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The South Wedge Quarterly

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Editorial Board Chris Jones bird & bees Karrie Laughton welcome, Katie Libby Rose O’Keefe Paula Frumusa Early July marked 40 years on Gregory Street for my husband and me. When we first moved here all I Bridgette Pendleton-Snyder knew about Rochester had come from Ripley’s “Believe It or Not” about the Finger Lakes being shaped Lori Bryce Toni Beth Weasner by the handprint of the Almighty. That’s it. Our move was around the time of the Bicentennial and I recall Deb Zakrzewski watching the Tall Ships sailing near the Statue of Liberty on our small black and white TV. [email protected] One of the biggest surprises of moving into our 1860s fixer-upper cottage was that there was a big ‘pine’ Art Production tree in the back yard and it shed its needles in the fall. I was sure I had killed it. Ends up it was a larch (a de- Chris Jones ciduous conifer) that had been planted at the same time as the beauties in Highland Park. I was so relieved neighbor. Brittany Statt that first spring when soft-as-silk, shimmering green needles emerged. Advertising Sales Manager Maybe the reason I’ve got a green thumb is because I’ve kept a compost pile for over 40 years. The truth? Nancy Daley | [email protected] Anyplace where I lived that had a yard had hard, dry soil in desperate need of help. That’s where free leaves Printed By and regular kitchen scraps came in handy. It took 10 years of compost to bring back that yard and after 16 PrintRoc | printroc.com years there, I was finally pleased with the results. Contributing Writers Philip Duquette-Saville Maybe a little bird sitting in the larch tree told me to study local history. I did get glimpses of it during 13 Rose O’Keefe years at The Wedge newspaper. What? This was an Erie Canal village? I was prompted by SWPC volunteer Paula Frumusa Dave Halter to write my first local history book and then decided to have a Regional History Fair at the Lori Bryce German House in 2005. Yes, I did get a bee in my bonnet to find out everything I could of what life was Rachel Leavy Bridgette Pendleton-Snyder like for Frederick and Anna Douglass and their kids on “Douglass Hill” as their homestead was once called. Don Alcott Leslie Zinck Ward Working on this issue of the quarterly started with interviewing Monroe County Parks exec Larry Staub Katie Libby which led to a sidebar on the Children’s Pavilion, an article on Mount Hope Cemetery and finally these Toni Beth Weasner Deb Zakrzewski words.

Contributing Photographers While writing about the cemetery, I remembered two things: 1 – that I had borrowed Richard Reisem’s Stephen S. Reardon book, “Buried Treasure in Mount Hope Cemetery” so many times from the library, that last fall I finally Karrie Laughton Chris Jones shamed myself into buying it. 2 – back in the days when the city did not enforce leash laws, we often let Living Styled our dogs run loose there. But I learned my lesson; our second dog would make a beeline for Sylvan Pond Dave Burnet and if I didn’t get her back on the leash in time, we drove home with a happy, wet, and stinky dog. Argh! Gerry Szymanski Plus, I got poison ivy from our dogs for years before I figured out that keeping them on the leash avoided that problem. Double Argh! From the first summer in our second house on Gregory street, I’ve worked BASWA Board on replacing the front lawn with a few flowers and now a butterfly garden. Life isn’t perfect in the gar- your neighborhood health center Bob Criddle den, but it is good. As for those birds and bees, surrounded as we are in the Chris Jones friendly, affordable, accessible health care services – just down the road. Karrie Laughton South Wedge by the Genesee River, Mount Hope and Highland Park, I never Rose O’Keefe expected to see so much wildlife in a city neighborhood. For better and John Roth for worse we have squirrels, skunks, possums, voles, bats, occasional fox, Jim Wolff deer and wild turkeys, and my summer time favorite – blue heron! What being a good neighbor means to us: It’s doctors and nurses who listen and understand your needs. It’s Deb Zakrzewski care you can afford, and help when you can’t. It’s free parking and extended hours. It’s a bus stop out front, Rose

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by katie libby SWQ ASKS LISA lisa meyer photos by stephen s. reardon

What is the last picture that you took on your phone? My floral center- piece from my last wedding at the Wadsworth Homestead in Geneseo Totaling the company car other wedding creatives like Meyer lives in Irondequoit and What is your perfect pizza? Anything vegetarian & wood fired. doesn’t usually translate into photographers and videogra- plans on “bonding with my If you could be any age for a week, what age would that be? an opportunity for growth, but phers. house again” after weddings 21, because I always liked getting proofed when I was younger. Wegmans in the case of Lisa Meyer, it Meyer operated her business season draws to a close. Some doesn’t count. did just that. Meyer was living in the St. Paul Quarter for five destination weddings to warmer The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? Definitely Beatles and attending college as an Art years before deciding to move locales may also be in her future. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? major in New Jersey when she the operation to the South If you’d like to make an appoint- I actually have to say its what I do now as a wedding florist. Its an amazing got a job delivering flowers for Wedge. “I love this neighbor- ment with Meyer, you can do feeling to know your art is part of someone’s lifelong memory. a local florist. After the crash, hood,” she says, “it has such so through the website, www. Are you glass half-empty or half-full? I surprise myself all the time that I her boss took the keys away, but a quirky, eclectic, vibe and I flowerpowerdecor.com, or by am glass half-full decided to teach Meyer floral thought what I could bring to calling 585-201-1866. What do you do to get rid of stress? Nicole’s Turbokick class at the RAC design. Some thirty years later, the table would be a good fit.” What’s your favorite way to waste time? Catching up on social media Meyer has opened up her own She’s a big fan of her neighbor, What musician/band would play the soundtrack to your life? Sigur Ros, wedding and event floral design Solera Wine Bar and Cheshire, for my dramatic theme music company, Flower Power Décor and when she’s not in her shop Where is the most beautiful place near where you live? Durand East- (653 South Avenue), in the you can find her enjoying a glass man Park What is the best room in your house? Why? I have always joked that my South Wedge. of wine next door. Meyer also favorite room in my house is my backyard. Its the reason I bought it. Its my Meyer loves the creative and provides some arrangements for little garden oasis. personal elements that go into the wine and cocktail bars. Where is the best place in Rochester or South Wedge to take a date? wedding floral design. “I like She keeps up with what is new Solera to be part of something that and trending in the industry What TV show do you want your life to be like? My all time favorite, Sex is creating a lifelong memory,” through Pinterest. “Everything & the City. she says. In addition to wed- is Pinterest driven,” she says, What book has had the most impact on your life? “The Food Pusher’s dings, Meyer also does corporate “my clients come in with Pinter- Cookbook” written by my brother, Chef Rick Melfi. Its a poignant homage to my events, engagement parties, est boards they have already family’s Italian heritage through my mother’s & grandmother’s recipes. It brings bridal and baby showers, and created.” Pinterest also offers to back so many memories. other special events. She shares opportunity to learn new styles Text or phone call? Text, quick & easy the space on South Avenue with and color palettes. 4 summer 2016 southwedgequarterly.com 5 people people

Carniolan Honey Bees are favored among beekeepers for several reasons, including their abil- ity to defend successfully against insect pests while at the same time being extremely gentle in their behavior toward beekeepers. They are resistant to some diseases and parasites that can debilitate hives of other subspecies.

Bee-Friendly Herbs & Flowers: Borage Bee Balm (Monarda) Catnip by paula frumusa birds & bees photos by stephen s reardon Anise Hyssop Verbena Lemonbalm Echinacea Rosemary Lavender A farm girl from Bethany, NY well-behaved, handsome rooster The honeybee is merely the tip ties for the compost and garden, Basil and an Iraqi Freedom veteran named Mr. Beau, and “hosting” of the pollinator iceberg. There while the rooster, Mr. Beau, Crocus weren’t looking for a house when honeybees, as Jenna calls it. are more than 4,000 described watches over everyone’s safety and Poppies they came across the 1879 Vic- Jenna’s passion for honeybees species of bees in North America, brings tasty tidbits to the hens’ Native or single-petal torian for sale. Their plan was started as a shared interest with many of which are threatened by attention. The chickens eat veg- roses to buy a small farmstead, but her late father, Ken. The honey- habitat loss and the indiscrimi- etable scraps, homemade organic ironically they ended up right bees quickly became a gateway to nate use of pesticides and fertil- feed, and forage in a large fenced back where Derek Baca first learning about the rest of the pol- izers. She is a strong advocate for area for protein rich bugs and moved when he came back from linator world. Many people keep cities to stop using pesticides, worms. The Bacas feel strongly his military tour, right here in bees for their honey, but Jenna’s especially neonicotinoids, which that chickens are a commitment, the South Wedge. The trees, the focus is on hosting bees and are a major threat to pollinator not just a hobby. property and the enormous po- providing them with a habitat to health. Jenna is always encour- Future plans for their South tential spoke to them and within thrive in. The honey is a delicious aging everyone to think before Wedge property include a small 24 hours of seeing it with their bonus. Jenna and her father built they spray or use commercially orchard, solar power, and a realtor it was their new home. the Warre hives that now proudly produced pesticides. greywater system. They are also Jenna and Derek Baca are taking host 3 colonies of Carniolan In addition to their apiary, they laying the foundation for a huge a permaculture approach to their honey bees. Warre hives are an keep a micro flock of heritage vegetable garden. property, working with the exist- old French style hive that allows breed chickens. Sara, Tegan, You can follow the journey of ing ecosystem and land features the beekeeper to take a more Audrey, and Midge produce, on their urban homestead via Jenna’s with the goal of creating a low hands-off approach, allowing the average, one egg per hen a day. blog: http://dancingharehollow. input, highly sustainable mini colony to develop more naturally Their chicken family started com urban homestead. Included in than in Langstroth hives, which to grow with summer chicks this approach is raising a micro are typically used in commercial hatched naturally in June. The flock of chickens, including their honey production. flock also provides “tilling” du- 6 summer 2016 southwedgequarterly.com 7 ABUNDANCE-SWQ_SUMMER_2016.pdf 1 6/22/2016 5:12:35 PM

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highland park’s children’s pavilion by rose o’keefe photos courtesy of highland park conservancy

Not everyone who visits Rochester during the Lilac Festival may be aware that High- land Park has a world-class arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The broad south-facing slope from the heights to Highland Avenue, east of South Avenue, west of Goodman Street, south of a residential neighborhood and south to Highland Avenue and Elmwood Avenue, is the historic 1890s section designed by Olmsted, Sr. & Sons and constructed by the City of Rochester Parks Commission. Few changes have been made since then and this area of Highland Park is registered as a National Historic Landmark and is a part of the City’s Mt. Hope-Highland Preservation District. The Pavilion was constructed during 1890, at a cost of $7,000 with funds donated by George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry, who had also donated 20 acres to form Highland SWQ Asks larry Park. The Pavilion was round, with three levels, each one smaller than the one below. It a walk in the park with larry staub What is the last picture you took on had a central staircase and was 62’ in diameter at the base and 46’ in height. by rose o’keefe your phone? The Pavilion was dedicated in 1891 and was the showcase at the park for 72 years photos by dave burnet Son and daughter at Mercyhurst University before being torn down due to disrepair in 1963. The Highland Park Conservancy, a in Erie, PA. non-profit organization committed to preserving the park’s heritage, has taken on its What is your favorite pizza? reconstruction as a special project in addition to their other programs to promote and What does a good day at work look in April. Some days there are pleas- Larry graduated from Bishop Ke- None. Since he’s lost 50 pounds, he picks like for the County Parks Direc- ant tasks like the unveiling of the arney High School and majored in maintain this local treasure. at the toppings after everyone is done. Larry Staub appreciates the public’s involvement in the county parks, especially the tor who oversees 21 parks covering 2016 Lilac Festival poster and school Asian Studies at State University at Favorite band/musician? 12,000 acres, with 100 employees visits to connect local children to the Albany. He’s been active in the Mon- active groups at Highland Park, Seneca Park Zoo and Ontario Beach. Speaking of Frank Sinatra – he saw him 4 times, in Buf- rebuilding the Children’s Pavilion, he said the Conservancy “is a great group that has and double that in warm weather? parks system. Coming up, he will roe County Legislature and Repub- falo, Radio City Music Hall, Niagara Falls high odds of success” – even though the price tag is steep and they’re aiming to get all In late June, Lawrence “Larry” Staub celebrate ten years as Park Director lican party and was offered a vacant and Rochester. the funds from community support. II was the first person to rent the in August. legislature seat in the Perinton-East If happiness were the national cur- brand new Abraham Lincoln Lodge Rochester district two+ years ago, rency, what kind of work would make Back in 2001, the Southeast Area Coalition, Inc. formed the Committee to Rebuild in Penfield, for his twins’ graduation If, like me, you’re not a golfer, the and then changed his mind about you rich? the Children’s Pavilion in Highland Park and worked with a local architectural firm to party. The new lodge is beautiful and transition of municipal golf courses resigning from the County Parks. This is the best job I’ve ever had. develop a feasibility study of the reconstruction of the Children’s Pavilion in Highland he received many compliments from to the county may not matter much, Glass half empty or half full? Park. The Committee to Rebuild the Children’s Pavilion has since become part of the 150 family members there that day. but it still has to be dealt with and Who knew that public-officer law -al No need to ask. He’s an optimist. Highland Park Conservancy, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization. Rebuilding the pavilion (That is sweet.) plans for the Zoo are a sensitive lowed then-County Executive Mag- What do you do to get rid of stress? is a special project which technically is a restoration that includes replacing a missing topic, like tearing down the old gie Brooks to perform his wedding Walk around his neighborhood in Perinton. historic feature of Highland Park. Trying to find Larry Staub at his Cooperative Extension building next at the Daisy Flour Mill in 2006? Or Your favorite way to waste time? Replacement does allows for slight changes to the original design, such as an eleva- desk may be harder than catching the to Highland Park South. Once the that he and his second wife, Dawn, TV. He flips through Fox, CNN and MSNBC. tor for accessibility, staircases that meet current codes, and using building materials wind, but his busy schedule includes summer season is past, there’s also ice purposely live on the same street What’s the most beautiful place near that meet current fire and building codes. The new structure will match the original managing Lake Ontario Beach, holy skating, sledding, downhill and cross- as his first wife, Laura, who shares where you live? in size and have a wooden frame, stairs and second and third level floors. The railing cow – the strategic plans for Seneca country skiing, snowshoeing, and ice joint custody of the twins Abigail Highland Park, of course! and balusters will be aluminum finished with a coating to resemble stained wood, to Park Zoo, and improvements at fishing to look forward to. Adams and Lawrence III – and this What annoys you that doesn’t bother withstand Rochester weather. Powder Mill and Mendon Ponds. arrangement has worked out well? other people? The cost is estimated at $3 million plus an endowment fund to insure maintenance for From disc golf at Churchville and Larry let me know it takes 21 Merit For the record, Dawn who grew up Bad grammar. generations to come. Because Highland Park is listed on the National Register, all plans Ellison Parks; tennis and pickleball at Badges to become an Eagle Scout in Hamlin and went to Syracuse The best place in Rochester or South must be reviewed the New York State Historic Preservation Office for compliance with Wedge to take a date? Churchville, Ellison, Greece Canal, and that’s how many he has, but his University, has been county purchas- the State Environmental Quality Review Act. To contribute to this outstanding project, Movies in the Bowl. He’s very proud to Ontario Beach and Webster Parks; son Larry III has 59. Larry is active ing manager for 11 years. They met contact: http://www.HighlandParkConservancy.org. Go to Highland Park Conservan- athletic fields in use from the end in Troup 325 that his son belongs to, when he worked in politics and she have rented the most recent Star Wars. cy on Facebook to join them, find events, volunteer or donate to support their work. of June to Labor Day, boat launches as Advancement Chair. What’s that? was the last chief of staff for the late Do you prefer to text or phone? at Irondequoit Bay Marine Park, he The taskmaster who keeps scouts Republican Assemblywoman Audre Oh, text! never knows what’s going to greet on track to complete their badges. “Pinny” Cooke. him when he walks into the office. Spring scouting projects included Lamberton Conservatory is open 7 days a week, 10 placing flags on local graves before Larry’s mom stayed at home and a.m. until 4 p.m. except He did get to smile at the lengthy list Memorial Day; winning first place his dad worked in plastic injection Christmas Day. Admission: of people from the Audubon Society for their annual float making in the molding at the cutting edge of the Ages 0-5 Free, Adult (19- to Wegmans with a wide range of town’s annual festival, and Spring changes in that industry. As for any 61) $3, Ages 6-18)/ Ages groups in between, who thanked the Round Up at the school’s annual car- connection to Staub Dry Cleaners? 62 and up $2. Seasonal Parks Department for hosting the nival to prep for a trip to Gettysburg Somewhere in Germany, not here. Passes: Individual passes 10 7th Annual Pick Up the Parks Event for leadership training. $10, Family passessummer $30 2016 southwedgequarterly.com 11 food & drink

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food & drink ¼ Cup good olive oil 1 Tablespoon kosher salt ½ Tablespoon fresh ground pepper ¼ teaspoon paprika 1 cup of coarsely chopped fresh herbs (thyme, Italian pars- ley, basil, and scallions are my favorite) ¼ cup organic honey

Pre heat oven 450 degrees. Place chicken in a large mixing bowl. Add oil, salt, pepper, and paprika. Coat chicken well and place on a foil lined baking sheet. Roast in oven for 30-40 minutes. Turn chicken after first 20 minutes. When chicken is finished cooking place in a bowl with fresh herbs and honey. Toss to coat. Chicken can be served immedi- ately or chill for 2-3 hours. .

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Quick Pickled Ahhh…Summer! Without a doubt my favorite season. All year long I look forward to outdoor concerts, days spent by the pool, boating Green Beans on the lake, and best of all, backyard picnics. Having grown up in a small town in western Pennsylvania we had a family picnic almost 1 lb. of fresh green beans every weekend. Fried chicken and potato salad were always on the 1 large red onion thinly sliced menu. As I have gotten older and my tastes have grown up a bit I 8 cups of water prefer to stay away from the heavy mayonnaise based salads. Instead 4 cups of red wine vinegar choose fresh seasonal veggies and hearty grains to make sensational 1 cup sugar summer salads. Zest of 2 lemons Home grown green beans can be found at almost any farmers’ mar- ket or road side vegetable stand. I have great memories of helping Fresh chopped Italian parsley my Grandma Pendleton with canning vegetables from her garden. ½ tablespoon of kosher salt and pepper Her dilly pickled green beans were out of this world even if it took a Bring water, vinegar, and sugar to a boil. Place green beans and few weeks before they were ready to eat. A few years back a fellow onions in large glass bowl. Pour water/vinegar mixture over beans chef taught me a “quick” pickle method. Bring equal parts water, and onions. Cover with plastic wrap and place in fridge for 30 vinegar and a little bit of sugar to a boil. Pour this mixture over fresh minutes to chill. Drain bean mixture, place back in bowl and add veggies in a heat safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at lemon zest, parsley, salt and pepper. Toss to coat. least 1 hour or overnight. Pickled yumminess in no time at all. Although fried chicken happens to be number 2 on my all-time fa- vorite food list, frying chicken in the kitchen on a hot summer day….. no way! My simple recipe for Fresh herb and honey roasted chicken drumsticks hits the spot. Caprese Barley Salad Now what to drink? Hmmm…I’ve got it! Vanilla bean lemonade. This stuff is life changing and so simple to whip up. Serve it over lots of ice, 4 cups of cooked barley (I use the quick cook type) Vanilla Bean Lemonade with a splash or two of vodka or rum and you have the perfect sum- 2 cups of sliced fresh mozzarella balls mer cocktail. 2 cups of quartered multi-colored grape or cherry tomatoes ½ gallon organic lemonade My husband and I continue my family’s weekly picnic tradition. We ¼ cup of chopped fresh basil 2 tablespoons real vanilla extract even use my Nana and Papa Brown’s picnic basket and blanket. ½ cup good olive oil 1 vanilla bean sliced open and We turn off our phones, bring a good book and play some relaxing scraped tunes. A good life is all about being with those you love and making Juice of one lemon memories. I hope you get to enjoy these recipes and have a wonderful ¼ cup balsamic vinegar summer! ½ tablespoon kosher salt and pepper Add vanilla extract and scrapings In a large mixing bowl place olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice and salt from vanilla bean to lemonade, and pepper. Whisk to incorporate. Add remaining ingredients and whisk to incorporate. Refrigerate mix well. Garnish with some fresh basil leaves. for 1 hour. 12 summer 2016 southwedgequarterly.comsouthwedgequarterly.com 1313 THE BLACK SHEEP 280 EXCHANGE BLVD. Rochester ROCHESTER, NY 14608 585-434-4734 Child rst ROCBLACKSHEEP.COM Network

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FINN Paw•la’s Pet m Pointers Pollinator hot chicks in the city welcome by paula frumusa Plants photo by stephen s reardon

Thinking about raising your own chickens? Fresh eggs in the morning sure do Pollination: The transfer of pollen from the anthers of a flower to the stigma of sound tempting. But there are some things you need to consider before bring- the same flower or of another flower. Pollination is a prerequisite for fertiliza- ing home a chick or two. The City of Rochester codes relating to owning fowl tion: the fusion of nuclei from the pollen grain with nuclei in the ovule. Fertil- (Code 360 Chapter 30) include the following regulations: ization allows the flower to develop seeds. Seeds allow the plant to reproduce.

• You need to have a license from the Chief of Police to own fowl. Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food. • All coops shall be at least 25 feet away from any dwelling or any building They also sustain our ecosystems and preserve our natural resources by help- used for continuous daily human occupation. by philip duquette-saville ing plants reproduce. Providing food sources for these animals and insects is the grand photos by heather mckay • You can’t have any male fowl (like a rooster) over 4 months of age in the City vitally important to our planet. of Rochester after a nuisance has been reported to the Chief of Police. • You can’t keep the chicks in a cellar or any part of a dwelling or any building On July 8th The Grand had its collection of vintage clothing. Beth Pollinator plants are food sources for bees and birds. We should all be con- used for continuous daily human occupation. sidering the plants we put in our yards and gardens and their impact on the grand opening celebration. Fam- bought that collection and they • All premises where fowl are kept shall at all times be subject to inspection environment. For a bee-friendly lawn, consider these plants: clover, dandeli- ily and friends toasted the future became fast friends, bonding over and all licensees shall at all times be subject to the orders of the Chief of ons, creeping thyme, buttercups, snowdrops. Consider replacing part of your success of Beth Roberts, Heather vintage clothes, photography and Police. lawn with creeping thyme. It smells lovely, is great for pollinators, and no McKay and Jodi Muscate as they business knowledge. Jodi (Revival louelle design studio • You can’t let animals (chickens or any animal) run at large on any City street mowing required. join forces to become the premier Rentals) is a past bride of Heather’s by maureen malone photos by dave burnet or anyplace that they or someone could be injured or be an annoyance to the location for all things vintage. The and was married inside the Cinema public. Consider allowing a few of your herbs to go to flower. They will reseed Grand is the name of the space at with their wedding reception at The Sisters-in-law Andrea and Ashley pied by Little Bleu Cheese Shop on (good for you) and be great food for pollinators especially late in the season 389 Gregory Street, on the first German House. At the same time Durfee’s respective creative talents South Avenue. After working out of Owning chickens can be satisfying and they can live up to 15 years. Before you when flowers are getting scarcer. When choosing flowers for color, choose varieties that produce pollen. Many F1 or hybrid varieties do NOT produce floor. It is a collaboration (and that Heather was meeting Beth, first bore the fruit of collaboration Ashley’s attic and then a warehouse decide to share your life with chickens, you have to be willing to make a dedi- pollen, there are even sunflowers like this, which means they have little home) of Jane Vintage (clothing), Jodi reached out to Heather to see when the two came together to in Penfield, the pair was looking cated, financial long term commitment. It’s good to have the support and un- Revival Rentals (furniture & decor about getting into event coordi- nutritional value for our pollinator friends. Also choose single petal variety design Ashley’s wedding invitations. to have a street front presence and derstanding from your neighbors about your hens and, if you are so inclined, flowers versus the double-flowering type. rentals) and McKay’s Photography nation/design. The two started They discovered a shared passion for needed larger machinery to support a rooster. It is a rooster’s instinct to crow at daybreak and a rooster’s crow is the (film portrait photography studio). growing the idea for event rentals creating and that Andrea’s talent for their burgeoning business. With the same decibel level as a barking dog or a lawnmower at 90 decibels. City traffic Dandelions, those pesky weeds that so many people work hard to eradicate Everything in the store is authentic, with Jodi’s extensive collection of artwork and illustration dovetailed new boutique, the pair was able to is 80 decibels. So talk to your neighbors. There are things you can do to mini- from yards and patios are actually extremely important for early migrating including the clothing racks which furniture and decor. perfectly into Ashley’s gift for layout expand their offerings to include mize the noise from your Roo, like letting them out later or fitting them with hummingbirds and bees emerging from their hives and nests in the spring. were created out of 100 year old and design. With that, Louelle De- greeting cards, wrapping paper, no-crow collars. While uncomfortable for the Roo, the collar will keep him wood and pipe. Even the dressing Heather & Beth were talking about sign Studio, specializing in custom scarves and a stationary bar, among from making such a loud announcement of the new day. And lastly, remember General tips for your pollinator-friendly choices: single petal varieties, blue room is an antique medical display buying a building to relocate Jane wedding and event invitations, wa- other items. chickens are vulnerable to predators that exist prevalently in the City. or white flowers are preferred by bees. Plant in clusters and provide seasonal booth! Vintage with a space for McKay’s tercolor, illustration, letterpress and variety for consistent food sources. Select plants that have not been treated ‘preventatively’ with chemicals, especially neonicotinoids. Check the tag or Photography. Meanwhile, Jodi was block printing, was born in January Louelle Design Studio, located at More information can be found on the City of Rochester’s website: http:// ask at the garden center to be sure. The name “The Grand” comes looking at warehouses and work 2014. Their style is eclectic: wed- 684 South Avenue, is currently open ecode360.com/8674253 from the old 19th century name space to house the ever growing ding invitations cater to the client’s for retail Thursday/Friday from noon for Gregory & South Ave. “After furniture collection. One day, Beth aesthetic, but they always try to add to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 11 looking up historical details, maps, stumbled upon the listing for 389 a little “Louelle flair.” “We love layer- a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday through stories and information, we fell in Gregory and that day, Heather and ing and finding unique materials… Wednesday by appointment. Find love with this unknown piece of Beth received a tour of the space anything we can do that’s a little out out more by visiting their web site at history in our favorite neighbor- and had the entire idea mapped of the ordinary and unexpected,” louelledesignstudio.com (where you hood”, says McKay. out! It was then time to introduce explained Andrea. can also make an appointment for a Jodi to Beth and the rest, as they consultation), Facebook at facebook. The idea for the group space say, is history! Or was it fate? Louelle made the move to a South com/louelledesignstudio and Insta- manifested in the most interesting Wedge storefront in February 2016, gram at @louellestudio. way! Beth bought the former Far The Grand will also be available for taking over the spot formerly occu- Out Vintage store on Monroe Ave rent for small events, classes and as photo by stephen s reardon and, soon after, Heather walked in a photography studio. photo by gerry szymanski photo by karrie laughton to see about selling her extensive Finnigan Prince Humperdinck Om Irish Terrier Black Flemish Giant Mix Rabbit Red Foot Tortoise Sous Chef & Official Taste Tester. Owned by In-House Paper Composter. Zen Life Instructor. Paula Frumusa, Paw-la’s Pantry, Dog Treats Owned by Jenna and Derek Baca Owned by “Crazy Animal Guy” Kyle Hanna

Finn is a 9 year old distinguished fella, Humperdinck, now 6, lived his first 5.5 You can usually find 6-year-old Om who is always in the kitchen when there years outside on a farm before moving to hanging in the backyard at Lux on Sunday is baking going on. He was seized by ani- the big city with his mom, Jenna, where afternoons. She loves to chill out in the mal control from an abusive home at the he became a free range house bunny. He garden planters or scrounge for “puppy age of two when his mom Paula (Paw-la) is litter box trained and knows the house truffles” (aka: poo). She’s also a big fan of rescued him. He is a silly dog who loves rules. He shares his home with his 5 cat fresh fruit and mushrooms. Kyle adopted to have his feet played with, sasses back siblings. They all can be found playing her when she was 2 years old. For the next when told “no”, enjoys keeping watch of chase and Humperdinck loves to nap in four years, everyone thought that “she’ the neighbor’s bee hives, and listening to the kitty condo when unoccupied. He is was a “he” until it was discovered that she the birds in the yard. He is an amazing also a skilled high jumper sharing couch had lady-bits. YOU GO, GIRL! She doesn’t big brother to Beau and Daisy. He is also time and movies with his humans. have a lot to say, but she sure is sassy...

pets of the wedge the of pets very fond of his cats Louise & Charlotte. and sweet. She loves to get snuggles and can live to be 85 years old! 16 summer 2016 southwedgequarterly.com 17 business family if you call your elbow an elbow… the reality of yelp by emily robinson by deb zakrzewski

There are plenty of parenting situa- for them to ask. Become the trusted According to Wikipedia, “Yelp is an from the same computer tions that we’d do differently in our source. American multinational corporation • The reviewer doesn’t have house if given a second chance. The … which publishes crowd-sourced funny or useful remarks on one topic that we feel we’ve tackled Remember there’s more to it than reviews about local businesses…The their other reviews pretty well is the birds and the bees. the physiology and reproductive company also trains small businesses • The reviewer doesn’t have The jury is still out at least until the system. It’s really all about under- in how to respond to reviews, hosts Yelp friends kids are off on their own but so far standing and developing healthy social events for reviewers, and pro- so good. relationships. We parents want our vides data about businesses…” Many small business owners have Only the positive reviews had been users who love Yelp, and many children to have a strong sense of accused Yelp’s sales representatives moved; the one or two less-than- of them are your current and The extent of my sexual education self, respect their bodies, and set the Founded in 2004 by former PayPal of hinting that ratings depend on positive reviews had been moved up prospective customers. employees, Yelp grew quickly, ex- buying ads. The FTC received more thirty plus years ago centered on groundwork for trusted relation- his company’s main page. In addi- • Make sure the information ing the movie. While I’m sure all available upon request. Check out panded across Asia and Europe, and than 2,000 complaints about Yelp’s the movie, presented by the school’s ships. And relationships of course tion, most new positive reviews were about your business is complete of the kids didn’t participate in the the website www.familyplanning. went public in 2012. Revenues are business practices from 2008 to 2014, female nurse, that all the girls aren’t just between a man and being “filtered” out. and correct. Update it often. conversation, at least there was one! urmc.edu For those that are a bit generated from business advertising. many of them related to this exact watched in class. Following the woman. (I can’t believe those read- Make sure to include maps/ This approach, I must confess, is more organized, appointments can Today, with over 135 million month- issue. Yelp maintains that its filtering movie, there was a failed attempt ing materials lied to me). It’s only The bottom line is that most small directions, photos, and special not all my own. A wonderful friend be made by calling 585-279-4890. ly visitors and 95 million reviews, process is impartial and unrelated to at discussion and the distribution appropriate to talk about all kinds businesses feel that valid customer offers/discounts/coupons. and neighbor gave us some advice I made a point of walking down the Yelp has become the world’s most in- a business owner’s standing as a Yelp reviews are filtered out of their • Thank customers for of reading materials. The boys had of relationships. early on and continues to be a condom aisle at Wegmans about fluential and powerful online review advertiser. And, unfortunately for “Recommended Reviews” section. I positive reviews. Respond to a similar experience in an adjacent resource. She helped write the cur- the same time health class was talk- website in the world. However, Yelp’s small businesses, several court cases have personally seen reviews go from negative reviews quickly and room led, of course, by the male About ten years ago when our then riculum and teach the Family Talk ing Sex Ed. I pointed out the con- relationship with small business is have ruled that this process is not “Recommended” to “Not Recom- thoughtfully by trying to see physical education/health teacher. 3 year old son had his good friend, Program that is offered by Hillside doms and asked if we needed any well-known to be very rocky. Just the illegal. mended” and then back to “Recom- the issue through the reviewer’s That was it. The topic of puberty, another 3 year old boy, over to the word “Yelp” elicits rantings of anger Children Center. The course, a se- at home. Of course this brought a mended” with no apparent rationale. eyes. You can also contact the sex, and anything that involved house, one declared that he was and distrust among small business I learned about the filter when I first ries of 4 workshops that are offered little embarrassment. At this point Other reasons that business owners reviewer, do something nice for relations with the opposite (or god going to marry the other. Why not? owners. So, how is it that Yelp, which started using Yelp and could find no throughout the community, focuses in their lives they were probably dislike Yelp: Many business owners them to resolve the problem, forbid, same) sex was not to be had Our 5 year old replied that that provides free business listings and rhyme or reason as to why a review on parents as primary sexuality (hopefully) more interested in the have accused Yelp of extorting them take it off-line if necessary, ask in my home. This was pre-Google. would be okay in Massachusetts but hosts live local events intended to was filtered. I didn’t think much of it educators. free cookies being offered in the by agreeing to filter less than stellar them to revise the review and Anything that wasn’t addressed help business owners derive maxi- until I had a stalker who threatened bakery department than talking reviews in exchange for advertising then post the results so your in the movie or those distributed mum value from their “product”, has to ruin my store’s online reputa- dollars. customers can see how respon- So if they were going to Parents reading this, about condoms. After telling them reading materials I’d have to learn become so disliked by the very busi- tion. He created multiple identities sive and helpful you are. who can’t imag- that I thought they were too young on the street! be making bad decisions nesses it claims to serve? and horrific reviews that showed up Yelp encourages businesses to • Encourage your custom- ine ever having a to be having sex, I noted that there UNFILTERED on the main page of respond to poor reviews but pro- ers to review you on Google, about when to have sex, conversation with are likely plenty of kids in their Not our kids, no way. They need to At the center of the controversy my Yelp business listing. I attempted vides no mechanism to challenge which is used quite a bit more your child, should school having sex. So if they were get their info right here at home they should at least be between Yelp and small businesses is to reach a human being at Yelp, but its recommendation software. Yelp than Yelp. Many believe that know that Highland going to be making bad decisions from their parents. So first things their review algorithm. This pro- their only customer service option is refuses to engage with customers Google reviews are of a higher Family Planning is about when to have sex, they should first. That is a penis, not a wee-wee making good decisions prietary software filters reviews in a “robo-auto-fill-form” that I had to about the review process but does caliber than those on Yelp. ready to step up to at least be making good decisions and out based on a set of criteria submit numerous times, each time or a pee-pee. There are no coochies not hesitate to aggressively sell its to prevent an unplanned the plate! Stop by to prevent an unplanned pregnancy that it claims prevents businesses documenting that this was actually or cha-chas in our house either. It’s advertising. Yelp openly states that You can also review Yelp on its own and get one of their or STI! This routine is repeated from gaming the system. Accord- a criminal situation that required a vagina or, to be even more clear, pregnancy! advertisements from competitors will website, Google, and other public goodie bags for every few months. Generally I am ing to Yelp’s website the automated serious consideration. Luckily for me, a vulva. If you call your elbow an show up on your Yelp page if you do review sites such as Alignable. This your child; it’s the heard but almost always ignored. software recommends reviews “we an unsuspecting Yelp salesperson just elbow, then call your penis a penis. if they wanted to have kids they’d not purchase advertising from them. small business network offers free modern equivalent of the reading Every once in a great while, and think will be the most helpful to the happened to call while I was in the It’s only fair. Penis and vagina are have to adopt. Mind you, this child Yelp discourages business owners to business listings and their profiles materials, full of condoms (both depending on the kid present, there Yelp community based primarily on midst of this lengthy ordeal, while ask for reviews from their customers, are ranked highly by search engines. only the beginning. Puberty. Uterus. didn’t really know where babies make and female) with instructions will be some continued conversa- quality, reliability and the reviewer’s the bad reviews lingered on my Yelp and filters out any review that the Recently, over 400 small business Erection. Tampon. Sex. Testicles. came from; just that it involved a and the number to call to make an tion. Keep the door open and seize activity on Yelp. Advertisers get no listing. I relentlessly insisted he help software “thinks” is solicited. owners recently gave Yelp a 1-star Scrotum. Condom. If you can’t man and a woman. That conversa- appointment. the moment. special treatment.” me and was finally able to get the review on Alignable, venting their imagine saying these words to your tion made me proud! Look how far bad reviews removed by harassing Because there is no way to “opt out” frustrations via hundreds of com- child, start practicing now! After we’ve come, our children talking For example, the following reviews this poor salesperson and bringing Teenagers reading this who skipped of being listed on Yelp, they and ments. awhile the wow factor will wear off openly about gay and lesbian rela- get filtered out: his manager into the situation. health class and have never “had other online review sites are a neces- and the real conversation can begin. tionships in a positive way. the talk” or just have a question sary evil for business owners. Here Yelp maintains that their filter is • If the reviewer doesn’t have Another published story describes that you CAN NOT ask a parent are some ideas from small business intended to protect review integrity Anyone with a young child knows Thankfully, our kids didn’t experi- a complete Yelp profile or a small business owner who was should head down to 757 South owners on how to deal with Yelp: by filtering out suspicious reviews they ask a lot of questions. We had ence the same movie and reading doesn’t add their other social called on by a Yelp salesperson after Clinton Avenue. Chat with the such as negative reviews written out our share in the YMCA locker material approach to sex educa- media profiles (Facebook, he started receiving positive Yelp • Do not avoid Yelp! It is of spite by disgruntled employees/ staff at Highland Family Planning. room. Answer them all! Never say tion in school that I did. Instead, a Twitter, etc.) to their Yelp reviews. He politely declined to pur- not likely to go away, as much customers, or overly positive reviews It’s affordable, confidential and “wait until you’re older.” It will co-ed group of students tackle the profile chase the $8000+ per year advertising as you might wish it would. written by friends and family of the LGBTQ friendly. If you don’t want only make it feel off limits and topic in depth in health class. There • The reviewer posts only contract he was offered as his busi- It helps with SEO because it owner. However, when combined to talk sex but just want to have wrong. The answers should be was a movie but it showed the birth positive reviews ness was simply too small to absorb is a high-ranking website and with its aggressive efforts to sell sex, then stop by to pick up the free developmentally appropriate and of a baby. I know this because my • The review was submitted such a cost. Shortly thereafter, he business directory. So claim marketing assistance to those same condoms. Note that other birth information should be presented child actually came home from from an IP located outside of noticed that positive reviews began your business pages on Yelp businesses, this creates an irreconcil- control options can be made avail- incrementally as it is sought out. It’s school and told me all about it; not the area of the business (ex- disappearing from his Yelp site. Upon and other review sites. 88% of able conflict of interest. Most believe able for nearly anyone that walks tremely frustrating for travel- investigating further, he discovered important for kids to realize that the movie but of the interesting customers trust online reviews it can’t be both, but it isn’t going in free of charge. They’ll even get ers) that these had been, filtered, or “not no topic is taboo and that it’s okay conversations that were had follow- as much as personal referrals! away any time soon. you a free ride home; bus passes are • Multiple reviews originate currently recommended” by Yelp. Plus, there are LOTS of Yelp 18 summer 2016 southwedgequarterly.com 19 TIN RA G B E

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BeeSmart Drunk an interview with Kindu overhand sam

app Pollinator Mode Generator Maybird Ray LaMontagne My Morning Jacket by leslie zinck ward Turning into Water Ouroboros It Still Moves 30th Century Records/Sony RCA/Jim James Producer Jim James Shockingly, there are some people that At what point in the relationship should The invention of the text message was Spring 2016 | CD/LP/Digital March 2016 | CD/LP/Digital Spring 2016 | CD/LP/Digital Genre: Swirly Psychedelic Sunshine Genre: Thematic Floydian Splendor Genre: Kentucky Fried Rock & Reverb want to attract bees, beetles, bats, and you feel comfortable enough to tell your immediately followed by the invention other pollinators to a place where they partner that you’d like to try that thing of text regret. Before cell phones, it was Maybird is making waves. Not so Ray LaMontagne has been creating This classic re-issue is long over-due will also be. *Shudder* If you are one in bed that you haven’t tried before nearly impossible to send the 2 a.m. “U quietly up to some very interesting his own blend of American rock and and contains some real gems and of these people, the BeeSmart Pollina- but aren’t sure they would be into it up?” message without the help of a carrier things and making us all so very roll for the past decade, with songs glimpses of the very bright future proud. This is a Rochester band, and albums born out of loss and ahead of a much younger Jim app tor Generator app is for you. The app so please don’t judge? Kindu makes pigeon. I don’t have enough fingers or toes comprised of three of the region’s heartache and heartbreak. He made James. contains a database of almost 1,000 that process a bit easier – here’s how to count the number of times I’ve woken up powerhouse guitarists: Kurt Johnson great thematic progress to lead him It sounds like Jim James recorded native plants and what pollinators they it works. You and your partner both the morning after a night of debauchery (Moho Collective, and just about to his latest masterpiece, “Ouro- his breathy choruses and layered will attract for your gardening and farm- download the app that works kind of only to find the evidence of it sitting in anyone brave enough to share the borors.” them up in a big ol’ Kentucky silo. ing needs. As I don’t have any of those like Tinder. Users can choose from the my sent messages. Aside from having the stage with this dynamo) “Overhand This is an album of Floydian splen- He did that and it pays off on the needs, I will be inside in the air condi- Daily Deck, Celebration Picks, Show- Shame Nun from Game of Thrones follow Sam” Snyder (A most unusual and dor, featuring longer than average record that turned all ears to a THE FOLOWING IS AN EXCERPT, READ songs carefully constructed in an band of very metal-looking artists talented specimen, an accident at a THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW ON tioning looking up more apps for that case Picks, or Premium Packs (like the us around all night, what are we to do? young age and the desire to create architectural fashion, layer upon with flying Vs and stringy shoulder other kind of pollination that involves Advanced Kama Sutra.) The Daily Deck Enter Drunk Mode. This app lets you select developed into a strange style with layer of bristled velvet with heavy length hair. “It Still Moves” wasn’t SOUTHWEDGEQUARTERLY.COM bathing suit parts. displays a sultry suggestion and you problem phone contacts (ie. exes, that incredible tone, talent and ferocity. starch vocals, fuzzed out guitars, the first MMJ album, but it was the either mark it with thumbs up, thumbs hookup from a few weeks ago that you And of course Josh Netsky. This is and plenty of big Kentucky sound first one that got heads-turning, After years of watching him perform, app down, or maybe. When you match, your said you would never contact again but one special young man. He can courtesy of Jim James and My Morn- toes-tapping, and asses shaking in and adoring him from afar, I got the pen a tune better than anyone; his ing Jacket. a big way. opportunity to sit down for a cup a joe by katie libby partner is notified and then you guys it seems like a really good idea now, that soft but haunting vocals will follow This thematic album takes the “It Still Moves” was first released and a shared scone with the one and can have at it. You’re also able to create person in your phone that you have listed you around, especially in those listener on a decidedly psychedelic in 2002 and that reverb-drenched only Sam Snyder, otherwise known your own ideas and slip them into your under Ralph Macchio but you know isn’t darker dreams, and he is one of the journey and is broken into two parts, fuzzed-up guitar and crunchy organ around this town as OHS, or “Overhand partner’s daily deck – so if having him the actual Ralph Macchio) that you will not preeminent students of swirly and which works great for records since groove perfected by few became Sam.” dress up like Tim Riggins from Friday be able to contact (text or phone call) for psychedelic rock and roll. there are two sides. One final Floyd that My Morning Jacket/Jim James Vocals reminiscent of Deerhunter reference, this is LaMontagne’s sound. Iconic, southern-tinged rock, Night Lights and pretending the Dillon a pre-specified amount of time. You can and even Beach House tingle the “Dark Side of the Moon.” His big perfected with space and time; lus- With Maybird currently on the up and Panthers just won a championship game add friends who also have the app and spine, but Netsky has been doing epic concept album, beautifully cious vocals cascading with all-nat- up, and working with “Dangermouse” and you’ve got to celebrate under the keep track of each other during the night, it longer it seems like, and better. and simply written, clear and to the ural corn fed reverb like a waterfall Brian Joseph Burton”, the guitarist is bleachers is your thing than get it. as well as find a safe ride home. Of course, Beautiful and rich and full, comple- point, highlighted by stabs of the of pure emotion, built within layers currently living ‘between places,’ if you you can always delete the app if the need mented by layer upon layer of pedal crunchiest Gibson Guitars and heav- of synths and sounds and stomp- will, sharing his time between Ontario steel, telecaster, acoustic tinges and enly choruses of affirmation and ing beats. This is one of the seminal and Brooklyn. to send that eggplant emoji and question a very talented rhythm section that transcendence. rock records of the next generation mark to the object of your affection is too has the difficult task of holding these ‘Be careful of the steps you take…’ of classic rockers. LZW: Do you live in the South strong, but we’re better than that, aren’t guitars to the time and space re- he warns on “Hey No Pressure,” an The album is perfectly paced and Wedge? epic crunchy fuzzed out affair with layered with jaunting rockers with we? (We aren’t.) quired to keep these jams somewhat OHS: I did until about December. But grounded. just the right swells and sweeps of plenty of thick Gibson guitar tone Talent and patience do pay off, synth. The chorus repeats over and and lots of slide and even the occa- because of the craziness of going back as this release is a big deal for over, complemented by short sharp sional pop of brass. Solid and driv- and forth, I had to move out. I’m half these young men and for our street stabs of inward breaths, building ing lead from James’ guitar leads in Ontario with my parents and half cred. Not only did I pick up the ep the pressure to the boiling point the fuzzy followers into a frenzy that in Brooklyn…We’re just back and alongside the latest from Brian ENO that drops you off with the end of leaves you tired from dancing in forth, doing a lot of gigs in New York at the House of Guitars Midnite the track and at the door of the your mind. There is some seriously and working on the next ‘thing’. So, Madness Sale, but it’s distributed Changing Man. Thick and murky dirty Hammond Organ with that we’re trying to get as much shit ready through the biggest record label in swampadelia ensues, with splashes Leslie swirl that harkens to some of for whatever is going to happen next. the universe. Rad. Rochester Radio of color and light from the dark lobe the darker sounds from the dusty We are working on a bunch of new of the madcap himself. The songs garages and halls of the late 60s. Credit is flying high, and it’s not tunes and new recordings, filtering just “Juke Box Hero” pushing those segue together so seamlessly you’re Dirty. Like your martini or ex-wife cones. The waves are ablaze with not sure where one ends and the perhaps. through that…but we would rather be music from Joywave, The Demos, next begins. A heavenly chorus of James and crew show you what over-prepared than underprepared and Kopps, Maybird, Giant Panda, transcendence and transformation happens when guitars are used rehearsing and stuff like that… Mikela Davis and more. This is a layers like vocal clouds at the end properly, and the splendor of a pretty exciting time for anyone who of the first half, and the journey Skynyrd hoe-down gives way to a LZW: Are you going to move out Have an app to recommend? Send your suggestions to [email protected]. loves great music and Rochester, NY. continues. Floydian strip, big sound, big vocals, there? Great job everyone. Light, optimism, and hope give it a plenty of spaces in all the right OHS: It’s kind of up in the air at this Turning into water is a swirly spacey wispier and gentler side, but there is places. point – Kurt and I def have an affin- pleasantly poppy record with just the still a shadow cast, like one over the This big re-issue comes after MMJ’s ity to being in Rochester and so does small town in “The Lottery,” where massive “Waterfall,” and a stint in desired sweetness. Like a latte from the rest of the band….We all def like Joe Bean, not coffee and cream things seem idyllic and easy, but the studio producing the latest from from Dunkin’. there is something dark and sinister Ray LaMontagne. being here and it’s def comfortable, but Maybird splits their time between underneath. Plenty of bonus material has been the distance thing makes it tricky so Rochester and the Big Apple and These songs are layered and lush, un-earthed, fossils and relics that it’s looking like we will probably be out

they play in town regularly. Do your tones and drones and all the tell the story of the past, the early that way at some point; I’m not sure

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42 No Clue 16 No Clue Hope Mt. and Cypress of Corner d. Orbs c. Butapub b. Mallet & Tap a. Solution: 43 No Clue 17 No Clue 44 No Clue 28 18 No Clue summer 2016 southwedgequarterly.com 29 45 No Clue 19 No Clue 20 No Clue 21 No Clue 22 No Clue 23 No Clue 24 No Clue 31 No Clue The Angry Goat Pub 938 Clinton Ave S. overhand sam con’t Rochester, NY 14620 585-413-1125 LZW: So there are a lot of balls in the showing me things. It was a really cool air right now….? growth situation for both of us. We both see really eye to eye on things OHS: There are a lot of balls. because of that. Our lives have been intertwined for the past decade. I’m LZW: All of the balls… (Giggling) So not trying to be boastful of it, but I feel Mt. Hope Cemetery General and Theme Tours Maybird is taking off right now? fortunate that me and my best friends through August. For the complete 2016 schedule visit fomh.org get to make music that we don’t have OHS: We are doing some stuff yeah… to stress about…we stress in a good All Tours Meet at the North Gatehouse, 791 Mount Hope Ave. unless thank heaven for the friends of mt hope Working on some recordings. We are way, but we aren’t negative towards by rose o’keefe, photos by chris jones otherwise indicated below. Admission: $5 per person* Free for members and children under 16 accompanied by a paying adult. Cash/Check Only. really just doing more of what we did each other…we are always working We do not accept credit cards at this time. before, its just that now there is good towards the bigger idea. The South Wedge has astounding, amazing world-class natural and historic resources reason for it (laughing) – whereas right in our back yard. If you have never taken a walk in Mount Hope Cemetery, con- PUBLIC TOURS, NORTH SECTION sider it. This city-owned facility is a working cemetery as well as a history-lovers, tree- Sundays at 2:00 p.m., May 1 - October 30 plus Labor Day, Monday, Sep- before we would be writing a bunch LZW: So what is the dynamic like lovers and bird-watchers’ bit of heaven. In Richard Reisem’s magnificent coffee-table tember 5 at 2:00 p.m. This foundational tour is a two-hour guided walk of of songs with really just the goal of within the band as far as songwriting book, “Mount Hope, Rochester, New York,” you can learn that the original purchase of approximately one mile on paved roads and uneven terrain. Includes the making good music, now it’s like good and how do you guys work together: the north section was considered a wasteful, disgraceful use of taxpayers’ money for a graves of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, and topics of local music and then we can, oh, get it on history, horticulture, geology, achitecture, monument symbolism, and god-forsaken wilderness. Even so, at the time of its dedication in 1838 it was the first playlists on Spotify…and more people OHS: Josh will typically present a municipal Victorian cemetery in the United States and fortunately for us, the untamed more. are hearing it which is really good. tune and then we will sort of hone in natural landscape was repurposed without being leveled. TWILIGHT TOURS on it collectively. The tricky thing is Thursdays at 7:00 p.m., May 12 - August 11 LZW: You’ve been in the music industry just making sure that we are making “Set in a picturesque landscape shaped by retreating glaciers, the cemetery features more These 75-minute tours include some topics covered on Sunday North than 80 mausoleums, soaring Egyptian obelisks, winged angels of mercy, a Florentine Section tours as well as new material for quite some time – what’s it like to good music the whole time. Josh will cast-iron fountain, two stone chapels in Gothic Revival style, a Moorish gazebo, and in- ERIE CANAL II: BOATYARDS AND BUSINESSMEN bounce from project to project? And sort of start an idea and then we will finitely varied tombstones marking 350,000 graves across 196 acres.” (FOMH website) Saturday, July 23, 11:00 a.m. Tour Guide: Nancy Uffindell what is it like to now have this consum- sort of come in and finish it. It’s tricky The Erie Canal made Rochester a boom town! Meet some of the famous ing project? sometimes, but when a band writes a How times have changed since the contentious debates of the 1830s. Mount Hope and less-famous people who had connections to this legendary water- way. Happy Hour Specials song where everyone wrote a part of Cemetery is now listed in: Mount Hope/Highland Preservation District; New York Monday-Friday Until 7pm State Register of Historic Places; National Register of Historic Places; National Park OHS: Anytime something like this hap- it, it can be like the most claustropho- PIONEERS, REFORMERS, AND HEROES $2.00 off Signature Cocktails Services National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and the Erie Canalway pens, everybody is sort of like, we kind bic thing because there is too much Saturday, July 30, 11:00 a.m. Tour Guide: Sally Millick & Glasses of Wine National Corridor as an Affiliate Site. Rochester was home to a number of major contributors to the shaping of LIVE MUSIC of need to buckle down and work on personality in it. early New York, many of whom rest in this section (G) of the cemetery. drinks $1.00 Off Draft Beers things to make sure we have some mo- But wait! There’s more! Mt. Hope Cemetery has become a National Wildlife Fed- mentum going. So really it is just like LZW: How did you first come to pick eration Certified Wildlife Habitat and a historic site on Rochester’s portion of the FORM AND FUNCTION OF MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY that. You want to be focused and there up the guitar and how did you get into Genesee Riverway Trail. The Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery (FOMH) is a non- Saturday, August 6, 11:00 a.m. Tour Guide: Dennis Carr for whatever could happen. But playing music as an individual? profit organization of volunteers founded in 1980 to restore, preserve, and encourage What is the history of the cemetery itself, its origins, design, and layout? public use and enjoyment of this unique historical treasure. FOMH have been named a Find out on this tour that looks at Mount Hope through a unique lens. in other groups, for me has always Preserve America Steward, a designation that is granted by First Lady Michelle Obama been a good outlet and it’s much bigger OHS: Music has always been in my THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR than just the business side of it. Like family. My dad played guitar, but he to not-for-profit organizations committed to caring for America’s cultural heritage. Saturday, August 13, 11:00 a.m. Tour Guide: Dennis Carr Learn about the American Revolution through the lives of veterans within playing with Thunderbody is really nice played left-handed. My dad brought my If none of the above information whets your interest in a self-guided stroll, the FOMH Mount Hope. Music provided by members of the Towpath Fife & Drum FULL MENU because it’s a really relaxed setting brother a used not very great Squire offer general and special-theme guided walking tours throughout the year. The 2016 Corps. and you can go play a four-hour show Strat guitar. I had broken my arm and season of regular weekend public tours runs through the end of October. Visit the Kitchen Open Til 1am where one song might end up being had it in a cast for 13 or 14 weeks. I TOURS page on their website, fohm.org, for a complete schedule. FOHM also offers THE ICE CREAM TOUR Take Out Available genealogical services through their website by Friends volunteers. Saturday, August 20, 11:00 a.m. food 15 minutes long and nobody expected had this cast that went up to my shoul- Meet: South Entrance, 1133 Mount Hope Ave., opposite the Distillery it until it happened. Or playing in my der so couldn’t turn my hand over, so No surprise, this organization can always use help with ongoing restoration projects restaurant. Tour Guide: Don Hall own solo thing is kind of the same way, I set the guitar on a table and I would like the Moorish-Style Gazebo and The Civil War Monument. FOHM has a goal of Learn about the making and selling of ice cream and other sundries, one goof around and play it like a slide. I of Rochester’s earliest businesses, and enjoy a dish of special ice cream! we may just go off on some idea and it $50,000 to defray the costs of overdue repairs to these irreplaceable landmarks. FOMH could go in any direction, but Maybird learned a bunch of songs that way. I offers a membership package starting at $20 and if you have some free time, consider ROCHESTER’S EAST AVENUE is pretty calculated…there is defi- hated the guitar kind of. I liked it be- their volunteer opportunities. details about all of this are available on their website. Saturday, August 27, 11:00 a.m. Tour Guide: Sally Millick nitely some spots where we open up cause it was fun and I could do it, but East Avenue was the neighborhood of many notable residents. Learn their stories and hear about their grand mansions, some standing, some lost. artistically and let things happen and thought to myself who the fuck would Geeks Who Drink every show is definitely different, but want to do this, it’s so hard…I’d hate Trivia w/ Prizes it’s because we rehearse all that stuff to do it in a front of people because so many things could go wrong! My mind Graphic artist Ron Brancato created the beautiful image of Mt. Hope Cemetery shown at left. Prints of this unique fun Tuesdays @ 8pm ahead of time. It’s really nice to be in photographic illustration are available through the Friends of Mt. Hope during their tours and events. Brancato shares Karaoke w/ DJ Oltra: a lot of bands because you can stretch immediately went towards that. But in his rationale for the piece below. Sundays @ 9pm out and then you can plan things. high school, I bought a guitar off of one Everyone has been really understanding of my friends and we started our own After coming to Rochester in 1979, 25 years passed by before I first stepped through the gates of Mount Hope Cemetery and I of the time we have had to devote to first band…next thing I knew I was have been drawn back many times since. The vision for this photo-illustration came into my mind quite suddenly one beautiful this (Maybird). playing all the time. spring day as I walked there. The trees were still bare and patches of snow clung to shady areas of the landscape as sassy crows patrolled their rookery. Immediately I followed my vision and began photographing every angle from the inspiring spot where I LZW: Where did you and Josh meet LZW: So was this cast what ultimately was standing on Indian Trail. Back at my studio I began combining the hundred or so photographs that comprise this image and and how did you start making music led to your unique guitar-playing tech- added various elements such as roots, skeletons and the mysterious young girl in white. together? nique? This photo montage is a visual depiction of the common message that is voiced by the epitaphs of many of the Christian grave OHS: We met at a battle of the bands markers found in Mount Hope Cemetery. It’s a message of hope waiting for its time of fulfillment. The gloom of the black & Mon-Wed 4pm-2am CONTINUED ON white portions of the image speak of the lifeless graves that mark our return to dust and the final appointment with death event at Nazareth College. We both Thur-Fri 3pm-2am that we all have. The distant patch of color is the hope of resurrection into everlasting life. The young girl in white is one who lost…but we got to meet each other. SOUTHWEDGEQUARTERLY.COM Sat-Sun 12pm-2am has been granted freedom from the sting of death as she joyfully passes from one to the other. She does not stop along the It was cool because he listened to a way, but is taken directly to the object of her hope. Her white dress represents the purity of her newly perfected state which

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