nostalgia

Just a short jaunt into New York City and you can be transported to Miami to visit The Golden Girls Kitchen. You will be immersed in everything you remember about the iconic television series. It is complete with the lanai, the kitchen, Blanche's Boudoir, and cheesecake!

I didn't know what had ever happened to it

You'll be able to snag a pail while supplies last starting Oct. 18.

Growing up in the Capital Region in the 1980s, it was fun to travel up the Northway and spend the day at The Great Escape Amusement Park (formerly Storytown). We couldn't wait to get there and travel through Ghost Town and become a deputy with Marshal Wild Windy Bill McKay. But one of the highlights of the day was the death-defying high dive act.

Let's take a mental vacation back to the good ol' days. Close your eyes and picture them all for yourself.

Kmart is now the retail store equivalent of the vaquita, the world’s most endangered sea mammal: only around 10 left in total.

We STILL have these local jingles stuck in our head, all these years later.

Many people in the Utica-Rome area have really fond memories of playing miniature gold at Hot Diggity Dog with A Lickity Split Bun in Rome. Well, that land finally will be seeing something new.

These are close, affordable roller skating options perfect for us central New Yorkers. Hey, who knows. Maybe they'll even throw on your favorite power ballad.

The year was 1999. I just bought a shiny red Saturn (my first car with a built-in CD player) and I needed some tunes to drive (speed) to. I went out and grabbed Vertical Horizon's 'Everything You Want' and it became the soundtrack in my car

In light of seeing your kid's Common Core math homework and not being able to help them using the basic arithmetic that you were taught, Lou's flawed methods below suddenly don't seem all that far fetched.

Like most of the stuff I throw up on this blog, I get sparked from something I see on my Facebook feed and this find is a true piece of Oldiez nostalgia!