This week is Healthy Options Week. Approx. 20 vendors had food tasters, teas, and products like…read moretoothbrushes and mini-shampoos to give away. I sampled a vegan chocolate chip cookie, a cabbage stir fry, a jambalaya made in a more healthy manner, a blackberry concentrated tea, pita with tzatziki, a mini Greek salad. It is a nicely laid out space, but some vendors were not set up when the event opened. The veggie pizza did not arrive until an hour after the event opened and the one sheet pizza was quickly gone. It was a two hour event, but most of the vendors, both food and products, had nothing left after an hour.

We were there for an event to start of the Healthy Options week, organized by Independent Health…read more There were about 20 vendors, from dental care to healthy food. My favorite was the veggie stir fry from Sunshine Vegan Eats. The jambalaya, by Ravelle Culinary Creations, was also very good. It had a little kick already, but she offered Frank's hot sauce if you wanted more umph. There were vendors with healthy teas, Tom's was offering pita with tzatziki tasters and Mister Pizza had veggie pizza tasters. In the dessert options we had a tasty vegan chocolate chip cookie. Thank you Independent Health for organizing and Northland for hosting.

While the purpose is commendable, the execution of said purpose is sub par. Group homes are poorly…read morestaffed. Constant turnover of Case Coordinators and Group Home managers. Communication with family is extremely lacking. Family is not informed of emergency situations such as ER visits. Most residents rely on medication. I don't understand how a resident can run out of their prescriptions, then subsequently suffer because of it and the ARC not perceive this as a problem. Many of the staff are wonderful, caring individuals but something is obviously wrong if there is constant turnover and a severe lack of communication. have to ask - what is upper management doing or not doing?

I have personally dealt with Alan Little and he was always vey polite and knowledgeable.read more

Friday night we went to the glass fusion date night class. It was so much fun! Our instructors…read moreLisa and Phil were very knowledgeable. They obviously have a passion for glass and were very good at teaching it to the rest of us. We each got to design two bowls and we will pick them up in about three week. It was a nice change to other activities we do and we will definitely take another class!

Took a MIG Welding Class and it was well worth the money. Teacher was friendly, informative and…read morewilling to help at any given moment. We had a run down of all the safety guidelines, what welding is, how to do it and then LOTS of hands on time. More than half the class was actually being able to be hands on and practice welding. We even got a short introduction to TIG and Stick welding as well as a demonstration of the Plasma Cutter. Was a very fun class and I highly recommend if you're looking to learn something to look into any of the many programs

If you get cut here, in several places, then you may as well give yourself an extra few cuts so…read morethat it ends up being one big cut. "Connect-the-cuts" if you will. But if you do that it'll be the Self-harmory rather than the Armory. The Connecticut Street Armory has a lot of scary ghost stories about it, and one of my extended family members was actually murdered here while on active service. For this reason I want to give it a low star rating, but it's just such a beautiful and old and classical building, that it's hard not to give it a 5. It takes up an entire city block, and it's the kind of amazing structure they just would not build these days. Sometimes in some cases in some ways, the old ways are better, and in terms of buildings this Armory proves that is the truth.

Buffalo has so many old buildings (for America anyway), that you may miss this one unless you know…read morewhere it is. High on the West side by Connecticut and Niagara is a fortress looking building. That's this one. If you drive by on weekends you will often see reservists in the area, I think they do training or other exercises here. But other times, it gets rented out, for parties, rock concerts, wedding receptions or whatever else you may want. Its a super cool venue for whatever event, the caterers that Ive experienced have been quite tasty. Ive seen a few concerts there, it can get very dark and personal for those. If you go to the observation deck at City Hall, you will see this structure. It stands out. As far as I have experienced, parking is street. If there's a lot, I'm not aware of it.