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This past Sunday I took my Dad to the Buffalo airport to send him off to Magical Florida – and while I wish I was going to Florida with him – the good news was that I was able to do something I’ve wanted to do for awhile now.  I tied in a visit to Elmwood Village in downtown Buffalo.

Now I know your first impression of “Buffalo” is probably somewhat negative, but hold that thought. I think I might change your point of view.

Now like some of you, I’ve been to a couple Buffalo Sabres games, but I’ve never actually been able to play the tourist role in Buffalo. I was always impressed with some of the architecture that I saw coming into the city, but I really knew nothing about Buffalo.

Working in tourism here in Niagara, just across the border from NY state, I was curious one day awhile back and I checked out Buffalo’s website www.visitbuffaloniagara.com. The site profiled, and really singled out one neighbourhood in particular called Elmwood Village. It sounded like a vibrant, creative neighbourhood with some cool things going on, so I figured it would be a great area to check out first to get introduced to Buffalo. And I finally got to this past Sunday.

Note: This is a longer blog post than usual, but if you keep reading and hang in there, I want to tell you about a couple of the cool places I visited, and also tell you a funny story about how I was confronted twice by a security guard during my visit to an art gallery.

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