Upstate New York

In between the sads, I found time to enjoy myself a bit this past week in Buffalo, from sponge candy to Bingo. It all began with an 11 hour drive that made way for lots of bonding!

As soon as we arrived, we had to stop at our favorite pizza dive, Maria's. It's amazing.

Their pizza is how I define pizza. Most importantly, pepperonis must be up like a cup!

I'm pretty sure all I did was eat on this trip. I met up with lots of family at Anchor Bar in Downtown Buffalo. It's where wings were born back in 1964. They truly are a treat!

One of my favorite afternoons was spent taking a quick snooze by the fire. Later that night, I roasted marshmallows and made s'mores with family. I'd been craving s'mores for weeks!

The moment tears fell on this trip was when singing, and hearing everyone sing, Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound... A beautiful song for a beautiful Grandma. Love you!!

Missing Grandma : (

My grandmother passed away on Saturday.

I recently mailed her a card about how we need to go line dancing soon.

Life is short. Enjoy it. Remember that.

I'm all signed up!

For my next run...

Now it's time to get back into the running groove.

Lucky.

parker and otis

This restaurant is a fabulous lunch spot - It's one of my new favorites. I love when someone recommends a truly great restaurant that also doubles over as an adorable shop.

1. You forget you are hungry as you look around the adorable restaurant that is a shop.

2. You remember why you are here.

3. You order one of the many delicious sandwich, side & drink combinations. I dined on a turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and here are the kickers, pepper jelly and a dill cream cheese. Wow! I had a side of curry chicken salad (I know that's really two meals, but I thought it looked too good to be true). For my drink, a diet black cherry soda. Yum.

4. Then once you've ordered, you pick a seat among the pretties & delight. So fun.

5. You can leave your trays, they'll take them for you, we didn't know... Even better : )