Easter just might be the biggest eating weekend outside Thanksgiving. And lets face it, a lot of what we're eating is not at the top of the food pyramid! Chocolate and Peeps! To help you feel better about over-indulging, click these Rob Lucas approved links:
BEAT THIS SUMMER TOUR 2013 Presented by CRACKER BARREL
With Special Guests CHRIS YOUNG LEE BRICE
& THE HENNINGSENS FRIDAY JULY 12th at 7:00PM
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY APRIL 5TH AT 10AM Ticket Prices: $65.50, $45.50, LAWN, $30.50, LAWN 4-PACK, $94.00
Tickets will be available at Livenation.com, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster Outlets
Charge By Phone at (800)-745-3000
Darien Lake Theme Park tickets available in advance for an additional $16.75 above concert ticket price.
All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Tickets subject to applicable fees.
David Beckham’s infamous cornrows and Kelly Osbourne’s Mohawk weren't far behind the ‘Skrillex’ trend, named after the dubstep DJ's long dark style with one side of his head shaved.
Rob Lucas climbed aboard Hunter Hayes' tour bus for a one-on-one, before he opened for Carrie Underwood at First Niagara Center. Check out what it was like for Hunter the first time he realized people knew all the words to his songs, and how a major movie star (think "Godfather"!) gave him his first guitar!
Even though the weather doesn’t show it, it’s officially spring! And you know what that means, only a few months until swimsuit season! Shape magazine has compiled a list of the 50 best diet foods that will be sure to help you lose weight, and also increase your metabolism! Some of these foods include broccoli, asparagus, grapefruit, strawberries and various kinds of fish. The best part...you can start this diet now, since it'll fit with Easter dinner, if you plan on having lamb or maybe even rabbit!!
Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce the details of their upcoming North American tour. The band will be performing a number of shows through May and June, beginning on May 21 in Calgary before playing shows along the West Coast and Southwestern states.
Upcoming Tour Dates
5/21 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome*
5/22 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place*
5/24 – Surrey, BC @ Holland Park*
5/26 – George, WA @ Sasquatch Music Festival
5/27 – Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena*
5/29 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
5/30 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
5/31 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
6/02 – San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Regional Park*
6/03 – Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre*
6/05 – Phoenix, AZ @ Desert Sky Pavilion*
6/06 – Taos, NM @ Kit Carson Park*
6/08 – Austin, TX @ Austin 360 Amphitheater*
6/09 – Austin, TX @ Austin 360 Amphitheater*
6/11 – Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion*
6/12 – The Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
6/13 – New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World*
6/15 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
6/17 – Bonner Springs, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre*
6/20 – Telluride, CO @ Telluride Bluegrass Festival
8/02-04 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival 8/23-24 – Simcoe, ON @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
8/30-31 – Troy, OH @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
9/06-07 – Guthrie, OK @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
9/13-14 – St. Augustine, FL @ Gentlemen of the Road Stopover
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TICKETMASTER.COM AND ALL TICKETMASTER OUTLETS.
General Admission tickets are $50 plus applicable service charges. All ages are welcome.
If you listen to Star (and are female) chances are you love Romantic Novels: books that borderline on being naughty, but aren't quite 50 Shades Of Grey. Bill Geist filed a report on the CBS Sunday Morning Showon romantic novels being taken to the next level. It just may give you some ideas for your summer beach reading!
It's gotten over 200,000,000 hits, but since I'm just seeing it for the first time, chances are you may be too! Almost like a dance version of Fallon and Timberlake's the History of Rap! Very funny...
If you want to laugh for three minutes straight, check out a new montage from WorldWideInterweb.com called "The Ultimate Stairway Fails". It's just under three minutes of nothing but people falling down stairs. Everything from brides to babies that's why I feel so bad! But nobody was hurt. some of these are brutal.
What do McNuggets, Plinko and the American minivan all have in common? They are all turning 30 this year! Mental floss compiled a list of 30 things turning 30 in 2013:
--Chicken McNuggets.
--The Swatch watch.
--The debut albums from both "Weird Al" and R.E.M.
--Plinko on "The Price is Right".
--"Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi" and "A Christmas Story".
--The American minivan. The Dodge Caravan debuted in November of 1983.
--The StairMaster.
--The camcorder.
--The Disney Channel, "The A-Team", and "Reading Rainbow".
--Microsoft Word.
--Hooters.
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND SUMMER TOUR 2013 WITH SPECIAL GUEST FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
Wednesday, July 3rd @ 7 P.M.
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center A LIVE NATION VENUE
Darien Lake Concert Series presented by TOPS Friendly Markets ON-SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 22nd AT 10 AM!
TICKETS: $75.00, LAWN $40.50.
Tickets will be available at Livenation.com, Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster Outlets
Charge By Phone at (800)-745-3000
Darien Lake Theme Park tickets available in advance for an additional $16.75 above concert ticket price.
All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Tickets subject to applicable fees.
Tommy has been blind since he was two years old and has been skateboarding since he was 10. His inspirational story is unbelievable and proves nothing is impossible.
Tickets will be available at Livenation.com, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster Outlets
Charge By Phone at (800)-745-3000
Darien Lake Theme Park tickets available in advance for an additional $16.75 above concert ticket price.
All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without notice. Tickets subject to applicable fees.
If you’re feeling a bit green from yesterday’s festivities, avoid the Irish gold and bacon sandwich to cure the hangover and instead try these tips from New.Com.Au to rid you of your Irish luck.
And don’t forget to wash off the Shamrock you painted on your face.
If you've been in a clothing store for more than 5 seconds...you know that bright colors are the in-thing for 2013. Pantone says the hottest color is Emerald Green, perfect for St. Pats Weekend! Here are hilites and links from one of our "Rob is a fashionista" posts earlier this year, to help you get set for your St. Pat's party!
Feel and look great with the up and coming trends of 2013. Check out the best spring colors from Pantone's Top 10 Colors for spring 2013 (Which one would you wear?)
Keep up to date with all the latest fashion trends and tips for styling them from Fashionising.com. They give the best looks for every season.
Throw a party this summer with the 14 hottest colors for events from cvent.com and take your home décor to the next level with perfect colors.
Irish food is very polarizing...some can't wait for the corned beef and cabbage, others think it's bland, bland, bland. Fox News and Cooking Light Magazine have a great pictorial with everything from Ploughman's Lunch Platter, to Beef and Guinness Stew, and Irish Coffee!
And for dessert, check out Chocolate Covered Katies Healthy Dessert blog. We have no idea who she is, but we love her blog page. Healthy chocolate desserts...is there such a thing?
While the Bills cutting Ryan Fitzpatrick yesterday was not unexpected and a good football move, it is sad that our city will be losing a great family. Too bad Ryan wasn’t more successful, he’s the kind of guy the fans in Buffalo are rooting for, as written by Jerry Sullivan in The Buffalo News.
MUST WATCH! You'll see the short version of this in upcoming Pepsi commercials, but the full 3 minute version is hilarious. At first I thought the sales guy was just a really good actor, but as you go along, you can tell he's just a regular car salesman. The swearing and his "near vomiting in the car" look gives it away. That guy will NEVER live this down. Open the video up to FULL SCREEN for max effect!
One of my favorite casual reads is Mens Health magazine. It’s got tons of realistic "you can do them at home" workouts, and lots of truly useful information. Womens Health is a great read for women. This months celebrity feature is on Adam Levine and yoga. The guy can do some pretty amazing things. And the cool thing about yoga is that you can do it at almost age, and if you start young, it will help your flexibilty when you are 80. That's why my wife has been trying to get me to do it more often. Though I don't think once a week cuts it...
Everybody at work was extra cranky yesterday! We all chalked it up to Daylight Saving Time. My wife came home wanting to start a federal petition to get rid of it and wondered if we really need it anymore. The Mother Nature Network has a great article of many feeling the same way... even the Russians!
Would you give up an hour of daylight in the late afternoon, in exchange for it being lighter earlier, and not having your body clock thrown off?
Last week I told you about picking up the book "Emily & Einstein" by Linda Francis Lee, for my wife, on a whim. Read my original blog post here.
My wife is now about half way thru the book and says as odd as the premise is, it is a great read! She can’t wait to get back to it at night. So what is the premise? A woman loses her husband early on in life; only to find out he was not that great of a husband….cheated on his wife, almost had a double life. However, he asked for a second chance at the pearly gates, is given one and is brought back to earth as a dog, who ends up with his wife. Eventually she realizes this along the way.
As crazy and “Life Time” movie-ish as it sounds, it’s a really good story especially when he describes what it’s like being a dog: Waking up in a shelter, smelling all those hideous dog shelter smells, relying on other people to feed him, and having to relieve himself in front of others! Sounds like the perfect punishment for the imperfect husband!
Don’t worry, I won’t post a future post letting you know how it ends, but my wife says it actually makes you think how you treat your own dog. It’s turned out to be a great book and has the Rob (and Linda) Lucas Seal of approval!
If you missed Saturday Night Live with Justin Timberlake, you not only missed the D**k Box boys and other expected Timberlake bits, but a reunion of important former SNL cast members as JT was inducted into the Five-Timers club.
Whether you went to Rihanna Friday night and are reliving the experience, or just wanna know what went down, check out the concert review from HOLLYWOOD LIFE, which was mostly concerned with her NOT performing any Chris Brown songs. An interesting take on the night, but I don't know if that's where I would have started.
Jeff Miers review in The Buffalo Newswas right on, especially clearing up the issue as to why her she didn't go on till 10 and end around Midnight. Going on so late would have driven me crazy, and I'm betting it did some who were there, but it seems that once she was on...she delivered so well, that all was forgiven.
Truthfully, this is just a bunch of dogs playing, with Harlem Shake audio in the background! But it's still pretty cool...especially the dog trying to hump one of the handlers!
Hey Oprah had a book club, why can't I? While killing time in Wegman's the other day (and there is no better place to kill time other than a Sears Hardware department), I came across Emily and Einstein by Linda Francis Lee. The fact that it was about a woman and a dog made me want to grab it for my wife, but in reading theBarnes And NobleandAmazon reviewsit seems like it's a pretty heavy book, and the dog is not the biggestpart of it. Oh well!
If you listen to Star 102.5 I'm betting you'll like this book.
I know it's a little goofy to use the web of a 110,000 watt radio station for something like this, but if we can help reunite a dog with it's owner, it would make my year! Jenni, a black and white pit bull was lost on 1/13 near West Falls. The dog has been spotted in West Falls, Orchard Park, Hamburg and now Lackawanna. There are so many people tirelessly working to find Jenni. They have put up posters, put flyers on cars, driven around, called police and dog control departments in various towns.
If you see her, please call the numbers on the poster. I've been given permission to post them here. I soooo hope Jenni is out there somewhere looking to get back home. I can't imagine how cold she has been over the past 45 days. But dogs are smart...can find ways to live in the wild when humans would fold up the tent. Hoping we can find her!Visit their Facebook page for more.
Rihanna kicks off her Diamonds World Tour this Friday at FNC...but it looks like she's in town already. A Star Fan connected with us this morning saying that an unusual jet landed at Buffalo Niagara International this morning around 6:30. He checked the tail number and landing info on an Aviation site, and it said theplane came in from London, which is where Rihanna was just yesterday.
While many "sightings" like this usually end up being nothing, Rihanna arriving in Buffalo a few days early totally makes sense. An extra day or two to rehearse her first show (and the Sabres are away so the arena is free), and to get her body acclimated back to our time zone is totally on target.
Drew tweeted us the attached pic of what he says is her plane (hmmmm...I'm not sure if this is even the Buffalo airport...can you tell?) He's gotta work at the airport...how do you get so close?
Any Rihanna sightings? Hit me up on twitter @roblucas2 or e-mail your pics to roblucas@mystar1025.com. We'll hit you back with on air shout outs and props!
1.You Are The Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne
2.A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
3.At Last by Etta James
4.Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley
5.I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz
TOP 10 MUST PLAY SONGS
1.Don't Stop Believing by Journey
2.Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
3.Everything by Michael Bublé
4.Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
5.Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
6.Paradise by Coldplay
7.Love Story by Taylor Swift
8.Better Together by Jack Johnson
9.We Found Love by Rihanna
10.Party in the U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus
TOP 3 ALTERNATIVE WEDDING ENTERTAINMENT CHOICES
1.Belly Dancer
2.Elvis Impersonator
3.Caricature Artist
TOP 5 DO NOT PLAY SONGS
1.Chicken Dance
2.Electric Slide
3.Macarena
4.YMCA
5.Genres such as Rap/Hip-Hop and Country
The news of a polar bear cub being born late last year and formally introduced to the public last week was huge for The Buffalo Zoo, especially as they prepare for a new Polar Bear exhibit. Local coverage is always nice, but when the story is picked up by the Associated Press, and is the #3 story on the NY DAILY NEWS website...that's very cool! Great article and video! Props to Donna Fernandez and her team at The Buffalo Zoo!
"Stuck in an elevator for 35 minutes," Ferguson tweeted, along with a video of them asking for rescue.
According to The Witchita Eagle, the actors were three of 15 people stuck in an elevator on the third floor of the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. They were freed by the fire department after an hour.
"Stuck in an elevator for 35 minutes," Ferguson tweeted, along with a video of them asking for rescue.
According to The Witchita Eagle, the actors were three of 15 people stuck in an elevator on the third floor of the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. They were freed by the fire department after an hour.
"Stuck in an elevator for 35 minutes," Ferguson tweeted, along with a video of them asking for rescue.
According to The Witchita Eagle, the actors were three of 15 people stuck in an elevator on the third floor of the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. They were freed by the fire department after an hour.
"Stuck in an elevator for 35 minutes," Ferguson tweeted, along with a video of them asking for rescue.
According to The Witchita Eagle, the actors were three of 15 people stuck in an elevator on the third floor of the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. They were freed by the fire department after an hour.
"Stuck in an elevator for 35 minutes," Ferguson tweeted, along with a video of them asking for rescue.
According to The Witchita Eagle, the actors were three of 15 people stuck in an elevator on the third floor of the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. They were freed by the fire department after an hour.
This will give you some weekend inspiration.Amazing, heavy-hearted, must-read story by NY DAILY NEWS' Andy Martino, on the passing of a Mets catchers's daughter at just four months old. This baby endured so much in her short time. Makes our daily challenges seem so insignificant. It's a 4 page article…but so worth the read. The best stories can't be told in 140 characters…
