HOCKEY IS FUN...even without the ability to consume beer! Chris and I went to the home opener of the Sabres last night. It was an unbelievably exciting game, a real nail biter that went into overtime and a shoot out to determine the winner. At the end of it all, Sabres prevailed and the fans went crazy. Quite the night.

On a sidenote, one of the things I love about Buffalo is while it is a city, it often feels like a small town where you can run into people you know, knew or are even related to, in the unlikeliest places. Last night, amid 20,000 people, almost every third person we saw, Chris and I knew - some of whom we haven't seen for over eight years. It creates an atmosphere of the familiar and well, of being home.