Lake Ontario

 

About this time last year I was in Rochester, New York.  Funny but it wasn't as cold there then as it is now in Lubbock.  The recent snow and ice are mostly gone but current temperature is 23 degrees with wind chill of 7.  Brr!

 

Rochester, New York

1.16.2014

salvatore's

 

Each morning on the way to the training venue we drove by Salvatore's Pizzeria. Locally owned by the Fantauzzo family, it's been in business since 1978 and expanded to 32 locations.  I thought this looked like the typical New York neighborhood pizza place.  Unfortunately we did not have an opportunity to eat at "Rochester's favorite pizza."

 

Salvatore's Pizzeria

East Rochester, New York

mount hope

 

Did you think I'd visit a city and not go to the cemetery?  Unfortunately, we arrived at Mount Hope at 4:51 p.m. and the gates closed at 5:00 p.m.  We really didn't want to be locked in over a cold, wintry night.  However, the quick drive-through was tantalizing and we needed more time. Mount Hope was established in 1838 as the first municipal rural cemetery in the U.S. Situated on 196 acres. the cemetery is the resting place of over 350,000 people.  It is one of the most remarkable Victorian cemeteries in America with thousands of marble, bronze, and granite monuments.  Susan B. Anthony is buried there but we only had nine minutes not an eternity to explore.

 

Mount Hope Cemetery

Rochester, New York

sjfc

 

This could be my college -- St. John Fisher (get it?) except I'm no saint.  Our training venue this week is SJFC in Rochester NY with over 200 students from the Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing.  The College was established in 1947 by the Basilian Fathers and is guided by its liberal arts tradition and its Catholic heritage,  In case you are not familiar with  St. John Fisher (1469 – 1535) he was an English Cardinal and was eventually the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.  Unfortunately he was executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept the king as Supreme Head of the Church of England (end of history lesson).

 

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, New York