Despite being a man who does sit ups - have I mentioned that? - I have to make sure I do not forget those who made me a man who does sit ups including those fine purveyors of BBQ. One of the saddest days in my family was the day back in 2006 that we learned that Ralph's Ribs of Ithaca had shut …

Via NYCO, and just for the record, this post is very important not because of its critique of the Dino BBQ but because of its identification of three more worthy WNY BBQ joints to explore:  •  “But there I was, chewing on a rib as Harleys rumbled up and parked next to my outdoor table, thinking …

Steve French  •  Regular readers will know that I take great joy in being able to pop over the border that is 35 minutes from my front door and nose around northern New York state. Today, we primarily went to go to the Thompson Park Zoo at Watertown, sitting on a hill behind the town and it was a …

As time passes and you get older you forget you laughed a lot over bands like Foreigner and so you now think it is kind of cool to walk around the New York State Fair and listen to them. Apparently a lot of people are of the same mind. They were tight and from 500 feet looked pretty good …

Where is it? A or B? I am hoping for B.  •  My only plan is for the Seashore Trolley Museum  •  before we turn inland on #9 for a three-day doddle home.  •  New food fact of the day? Beale Street  •  BBQ has a bulk take-away menu. Ten bucks for a pound of pulled pork is the  •  deal of the century …

Yes, it's a school bus next to a fire  •  No big grand tours this summer - just a CNY hop and then a New England lay around. Going to new places like Brattleboro, VT for a night which allows us to find Curtis BBQ just up the road in Putney. I am receiving some resistence familially as to …

905 miles  •  Amongst the texts and pamphlets cluttering up the house with tissue boxes and bottles of Buckleys is that copy of Roadfood I just picked up along with the authors' autobiography. Low and behold on pages 152 and 155 there are entries for two BBQ joints in Owensboro, on the Kentucky …

I try to organize my life so as to not think about stuff too much. Ben is in that unhappy phase of life when he has to think too much and such consequences resulted that I felt compelled to give the advice that Oldie Olsons always give. But here in the moment when there are ribs basted enough for …

Marmalade encrusted pork ribs  •  I really have been remiss with my one man memes. Forget about the self-taught adult novice banjo, I've really never began the series on statutes of minor provincial cabinet figures throughout Canadian history. And it has been too long since I did a jetsicle story …