Forever Young August 2018

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Summer Beach Bars | Local Vegetarian Dining | Thousand Islands Getaway

AUGUST 2018

August Garden

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Thousand Islands

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Erie County Fair

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Cover: Top: A healthy Greek salad from Kosta's Photo by Jim Bush; Bottom left: Popular beach bar Mickey Rats Photo by Rick Falkowski; Bottom center: Some of the vegetarian options offered at the Lexington Co-op Photo by J.P. Thimot; Bottom right: A helicopter view of the 1000 Islands Photo by Jennifer Merrick

Life & Leisure 6

Getaways

All the News that Fits .................................................. Ted Rickard

Garden 8

22 The Thousand Islands..........................................Jennifer Merrick

How Doth Your Garden Grow?.......................... Carol Ann Harlos

Arts 9

21 Explore Buffalo: The Great Race...................... Olivia McCarthy

Let's Talk About 24 Cheating Hearts: Should You Tell?......................Judith A. Rucki

Film Noir...........................................................Christopher Schobert

10 Beach Bars..................................................................Rick Falkowski

News 25 Erie County Fair Highlights..................................... Allison Rapp

Features: Cheap Eats 16 Veg and Vegan Choices.........................................Judith A. Rucki

Being Well

18 Greek Diners............................................................ Ed Adamczyk

26 Autoimmune Nutrition......................................... Catherine Stack

20 Groceries and Great Eats............................................. Syrie Roman

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From the Editor

Doubtless you've noticed that over the last five years or so Western New York has been blessed with more–and better–places to get great food than ever before. Much has been made of the foodie movement in Buffalo and increased choices for different ethnic cuisines, variety of diet options (Paleo, Keto, vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian, raw, etc.), and fresh, organic, and local food sources. But, with that increase in variety and quality often comes an increase in cost. Is it still possible to get great food at a great price? Yes! Several of our writers have bravely volunteered to try out some terrific eateries that provide delicous food that doesn't cost you a bundle. Which, considering the hot summer we've been enduring, gives us the perfect excuse not to fire up the stove or oven and grab something quick and cheap to eat. Bonus: no dishes to wash.

On the last page, you'll find our "Noteworthy" section, with

suggestions for local events, like fairs and concerts, that we find particularly appealing. You'll be sure to find inexpensive treats at these venues as well.

Have a great summer!

Wendy Guild Swearingen wswearingen@foreveryoungwny.com 783-9119 ext. 2253

1+ Erie County STAY FIT

FOREVER YOUNG AUGUST CALENDAR

DINING PROGRAM offers a hot noon meal at 45 locations in Erie County.

Menus and site list at erie.gov/stayfit or 858-7639.

1+ Gowanda HEALTH

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE Activities open to the public age 50+, (no residency requirements) , Concord Senior Center, 1 School Street, Gowanda; for schedule visit communityalliance.org; 532-1010, or beemana@hcanetwork.org

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Niagara Falls SENIOR C O M PA N I O N / F O S T E R GRANDPARENT PROGRAM Looking for seniors who enjoy working with their peers or children. Volunteers receive a tax-free stipend, transportation assistance, and supplemental insurance coverage while volunteering. If you are 55+, have a minimum of 15 hours per week to give and want to make a difference, contact Nora Aloian (SCP) at 285-8224 ext. 217or Jennifer Britton (FGP) at 285-8224 ext. 228

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Amherst FREE RESPITE CARE PROGRAM, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Trinity Old Lutheran Church 3445 Sheridan Drive. First Wednesday of the month, for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or any form of dementia.

A morning snack and nutritious lunch are provided. For more information on registering for the program, call 836-4868

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PEOPLE, INC. OMBUDSMAN Phone screenings in progress to become ombudsman volunteer to advocate for seniors in long-term care facilities. To be screened and to learn more about becoming an ombudsman volunteer, call 817-9222.

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Orchard Park BUFFALO SILVER BAND Free summer concert series 6 p.m.

Fox Run at Orchard Park, 1 Fox Run Ln., 662-5001 or foxrunorchardpark.com

5:30-7 pm, Norwest Buffalo Community Center, 155 Lawn Avenue, Buffalo.

Contact Rose at 884-1425 for further information.

Lutheran Church, 900 Maryvale Dr. (corner of Union Road). Come for the love, support and friendship. For information, call Karen at 247-2334

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2+ Buffalo GENTLE YOGA, 11 a.m.

LAUGHTER YOGA Come as you are, just bring your laughter!

Thursdays 11 a.m. Brighton Place Library, 999 Eggert Rd., Tonawanda. FREE

Thursdays, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. Bring a yoga mat. Info: 828-1093

2+ Cheektowaga T.O.P.S. MEETING,

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Thursdays

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Luke’s

Akron T.O.P.S. CLUB Every Thursday, 5:30-6:45pm, at the Akron/

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Amherst WNY FIBROMYALGIA AND CHRONIC FATIGUE SUPPORT GROUP meets at the John James Audubon Library on the 1st Thursday of the month from 7-8:45 p.m. in Room 1. All sufferers and cargivers welcome. Discuss coping skills and new ways we can improve. Facebook egroup: WNY Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, and Chronic Fatigue. Library: 689-4922

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Buffalo T.O.P.S. CLUB Successful weight management combines support, healthy eating, regular exercise, and wellness information. Every Thursday,

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LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT GROUP 5:45 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. Sheridan Surgical room, 4510 Bailey Ave., Williamsville. Call 908-4149

1+ Orchard Park TAI CHI

Advanced Tai Chi in the Park at Brush Mountain. Classes are held on Wednesdays at 11 am. Tai Chi builds endurance, increases flexibility and balance. New students are welcome. Please contact the Orchard Park Senior Center at 662-6452 for information. Cost $30 for a 8 week session.

1+ Boston HATHA YOGA

Wednesdays at 7 pm. Gentle and meditative. Bring your own mat. Faith United Church of Christ, 8651 Boston State Road, Boston, NY. For more info call church office 716-941-3529 August 2018 | www.foreveryoungwny.com 3

FOREVER YOUNG AUGUST CALENDAR Newstead Senior Center, 5691 Cummings Rd. We offer tools, programs, support, fellowship and recognition for healthy living and weight management. For information call Diane 542-4980

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Lockport T.O.P.S. 9259, Meets every Saturday morning @ 8:30 for weighin and 9am to 10am for weekly meetings, Christ Episcopal church 7145 Fieldcrest Dr., Lockport. Offers tools, programs, support and friendship for healthy living and weight management. Contact: Wendy, 200-2618 or Mary, 433-1693

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Buffalo MEDITATION, 2:30 p.m., El Buen Amigo, 114 Elmwood Ave. Free every Sunday. Meditation unites with creative arts and pain management.

Practitioner Sondra Holland welcomes people of all ages. Wear comfortable clothes. For information, Sondra: 9475092; store: 885-6343

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Tonawanda TONAWANDA TOPS CLUB #50 Weekly meetings on Mondays, weigh-in 6pm/meeting starts at 6:25pm, Zion United Church Koenig & Parker Tonawanda; 912-6875

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Niagara Falls T.O.P.S. CLUB, Enjoy light sitting and standing yoga at 5:30 p.m. before weigh in 6 p.m., and a brief interactive educational program at 7 p.m. Facebook: TOPS #173 Niagara Falls, NY, or call 550-1232. Meets Tuesdays at Riverside Presbyterian Church, 815 - 84th St., Niagara Falls

7, 18 WNY RESPITE SERVICES

for those with Alzheimer’s and related dementia on first Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. in Williamsville, and third Saturday, 11 a.m. in Amherst. Location info: (800) 2723900.

7, 21 Buffalo HEADWAY

SUPPORT GROUPS, 2635 Delaware Ave. For individuals who have sustained brain injuries as well as their families and caregivers; exchange information and resources, and find mutual support and encouragement. Peer Support (Suite B), first and third Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m.; Caregivers Support (Suite B), first Tuesday, 6:30–8 p.m.; Women’s Survivors Support (Suite E), first Tuesday, 1–2:30 p.m. Info: 408-3100 or headwayofwny.org

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class. All levels welcome beginner experienced. Tuesdays 8 p.m. Church of the Advent, 54 Delaware Rd., Kenmore $5 suggested donation. 481-5735

Williamsville MCGUIRE GROUP MEMORY CARE SUPPORT GROUPS: General Support Group is second Wednesday, 3 p.m. at Harris Hill Nursing Facility, 2699 Wehrle Dr., Williamsville; Daughters’ Support Group, 5 p.m.

Monthly support groups coordinated with the Alzheimer’s Association, with caregiving tips and coping mechanisms.

For more information, call 632-3700 or visit mcguiregroup.com

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Farnham T.O.P.S. CLUB weekly meetings held Tuesdays at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 10633 Church St., starting at 9 a.m. Call 934-9619.

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Kenmore UKULELE SING ALONG Ukuleles provided during

Tonawanda T.O.P.S. CLUB, weekly meetings on Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Parish, Claremont Avenue. For information, call 834-7992

7+ Buffalo TAI CHI: MOVING FOR

BETTER BALANCE 10:30 a.m. every Tuesday, Tosh Collins Senior Center, 35 Cazenovia St. For more information, contact monicazucco@gmail.com.

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Tonawanda UKULELE SING ALONG Ukuleles provided during class. All levels welcome beginner– experienced Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. and Thursdays 1:30 p.m. Brighton Place Library 999 Eggert Rd., Tonawanda.

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East Aurora SINGIN' IN THE RAIN The Roycroft Film Society holds its 5th annual outdoor film screening in front of the Roycroft Power House. (Rain date, August 12) 8:30 pm. Roycroft Power House, 39 South Grove St., East Aurora, NY. This event is FREE and open to the public. roycroftcampuscorp.com

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Hamburg ALZHEIMER’S CARE-GIVER SUPPORT GROUP for males at Wesleyan Church, 4999 McKinley Pkwy. 2nd Tues. 626-0600, alz. org/wnyc

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Orchard Park ALIENATED GRANDPARENTS ANONYMOUS, INC., meetings 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of month, 4295 S. Buffalo St.

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Depew BREAST CANCER NETWORK OF WNY Monthly meeting second Tuesday, 6 p.m., Bella Moglie Bldg., 3297 Walden Ave. Call 7060060 or visit bcnwny.org. Professional support group will be held at 8 pm

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Niagara Falls NIAGARA FALLS SINGLES SOCIAL CLUB, An active 50+ crowd, dances third Friday each month at 7 p.m. at the Buff Social Club, 2565 Young St., NF. $6 ($4 members).

Monthly activities include picnics, parties.

Door prizes, 50/50 raffle. Info: 439-8387

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Akron HEARTS AND HANDS Seeks volunteers to support caregivers of loved ones with early stages of dementia by providing an engaging, safe, and friendly

environment to leave their loved one while taking care of their own medical, social, and emotional needs. Wright Center, 11 Church Street, Village of Akron the third Friday each month from 1–4:30 p.m. Contact Eugene Abrahamson at 406-8311 ext. 102, e-mail volunteer@ heartsandhandsfia.org or hnhcares.org

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Buffalo LGBTQ MEMORY LOSS CAREGIVERS PROGRAM: The Pride Center of Western New York offers the LGBTQ Memory Loss Caregivers Program providing support and education for people providing care for a person with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias.

Third Tuesday each month at 5:30 p.m., Pride Center, 200 South Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, 852-7743 or pridecenterwny.org

DANCE CALENDAR MONDAYS W. Seneca BALLROOM DANCING

BY CAROL is a 6-week class @ St. David’s Church, 3951 Seneca St. 7:30–9:30 p.m. Info: 824-0504.

Sloan CLOGGING LESSONS by Kickin’ Rhythm Cloggers, 6:30 p.m. @ St. Andrew’s Parish Hall, 111 Crocker St., Bldg. 1. kickinrhythmcloggers. com, (585) 457-4455.

Buffalo HUSTLE FOR HEALTH URBAN LINE DANCING with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St, Buffalo. 12pm - 1pm. FREE for ages 55+ Call 716 832 1010 TUESDAYS Buffalo LINDY FIX 8–10 p.m. @ Polish Cadets Hall, 927 Grant St. lindyfix.com, swingbuffalo.com.

WEDNESDAYS N. Ton. DANCING WITH DOTTIE AND FRIENDS country-style line lessons, 7:30 p.m. @ Pendleton Center Meth. Church, 6864 Campbell Blvd. 688-6026 or 625-8306.

Post in Village of Williamsville. 7:00 p.m. Info: Geraldine, 877-0222 or amherstvictoriandance.org THURSDAYS Kenmore JACKIE’S THURSDAY NIGHT DANCES @ Brounshidle Post, 3354 Delaware Ave. Lessons: 7 p.m. Open dancing: 8 p.m. 691-8654.

Ongoing WNY BELLYDANCE CLASSES 560-1891, nadiaibrahim.com.

Kenmore JACKIE’S DANCE Monthly dance. Call 691-8654 for details.

WNY BALLROOM SOCIAL DANCE, Argentine tango and belly dance instruction with Carol Allen; N. Collins and Amherst. 337-3092 or callen8801@aol.com.

West Seneca BALLROOM DANCE classes @ 1761 Orchard Park Rd., 771-3110, ballroomiliana.com.

WNY DANCE W/ ERIN BAHN 997-7190 or erinbahn.com.

Buffalo HUSTLE FOR HEALTH URBAN LINE DANCING with Phyllis Caver at Gloria Parks: 3242 Main St, Buffalo. 11am- 12pm. FREE for ages 55+ Call 716 832 1010

ARGENTINE TANGO IN BUFFALO Dancing & Classes. traviswidricktango.com.

Contact Travis @ 517-7047

Amherst AMHERST VICTORIAN DANCE SOCIETY Authentic music, dress and dance of Queen Victoria's time. New members and guests welcomed! 1st Wednesdays @ Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village in Amherst & 4th Wednesdays @ VFW

SATURDAYS Buffalo HUSTLE FOR HEALTH URBAN LINE DANCING at East Community High School 820 Northampton St, Buffalo. 11:30am - 12:30pm. FREE for all ages. Free Lunch. Www.HustleforHealth.com

CROSSWORD 15. Go to NPR, e.g.

20. Renter's paper 22. Pharaoh's cobra 24. Judge's pronouncement 25. *Kunta Kinte's descendant and author 26. Be theatrical 27. Bridge of ____, Venice 29. Chinatown gang 31. *"Blackish" dad's dad 32. Brown, Dartmouth and Yale, e.g.

33. Naturally, in slang 34. *"All the Money in the World" family 36. Gloom partner 38. *Family with two former Presidents

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6. Talk, talk, talk 9. Shakespeare, e.g.

13. Pretend 14. C.E.O.'s degree 15. Printer cartridge contents 16. Smells 17. 16th birthday gift?

18. Undo laces 19. *Film-makers Francis or Sofia 21. *NFL's Archie, Peyton or Eli 23. Famous T-Rex 24. Bud holder 25. "For ____ a jolly..."

28. Like the White Rabbit 30. This hot!

35. In the middle of 37. Acid gritty-textured apple 39. Star bursts 40. Apple's apple, e.g.

41. Provide with ability 43. *Brangelina partner 44. ____ vs. pathos 46. "CliffsNotes," e.g.

47. Dissenting clique 48. Unquestioning ones 50. College party chant

42. Chopin's composition 45. Metal detector, e.g.

49. New, prefix 51. Armed robber, e.g.

54. "PokÈmon," e.g.

56. Related on mother's side 57. Jelly holders 58. Every which way 59. Make a reference 60. Be savvy 61. Same as Celt 62. Gaelic 63. Cashed in one's chips 64. Those not opposed 67. Langley, VA agency

52. Like a wallflower 53. Whiskey without water 55. Scheduled to arrive 57. *Jermaine, Michael, or LaToya 61. *Bobby or Jack 65. ____ acid 66. *O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s father ____ Cube 68. *Donny and ____ 69. Revolving mechanism 70. mL 71. Cruising 72. Place at an angle 73. "____, drink, and be merry" 74. Required things DOWN 1. Coalition of countries 2. Make over 3. At the summit 4. C in ROTC 5. Imbue with soul 6. "It's fun to stay at the ____" 7. Bar association 8. Deserved consequence 9. Capital of West Germany, 1949-1989 10. Against, prefix 11. Horse control 12. Fortune-telling coffee remnant

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LIFE & LEISURE

All the News that Fits

BY TED RICKARD

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eal retirement began for me with the leisure to read the morning newspaper. There is amazing information here buried within our local press. Take obituaries, for example. I can’t resist running a tally: Out of the six or eight this morning, how many are younger than I? How many are older? This I have named the “thoughtful ratio.” A one-to-one means I am perking along better than half of my peers who floated off to eternity at an age younger than my own. Obviously, these folks just didn’t take care of themselves: they continued to smoke unfiltered cigarettes, or some such thing.

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I find I embrace the 50-50 average in studying the obituaries as I do in a lot of things: there is something safely innocuous in being average.

In checking out those older than I, I have to fight to resist a sense of panic. I tend to translate how many years older into months, then weeks, and finally single days. Then I feel guilty for all the time I have wasted so far this morning reading the obituaries. Half a day used up right there!

Instead, I study the illustrations, the pictures of the departed. Many of the notices are accompanied by the loved one’s high school graduation portrait. I haven’t analyzed this as thoroughly as I might, but it looks like the best looking people—male and female—died the youngest. I sense a sneaking trace of ego consolation in this. Perhaps they had a more active social life, although this thought smacks of personal envy harking back to high school days and the bouncy cheerleader who dropped me in favor of a hulking halfback who had his own car.

The next news page features drunk driving reports; the Tuesday morning paper compiles the bulk of these

cases, as Monday court disposes of the weekend detritus. It is later in the week that the police news brightens with tales of breaking and entering, fistfights, family stabbings, and the other news of unmet frustrations and cheap drugs. There is a notable increase in these events around the time of major holidays: Thanksgiving and Fourth of July, for example, and especially around Easter and Christmas, as though the Christian calendar of observance having something to do with Peace on Earth triggers the opposite.

The classified ads reflect the ups and downs of the economy. Things that had escaped my notice in the frantic years of getting off to work in the morning can now be considered.

Recently I finished off the coffee and a second helping of cinnamon toast while I was working on the classifieds.

I was reading aloud, reviewing, as it were, the automotive market. I find it pays to stay alert to financial news.

My wife piped up. “We already have a used car, dear. It’s in the garage.”

This was certainly true. And there more coffee in the pot so there was time to read up on other important financial news: baseball player pay packages, specifically, all about how and why a new relief pitcher is worth several million dollars. But the news report is wasted on my bride.

“That’s nice, dear; I’m sure his parents are very proud of him” is as far as wonderment goes in the face of information that a nineteen-year-old is being paid six million dollars to throw a ball every third or fourth day for less than an hour. He is then “sent to the showers” although I don’t see how he could have broken a sweat lobbing the ball the way he was.

Come to think of it, there is an awful lot in the paper I don’t understand.

I often go to our public library in pursuit of additional literacy in the world of high finance—even beyond the astounding world of baseball player compensation.

I don’t know what retired guys did before there were public libraries. Just hung around the house, I guess, or chopped wood or something. Instead, I head for the “cozy corner” easy chair

LIFE & LEISURE and pluck the Wall Street Journal off the table. Here I will wend my way into the world of ultra-high finance.

A key nation in a grand alliance might go belly up, I find, right on the front page—just like the donut shops I invested in several years ago.

Skimming the neat columns of WSJ type, I put on a solemn face to agree with the Chairman of the International Monetary Fund that, “even a hint of default portends ill for the future of sovereign debenture liquidity.” I make a mental note to see if my noload mutual fund holds any Bulgarian bonds, although I wouldn’t know what to do about it if the fund were loaded with the stuff.

Thinking about this, I would suggest the Bulgarians turn the matter over to my spouse, my lifetime co-signer who handles our finances. She keeps our books with a stub of an eyebrow pencil on the back of a white envelope—the one the electric bill comes in. She hasn’t bounced a check in forty years and that was when she mixed up the count as she

found herself in labor at the time she wrote it. Perhaps, I think, a brief word to the IMF? But, something tells me it’s much more complicated than that, and there is more to it, I’ll bet, than even the Wall Street Journal knows about. There usually is more to it in these things.

A page farther on, I find, the price of copper has dropped again and this likely to stir severe economic problems in a country spelled with a lot of consonants.

I have no idea where it is. And the item is puzzling. The only copper I come in contact with are pennies, and they’re left out in a little dish at the check-out counter since nobody wants anything to do with them anymore. I should give this more thought and so should the Wall Street Journal.

The library chair, incidentally, is the kind of deep cushioned one that rather embraces its occupant. It’s conducive to serious thinking and often a brief nap. FY Ted Rickard’s book, Anything Worth Knowing I Learned from the Grandkids, is available from Amazon.com

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How Doth Your Garden Grow?

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hope the gardening season is going well for both your garden and for you. The intense heat has made many garden plants grow faster and sometimes leggier.

That is why good watering practices have proven to be so important: water seldom, but water deeply. Then, if you choose, you can sprinkle your plants to cool them down much as you would your own body. Lowering the temperature for many plants also slows their metabolism.

It has been an interesting gardening year for me—aren’t they all? I have had especially good luck with the dahlias that I overwintered and replanted.

They were dug up after a killing frost, placed unwashed in an uncovered plastic bin, and stored in the basement.

I occasionally sprinkled them with water. They spontaneously began to grow in early May, so I potted them and then planted them in the garden in June. I cut back the first flowers, which induced branching and denser flower growth that has lasted all season long.

To get some perennials to bloom later, shorter, and with more flowers, I did what is called a Chelsea chop toward the end of May. (It is called the Chelsea chop because you do it during the time when the Chelsea Flower Show occurs in Great Britain.)

I never get around to staking plants, no excuses given. I willingly weed, prune, and cultivate but never seem to

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get around to staking! I love the results.

Side shoots occur and the plants look wonderful. This doesn’t work on every plant, but I have had great success with Echinacea, sedums, phlox, and perennial sunflowers. A fun thing to try is to use this technique on some of the plants of a certain type but not all of them. That way you get flowers over a longer period of time. Cut the plants back up to a half their height using your clippers, no need to cut back to nodes (growing spots). The plants know what to do as you have affected the action of their hormones.

The herb garden was wonderful this summer. I have a collection of monardas (beebalms) and love watching hummingbirds, hummingbird moths, solitary bees, and honeybees come to collect nectar from their flowers.

Recently, I learned that the throat of the individual flowers that make up a monarda head are different lengths in each type. Hummingbirds and bees don’t visit the same flowers. I had never noticed. Now I do!

Due to the maturing of the shrubs and trees, some changes were needed.

Some gardens are tending toward shade gardens now. Shade garden plants have a special beauty, so I don’t really mind.

A new addition was betony, planted last year, and flowering this year. The individual flowers making up a flower head are tubular, showing its link to members of the mint family. It is said to have many medicinal properties in folklore. I grow it because it is rather pretty.

Last year I planted elecampagne, a

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member of the sunflower family and an herb. I didn’t realize that it would grow to seven feet tall before flowering.

It is rather rank and has huge leaves. It will definitely have to be moved to a new location at the end of the season!

The milkweed came back, but I have had far fewer monarch butterflies lay eggs this year. I don’t know why this occurred. They simply weren’t discovered. Next year, I will purchase some monarch caterpillars and feed them the plants.

A big thrill for me this year is that I did my first beehive split. One of my two hives died this spring in part due to my own stupidity. The bees in that hive were extremely aggressive in early March when I went to feed the hives some pollen patties. I remember commenting to my husband, “They are so aggressive. I wonder if the queen has died.” I should have immediately ordered a new queen. Duh! The old queen had died and, of course, so did the hive because there was no replacement for the overwintering bees.

The other hive thrived. So, in May, I removed some frames containing eggs, some nurse bees, and some honey, and placed them in a new hive. I used an entrance excluder to prevent the hives from stealing from each other. The new hive was given three weeks to create a new queen. They did it! What a thrill to me! FY Please continue your incredible emails, as I love hearing from you: caharlos@ verizon.net or herbgardener.net

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deep appreciation and love of cinema are at the heart of host and organizer Alex Weinstein’s Noir Essentials series.

Featuring some of the finest films of the dark, thrilling noir genre, the series presents a rare opportunity to see these classics on the big screen.

Blood Simple screens on August 22. Photo courtesy of Circle Films

Noir Essentials is held at the Dipson Eastern Hills Cinema (4545 Transit Rd., Williamsville). Its latest season, “The Coen Brothers Bible of America,” kicks off at 7:30 p.m. on August 22 with 1984’s stunning Blood Simple. The first film from Joel and Ethan Coen is followed by Miller’s Crossing on September 26, The Man Who Wasn’t There on October 24, No Country for Old Men on November 14, and Fargo on December 12.

In a recent interview with Buffalo Spree, Weinstein identified the “deep nostalgia” and “soul of noir” in the Coens’ films: “The Coen Brothers tell

stories of crime and opportunity that manage to be shocking, funny, wise, and nihilistic all at the same time.”

As he prepares for the new season, Weinstein discusses what makes noir so relevant, and so exciting for viewers.

First, why noir? What makes this genre so resonant and so exciting?

I tend to think that many of the best films noir are really some of the best films, period. And if you look at some of the defining titles of the genre (The Maltese Falcon, The Third Man, etc.), it’s pretty hard to argue against it.

The funny thing about a genre as

popular as this is that, deep down, these are fundamentally feel-bad pictures. They’re dark, cynical, and sometimes even cruel creations, and yet they’ve been embraced by the hearts and minds of the casual movie public. In the painted-mural dream of old Hollywood, you’re as likely to find Edward G. Robinson as you are The Wizard of Oz. I think “dream” is the key word here. Classical film noir is a fantasy of life not too dissimilar to the American Western—fables of characters facing slim odds in the dream of the world we know.

What sets noir apart, however, is its ever-shifting gray morality. Our “heroes” are usually as capable of wrongdoing as our villains, which makes them fascinating to watch and strangely relatable in these strange times. The movies own their cynicism with style and humor, and I guess that’s what gives them their staying power.

Why are these films so fun and insightful to view in a group setting and on the big screen?

It’s always exciting to view a work as it was intended to be seen. I find this to be especially true with films from the golden era—as when you’re watching, say, The Killers the same way that audiences did in 1946.

You really do feel a connection to the past, like a little cultural seance.

And it will never not be fun sharing the experience with others who are seeing it that way for the first time.

What are some of your ideas for future series themes?

There’s still so much noir out there to explore—from the golden age classics to the gritty new Hollywood neo-noir of the ‘70s and ‘80s—there is plenty to choose from. I would actually like to do a season that mixed old and new, looking at how these stories play over changing trends in filmmaking.

If I had the chance to do another director spotlight series, it would have to be Orson Welles. There’s no other option. I almost don’t want to talk about it, because I’ll get too excited.

In my dream of dreams, though, I would love to do a silent cinema series. I owe as much to Chaplin as I do Welles, and there is something powerful and pure and universal about those works that you don’t see anywhere else. Many pictures from the silent era remain high achievements in film, and they absolutely deserve to be seen bright and large.

For more information on the Noir Essentials series, visit dipsontheatres. com. FY Christopher Schobert is a film critic whose work appears in Forever Young, Buffalo Spree, and other outlets.

Alex Weinstein’s 11 Noir Must-sees M (Fritz Lang, 1931) The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941) Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945) The Chase (Arthur Ripley, 1946) Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950) In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950) Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958) Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)

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ummers in Western New York, people head to the beach for fun in the sun. For the baby boomers in the 1960s and early 1970s, the beach party usually continued long into the night at the bars that featured live music.

The prime destination was Angola on the Lake. If you did not spend the day at the beach, as the sun was setting you packed the car with your friends and headed south to Lerczak’s Log Cabin and Bill Millers. These two clubs were next to each other on the beach. The only thing more abundant than the sand in the parking lot, on the floor of the clubs, and in your drinks, was the amount of people packed into the clubs. You could hardly move, but you could always find your way to the bar for another cold beer.

These clubs were so crowded because the members of the baby boom generation started reaching the legal drinking age of eighteen in the 60s.

Those who were not yet of age often had fake IDs or tried slipping past the doormen who were overwhelmed collecting the admission charge and checking proof. So many people came to the clubs that you had to pay just to park in sand lots in front of the clubs and at other businesses in the area.

In 1965, the first Angola area club to have live rock music was away from the beach on Bennett Road at The Grandview Casino, later known as

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Mickey Rats, the modern-day space that was previously occupied by Lerczak’s Log Cabin and Bill Millers.

The Big 10 Club. To bring the crowds back to the beach, in 1966, Lerczak’s started bands mainly on weekends and Millers almost every night of the week.

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Connors Hotdog Stand, was the Kings Inn. They also featured live rock bands and later became Bruce Jarvis’ Outside Inn. Next to Lerczak’s was The Southshore, which featured country

and music for an older audience. The Du Drop Inn was between the lake clubs and Bennett Beach. South of the lake clubs was the Point Breeze Hotel, which featured ethnic music and also catered to an older audience, which at this time usually meant people over thirty.

Over the years the names changed with Lerczak’s becoming The WMU Club and later Mickey Rats. After a fire, Bill Millers was rebuilt as Captain Kidds and was attached to Mickey Rats. The Big 10 Club transformed into the Shoreline Manor Banquet Facility and The Outside Inn became a fitness center. The Southshore remained the Southshore for decades.

The Point Breeze Hotel converted to The Beachcomber in the 1980s.

Beyond the Angola area, the Sunset

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A matchbook from Lerczak’s Log Cabin

Bay Park in Irving dated back to the 1940s and the summer cottages gave it a family atmosphere. In addition to the bar, the club featured rides and amusement games. In 1972, it became Mulligans Beach Bar and in 1984 the Sunset Bay Beach Club. The game room area was torn down to enlarge the beach, and with the addition of Calico

Jacks, it remains a summer destination.

There were also many lake clubs.

At Lime Lake, Cuba Lake, and Silver Lake, pavilions dated back to the days of KB Radio Record Hops and featured rock bands. The Surf Club, in Bemus Point on Lake Chautauqua, was popular music club for over forty years. In Blasdell, The Bayview, later Dock on the Bay, was on Hoover Road. The Pier, later Shooters, was on Fuhrmann Boulevard in the Outer Harbor, while Crawdaddy’s was in the Erie Basin Marina. On the Niagara River, Grand Island had the Idlehour and Edgewater, North Tonawanda the Wa Ha Ki, and Club Lakewood was in Youngstown.

Many of the clubs that featured live music near the water have closed or discontinued music, but new ones have opened to take their place. You can now find music at Templeton Landing in the Erie Basin Marina, Liberty Hound in Canalside, Charlie’s Boatyard in the Small Boat Harbor, Riverworks on Ganson Street, The

Public House in Hamburg, The River Grill on Aqua Lane in Tonawanda, Old Man River across Niawanda Park in Tonawanda, Shores on Tonawanda Island in North Tonawanda, Water Street Landing in Lewiston, The Wilson Boat House in Wilson, Sunset Bar & Grill on O’Connell Island in Wilson, and others that feature music for special events.

As for the beach bars, The Sunset Bay Beach Club has new owners, but they still feature fun on the beach and live music. The Southshore is now Turtle Joes Sand Bar. A new beach club is the Tiki Bar at Woodlawn Beach, which features music at two different bar locations.

The place where it all began, Lerczak’s and Bill Millers, continues as The Beach Club at Mickey Rats.

According to a spokesperson for the development company that purchased the property, the club and patio will always remain, because it is a landmark on the beach. In addition, they are planning to construct a four-story

building, which will have condos on the top two floors, hotel bed and breakfast style rooms on the second floor and part of the first floor, along with a spa and facility offices, on the rest of the first floor. Another two-story building will be added, with a restaurant (open all year) on the first floor and banquet rooms on the second floor.

The lake beach clubs and bars on the water, which feature live entertainment, may not be as crazy as they were when the baby boomers were turning eighteen, but they are still a vibrant aspect of WNY nightlife. You can be certain future generations will be soaking up the hot sun and enjoying the cold brews for years to come. FY Rick Falkowski is author of History of Buffalo Music & Entertainment and is cofounder of The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Send questions or comments to info@buffalomusichistory.com

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Several of my uncles were butchers; carving meat was an art form. Steak was served rare, which to us meant a good surgeon could still save it.

If you are not familiar with this type of diet, you may think you are limited to kale and filtered water with a little tofu on the side. You are in for a surprise.

If you already eat a plant-based diet, or are looking to experiment, there are plenty of places around town that serve great food that is reasonably priced. Interestingly, numerous restaurants, even those known for their steaks, have added vegetarian and vegan options to their menus.

Usually the best way to find a good restaurant is to ask family and friends where they enjoy going. In this instance, several of mine came up with the same suggestions.

The Lexington Co-op boasts many vegetarian and vegan options.

One long-time vegetarian friend Photo by J. P. Thimot said, “The only place that comes to Needless to say, a vegetarian or Vegans avoid all animal products, mind that is cheap is Amy’s on Main Street. It’s the best.” Several others including dairy, eggs, and honey. They vegan diet was a foreign concept. also avoid the use of animal products readily agreed.

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are choices that can satisfy a dining companion who is craving something more burger-like. Try a lentil-berry half sandwich for $7.99.

Grindhaus on Allen St. boasts a fun menu. The Creature from the Beige Legume (mock tuna salad) is $8.

Salads run $7; mini salads are $5.

If you enjoy cooking at home, Lexington Co-op, with locations on Elmwood Ave. and Hertel Ave., offers bulk products including nuts, dried fruits, beans, spices, and teas at affordable prices. Try a sandwich or a full meal from the prepared food bars and cases if you would rather not mess up your kitchen.

Ashker’s Juice Bar and Café on Elmwood has a nice variety of dishes including a veggie egg panino or a vegan breakfast wrap, each for $5.

For $9 you can try a veggie power salad or grilled Italian bowl. Ashker’s Blackrock and Ashker’s In the Park feature different menus, but both sound inviting and reasonably priced.

The Blackrock restaurant offers two multi-grain pancakes with pure maple syrup and butter for $4. Or get “grab and go” granola for $1 at In the Park.

Perks on Elmwood boasts a menu that contains a “variety of vegan and gluten-free options.” Try a vegan pesto scramble burrito for $9.95 or treat yourself to a vegan protein shake for $7.85.

Lucy East African Cuisine is the first Ethiopian restaurant to open in Buffalo. Several of their vegetarian offerings, like gomen (collard greens coupled with caramelized onions and a mix of spices), run $8.

The newly opened Root + Bloom Café and Market was also recommended. It serves entirely plant-based brunch and dinner menus pairing West and East Coast flavors. It has limited hours, so check first before heading out. Not exactly cheap, but the menu looks like it’s worth a try. Plant-based milkshake, anyone?

If you’re looking outside of the city, Natalie’s Mediterranean Eatery in Amherst is a good place to start.

For $8.29 you can enjoy vegetarian and pita wraps or a vegetarian burger.

(There’s also a city location.)

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Local Vegetarian and Vegan Dining Options Amy’s Place 3234 Main St. at Merrimac St., Buffalo amysplacebuffalo.com Ashker’s Juice Bar and Café (three locations) 1002 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo 414 Amherst St., Buffalo Corner of Meadow and Nottingham in Buffalo ashkersbuffalo.com *Betty’s Restaurant 370 Virginia St. (at Cottage St.), Buffalo bettysbuffalo.com Dragon Babies Diner and Grill 452 Oliver St., N. Tonawanda dragonbabiesdinerandgrill.com Homemade lentil soup is a popular vegetarian dish at Amy's Place.

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Dragon Babies Diner and Grill, in North Tonawanda, opened earlier this year. Try this family restaurant for options like vegan tofu scramble for $3 or a vegan BLT for $6.

Thai restaurants, which often also have Vietnamese cuisine, tend to offer a variety of vegetarian choices.

Personal favorites include Thai Orchid and Saigon Bangkok, both in Williamsville. Thai Orchid offers a vegetarian delight for $8.95. Saigon Bangkok serves fresh vegan soups for $4.95.

Feel-Rite Fresh Markets have several locations in both the city and suburbs. Soups, salads, wraps, and daily specials, including vegetarian and vegan options, are served at their Organic Juice Bar and Full Cafés.

For example, the Transit Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard locations

offer vegan options like tempeh Rueben and grilled tofu. Half salads are $4.25; full salads are $7.50.

This certainly isn’t a comprehensive list; there are many fine dining establishments that offer vegetarian and vegan meals. But it’s a place to start if you are looking for someplace that is not part of your “tried and true” repertoire. Google “vegan and vegetarian dining in Buffalo,” and you will discover an abundance of choices.

Note that menus and prices may have changed since this writing. You can always check online to view a menu. Most places also offer options for non-vegetarians. FY

Feel-Rite Fresh Markets Various Locations Google “feel-rite fresh market & natural food shoppes” for a complete listing Grindhaus Café 160 Allen St., Buffalo Google Grindhaus Cafe Lexington Co-op 807 Elmwood Ave. (at Auburn Ave.), Buffalo 1678 Hertel Ave., Buffalo lexington.coop 1lexington.coop678

Lucy East African Cuisine 916 Tonawanda St., Buffalo lucyeastafricancuisinebuffalo.com *Merge 439 Delaware Ave. (between Edward and Virginia Streets), Buffalo mergebuffalo.com Natalie’s Mediterranean Eatery (two locations) 807 Millersport Hwy. (Grover Cleveland Plaza between Eggert and Sheridan, Amherst 111 Genesee St., Buffalo natalieseatery.com Perks Café 448 Elmwood Ave. (at Bryant St.), Buffalo perksbuffalo.com *Root + Bloom Café and Market 423 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo rootandbloomcafe.com Saigon Bangkok 8080 Transit Road (corner of Maple Rd.), Williamsville 512 Niagara Falls Blvd., Buffalo saigon-bangkok.com Thai Orchid Café 416 Evans St., Williamsville thaiorchidbuffalo.com *May not be cheap, but definitely worth trying

Judith A. Rucki is a public relations consultant and freelance writer.

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For Cheap Eats, Seek Greek

BY ED ADAMCZYK

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s part of extensive field research for this story of where to find good but reasonably priced food, your author and his date visited several local Greek restaurants, were politely assisted in departing after overeating, and never saw a bill over $25. That’s the Greek restaurant experience for you—quality food in stunning portions at a manageable cost.

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They are all over town, and you can spot them by their names: Plaka, Olympic, Athens, Mythos—typically some connection to the old country— and what’s known in typography circles as “Greekish,” signage and menus in script that vaguely resembles Greek lettering but are nonetheless readable in English. There is also the décor. Every Greek restaurant in town has decoration suggesting you’re on a sun-splashed holiday adventure in the Greek isles, even if you’ve just entered the place from a Buffalo snowstorm.

While the framed drawings on the walls of Mythos, on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, somehow a reminiscent more of the Italian Renaissance, look for amphorae and plates, photographs and various regalia pertinent to Greek lifestyle and history. The front of Kostas, on Hertel Avenue in Buffalo, suggests the street has a Greek temple.

Then there are the small cruets of “Greek oil” on each table. Olive oil made lightly brown by the assortment of herbs at the bottom.

Shake the cruet, watch the cascade as the contents mix, then pour it on your greens and thrill to the best salad dressing in the world. That little bottle

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and a basket of individually-wrapped jellies are the standard alignment at the table.

Contrary to the movie world, you will not be expected to throw your plates into a fireplace, yell “Opa!” or join a line of dancing waiters. Instead, expect a breakfast that will postpone your lunch or a lunch that will postpone your dinner.

There is remarkable variety on the menu—it either goes on for pages

or is presented on laminated, twofeet-tall sheets—offering choices both foreign and familiar. For every moussaka, pastitsio, and souvlaki, there is a cheeseburger, Reuben, and fish fry. Mythos also offers a breakfast burrito and Cuban panini.

Greek food is heavy on meat, including beef, chicken, and lamb, as well as salad supplies and the fried potato delight known as home fries.

Forget tater tots and whatever fast

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food places sling into a small envelop.

Greek home fries are the real deal.

They go with everything, including breakfast.

Breakfast at a Greek place could be the highlight of your day: eggs done every imaginable way, with meat, salmon, or a dozen other things

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inserted; two-egg breakfasts, three-egg breakfasts. Even Greek restaurants aspiring to a more upscale experience, like Vasilis in Kenmore or Zoe in East Amherst, offer a sensational and filling breakfast at a reasonable cost.

No, the restaurants are not all the same, but all have qualities that make a patron return for more. Mythos is small and noisy, the way an urban diner is expected to be. The Family Tree in Cheektowaga is expansive and caters to large dining parties. Plaka in Kenmore, Athens in Cheektowaga, the durable Towne in Allentown, the Olympic and the Royal in Tonawanda (across Sheridan Drive from each other and friendly competitors for years) offer a comfort befitting the comfort food they serve. It seems that the majority of patrons leave with a small Styrofoam crate suggesting there was simply too much food on the plate. You cannot go wrong in a place like that.

If you can handle dessert, most local Greek restaurants feature a glass and

chrome display cabinet of revolving slices of pie and cake. You could get hypnotized by that.

Factor in an experienced wait staff, chefs and cooks who do not stall after an order is placed, and the aforementioned reasonable prices, and you have what may be a perfect restaurant. In Greece, dining out is encouraged and regarded as a luxury anyone can afford, irrespective of the patron’s or the country’s economic straits. They’ve been doing this for thousands of years. America benefits.

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Ed Adamczyk is a historian and contributing writer for the Niagara Gazette and Forever Young.

Western New York is blessed with many Greek restaurants. Here’s an incomplete list: Eggsperience Vasilis 2878 Delaware Ave., Kenmore; 873-3447

Family Tree Restaurant 4346 Bailey Ave., Amherst 838-2233

Zoe 711 Transit Road, East Amherst 639-4550

Towne Restaurant 186 Allen St., Buffalo; 884-5128

Pano’s 1081 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo 886-9081 Kostas 1561 Hertel Ave., Buffalo 838-5225 The Plaka 2904 Delaware Ave., Kenmore 871-9800 Mythos 510 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo 886-9175

Royal Restaurant 1320 Sheridan Dr., Tonawanda 873-0056 Athens 2801 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga; 892-5019 Apollo Family Restaurant, 3387 South Park Ave., Lackawanna; 822-8145 Acropolis Family Restaurant, 708 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; 886-2977

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FEATURE

Two Grocery Stores Deliver Authentic Latin Eats

BY SYRIE ROMAN

Montes Grocery Deli It’s easy to drive past Montes Grocery on Swan Street and dismiss it as an unassuming convenience store. But this bodega is home to a food lover’s paradise.

The only reason the storefront caught my eye was that I recognized the Puerto Rican flag and, in my eternal quest to find Puerto Rican food in Buffalo that can get close to my grandma’s, I decided to stop and investigate.

As soon as I walked in, I was pleasantly surprised. There’s a large case housing all the traditional savory treats, pastelillos (pastry dough pockets filled with beef and cheese), alcapurrias (plantain masa filled with ground beef and deep fried), pinchos (barbecue chicken skewer), rellenos de papa (beef filled potato balls), and carne frita (fried pork shoulder chunks) by the pound. Bonus points if you order some “cuerito” (crispy pig skin). I immediately knew I was somewhere special.

The deli has a loyal lunch clientele and, with prices between $2 and $10 for all offerings, it can’t be beat. I

ordered a lunch plate of carne frita, rice and beans, and salad. I literally ate off the same portion for two consecutive days, for less than $10 dollars. The family-run establishment is cash only, but there’s an ATM inside. There are also some groceries and a cooler with beverages along with a deli counter.

It’s easy to see why Montes has stayed in business for more than fifteen years: dedication to the community and quality food along with friendly service.

Montes Grocery Deli 413 Swan St., Buffalo; 854-3228 Monte Alban I have been making my way to Medina quite frequently between May and October for a few years now to go grocery shopping after eating the best tacos in the region. Monte Alban is a Mexican Grocery store in Medina, New York. In addition to having an impressive selection of specialty items, during the harvest season, its adjacent taco truck serves some of the best tacos in the region.

Chicken, steak, chorizo, pastor,

Beef and cheese-filled pastelillos

carnitas, tongue, and the fiery diabla, you just can’t go wrong.

All the proteins are available as tacos, tortas, or quesadillas. Its smart to call ahead and plan your visit, because it’s only open Friday through Sunday and the hours are not really set (although they’re posted 11 a.m.– 7 p.m.), and they sell out often.

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There is a seating area that’s enclosed, Mexican telenovelas or fútbol will be playing, there’s an ice chest from which to pick your beverages with an attached bottle opener. The place is legit. You can get $5 tortas, five for $8 tacos, and $2.50 quesadillas plus a beverage for less than $20. I recommend you take the drive, eat to your heart’s content, and then wander the store. From the cowboy boots and belts collection to the varieties of dried chilies and DVD selections, I assure you, it’s an interesting experience.

Monte Alban 507 E. Center St., Medina; 798-9767 FY Syrie Roman is a freelance writer and an event planner at socialmavenbuffalo. com.

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The Thomas Flyer of "The Great Race" Photos courtesy of Explore Buffalo

The Himilayan Institute at 841 Delaware Ave.

The Great Race’s Buffalo Roots

BY OLIVIA MCCARTHY

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ou’d be amazed at the stories that are tied to Delaware Avenue and its residents. We offer the Delaware Avenue Mansions Tour four times a week over the summer to share the stories of this historical district that connects Buffalo with national and international stories. Take 841 Delaware, for instance. The building is now the Himalayan Institute, but it was once the home of Edwin Ross Thomas, a man with a company and a car that played a huge role in the greatest auto race of all time.

“The Great Race” began on February 12, 1908, as six cars from France, Germany, Italy and the United States attempted to drive more than 20,000 miles from New York City to Paris . . . by way of Siberia. Only three cars finished the race, and one of them was from Buffalo.

Thomas’s car, The Thomas Flyer, representing the United States, was a last-minute entry picked right off the production floor of the E. R. Thomas Motor Company, located on Niagara Street where Rich Products stands today. Though it wasn’t custom made like the other entries, the Flyer was the first of six teams to reach the West Coast and continue flying until a course change cut out the Bering Strait route.

Despite the speedy first leg of their journey, the team then unexpectedly lagged behind by about two weeks.

Then, just as suddenly, the nature of the race changed again. The Flyer was granted a fifteen-day grace period and the German team was penalized fifteen days for sending its car from Utah to Washington State by train.

Once across the Pacific, Germany

and the United States raced through unfamiliar, muddy, snowy, and frozen foreign territory with the team from Italy in third place.

Ultimately, the German team arrived in Paris on July 26, four days before the US team, all the while probably knowing they’d be earning second place because of their penalty.

Although, there was an incident that could have slowed the US team down quite a bit. Upon entering Paris, the Flyer was stopped by a policeman for not having a headlight on the car.

Before he could make a full arrest, a

nearby bicyclist jumped in and lent the team the light from his bike so they could reach the finish line.

It was on July 30, after 22,000 miles and 169 days, that the American team, led by the Buffalo-made Thomas Flyer, reached Paris and claimed victory.

What makes the story even sweeter for Buffalo is that the lead mechanic and driver for half the race was a Buffalonian by the name of George Schuster.

For more remarkable stories about Delaware Avenue and its residents, check out The Delaware Avenue

Mansions Tour Mondays and Saturdays at 10 a.m., Wednesdays at 6 p.m., and Sundays at 1 p.m. The tour meets at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site at 641 Delaware Avenue. You can find out more about all of our tours online at explorebuffalo.org or by calling 716245-3032.

For more on the Great Auto Race of 1908 visit thegreatautorace.com. FY Olivia McCarthy is deputy director of Explore Buffalo.

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Discovering Gananoque and the 1000 Islands STORY AND PHOTOS BY JENNIFER MERRICK The famed Boldt Castle draws thousands of tourists every year.

“Why haven’t I been here before?” I kept asking while my daughter and I explored the Thousand Islands. Located along the border between New York State and southeastern Ontario, it was a place I had zipped past numerous times en route to Montreal, Vermont, and even farther east. But, literally two minutes off the highway exit, we found ourselves in Gananoque, a small town on the shore of the St. Lawrence River. While its galleries, theatres, historic limestone buildings, and main streets were worth seeing on their own, it was the region’s stunning natural beauty that had me kicking myself for not visiting before.

Part of the Frontenac Arch Biosphere, an UNESCO designated site, this glacially sculpted landscape combines hardwood and pine forests, rocky outcrops and cliffs, and expansive crystal-clear waterways dotted with close to 2000 islands.

Officially, there are 1864 of them, but what determines whether a particular rocky patch of land surrounded by

water is indeed an island is up for debate.

A local informed us that Americans considered a one-square-foot piece of land with one tree an island, whereas Canadians maintained that one-square metre and two trees were necessary to qualify. Whether this is true and exactly how many islands exist, I can’t say for sure, but it certainly

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made no difference as to how much we enjoyed our visit to this remarkable archipelago.

On the water “The number and constant succession of these islands, all green and richly wooded; their fluctuating size, their variety of shapes; and the numberless combinations of

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beautiful forms which trees growing on them present; all forms a picture fraught with uncommon interest and pleasure,” wrote Charles Dickens when he journeyed in the area.

It was certainly a pleasure paddling among them on an excursion with 1000 Island Kayaking. Highlights included not only the natural beauty and bird sightings of a great blue heron and cranes, but also historical attractions. At one stop, we floated above the remains of The Briton, just one of the hundreds of shipwrecks the waters hold. The clarity and shallowness of the water allowed for a clear view of the hull and the charred remains of this schooner.

One of the most interesting sights was Half Moon Bay, an outdoor church, where congregations have been gathering by boat since 1887. With light streaming into the bay, reflecting off the rocky slopes and through the trees, it’s easy to see why this particular spot was chosen as a place to worship.

Today, several denominations continue to offer services and perform baptism and marriage ceremonies here.

Our final stop was MacDonald Island, where we savored a picnic of fruit, charcuterie, and local cheeses.

The island is one of twenty stewarded

by Parks Canada.

“We are one of the oldest parks in the country, founded in 1904,” explained a park representative. “They were concerned that most of the islands would be bought up and there would be nowhere for regular people to enjoy them.”

Today, MacDonald Island along with others is serviced with docks, campsites, facilities, and rustic shelters called oTENTiks that are available for rent.

On other islands, the housing is anything but simple as we discovered on a Gananoque Boat Line Sunset Dinner Cruise, where we enjoyed live music and a three-course meal as we glided past stately homes and learned more about the area’s rich history. And by rich I’m describing socialites, statesmen, and industrialists who flocked to the region during the Gilded Age. George Pullman, creator of the railway sleeping car, Nathan Straus of Macy’s, and President Ulysses

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A view from the 1000 Islands helicopter tour

S. Grant all vacationed here. But it was George Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, who was responsible for two of the area’s most enduring legacies—Boldt Castle and (maybe) 1000 Island dressing.

The castle on Heart Island (located near Alexandria Bay, New York), had both a grand presence as well as a grand love story behind it. In 1900, Boldt commenced building the 120room Rhineland castle complete with tunnels, gardens, towers, and a drawbridge, all lavishly adorned for his wife Louise. Four years later, tragedy struck when his wife died suddenly.

Heartbroken, Boldt immediately stopped all construction and never returned to the island.

The Thousand Islands Bridge Authority acquired the property in 1977, and all the money raised has gone to its preservation. The castle stands as a monument to Boldt’s love, and is enjoyed by tourists like us who arrive by the boatloads in the summer months.

In the air Boats, especially cruises, are the classic way to explore the 1000 Islands, but a helicopter tour by 1000 Islands Helicopter Tours provided an altogether different vantage point that wowed us. Though flying at a hundred miles an hour, it almost felt as though we were still, hovering above the deepblue Saint Lawrence River with rings of turquoise around the many green islands On the ground We stayed in the small town of

Gananoque (pronounced gan-a-nockway), a name that means “garden of the great spirit,” and not only was it an ideal base for exploring the islands, but also a destination in its own right.

At the 1000 Island Play House, we toe-tapped all the way through a rocking rendition of Budd: The Buddy Holly Story, featuring classic songs from the 1950s.

We strolled along Main Street, browsing galleries and boutique shops, like the Helen Hayes Gallery and the Woodchuck Gallery. A local brewery, farmer’s market, outdoor patios and a riverside sculpture garden all added to its considerable appeal.

And the 1000 Island dressing? Well, like the What qualifies as an island? question, the stories vary and are up for debate. But one version goes that it was Boldt’s chef who improvised after forgetting dressing on a fishing boat. Another says the famous actress, May Irwin (first-ever onscreen kiss), requested it from a fishing guide’s wife in the region, and the recipe was passed along to Boldt, while still others assert that the wrongly-named dressing was actually invented in Chicago.

I can’t say for sure, but I did bring a bottle back with me.

You can reach the Thousand Islands via Interstate 81 or take a more scenic route along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail.

For more information: visit1000islands.com; travel1000islands.ca FY Jennifer Merrick is a freelance writer and avid traveler based in Toronto.

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Speaking Up or Staying Silent

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ou are out to dinner when suddenly you spot him—or her. It’s your good friend’s spouse, but that is definitely not your friend with whom he or she is sharing a candlelit meal.

It could be an outing with a cousin.

Or a business dinner. You are trying to come up with reasons for the tetea-tete, but no one stares that intently into the eyes of their accountant.

What to do? You could go back to minding your own business and pretend you saw nothing. If your curiosity wins out, you might take a walk over, say hello, and see what happens. Of course, that could wind

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Either way, you may be wondering if you should say anything. There’s a lot at stake here—everything from your friend’s marriage to your relationship with your friend.

Before you say a word, you might want to consider a few things.

You may be completely wrong about what and whom you saw and wind up looking foolish if you say something. Plus your friend might think you are trying to cause trouble.

Your friend may already know his or her spouse is cheating but isn’t ready to address the issue. When someone is cheating, there are often red flags and warning signs. Consider that your friend may not be ready to face the truth or act on it.

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she has needs that are being met or alternative priorities to consider.

Men, on the other hand, tend to be more jealous if their wives are unfaithful. They may also be competitive. Even if they stay married, it can be difficult for them to let go of their anger.

If you are forging ahead with your “news,” be careful how you speak about the wandering spouse. You could wind up calling your friend’s wife a slut bunny, only to have him turn on you. He may still care for her and defend her to the bitter end.

Even if he is beyond angry, he could patch things up with the wandering wife and become hostile toward you.

While you may be bursting at the seams with this terrible secret, you don’t want to make this about you. No matter how much the information is gnawing at you, don’t unload on your friend just to make yourself feel better.

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Imagine how your friend would feel if he or she really was the last to know.

Chances are, he or she already knows.

Another twist on the dilemma is what to do if a friend has told you that he or she is the unfaithful one.

Should you make the big reveal to the wounded partner? This presents quite the conundrum. You will either wind up betraying a confidence or be disloyal to your friend’s spouse. If you are friends with both parties, you need to think carefully about how you want to proceed, if at all.

Sometimes we just need to keep our lips zipped and wait things out.

We really don’t know what goes on behind closed doors or just how happy a couple is.

The worst-case scenario is both parties could turn on you. Informing someone that his or her partner is having an affair can make you the scapegoat in a “kill the messenger” sort of way.

You need to think long and hard before you say anything. Think about how well you know your friend and if he or she would appreciate having the information. Many people don’t want to know if a spouse is cheating.

You may think you are doing the right thing when you reveal an affair, but as far as your friend is concerned, it could be entirely the wrong thing.

Where someone else’s marriage is concerned, honesty may not be the best policy.

Mark D. White, PhD writes in “Should You Tell Your Friend That His or Her Partner Is Cheating?” in Psychology Today, “My personal opinion? I would ask myself, ‘What would my friend want me to do?’

After all, it’s his or her marriage, life, and future—what do I think he or she would like me to do? Respect what I think my friend would want: that’s my right answer. Is it yours?” FY Judith A. Rucki is a public relations consultant and freelance writer. Readers may contact her via the editor at wswearingen@buffalospree.com with ideas for making the golden years sparkle, sizzle, and shine.

The Erie County Fair Makes Way for Music

BY ALLISON RAPP

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t wouldn’t be summer in Buffalo without the Erie County Fair, and this year is shaping up to be a particularly exciting year for the beloved family event.

Beginning on August 8, the 179th fair will run for twelve days total, and feature an impressive concert lineup, as well as an array of motor shows, food options, and agricultural lessons. On top of all that, this year marks the 150th anniversary of the fair being held in its current location, Hamburg, and there’s lots in store, including a celebration performance from Buffalo’s own BPO! After 150 years, it’s difficult to imagine the fair being hosted anywhere other than in the open countryside of Hamburg, but it took several years for the fair to settle there. Established in 1820, the very first fair was held on what is now the site of the Donovan Office Building, in downtown Buffalo. Another fair was held in 1821, but economical issues forced the Agricultural Society to shut down until 1841. Since then, the Erie County Fair has been held every single year, with the exception of 1943, when it was canceled due to World War II. Since its start, the location of the fair has moved around, from Lancaster, West Seneca, Springville, and others, but it settled in Hamburg in 1868.

To celebrate this exciting anniversary, the BPO will perform a special concert at the Grandstand on the first night of the fair. This will be only the fifth time in the history of the fair that the BPO has given a concert, and will be totally free for fairgoers with the price of admission. Led by resident conductor Stefan Sanders, the concert will be a must-see event.

Dan Hart, executive director of the BPO described the upcoming show as “family friendly, patriotic,” and full of “American classics.”

In addition to the BPO, the Erie County Fair will be hosting an entire

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Erie County Fair Concerts and Special Events August 8 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra The BPO kicks off the fair with a special performance!

8 p.m. Free with Fair admission.

August 9 Chris Young The country music star hits the stage.

7:30 p.m. Tickets starting at $30.

August 10 Firefighter’s Day Free admission for all firefighters with ID. ZZ Top Don’t miss these rock and roll legends!

8:30 p.m. Tickets start at $30.

August 11 Erie County Fair 5K A flat 3.1-mile course perfect for all runners.

8:30 a.m. $25 pre-registration, $30 day of race. (Race day registration begins at 7 a.m.)

The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute If you love The Beatles, this is the show for you!

8 p.m. Free with Admission.

ZZ Top are among the artists scheduled to perform at the Fair this year.

lineup of stellar concerts, some of which are also free with admission.

“The energy behind this year’s Buffalo.com Grandstand lineup will be intense,” says fair manager and CEO Jessica Underberg. “From music legends to current chart toppers, our team worked extremely hard to find the best entertainers possible while trying to add more free shows and to keep ticketed shows reasonably priced.” FY

August 12 Veteran’s Day Free admission for all veterans and active military personnel with ID. Dick Fox’s Golden Boys Starring Frankie Avalon, Fabian & Bobby Rydell Be sure to catch these famous vocalists.

7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $20.

August 13 The Oakridge Boys The Country Music Hall of Fame inductees perform.

7:30 p.m. General Admission is free, reserved tickets are $20.

August 14 Midland Enjoy some country music, California style.

7:30 p.m. General Admission is free, reserved tickets are $20.

August 15 Freestyle Motocross Championship Series Two-wheeled mayhem roars into the grandstand!

7:30 p.m. Free with admission.

August 16 Truck and Tractor Pull You’ll have two opportunities to catch this exciting show.

6 p.m. Thursday & Friday. Tickets start at $12. Kids under 12 are free.

August 18 Ultimate Night of Destruction Bring the whole family to this wild, car-crashing event!

7:30 p.m. All tickets $16. Kids under 12 are free.

August 19 World’s Largest Demolition Derby Two shows for twice the rumbling fun!

1 p.m.& 6 p.m.

All tickets are $20.

Allison Rapp is a Buffalo Spree Publishing intern and sophomore at Brooklyn College.

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BEING WELL

Autoimmune Dilemma

BY CATHERINE STACK

R

oughly 25 million people suffer from some sort of autoimmune condition in the United States. I believe this to be a low estimate, as so many “illnesses” fall under the category of autoimmune disease. Rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Multiple Sclerosis, IBS, Lupus, Crohn’s, Celiac disease, Sjögren’s syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are just a few. Autoimmune disease can affect one organ system or the entire body.

The general consensus is that our own body is attacking itself. No one really knows the cause, and no one really has a cure. Symptoms can range from mild and barely noticable to severe and incapacitating. These are the people I see on a regular basis.

Oh, they don’t start with me, rather, they eventually land at my doorstep after many specialist visits, lab tests, and a variety of medications that have not really fixed anything. This is of no fault of the physician.

When I see the list of symptoms and everything these individuals have been through, I am often overwhelmed and wonder how they got to me. After a moment of regrouping, I remind myself not to become lost in the list of symptoms, labs that ultimately reveal very little, and medications that have been tried. Typically a few symptoms may be alleviated, but ultimately nothing is “fixed” because we really do not know what we are trying to fix.

I’m not sure I buy into the body attacking and rejecting itself. That sounds scary. So, as a naturopath, I start with the diet. What are you putting into that body of yours?

It’s easy to get people to feel better with dietary changes and a few basic supplements. This is where we always start. The honeymoon phase is wonderful, patients feel better and I’m feeling confident we are on the right track. After a few months, to our dismay, we seem to hit a wall.

Symptoms creep back and we begin to let old bad habits back in, because maybe they were not working anyway.

This is frustrating for me as well as my patients.

So, what’s next? Where do we go from here? How do I help these individuals maintain the momentum to keep trying, to keep the healing going? I know when I don’t feel well, staying positive and staying motivated can easily fall to the wayside.

There is some suggestion that autoimmune disease is the result of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). One of my questions to my patients is, “Have you ever had mono?” Many of my patients say yes. Then we dig deeper. But, many of us may have only had a sore throat or a week we did not feel well and may not even remember. No one ever diagnosed us

with EBV, and yet we may still have had it. Blood tests will only reveal an active or past infection which really provides us with little help. Viruses are tricky. They typically show up as an illness and then we get better. Many of us are unaware that they still reside within us, but have gone to sleep until something or some event wakes them up. For some it may be an accident or stressful situation. For others, maybe just puberty, menopause, or poor eating habits that finally catch up.

There is no scientific data out there to support that EBV is in fact the underlying cause of many autoimmune disease, so, for now, this

is just a theory that has helped more of my patients than any other approach I have tried before.

If you suffer from autoimmune illness, I will always say what you eat matters. What I didn’t know is that eggs actually feed EBV. So, no eggs!

Wild blueberries have tremendous healing potential, and vitamins such as zinc and B-12 (adenosylcobalamin or methylcobalamin) offer great protection. Cats claw and colloidal silver are just some of the supplements that help turn these people around.

If you would like a link to an article that provides more insight and perspective on this new way of looking at autoimmune disease, I am happy to share it with you as it has helped many. You can email me at journeyIIhealth@gmail.com. Be well.

Catherine Stack (RN, ND) is a practicing Doctor of Naturopathy, Certified Nurse Midwife, and the founder and CEO of Journey II Health Center for Rejuvenation. Her book, Free Yourself from a CONSTIPATED Life, is available on Amazon. Visit her website at journeyiihealth.com or email journeyIIhealth@gmail.com.

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