The Initial Blog and a Memorial to an Auditorium...

I've made a lot of blogs through the years. Most are still floating in cyberspace somewhere, wasting precious server space. I've thought that blogging was something that may eventually go by the wayside, but instead it only seems to be ever-growing in popularity. So my intent for this is to create a place where I can share whatever opinions and ideas come to my mind. I plan to share a lot about my home town and state—Buffalo, NY. Things like reviews about local restaurants, stuff to do, newspaper articles (I'm a religious reader of The Buffalo News), etc.

Blogger gives me a more professional place to share my ramblings than say Facebook or MySpace. Actually I hate MySpace but love Facebook...that's another story though.

Oh, and I'll probably also share pictures too, as I do a fair amount with my digital camera and Photoshop.

So here's my first real blog:

In today's (Sunday, March 29, '09) Buffalo News there was an article on the demolition of Memorial Auditorium. Seems every local has a story attached to the old Aud, and many feel compelled to share it within the broadsheets of our hometown newspaper. So here's my "Memorial" to the Aud.

Seeing as HSBC arena opened in 1996, I was only ~10 - 11 years old when the Aud shut down. Unlike most who talk of seeing Sabres greats of a bygone era light up the ice and big-name artists whose concerts Buffalo would be lucky to draw in today, my memories are simple. I remember watching Mickey and Minne Mouse piroutte around the ice rink floor in several "Disney on Ice" spectacles. The last one I attended was when I was nine, in fourth grade. Or was I eight and in third grade? My memory fails me. I remember being hideously bored at these shows on ice, even if Disney was supposed to be appealing to children. I remember the dark, dingy hallways and downright scary bathrooms in the Aud. And I remember going to eat afterward at Chef's Restaurant, and even being yelled at by a waitress for not finishing my ravioli.

Ok, so my memories of the Aud are a little clouded, vauge, and not nearly as nostalgia-filled as most Buffalonians...but I figured it's time to share my Aud tale, and let's face it, mine's probably not fit for print in The News.