Memorable Memorial Day

Let's get Memorial Day weekend started on the right foot at Steve's Diner (http://www.originalstevesdiner.com/).  Mom and my sister Lisa came in to visit to see what my life is now like in Rochester.  A giant pancake and a Steve's Special will fuel this day's adventure


Lisa in the mob at the Public Market (http://www.cityofrochester.gov/publicmarket/)


I wonder how much spice it would take to make road kill taste delicious?


$5 for chicken poop...


Yep, we're in apple country.


All my ladies


Martha Jane's Bakery.  
"How long have you been here?"  
"Ummm...  Three years..."
"Really?  Man, I guess I haven't been paying attention."
Smelled awesome.  Have to remember to try this place the next time I'm at the market


Nothing says Memorial Day Weekend like a tiny skateboard with a screaming eagle!


This is not the Susan B. Anthony House.  But, this is their visitor center and Sue's sister's house.  Don't know who she is?  Then you are required to read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony

  
The Susan B. Anthony House (http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/index.php) just off of Main Street in downtown Rochester.  It was really interesting and our docent gave us a wonderful 45 minute private tour.  They have done a great job restoring the house.  Sorry, no photos...


Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass having some tea together in the park


Three people with no family resemblance at the High Falls on the Pont De Rennes Bridge


Panorama of the High Falls gorge.




Ginny Light!  Checking out the new brew house of the Genesee Beer Brewery.  They seem to have done a nice job in spite of demolishing a historic structure for another parking lot.


Waterwheel




Mt Hope Cemetery (http://www.fomh.org/)


Well, if you're going to see where Susan B. Anthony died, you might as well see where she's buried.  Unfortunately, the good photo of my mom and Lisa posing with the headstone is on my mom's camera...


Susan B. Anthony's tea partner, Frederick Douglass


Xzomia does not exist on google, therefore it does not exist.  


Mount Hope Chapel


Fountain sculpture


Well, they were a week late for the Lilac Festival (http://www.rochesterevents.com/festivals-events/lilac-festival) in Highland Park, but we could still stop by and check out the blossoms


One of the countless flowers in Highland Park (http://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-highland.php)


Highland Park Reservoir.  Looks way more tropical that in was...


flower...


Pittsford Farms Dairy.  It's funny how it takes people visiting from out of town to go some places...


Schoen Place in Pittford along the canal


There was a high school crew competition while we were there





The George Eastman House (http://www.eastmanhouse.org/).  This is one of my favorite places in Rochester.  Who's George Eastman?  Well, he's pretty much the guy that made this blog possible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman)


Lisa and George reading the paper.



Not a bad estate, eh?


Got ta stop 'n smell da roses...


Found Oscar the Grouch wandering around the side streets downtown


A little bit of shopping on Park Ave before going over to the family BBQ (oddly enough, a Cinco de Mayo themed dinner on Memorial Day.  Not complaining as I love Mexican).


THANKS MOM AND LISA for coming to visit us!  I hope you enjoyed your time here and we hope to see you soon!!!


Ugh...  Since the ladies left it means I have to do chores.  There's a lawnmower somewhere in that grass...


Well, we ran out of time, but the little Christmas tree has been planted. 


The fire pit has been christened!  BEHOLD ITS GLORY!


YES!


Jessie from Breaking Bad and my wife...  

Small Fish In A Small Pond

Tachel and I posing for our x-mas card



Megan and Tachel looking a bit more beautiful



Megan and I at the Public Market getting our Petrillo's Bakery http://petrillosbakery.com/  pizza crust fix.  The public market has been one of the best reasons we've moved to Rochester from Chicago.  One thing that is strange about Rochester is all pizza is really expensive.  Considerably more than in Chicago.  Not sure why and if anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear it.  Anyway, lots of great stuff here and you should go if you get the chance



pomegranates!!!



Homemade knitted caps.  LAST DAY at the public market.  GET IT OR FORGET IT!



In what has become a x-mas tradition, Peter, Sarah, Megan, and I go to the Screening Room www.screeningroom.net  in Amherst, NY (just outside of Buffalo) to see It's a Wonderful Life on the big screen.  I wanted coffee at some point during the movie, instead Megan got me Seagram's Escapes Strawberry Daiquiri.  Nice...  It's considered a "flavored beer" and tasted like old Kool-Aid.  



Oh!  Megan got Chex Mix for Christmas.  And, that is it...



THANKS TO PETE AND SARAH!!!  IT HAS BEGUN!!!  They got me a book for x-mas called Take a Hike! by Rich and Sue Freeman about all the parks and hiking spots in the Rochester area.  This is Tryon Park (East of I-590 at Tryon Park Road in Rochester).  



Here's one of the many hills around town.  Notice that the trail has a steep slope on both sides.  I didn't realize western New York was geologically so crazy.  Lots of flat land that has been gouged by glaciers making lots of strange hills and waterfalls.



A view of Irondequoit Bay.



This is the second park I've been to that use to be an old sewer plant location before it was converted into a park in 1971 (Linear Park being the other).  No doubt, it was before the EPA and raw sewage was probably dumped into the Irondequoit.  This pipe is one of the few reminders of the past.  






That's about it.  Now that the holiday season is finally over, it's time to get back to hardcore job hunting and learning about my new home.  For x-mas, Megan got me a ticket package to the Rochester Americans ("Amerks" for short) hockey.  They are a part of the American Hockey League and affiliate of the Florida Panthers.  So, don't be surprised to see pics of us in Amerk's shirts, with hot dogs, banging on the glass, and chanting "HIT HIM! HIT HIM" in the near future...