A Much Needed Three Day Weekend

Look at this tired little girl!  Megan suggested a nice little walk along the Erie Canal.  You know, just from Pittsford to Fairport.  I'm always up for a walk, but she didn't realized it is an eight mile journey (one-way).  And, unlike Chicago, there's no El train back to the car.  So, we took 31F and some back roads back home and we took a break on the front lawn of the Monroe Golf Club.  



The Pittsford Regatta.  Just a few crew boats out that day.  



I didn't ever see this growing up in western Michigan.  Jet ski racing, maybe...



A tribute to the book Mouse Paint by  Ellen Stoll Walsh, who is from Fairport, New York.  Never read the book, but now I feel I have to since she's a neighbor.  



Pier at Webster Park on Lake Ontario



Webster Park from the pier.  Don't let the picture fool you, this is during a very severe thunderstorm.  In fact, the whole weekend pretty much looked like this with dire predictions of heavy rain.  So much for plans...



Candid Megan!



MORE WATERFALLS!



Hank's Ice Cream in Webster.  Megan's favorite ice cream and for good reason!



MORE WATERFALLS!  This time in Corbett's Glen



Did you know there are a lot of waterfalls in Rochester?



The sand dune



MINNIE FOUND A HOME!  Apparently, her new home is her old home.  I don't understand the whole story, but she's got a place to live.



One cat leaves and two takes its place.  Please adopt him!



She's available too.  And, this one needs to be watched because she likes to chew cords.  So...


That's it for now!

Ask Me Why You Should NEVER go to Schoen Place Auto in East Rochester, New York

Surprisingly, there isn't enough room in a blog to explain how after a couple of weeks, over $1,000 the car has just as many problems as when it went in...

A Night of the Unexpected!!!

Le B.A.R.C. (Bohemian Arts Revival Cabaret), Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester's fundraising gala.  It was amazing!  Sword swallowing, baudy women, contortionists and so much more.  


  
The entrance.  If only I had a pic of the guest as they walked in.  I think we really lived up to the motto of "a night of the unexpected."









before opening



So red!



I wish I had more time to fiddle with my camera to take better pictures of the evening.  Sorry...



Here I am with Joanna, who's all over the news today for our rescue of eleven more horses from Riga, New York



VIP cocktail event before Le BARC in the main lobby of the Memorial Art Gallery



Juggling.



All the lights in the chandelier.  Details in everything.  It was like going to the theater for a show and ending up on stage






Aerialist on those ribbon things on the boulevard






Contortionist! 



Escape artist with baudy woman!






People actually had to leave the room when he dislocated his shoulder to get out of the straight jacket.  



The whole time this was going on I was thinking "oh no, what is she going to do to our donor?"  It only got worse when the whip came out.



Making final adjustment to the rose before she whips the bud off



Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.



I forget what was going on here.  I'm thinking magic.



Sword swallowing!






The live auction by Pam Sherman, the Suburban Outlaw.  



Norma and Andrea Holland.  Norma is a local news anchor and Andrea is a comedian/video producer.  They were hilarious and I guess they got their outfits from a theater in Chicago.  Norma and I also share a love of coffee. 


  
Here's where the real work gets done.  Checking out all the auction items and everything else at the end of the night.



This is what was happening outside the window during check-out.  At the end of the night, people were already asking "how are you going to top this?"  Good question...



All good things must come to an end and here are some of the guys lugging out the trees...


It was a great night.  Thanks to all of our guests, sponsors, volunteers, artists, staff, and anyone else that made this such a wonderful night.  



The Lilac Festival in Highland Park.  It has seriously rained in Rochester for about a month and a half straight.  It's rained so much that they had to cancel several days of the Lilac Festival, which is about 10 days long.  We finally made it out on the last day and it even rained then...



Megan and I went back to the scene of the crime for the first time.  This is the sunken garden at Warner Castle in Highland Park, which is maintained by the Rochester Civic Garden Center.  This is wear we took our wedding photos almost a year ago.



The art fair portion of the Lilac Festival



handsome carriage



Tomorrow afternoon, I will be saying "I knew her when..."  This is Minnie and she's going to be Lollypop Farm's "Pet of the Week," which means she'll be on TV tomorrow and on all sorts of things.  She's 15-24 lbs (depending on your source of information and easy going, friendly, loves dogs, and food.  And, I like her too much to keep her in our office any longer.  Hopefully, she'll get a forever home tomorrow!



Ok, Minnie is done with the photo op.  Whoever gets her will be very lucky!