Pat McGonigle called to kid Tony about the Red Sox being in 1st Place!  You can hear the call by clicking on the player.

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Play Launch-A-Ball at the end of each Saturday Red Wings baseball games at Frontier Field this 2013 season to benefit Open Door Mission. For just one dollar for each ball,  you’ll have a chance to win great prizes such as Seabreeze and Darien Lake Tickets plus you could qualify for the Grand Prize: Jayco “Swift” Travel Trailer from Johnston RV!

23rd Annual Maplewood Rose Celebration
June 15th-16th

The roses are in bloom and a full program of activities awaits visitors to the 23nd annual Maplewood Rose Celebration, to be held June 15-16, 2013 in and around Maplewood Park and Rose Garden.  The event coordinated by the Maplewood Neighborhood Association features a cornucopia of activities that celebrate our city’s history, ecology, people, and illustrious horticultural heritage.  New this year, special children’s gorge tours added at 1 p.m. each day.

In particular this festival is an illumination and celebration of the Maplewood neighborhood. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this northwest Rochester neighborhood boasts hundreds of elegant century-old homes as well as parks and gardens designed by the firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, known as America’s greatest landscape architect. This dazzling “built environment,” when combined with the natural majesty of the river and gorge, make for a truly unique urban neighborhood.

This is the 23nd year that the Maplewood Neighborhood Association’s remarkable volunteers have partnered with the City to showcase its fantastic history, architecture, natural features, parks, and people.

2013 Maplewood Rose Celebration Schedule

Saturday, June 15

10 am – 4pm: Genesee Gorge and Falls Tours. Neighborhood docents will lead you on a fascinating, narrated tour of the historic and beautiful Lower Falls Park. Tours are ongoing; last tour leaves at 3:30 p.m.

10 am-4 pm: Recreation on the Move. The City Bureau of Recreation’s award winning mobile recreation center will roll out to Maplewood Park for the festival featuring environmentally focused activities for kids.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m: Children’s inflatables

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Arts and Crafts Show; Children’s Vendors

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Tour the Rose Garden and enjoy garden workshops. Learn from the City’s horticultural staff and Rosarians from the Greater Rochester Rose Society.

11 a.m. – 7 p.m.: Food vendors available (fee)

12 –1 p.m.: Garden Photography:  a workshop by city photographer Ira Srole. Bring your camera!

1 p.m.: Children’s Gorge Tour

12-4 p.m.: Wine and Jazz in the Garden. Features area wineries and farmers sampling and selling their wares in the garden amidst the fragrant bouquet of roses. Jazz musicians all afternoon, featuring Darryl Parker Trio and Phil de Chateauvieux. Fee for tastings, with all proceeds benefit the Maplewood Neighborhood Association.

4-7 p.m.: Lady Rose and her jazz sounds close out the day in the Big Gazebo.

Sunday, June 16 

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Recreation on the Move. The City Bureau of Recreation’s award winning mobile recreation center will roll out to Maplewood Park for the festival.

1-4 p.m.: Rose garden tours/ workshops

11 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Genesee Gorge and Falls Tours. Neighborhood docents will lead you on a fascinating, narrated tour of the historic and beautiful Lower Falls Park. Tours are ongoing, last tour leaves at 3:30 p.m.

11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Arts and Crafts Show; Children’s Vendors

11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Food vendors available

1 p.m.: Children’s Gorge Tour

1 – 2 p.m.:  Music and comedy by Those Guys

2:15–4 p.m.: Music by the Dady Brothers Irish and Folk

1-5 p.m.: Father’s Day Family Picnic in the Park. On Father’s Day start a new family tradition, bring Dad and enjoy a special time together!

Transportation, Traffic, and Parking Information

Handicapped parking only in Maplewood Park lot (Driving Park Avenue). Other parking available on adjoining streets and in the Hawk Eye parking lot at the corner of St. Paul Boulevard and Avenue E, directly across the Driving Park Bridge from Maplewood Park (shuttle provided). The Rochester Genesee Regional Transit Authority offers bus service to several stops within a short walk of Maplewood Park—for more information on these routes and schedules, go to www.rgrta.org or call 654-0200. Bike enthusiasts can avoid traffic and parking challenges by riding to the event along the wonderful Genesee Riverway Trail (www.cityofrochester.gov, type Genesee Riverway Trail into search box).

Sponsors

The Maplewood Rose Celebration is sponsored by the Maplewood Neighborhood Association and the City of Rochester, with corporate support from Wellcare, MVP Health Care

For more information call 428-6866 or 232-8420. For more information about the Maplewood Neighborhood Association, go to www.maplewood.org.

I am the mother of three pleasant surprises.  At times, my children make me proud.  Sometimes they make me laugh and when I look at what each pregnancy did to my body I cry.    I buy baked goods at the store and call them my own.  My kids eat fast food.  I don’t make crafts unless it’s spelled with a K and you count macaroni and cheese.   I don’t speak in the third person or whisper softly when disciplining my children.  Sure, mom makes mistakes, but when all is said and done my children will be perfect. If not I will love them anyway.  Then, drown my sorrows with a good margarita and reality TV.  Now, take a cyber stroll through my site.   Enjoy my blog and share with your friends!

Thursday, June 12th, 2013

Our Cynical Mother, Deanna King, told us about the “talk” she had with her son’s soccer coach.  You can read her blog here.  You can listen to the story by clicking on the player.

Tony Infantino’s “Spirit Fund” is a fundraiser  that has given thousands of dollars to help kids in many meaningful ways. Thanks to your donations The  Tony Infantino Spirit Fund has assisted funding for building playgrounds, providing musical instruments and text books to help enrich the lives of Rochester children. And now you can help!

WARM 101.3 has another great “Spirit Sampler” coming Thursday, June 20th from 5-7pm at Pier 45 in Charlotte. It’s your chance to wine and dine for a great cause!

Suggested Donation: $10-$15

Port of Rochester

1000 N River St.

Rochester, NY 14612

Soda vs. pop: Coastal residents are more likely to use the word ‘soda’ (in red), while residents of the upper Midwest tend to use the word ‘pop’ (blue). ‘Coke’ (in green) serves as a stand-in for any sweetened, carbonated beverage in some Southern states.

Crawfish vs. crayfish: In the South—particularly in Louisiana, the southeastern part of Texas and in lower Mississippi—and in various parts of the U.S., the crustaceans that resemble lobsters are often called crawfish (in red).

Traffic circle vs. roundabout: Residents of the East Coast, some southerners and a few West Coast residents prefer ‘traffic circle’ (in red). ‘Roundabout’ (blue) is more popular to the west. ‘Rotary’ (yellow) is popular in New England.