Article about indoor waterparks in today's Buffalo News travel section

Here is a link to my article about indoor waterparks in today's Buffalo News travel section:
http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/one-tank-trips/indoor-waterparks-are-the-perfect-way-to-warm-up-on-a-cold-winter-day-20141221

Article about Lewiston in today's Buffalo News travel section

Here is a link to my article about Lewiston in today's Buffalo News travel section
http://www.buffalonews.com/life-arts/one-tank-trips/lewiston-the-perfect-daytrip-destination-even-if-youre-15-minutes-away-20141207

Even though I was in Lewiston yesterday (see Dec. 6 blog post) I actually wrote it and submitted it a few weeks ago. I can write fast, but not that fast!

Lewiston Tour of Homes

My daughter and I went to the Lewiston Tour of Homes today. The homes were beautifully decorated and we got a few decorating ideas that we might try. We also did some shopping in the stores along Center Street and even bought some chowder  that was for sale at the fire hall. We had lunch at our favorite restaurant, the Brickyard. The Tour of Homes and Christmas Walk also takes place tomorrow. See www.lewistonhometour.com for more info.

St. Greg's Craft Show and lunch at Wok and Roll

The only place I go shopping on "Black Friday" is the craft show at St. Gregory the Great church in Williamsville (next to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital). It's been a yearly tradition with my daughter and me to go to the craft show so that she could pick out Christmas gifts for her brothers, her father, and me.

Afterward we went to lunch at Wok and Roll which is located in the Williamsville Place Plaza, 5467 Sheridan Drive. We had never been there before and I was expecting it to be the usual Chinese take-out type place that just has a few tables stuck in as an afterthought. I was wrong! It has a really cute, nicely decorated dining room. The food was good, the service fast, and the prices reasonable. I had the sesame chicken lunch, while my daughter had the general tso's chicken lunch. www.thewokandroll.com

Author event next Saturday Nov. 29

Join me and over 70 other local authors at the Buffalo History Museum next Saturday November 29th. Books make a great holiday present!

Travel article about Grove City, PA in today's Buffalo News

My article about shopping in Grove City, PA is in today's Buffalo News travel section. I will include the link in a future blog post once the Buffalo News posts the article online.

Greek food for dinner

My daughter and I have been wanting to try dining at Zoe, a Greek restaurant on Transit Road in East Amherst that we drive past often. We figured the food must be good since it always seems to be busy. Since hubby and youngest son were camping with the Scouts, we thought it was a good opportunity to enjoy a girls night out.

Our first clue that the portions would be enormous was when everyone leaving the restaurant was carrying a take-out box.  I literally mean EVERYONE! The service was quick and when our waitress brought our food, chicken souvlaki dinners,  all we could say was "Wow!" My daughter commented, "I don't know where to begin, there's so much food." We could have easily ordered one and split it, heck, we could have ordered one dinner and feed our family of six!

The food was very good and we had a lot left over. We will definitely have to go again.

Zoe Restaurant, 5711 Transit Road, East Amherst 639-4550, www.thezoerestaurant.com