A surprise 85th birthday party, a bag tied in the middle, chicken wings, and a rather unorthodox place to sleep. What do all of these have in common? They all constitute the trappings, as well as the happenstances involved in a trip to the far western part of New York state, Chautauqua County, particularly...
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The Capital Region Called Me

Where were you in August of 1993? My wife and I, and our eldest son, age 21 months and climbing, were sweating it out on the third floor of a three-story walk-up apartment in glorious Flushing, New York. Flushing, for those of you who are not familiar, is the home of the New York...