That was Frederic Church's home. He was an artist who was incredibly instrumental in starting the Hudson River School of painting and had it built in 1861 after being inspired by traveling abroad.

This is the website:
http://www.olana.org/

It's absolutely beautiful inside. There's really intricate tile work done by who were at the time his contemporaries in the Middle East and who are now considered to have been among the very best at that. There is stenciling all over the place that he designed himself. The wood is also beautifully carved, and he collected all this random stuff from different cultures and civilizations that basically makes the house into a museum. Everything in it is original. The last time I went on a tour of it I was eight, but I plan on attending another if I get out there this summer... which will likely happen if my parents end up moving back as planned lol.



Yeah, there are some really nice ones in Buffalo. Buffalo really reminds me of some Chicago neighborhoods in that regard. The houses are basically the same, and they're all beautiful.

It's just amusing how much history is where I used to live, in this tiny little town most people haven't heard of. It's about as historically significant as Buffalo considering how many people crossed paths there, but the only way you'd know it exists is if you're from the area. Among the houses I posted are the first law school in New York state and a Benedict Arnold house. They're just normal homes now. Two of the houses I posted are open to the public; they're not private residences. I'd love to own one of the private residences someday, especially the Van Schaack house, but considering the fact that most of the homes in the area go for $750,000-$1 million+ (my parents will be renting until they can move into my grandmother's house hahaha), I'd guess that one would cost upwards of $3 million.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

Why does Stevie Ray's guitar playing give me chills?

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I saw Mark Steenhuis and his family today at the Factory Outlet Mall.

It was nuts, I tell you!!!

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Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?

ATTENTION SABRES: who are you people??!?



http://sabresbecause.tumblr.com

Also guess what, I have made 99 tweets.

They are all about nothing. FYI.

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Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?

ATTENTION SABRES: who are you people??!?



http://sabresbecause.tumblr.com

Laura, follow me!

What's your username? I'm a pretty active fella on that there Twitter.

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mechaphil

+2

<edit>On another note, I can't believe I watched endless episodes of "Real Housewives"
Did anyone know they have 3 sets of dysfunctional women (NY, NJ and Orange County, CA) with nothing else to do but drink, charity events and tear each other apart? ::shudders::

It was sort of like a bad trainwreck. You know you shouldn't look, but you can't help yourself. ::blink::

My life is tame, comparatively speaking.

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"Sarcasm and cynicism: Just two of the many services I provide."
"Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them."
"You can't polish a turd."

heloes from kanadia.

where neighbours labour to honour you with humourous rumours...eh?

take off ya hosers, i'm suckin back a brown, eh? Molson Export, eh?

bin oot 'n aboot

keep yer heads up, yer elbows down n yer sticks on the ice.

Dan, we still need to go to a game. And this time, I have ticket hook ups.

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DAN!

ICE!

are you back?

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Check out my website: http://www.artistzero.com

"That wasn't very nice...I do believe you killed my hat."

Driver of the FIRE LINDY RUFF Bandwagon since 2008.

My PS3 is not connecting to the internet right now.

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Hi, Ice.

I'm being such a jerk on Facebook right now. I'm tired of being passive, though... It's getting absurd.

I posted the link to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JfvhQwEHg
and then was like


I'm sick of it. It's been a month, and these three brats in high school won't stop posting about it, and all these people they're friends with post their agreements, and it's DISGUSTING. I can't believe the people i used to associate with.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

If we kept our sticks on the ICE, wouldn't that create a hindrance (or pain) for you?

You ARE the "Ice", after all. Good to see you. I hope things are well in Kanadia.
::bows while paying homage::

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"Sarcasm and cynicism: Just two of the many services I provide."
"Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them."
"You can't polish a turd."

My cousin has her reading week this week and she gets to Dominican The plus side is I get to look after her 5 month old cat and she is crazy, the thing never stops playing and pissing off my other two cats

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

sir, you seem to have a deep appreciation for guitar and effects and such, so here. enjoy this.

this gives me the chills.

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I still plan to play "Your Hand in Mine" if the Sabres ever win the Cup immediately after the final horn. Just mute the TV and play that at full blast.... and then go out to walk the streets.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I fucked up I think...

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"She's like plan C after an 18 pack"

Squanto 7/27/2010

I HATE when companies LIE to their customers.

Verizon website says representatives available 24/7, then when I call the machine says "Try back during normal business hours." I call bullshit on Verizon and hope whoever put that up on there website seriously dies in a horrible, slow, agonizing, torcherous, way. Its fucking ridiculous how insane it is to even get a hold of a normal human being there (which is why I'm canceling my internet service with them in the first place.) Goddamn it you jerks

Edit: Just so you all know, I really don't want this person to die such a horrible death or die at all for taht matter. I'm just getting my frustration out at this bullshit company and how they handle their "customers." We're human beings... we don't need to talk to fucking bots and we don't need FALSE information you scumbags.


k all better....

coolest goalie pads ever?

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sigur ros would be a hell of a choice as well.

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