We made it back to Kahului Airport to catch our United Airlines flight from Maui to San Francisco to Chicago and finally back to Toronto. Again another sad Aloha to Maui can't wait to see you next year!Slideshow[]
Buffalo Sabres Struckdown By Lightning In Shootout Loss
Streisand Delights Fans In Final Show At Air Canada Centre
3/4/2017 - Buffalo, New York - Today we headed west down the NYS Thruway to downtown Buffalo, New York to watch the Buffalo Sabres take on the Tampa Bay Lightning at KeyBank Center. We arrived a little early and had a nice sampling of original Buffalo wings at the infamous Anchor Bar. I had picked up my ticket at the last minute on Stubhub and was sitting low near the ice and was able to talk with our favorite singer Doug Allen before he went out to perform. The Sabres jumped out to the lead on power-play goal from Ryan O'Reilly late in the first period. The Lightning tied it up in the second and both goalies did not let in a puck for the remainder of regulation and the overtime period. The game went to a shootout with both Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart providing dismal attempts. The game was iced when Nikita Kucherov put it past Robin Lehner to seal the Lightning a 2-1 victory in the shootout. Still a nice way to spend and evening, our Sabres are only a couple of players away from being a force.Slideshow[]
8/23/2016 - Toronto, Canada - Today we headed north of the border to have an early anniversary celebration in Canada and to see the legendary Barbra Streisand perform at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. We left early heading into Niagara Falls checking in early at the Best Western Fallsview for an almost freebie thanks to Deb the contest queen. We headed to Fallsview Casino and did a little gambling and then hopped in the new Impala and headed to Toronto for the ahow. We drove to Kipling and picked up the TTC to take us right to the Air Canada Centre. We stopped for a quick dinner at Hoops Sport Bar in Toronto and then headed into the show. Barbra came out promptly and played two great sets. She opened saying , 'I guess I saved the best song for first', and then belted out a great version of The Way We Were. The sellout crowd loved it. She went on to sing many classics including songs like Pure Imagination, Evergreen and closed the set with People. She came and sang two encores of The Happy Days Are Here Again and closing with By The Way. Streisand was great and this was the last show of her tour, possibly ever for the seventy-four year old. It was definitely worth the trip.Slideshow[]
Tedeschi Trucks Band Wait Out The Rains An Jam At Artpark
George Thorogood And London Souls Close Out Jazz Festival
8/4/2015 - Lewiston, New York - Today is Tuesday and we headed west to Lewiston to Artpark for another Tuesday In The Park show, tonight's act the blues soul sound of Tedeschi Trucks Band and their Wheels Of Soul Summer Tour. We rushed to make it to the show on-time but when we arrived heavy rains delayed the show for almost and hour and half. The opening act Doyle Bramahall II was cancelled. The second act Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings came out and did a great set of soul. The band was very tight and the horn section excellent. Sharon Jones sang thru the rain and wished a beautiful double rainbow in the middle of her performance. Doyle Bramhell II also came out and joined them for a number. After a short intermission Tedeschi Trucks Band hit the stage and did a great set. They opened with All That I Need and did some great covers including the Beatles, I've Got A Feeling and Elmore Jame's, The Sky Is Crying, being joined by Doyle Bramhall II again. All three did nice solos on this one, Trucks with the awesome slide, Doyle with the upside down guitar and Tedeschi with a nice jam. A really good show despite the rain and delays that finished with a three song encore including covers like Joe Cocker's, The Letter and Etta Jame's, Tell Mama. An excellent evening of entertainment.Slideshow[]
6/28/2014 - Rochester, New York - Another day and another free show, this time no tickets needed as we headed to downtown Rochester, New York to see the closing act of the 2014 Xerox International Jazz Festival, two awesome artists one old and one new. The rock and blues sounds of the great band from NYC The London Souls step into the new role and the blues slide guitar of George Thorogood and The Destroyers fill in the elder role. We headed down early to get a good spot and were able to get center stage front row and we decided we were too close to the stage and moved back a dozen rows back center stage. We enjoyed some of the awesome steak sandwiches from Bayou Billys and then took our spot. The London Souls came out promptly at seven and played a good set of original songs and a couple of covers. Front man Tash Neal rocked the house with some good licks and good vocals, breaking strings on not one but two guitars. Thorogood and the Destroyers hit the stage and played their typical set opening with Born To Be Bad and running thru hits old and new. It included Move It On Over, I Drink Alone, Night Time and One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer. The crowd was large and squeezed in from every side. George seemed to enjoy it and told the crowd he would like to come back. He came out for one encore of Madison Blues. This was a great free show!Slideshow[]
ZZ Top Closes Out 2013 Artpark Tuesday In The Park Series
Dom And Yanks Finish Season With Championship Loss
8/27/2013 - Lewiston, New York - Today was the final show of the 2013 Artpark Tuesday In The Park series, the headliner for this show that Lil Ole Band From Texas thats right ZZ Top. This show was soldout a couple weeks ago. We left early and made the quick dinner stop at Reids. We arrived in Lewiston almost an hour and half early so we stopped at the Lewiston Music Store. The small store had a decent collection of guitars for a small store including three lefties. After playing a few guitars we headed to Artpark and found the lines pretty large but we were able to get a decent spot despite the lines. The weather was a factor for this one with rain threatening all night. It rained lightly but did not rain the show out. The opening band was a band from Canada who were very good called The Sheepdogs. ZZ Top followed shortly after the opener and played a good but somewhat short set. They opened with Got Me Under Pressure and played many classics including Waitin' For The Bus, Jesus Just Left Chicago and My Head's In Mississippi to name a few. They did a nice cover of Hendrix's Foxy Lady. They played some new stuff from their new album Futura and finished the set with Legs. They came out for two separate encores. The first one had Tube Snake Boogie and La Grange / Sloppy Drunk Jam and Tush. The second and final encore was a surprising cover of an Elvis song Jailhouse Rock. The trio still entertains and the sound was very good. This was a good show maybe not the best I have seen by the trio but still a good show. Thanks Artpark can not wait til next year !Slideshow[]
6/26/2009 - Greece, New York - The scene was set today at Grace and Truth Sports Park in Greece New York, where Dominic and his Yankees team lost a tough game to the Tigers in the Grace and Truth Baseball Minor League Championship. The final score was 5-4. The Yankees came out strong in the first three innings taking a 4-0 lead, but a bad call on a tag out of a runner, who also appeared to have run out of the baseline, led to a 5 run inning which included lots of hits and fielding errors. It was too much for them to overcome and they lost the game. The Yankees had a great year showing a tremendous improvement from their opening day loss. Dom was a major contributor to the teams success including solid fielding, strong hitting, and some excellent pitching. Dom was a fixture in the pitching rotation and a clutch hitter. In the semi final playoff game, Dom pitched the final two runnless innings and posted 3 rbi's to lead his team to the championship game. Congratulations to Dom and his Yankees team on an excellent season.Slideshow[]
More Maui More Maui More Maui - Part III
4/13/2007 - Maui, Hawaii - The adventure on Maui continued with the Florio's attending the Royal Lahaina Luau. The luau was excellent with a beautiful view of Kaanapali beach, good food and drinks, and excellent entertainment from music, to hula girls to fire knife dancers. Dom went on stage and did a hula to the crowds delight. The next day we drove the infamous road to
Hana. The drive offered breathtaking views of the Maui north eastern coast. From the hippie town of Paia, to the awesome black sand beach in Waianapanapa state park, to the world class windsurfers at Hookipa beach the journey was pretty cool. More to come.... Part 1245Slideshow[]
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