A surprise 85th birthday party, a bag tied in the middle, chicken wings, and a rather unorthodox place to sleep. What do all of these have in common? They all constitute the trappings, as well as the happenstances involved in a trip to the far western part of New York state, Chautauqua County, particularly...
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The Capital Region Called Me
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Where were you in August of 1993? My wife and I, and our eldest son, age 21 months and climbing, were sweating it out on the third floor of a three-story walk-up apartment in glorious Flushing, New York. Flushing, for those of you who are not familiar, is the home of the New York...