This happens when you don’t double-check things; you get an awful flare that takes out a whole top section of your photo. But rather than groan about it, I posted it anyways, because that’s a rule I laid out for myself. But enough about mistakes (I should’ve swung the camera around and shot High Falls instead…). This is probably my favourite spot to eat in all of Rochester (Dog Town is a close second), the Genesee Brew House, a brewpub attached to the Genesee Brewery with a full selection of their beers and some pretty fantastic food. Genesee traces its legacy back to 1819, butRead More →

When it came to naval warfare in the 19th century the undisputed masters of the sea was the Royal Navy. The rivers and lakes of Upper and Lower Canada were the highways of the day, these were the main trade routes not only for economic purposes but military as well. Any nation that controlled the waterways, could control the course of the war. With the United States not having a squadron of note on the Great Lakes at the start of the war the British were quick to seize control of both Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. With Brock’s capture of Detroit in August ofRead More →