Best Western University Inn Ithaca

Well, today we leave the only home I have known. It is a wonderful city and I am proud to have been born in such a beautiful place and to have been welcomed to the world by the great friends here. Clearly my parents loved it here as they have been rather sad about leaving. My good friend Nadya even came by so say good ...

... of them and wanted to take my own photos and then we were back on the state road again for just a few minutes. We than made a turn at Kelly's Corner Road which took us through cornfields and on dirt roads. We had to keep a close eye on the turns because one wrong turn and we would be back in the movie Deliverance. A downpour caught us and turned the car into a little mudball from the dirt roads. However, google maps delivered ...

Day 33 – Buffalo, NY to Seneca Falls, NY to Ithaca, NY

Things we did on the way to Seneca Falls:
- Got breakfast at Dunkin Donuts for the second day in a row because, again, this is tradition for Bri’s side of the family. However, we did decide that DD has a damn fine multigrain bagel.
- Clapped our hands and jumped up and down in our seats when Robie surprised us with Munchkins that she had ...

... Mahogany Grill for our evening meal and once again experienced great food! A street harpist played next to us providing a wonderful concert of Pachebel and other choices. On the walk home we got caught in a downpour and ducked into the Moosewood restaurant and gift shop known for the Moosewood cookbooks.

A good night's sleep and we were ready for Day 2.

... large firms or organizations building sustainable energy solutions. Unfortunately carbonfootprint.com's counter seemed very conservative compared to the others. Even though it was one of the most detailed, and I was liberal with my estimates, it said that I only emitted about 7 tons of CO2. And some of the other sites that made estimates purely on the mileage of my flights put that number closer to 12 to 14 tons. So I just ...

Drove out to Ithaca today to attend the graduate fair at Cornell. I am really beginning to enjoy my "tour" of the Ivys...All I need now is a visit to Harvard and Brown and I think I have visited them all! Today was an especially long day - the fair at Cornell this morning, the drive back to Syracuse for that evening fair and then dropping the rental car off ...

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Today we traveled to Janine's house, Moms sister. We saw Aunt Joanie, Cousin Micheal, Uncle Jim, Aunt Mary-Sue, and Janine's boyfriend, Tony. It was great to see them all. We had dinner with the family and then called it a night knowing we were starting our travels at five the next morning. We are all very excited to come home tomorrow.

... greeted by the friendly voice of "Sage" a friend of Fran and Paul who are the owners. Unfortunately Fran and Paul were going to be away three of the four days that we were planning on staying there but we still booked it.

    As soon as my car pulled into their back yard we were greeted by two young people coming out from behind a bunch of tomato plants in their huge garden. They explained that the were only WOOFING, which ...

Sunday dawned as yet another utterly beautiful day.Warm, clear, no real humidity. Maria and I checked out the Ithaca Farmers Market ( a mix of local crafts, farm stalls, and food stalls) on the banks of Lake Cayuga. I was intorduced to a neighbour of theirs, an historian at Cornell, but who was introduced as "our neighbourhood shop steward". Maria then explained. The residents of Ithaca had a while back, organised themselves into a form of "rate payers union", with an elected ...