Rochester

INvisible Beauty in Pain Artist Spotlight | Alivia Ruiz

November 15, 2016

We are back in Rochester for our fourth INvisible Beauty in Pain Artist Spotlight. The INvisible Beauty In Pain campaign’s fourth artist spotlight is Alivia Ruiz Alivia Ruiz is a Buffalo-born artist, musician, and all around creative. She arrived in Rochester to attend RIT for her Bachelors Degree in Medical Read More

540WMain’s Used Cooking Oil Collection Program powered by The Alternative Fuel Foundation

June 27, 2016

Did you know that you can recycle your used cooking oil and turn it into diesel fuel? I did but up until now, I’d never knew where and how to recycle used cooking oil. For years I collected it for months in the freezer and eventually built up the gall Read More

Special Announcement: The Workforce Development, Entrepreneur & College Preparatory Program at 540WMain

June 15, 2016

Dear Readers, What an exciting time to be alive! Our hearts are full of joy and gratitude for literally EVERY single piece of this LIFE. The happy. The sad. The good and the bad; all of it is the reason  (WE) are here and hopefully finding ways every day to Read More

Gluten free restaurant review: Opa! Authentic Greek Koozina

July 9, 2013

Since returning to Rochester, I have been on a roller coaster of activity. Between balancing the precarious act of living with fibromyalgia+cfs, re-acclimating myself to living with four other people, and building this blog (and my fibro blog) I have had little time for much else. Last weekend, I devoted Read More