treats

white cow dairy yogurt

As I have mentioned before I usually run into Wegmans in the evening after my workout to pick up whatever we have run out of during the week. There are no crowds in the evening so I find myself wandering all the aisles and checking out all the new products. Tonight I found that they have started to carry yogurt from White Cow Dairy in East Otto, NY. I have had this yummy yogurt once before. My building had this dairy once as one of the vendors they have in the lobby periodically. I'm such a sucker for these little glass recycle able jars.



I saw this one little bunch of cilantro all by itself and visions of salsa danced in my head. They danced the salsa. I forgot to buy a fresh lime though and had to make due with lime juice.



Just the way I like it.......with plenty of cilantro.

milky mountain

This is what happens when a plastic gallon milk jug springs a leak and drips on a package on whole wheat lasagna sheets in your downstairs refrigerator.

scallops with morel sauce

baby carrots


morels


tarragon Dijon morel mushroom sauce


scallops with morel mushroom sauce, baby carrots and peas with prosciutto and walnuts

it's not easy being green

I came home from work several Saturdays ago to a clean house and a gift. B had replaced all the plants that I had let die in this planter. A peace lily, a mother-in-law's tongue and two hot pink blooming Christmas cactus replaced six pots of dead brown plants. The next Saturday I went in to my sewing room to water them and found the peace lily in great distress. I quickly watered it. Several hours later I went in to check on it and the leaves were all still limp as a noodle. I took it into the shower and gave it a good dousing. I was afraid and ashamed to go look at it the rest of the evening. The next day I ventured a look and found all the leaves green, shiny and standing straight up. Plants are so resilient.



Tonight I checked on them and found my peace lily a bit droopy. He is probably wishing for a home in a different household. Sorry my little peaceable friend. I'll try to take better care of you.

spring tulips

Today Wegmans had a huge display of tulips in nearly every color you could imagine for $5.99 a bunch. A chance to show off my lustreware tulip (or is a threelip?)vase.

buffalo china

my Buffalo China

Ever since I moved to Buffalo I have been in love with Buffalo China. Remember the sturdy china from diners and dime store counters....chances are it was made by Buffalo China. This is a few pieces from my set that I bought at a garage sale years ago for $10. I have dinner plates, cups and saucers, bread plates and those sweet little dishes that hold one serving of vegetables.



the Buffalo China logo


Currently Williams Sonoma is selling Buffalo China

Buffalo China Dinnerware Collection
Sugg. Price: $32.00 – $192.00
Our Price: $32.00 – $169.00
These plates, bowls and mugs are an authentic bit of Americana. They were originally made by the Buffalo China Co., which was founded in New York in 1901 to produce the plates offered as premiums by a soap manufacturer. That sturdy dinnerware went on to become popular at roadside diners along the new U.S. highways and today it's a classic. Replicating a style from the 1940s, our dinnerware is creamy white – the natural color of the clay – with a durable, clear glaze.

I bought soup/cereal bowls on Ebay a few years back just like these to complete my set.


And if you visit a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house and they are selling china designed specially for that house, it will be Bufffalo China.


The Buffalo Pottery Company was established in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. It was an offshoot of the Larkin Soap Company, which was founded in 1875. John Larkin and his brother-in-law Elbert Hubbard conceived Buffalo Pottery to make dishes that could be purchased with certificates from Larkin Soap. In essence, the company was a gimmick to sell more soap. Buffalo Pottery produced many different kinds of pottery for commercial use in hotels and railroad dining cars, as well as art pottery that is popular with antique collectors.


These Arts and Crafts designed buildings used to be the home of Buffalo China. They are still in use today but in a bit of disrepair.



When I was doing business at M&T Bank on Friday I took these pictures. Someone yelled down at me from inside one of the building "Hey, what are you taking pictures of?" but I ignored them.


the administration building
One wall of this building stands today. My office is located in the refurbished terminal warehouse which is the only remaining building of the Larkin complex today.

Founded by John D. Larkin in 1875, the Larkin Company started out as a soap factory and became a mail-order house to rival Sears & Roebuck, selling furniture, china, groceries, paint, wallpaper, and dry goods. Largely defunct by the end of the Great Depression, Larkin is best remembered today for hiring a young Frank Lloyd Wright to design its Administration Building, an architectural landmark that was demolished in 1950.

st pats

When I came into work on Wednesday morning I found two gold coins and a lottery ticket on my desk....left there by a tall, thin lepechraun.



Look what I won....nothing!



But my lunch was free. I had a gift card with maybe 50 cents left on it. At the Chautauqua Cafe I handed the cashier my gift card and was going to pay the balance ($6) with my debit card. She swiped the gift card and the number wouldn't read, so she punched the number in. Then she told me I had a $34.60 balance remaining on my card. I told her that couldn't be because the card had less than a dollar on it. She doubled checked the number and said "Oh, I put the number in wrong. It took it off someone else's gift card." Then she said "Just go, you're all set." So I did.



And returned to our office that I got to decorate when we built them out about five years ago. I still like all the colors, furniture, carpet, tile...everything. This is the reception room. Decorating and helping to design our office was probably the most fun thing I have ever done. I got to chose absolutely everything.



After work I changed into jeans and remembered these Minnetonka moccasin boots that I bought at a thrift store a couple years ago and had never worn. They exactly matched the sweater that I had worn for St. Pat's Day. B was having dinner at his board meeting so Barb and I had dinner and wine at JoJo's, the new wine bar next to and owned by Black and Blue. My camera battery died so I wasn't able to get pics but it was decorated contemporary but cozy. We shared a grilled romaine salad and a thin crust pizza with cheese,thinly sliced steak,black beans and corn. We had a great time and I would definitely go back to this place again.