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This stretch of Elmwood is almost purely residential on the left side and commercial on the right. This is a good block to live on. Even though Latinas is gone, there is Wilson Farms, Walgreens, and the Elmwood Market to help you get what you need. And if that’s not enough, the 22 Summer bus can get you to Tops and back.

Thanks to Nina (who’s boyfriend lives in Buffalo, though she’s in Texas for school) for the #snap.

One of my favorite sections of downtown is the urban forestlette next to St Paul’s Episcopal Church. Buffalo loves us some trees. #snap

Created by Cecila Evans Taylor. Erected in 1975 for the Bicentennial Celebration and dedicated to the citizens of Buffalo. Found in the median between South and North Division Streets.

Many dont know this, but in Buffalo, Joseph Sayers is the real Dark Knight. The Imax showing was sold out, but I’ll go again to see it on the big big screen. #snap

My life operates on consistency. Im a slave to my routine, and when that routine is threatened I get upset. Sometimes its a little odd, like when I got out of wack when Angel came home late and I needed him at the house on time. But what I absolutely can not stand is when the buses are off schedule.

All week, the NFTA Metro has been completely unreliable and today I lost almost two hours of my already spent day waiting next to a stop sign for a #6 to come. Its terrible; my normal bus is at 6:12, and since I knew the current state of the route, I walked out at 6:02. I have the benefit of my work being right on the block of a bus stop, but that did no good today. As soon as I started down lincoln, I noticed the #6 had already passed my stop and was going down the road. Pissed, but whatever, I wait for the next bus, at 6:52.
7pm I call NFTA support and get into an argument about the reliability of the #6 line as he tells me the bus that was supposed to be here is broke down. Agitated and helpless, I wait for whatever next bus is supposed to relieve it. 7:35 I’m picked up.

I wish that this was an isolated incident and Im just having a bad day, but in reality the NFTA busses break down a lot on heavy routes like the 6 and the scheduling all but falls to pieces when the seasonal schedules take effect. A mass transportation company like the Niagara Frontier Transportation Association in the midst of the gas fiasco has an obligation to provide an adequate service, and they fail on a regular basis.

The trouble thing is that for a lot of Buffalonians, like me, there is no alternative.

The NFTA has been pissing me off lately with a lot of missed stops and schedule discrepancies. I suppose I could fix all that with getting up earlier and tagging on an extra 20 minutes to catch an earlier bus, but Im ADD, and I can’t just stand around waiting.

So im walking. An short walk downtown to catch the always on time #6 to Depew; Ill get to immerse my self in the morning hustle. I think I love this new idea, I enjoy people walking, and I can snap a new buffalo shot every morning. Hooray for morning memes!

Saw this sprayed on the sidewalk near the Church Street Rail Stop. I wish people would sign their work. Meth did, but wait, they sent him to jail… so never mind

There’s a new energy drink in town, trying to uprooted Redbull from its position as mixer of choice. Actually, Shark has been around longer than RedBull, but only recently made the effort to complete for a chunk of high octave real estate in the nightlife realm.

I drink Shark with Jack Daniels. I know, it sounds like it would taste like shit, but I happen to like the taste of tire rubber. I think it tastes a lot better than Red bull, too, and form the looks of it, Buffalo is welcoming the rising kidney reaper as well.