Canisteo – A Picturesque Village in the Valley
With its village green, cluster of local businesses, and quiet streets, Canisteo is small and comfortable – a pleasant Finger Lakes community. Perched midway…
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Book Look: Reading Reviews
The books reviewed in this issue offer something for all seasons and all ages. The topics covered are favorites of Finger Lakes writers –…
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Behold… Breakfast!
Whenever we take a road trip, the one question that always comes up is, “where are we going to eat?” For me, it’s all…
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Barreling Ahead
Nothing says wine country like wine barrels, except perhaps for handmade wine bars crafted from refurbished ones. That’s exactly what Kevin and Jill Bailey…
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An Intimate Approach at Kemmeter Wines
I had driven by the Kemmeter property many times with a vague idea as to its location, but without a real sense of what…
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A Little Bit of Everything
As an artist, I’ve always been interested in birds, especially birds of prey. There’s something regal in their bearing. Scientists think they are descendants…
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At LIFL magazine, we love our thesauri. So when we needed a cool word to describe this olio/mélange/gallimaufry/macédoine of stories written by a class…
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The Man Who Fell in Love with Antique Tractors
They called it “legendary” and “one of a kind” and “not to be missed.” People came from all over the United States and 35…
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The Glow & the Glimmer
I was 8 when I met Canandaigua Lake. It was huge, limitless – a youthful (and false) perspective. But during that late-summer holiday, the…
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The Wienery: Seneca Lake’s Spot for Dogs, Burgers and Wines
Chef and Master Sommelier Christopher Bates agreed to meet with me early on a Friday morning at his new Seneca Lake restaurant, The Wienery,…
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