Saturday, January 28th from Noon to 5 pm, visit McGregors for their annual ROBBIE BURNS DAY CELEBRATION. And of course Haggis is on the menu ! So if you are craving traditional Scottish dishes, this is the place to be Sat. Mc Gregors contact info: 5503 Dutch Street Dundee, NY 14837-9746 (607) 292-3999 www.mcgregorwinery.com Don’t be surprised that this Scottish named winery would be celebrating Robbie Burns Day, there is quite a large contingent of Scotts in the area as evidenced in Dundee every year, where you can find the quite sizeable Scottish Festival.

There are two buildings that always catch my eye when I travel through Clifton Springs, NY on Main Street – the Clifton Springs Apartments which was formerly the Clifton Springs Sanitarium that was dedicated in 1896 and the Congregational Church which is located a little further up the hill. There’s a lot of history in just these two buildings. But my visit to Clifton Springs took me off Main Street to 2 South Street where the G. W. Lisk Co., Inc is located. Here, tucked in some rolling terrain is an unobtrusive international company which builds world class electro-mechanical valves…read more

I enjoy reading Mary St George’s blog – The Chair on the Lake (click here). She shares her knowledge of the wineries and her lifelong personal experiences of living in this place which we both love called the Finger Lakes Region of NY State. She is also able to bring her professional experience as a real estate broker to her blog, The Chair on the Lake. Now you can have access to Mary St George’s blog from here by just clicking on her blue button logo, the chair on the lake. Knowing someone who can show pictures and describe some…read more

Normally in January, the north end of Canandaigua Lake would be frozen over and the ice cover would extend for at least a mile down the lake. The hardier kind of folks would be out in the January cold ice fishing for perch along the weed beds. But this year is different. A group of Canadian geese were basking in the 20 degree temperatures and having a good time right behind the bathhouse in Kershaw Park! Their southern migration is off schedule due to the unseasonable temperatures but they are very much at home in the cold in their goose…read more

It was the calm after the storm. That good feeling which comes after you’ve finished clearing off the driveway for the third time and knowing that you can go to the grocery store if you really wanted to go. We’ve had our first storm of the winter here in the Finger Lakes and behind the storm came a high pressure area which cleared the sky of its grey and allowed the sun to shine thru again. And with the sun and cold came that “it’s great to be alive feeling” and a wanting to be outside to enjoy some winter…read more

When I recently visited Auburn, I couldn’t figure out why there was a giant Genesee Beer sign in downtown Auburn, NY. Not that I have anything against Genesee Beer as it used to be the beer of choice during the 60’s and 70’s when I was working in Endicott, NY. Today, most towns around the Finger Lakes limit the amount of outdoor advertising that a company can do. My friend Michael Sargent who was born and raised in Auburn, NY sent me some information on the giant beer sign (click here) and also supplied me with a picture of what…read more