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Jars of photo developing materials from Eastman House Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

En route to visiting my daughter in way western New York State, I spent two days in Rochester with a friend who lives there. The city\u2019s actual nickname is \u201cFlower City\u201d as there used to be lots of nurseries around it but I have re-dubbed it as above. Sushi is ubiquitous, a little odd as the city is inland, and there spas everywhere you turn including one across from my hotel called Ape and Canary (does this conjure up a spa to you? Not to me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Eastman as in Eastman Kodak was a marketing genius who nvented cameras and popularized film using the razor and blade technique. He came up with the original Kodak camera and the phenomenally successful \u201cBrownie\u201d which targeted kids and, at $1, was also popular with servicemen. At the Eastman House Museum there are docent-led tours of the gardens, house (a National Historic Landmark) and collections. The current exhibit in the History of Photography section honors the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the moon walk with fabulous old and new pictures.  \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colonial Revival mansion is appropriately grand. Eastman was a huge philanthropist  who established the Eastman School of Music<\/a>, schools of dentistry and medicine at the University of Rochester<\/a>,  created the London Eastman Dental Hospital<\/a> and gave zillions to MIT, Tuskegee<\/a> and Hampton Universities. He never married and lived with his mother. A music-lover, he had a private organist but didn\u2019t like the distraction of seeing the musician\u2019s feet move on the pedals so had a wall of planting built as a shield.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lock 33 on the Erie Canal was\u2014literally\u2014a trip. As we got there, a 28-foot sailboat was entering under motor. The couple on the boat came from Gross Point and are heading to the Bahamas\u2014as she said, \u201conce we reach the Atlantic, we turn right.\u201d My friend hopped aboard for the lock adventure in which the water level drops many feet in about five minutes.  Lucky for us, Chris, the lockkeeper, allowed her to \u2018stowaway\u2019 but I suspect he\u2019s thrilled when people really get into it as it\u2019s a fairly dull job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris, Master of Lock 33<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the Memorial Art Gallery we enjoyed a show of works by artists from the\nFinger Lakes region.  We also dropped by the\nlargest Wegman\u2019s (as in supermarket) in the country. Because it was very hot, we\nwaited until early evening for a trip to the Mt. Hope Cemetery to pay respects\nto Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, both buried there along with other\nluminaries. As we stood admiring the overall beauty of the place larded with\ngorgeous trees, a running group sprinted past. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For a small city, Rochester has lots of restaurants. I\nespecially liked The Village Bakery & Caf\u00e9 in Pittsford which is very\ninformal with good food. Something called The Garbage Plate (not served there)\nis considered one of the city\u2019s specialties\u2014it\u2019s a combo of meat such as hamburger,\nsteak, chicken and\/or hot dogs served on top of fries, baked beans and\/or\nmacaroni, the whole usually drizzled with spicy hot sauce often with meat \u2013which I passed on.\n<\/strong>Rochester was the original home of French\u2019s mustard although later that\ncompany decamped to NJ. Taking mustard as the theme, here is a recipe for\npotatoes that can be lightly mixed with a mustard sauce or dipped into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The largest Wegman’s in the US is in Rochester <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Honey\nMustard Potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n