Archive for August 26th, 2006
If you didn’t make it to day 1 of the Polish Harvest Festival you are in luck, there is a 2nd day. The festival is held at Corpus Christi Church, 199 Clark Street at the corner of Kent Street. It is just southeast of the Broadway Market. The hours for Sunday are 11:30 am to 8 pm. The food is delicious and cheap!!
I started out with some pierogi filled with sauerkraut, mushrooms and carrots. I didn’t get a picture, I was starving and ate them immediately. They were delicious, big and buttery. For $3.00 I received 4 large, homemade pierogi. Next I decided to try the golabek (stuffed cabbage). I was literally in heaven eating it. It was big and only $2.00. The filling was the most moist, soft and tasty that I have ever eaten. The tomato sauce was equally delicious. Nothing fancy, but it had a fresh, sweet tomato taste that was very good.
Of course I needed something to wash this food down. Enter the Polskie Piwo (Polish Beer). It had a bite, yet it was smooth at the same time. The beer was offered in 2 different sized bottles. I had the small, 11.2 oz., for $3. Other food items available were a sausage plate, pastry, lazy pierogi, dogs, burgers and fries.
When you go tomorrow, you must take a walk around the interior of Corpus Christi Church. The building itself is a fine example of Romanesque architecture. The interior is breath taking. It is worth the trip just to view this beautiful church. The Pauline Fathers, who own the church, are in midst of a million dollar renovation program. So far, about $255,000 has been raised. The history of this church is fascinating and posted with pictures of the renovations in the entrance-way. Below is a slide show from the inside of the church. I might return tomorrow with my tripod for some more photos. I was a bit rushed today since I only had about 15 minutes before the 5 pm mass was starting.
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Boomerang’s, located at 995 Niagara Street, Buffalo, is one of my regular stops when I’m in the mood for a Friday fish fry. Like anyplace with a good fish fry, you might have to wait a bit for a table. That isn’t a problem here, the bar room is a comfortable place filled with friendly people. It is the kind of neighborhood tavern that Buffalo is noted for. The beer is ice cold, served with a smile and won’t break the bank at $2.50 for a bottle of blue.
You have a few choices for seating. You can sit in the dining room that is right off the bar, you won’t miss your friends and neighbors if you choose this spot. There is also another dining room that wraps around the back and side of the building. This will offer a bit more quiet on Friday. The third choice, which is what my party decided on, was a table on the front deck.
After perusing the menu, 2 of us decided on the beer battered haddock fish fry. The dinner is served with macaroni salad, cole slaw and your choice of potato. I opted for the potato salad and wasn’t disappointed. The macaroni salad and cole slaw are quite good also. The meal is served with eppie rolls and butter. The haddock is always wonderful. It has a very good tasting beer batter that is also light and crisp. More often than not, I leave here with a “to go” container. The portions are always generous.
The 3rd person in our party, the fussy eater, decided on a steak sandwich. He wanted mashed potatoes, unfortunately they weren’t being served at the time. However, he was in for a pleasant surprise. There were mashed sweet potatoes available. I didn’t get a taste but was told that they were delicious. The fussy eater was very satisfied with his meal. Next time I visit I will have to try the sweet potatoes.
Prices here are very reasonable. Most items on the menu are between $5 and $10. I have dined here on other occasions and tried several different menu items. I have always been happy with my choices and love the reasonable prices.
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A recent project by The Sunlight Foundation exposes huge amounts of taxpayer money being spent as anonymous earmarks from Congress. One of the earmarks provides $3 million dollars to the City College of New York for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service to prepare individuals for careers in public service. Not only are we being screwed by the government’s taxation everyday, we are paying millions of dollars to teach people how to screw us!
Here’s the list of identified Buffalo area earmarks:
- $100,000.00 for 1490 Enterprises Inc. for a program to improve physical activity and nutrition among senior citizens. This is the community center founded by Herbert Bellamy, Sr., former Councilman-at-Large for the City of Buffalo for 9 years.
- $450,000.00 for Roswell Park Cancer Institute for facilities and equipment for cancer treatment in collaboration with WCA Hospital in Jamestown, NY.
- $300,000.00 for Mercy Hospital for facilities and equipment. Notice the vague descriptions - “facilities and equipment”, that could be anything.
- $175,000.00 for Erie Community College for a program in real time writing and captioning, which may include student scholarships. Another not so clear description of exactly what the money is earmarked for.
- $100,000.00 for Erie County Medical Center, for a telemedicine project. Huh??
- $100,000.00 for the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County, for arts education programs. I always get warm and fuzzy feeling when the government decides which art deserves our money and which doesn’t. I’m very sure our Congressman are all experts on art and would never give our money away foolishly.
- $75,000.00 for People Inc., for an integrated Alzheimer’s and dementia respite care demonstration project. Excuse, how much is the unintegrated version?
The total for earmarks destined for the City of Buffalo alone is $1.3 million. This is just a small portion of over 1800 earmarks attached to just one upcoming Labor HHS Bill. When the earmarks get attached they are anonymous, there is no public record of who they came from.
The Sunlight Foundation is working to expose this out of control spending and urges taxpayers to call and question their local representative about the earmarks.
For more information on these earmarks and The Sunlight Foundation click here. There is a map and a spreadsheet identifying the out of control spending by Congress.
