Now I want to preface this…it has nothing to do with the WONDERFUL Barton Hill Hotel & Spa and my wireless/inter net service provider Verizon (who has always been there for me 99.9999%  anywhere in the world), but Saturday night I was the performing DJ at the reception of Jim and Shelly at the Lewist0n Hotel almost on the shore of the Niagara River on Center Street.  As I always do, I connect my Verizon Wireless “air-card” to my computer to get inter net access in case I have to download a song that I might not have brought with me to play at the reception.  It just so happens that the proximity of the Barton Hill Hotel & Spa is in a location where there is NO Verizon wireless service, whether it be in a location that is in a deep valley or because of Rogers Communications signals off the CN Tower in Toronto (who I believe doesn’t like Verizon), there is just NO service (even after the Hotel’s computer guru’s tried to help me connect with their internal network…no luck).  Can you believe in this day and age of instant “technology anywhere”…you’re completely cut-off from the entire world of phone/internet service for Verizon customers…and believe me it was other guests of the hotel who had Verizon that couldn’t connect either…they had to use a good old “land line” to make phone calls!

One of my favorite Rock Star’s hit up her Twitter account saying “yes, happy news…I’m pregnant.  We’re so excited to start out family!”  This will be the first child for Alanis Morissette and her hubby Mario “MC SOULEYE” Treadway who were married last May.  Did you know that Alanis has never had a cavity, read more about her in the Us Weekly article http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-alanis-morissette-201098

Nice to see Buffalo as #10 on the new Forbes Woman list of the Top 50 Cities for Working Moms (based on women’s earnings, unemployment rates, crime levels, school systems, health care and cost of living).  See the full list at http://forbeswoman.com

Lady Gaga is reportedly receiving $500,000 to endorse TWININGS TEA.  Names for the Tea being “floated”…THE TASTE OF GAGA and Twinings company officials say Lady Gaga is “making drinking tea cool again!”

Thanks to all who joined us at our 2010 Starry Night In The Garden, it just gets bigger and better each year!  I’m pictured above with our wonderful opening performer Melanie Fiona from Vaughan, Ontario inches away from my friends at Ferrari Of Ontario (thanks to the Goo Goo Dolls personal photographer Bob Mussell for the great shot…at least of Melanie)!

Big congratulations to our SABRES’ NHL AWARD winners TYLER MYERS for picking up the CALDER Trophy for ROOKIE OF THE YEAR and RYAN MILLER winning not only the VEZINA AWARD for The League’s BEST GOALIE but also winning the FOUNDATION PLAYER AWARD for the work he does for his STEADFAST FOUNDATION, Roswell Park’s CARLY’S CLUB charity and Women’s and Children’s Hospital!

Not such good luck for Charlie Sheen’s Mercedes  Benzes…back in February his 2009 was taken from his Sherman Oaks, CA driveway and “driven” off a cliff on beautiful Mullholland Drive.  Wouldn’t you know his new 2010 S600 (worth about $175,000) was stolen this week and again driven off a cliff into a ravine on the very same Mullholland Drive.  Damage to both between $50,000 and $100,000 and as of yet, in both incidents, no suspects have been found!

It’s not a new elaborate theme park somewhere, it’s actually a recently completed Water Park addition to Celine Dion’s $20 Million home in her backyard in Jupiter, Florida!

You’ve gotta love this year’s Indianapolis 500 winner DARIO FRANCHITTI sharing the Borg-Warner Trophy with his entire “family” (wife ASHLEY JUDD, and dogs SHUG and BUTTERMILK)!

My brother, who works right across from the airport, shot this when Air Force One landed.

The GOOD NEWS…another $400 MILLION investment at the GM Powertrain Plant in Tonawanda for a new V-8 engine line, nothing like more area jobs!

The BAD NEWS…O for 19 on the power play against the Bruins and a quick playoff exit for the Sabres!  If the Team were to re-vamp I think only 2 Tyler’s and Ryan would be SAFE!

Congrats to our Buffalo Sabres, this year’s Northeast Division Champs!  Looking forward to bigger and better things in the playoffs!

Tiger Woods is coming back to The Masters in Augusta, GA on April 8th.  Will you cheer or jeer?

First of all congratulations to TEAM CANADA in winning GOLD in Vancouver (and a very successful 2010 Winter Olympics).  Truthfully not many, including me, thought TEAM USA would win SILVER (or even be in the Medal Round at all in these games). 

It does seem Sidney Crosby likes to spoil parties, like at the biggest attended NHL game ever back in 2007 (I’m sure you remember that one) and again in the Gold Medal Game too, but Ryan Miller showed the world he has nothing to be ashamed of…being awarded Olympic Series MVP.  Let’s hope Ryan’s successful Olympic run will carry over for the Sabres for the rest of the regular season and into the playoffs!

Certainly a Hockey Game for the ages, especially for Buffalo/USA Hockey fans!  Ryan Miller has now shown the WORLD what Sabres Fans already knew, a world-class MVP Goalie!  I know this isn’t even the Gold Medal Round but everybody around here is going around like “we’ve won the Stanley Cup” at least for today after the USA win over Canada.  Don’t you really miss Chris Drury (on the Sabres) who also played like a real winner for Team USA?

The Ratings are just in and the GAME is now the most watched sporting event in Canadian history and the 2nd highest rated program in MSNBC history (behind the Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton debate from February 2008)! 

Were you wondering why Ryan wears #39 at the Olympics and #30 on the Sabres?  He wore #39 when he played at Michigan State and while another #39 used to play in Buffalo (Dominic Hasek) he thought it might not be a good idea to wear the same number on the Sabres.