Liz Vetrano's Blog

I love spontaneous vacations.. and my friends at Channel 2! The other day, my friend and coworker Thea texted me and said "$59 flights to Chicago in two weeks.. wanna go?" You bet I do! So Thea, Matt Pearl and I are off to the Windy City for three days of exploring. They've both been there before, but it will be my first time.. any recommendations for me? I'm just ready to try some pizza!

My family is awesome. I will say that right up front. My parents are great, and my sisters and brother and I are best friends. Everyone always comments on how alike my sisters and I look. That's great, except for one thing: everyone always thinks they're my big sisters, when in reality, I'm the oldest!

Everyone says it's a height thing. I'm 24 and 5 feet tall, my sister Pam is 21 and 5'4", and Ang is 20 and 5'6". (My brother Ace is 15 and 6 feet tall.. whatever. My dad jokes with me that I was the rough draft and my brother was the final copy.)

I'm convinced there had to be some point when I looked older than my sisters.. you know, like when they were babies. So I dug up some old family photos to track this age-reversal. When do you think both my sisters passed me in the age-race?

Example 1: 1987. I am clearly older with far more teeth.

It took me 24 years.. but I really like going to Bisons games now! My dad has been a loyal season ticketholder for as long as I've been alive, and so I am not exaggerating when I say I have probably gone to at least a hundred games. However, that was not the case for my dear coworkers Ly and Thea, so this past Wednesday's game against the Syracuse Skychiefs was their first experience with "The Herd!"

We had a great time. Perfect baseball weather.. sunny and just a little chilly. We partook in all the new food that's added this year.. B-shaped soft pretzels and fried bologna sandwiches, along with the classic nachos, peanuts and hot dogs. (Yes, we really did eat all that.. then went for Mexican.. then Dunkin Donuts.. then wanted to die from stomachaches. Go figure.)

At any rate, we all had a great time and are excited to go back again. Thanks for the tickets, Dad!

By the way, if you are wondering where to get my awesome "I <3 Buffalo Baseball" shirt.. go see my friend Mark at Poster Art. Two locations: a brand-new one by Fridays in the Boulevard Mall and 1055 Elmwood Ave. Tell him I sent you! :)

My friend Emily and I just spent five terrific days in San Diego, California! I had never been, but everybody told me it's the prettiest city they've ever seen. I wasn't disappointed!

California, here we come..
see you all in a week!

PS.. please cross your fingers for Bruiser. I did find a really nice place to board him, but I am still terrified to leave him.. plus, I really will just miss him to death. So come to think of it.. you better cross all your fingers.. toes.. arms.. legs.. anything and everything, really.

Hopefully I'll bring back some sunshine!
Liz
evetrano@wgrz.gannett.com

I feel like it's the first day of school for my son and I am a terrified parent. I have to board my Yorkie terror (no typo.. yes, I mean terror) Bruiser for a long weekend in April, and I am at a loss as to where to go.

This past Friday was so special. First was Mary Friona's engagement party (you can check out her blog for more deets on that) but later that night, my siblings, grandparents and I threw a 25th anniversary party for my parents.

Aren't they so cute??


The cake was designed by my cousin Tony Concialdi (of Panaro's Italian Cafe on Delaware, right by Allen.. amazing, amazing food.) It was a carrot cake, just like at their wedding.


Cutting into it..


The first bite! Thank goodness this time, no cake wound up on my mom's dress.