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Stonecat Café | Food

Stonecat Café | Food

I drove up to Hector, NY yesterday for lunch at Stonecat Café.  Hector is located on the east side of Seneca Lake and Stonecat sits amongst the local wineries of the area. It’s has a great atmosphere, fantastic food (using almost all local organic produce), and...
Fingerlakes Grassroos Festival | Events

Fingerlakes Grassroos Festival | Events

The Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival starts next week (July 21st-24th). Online ticket sales are closed, but you can purchase at the gate ($30-$45), or at various stores (listed here). I’m going to try to make it up for 1 of the 4 days. Even though on-site camping...
Waverly, Ithaca, Geneva, NY | Stay-cation

Waverly, Ithaca, Geneva, NY | Stay-cation

Stay-cation will be a new category for the blog.  I’m starting off with some tips from my trip around the area for the 4th of July weekend. Feel free to share your own in the comments or submit your own stay-cation ideas. Waverly, NY Saturday morning we dropped...
Journey to Palomar

Journey to Palomar

I happened upon the PBS documentary The Journey To Palomar the other day, and quite a lot of the program takes place right here in Corning, NY. The story explores the life of George Ellery Hale and his struggle to build the worlds largest telescopes; the largest of...