Featured BuffaLoveFest Vendor: Buffalo Cookie Co.

It's time for the latest featured BuffaLoveFest 2014 vendor. If you've got a sweet tooth, you're going to love this one!  Check out the Buffalo Cookie Co. Find more BuffaLoveFest vendors on this blog and on The Good Neighborhood.

1. How do your products embody "BuffaLove?"
   We have several varieties of shortbread cookies but are most proud of our signuature "Buffalo Wing" cookie. We also make a Buffalo Bills cookie in Bills colors, a Buffalo Sponge cookie, and a Buffalo Loganberry cookie.
2. What are you selling at BuffaLoveFest on May 30?
   Our hand-cut bison-shaped shortbread cookies.
3. How does your business contribute to the Buffalo community?
   We are two older women who believe that people in Buffalo could use some inspiration! We have had many women approach us to find out how we started. We also donate $1 from every bag of our Jack's M&M cookies to pediatric research in the area. 

Tickets for BuffaLoveFest are available now. Click here to get yours before they sell out!

LineUp Annoucement for BuffaLoveFest 2014

The Buffalo Zoo has announced the lineup for their second annual BuffaLoveFest, an event featuring all things “Buffalo.”

The inaugural BuffaLoveFest in 2013 was such a success that Zoo officials have decided to make the event bigger and better in 2014.

“We had a lot more people attend last year than we expected” said Katie Jordan, the Zoo’s Senior Events Coordinator. “To accommodate a larger crowd, this year’s event will have  more than double the amount of food trucks we had last year.”

Other additions include an exclusive beer from Flying Bison, a slow-motion photo booth, Buffalo celebrity photo-op and autograph table, and more!

One thing that won’t change at this year’s BuffaLoveFest will be a performance by the BuffaLoveBirds All Star Band, featuring Lance Diamond. Other performers include local favorites The Steam Donkeys, Whiskey Reverb, and DJ sets by SpookyBusiness and Camaican Sensation.

In addition to Buffalonians’ favorite bands and food trucks, the event will include a Buffalo trivia tournament, and a variety of Buffalo-centric vendors including local artisans, t-shirt printers, jewelers, and more!

BuffaLoveFest will take place on Friday, May 30, 2014 from 5:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Buffalo Zoo. The event is limited to ages 21 and up. Tickets cost $20 in advance and $30 at the door, and include 2 drink tickets. Click here to order tickets to BuffaLoveFest 2014.

BuffaLoveFest is presented by Mutual of Omaha and 2 Find Your Home.

Family Valentine's Day at the Zoo - This Weekend!

The Buffalo Zoo will hold a Family Valentine’s Day event this weekend, as part of the Zooper Saturdays series.

Spend some quality time together at our Family Valentine’s Day event! Enjoy animal demonstrations and enrichment activities. You can even make a Valentine card for a family member, friend, or your favorite Zoo animal! The event runs from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 2. Activities are free with Zoo admission. A full schedule of activities follows:

• 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Make a Valentine's Day card in the TOPS EcoStation
• 11 a.m – 1 pm. Face painting in the TOPS EcoStation
• 11 a.m. Sea lion feeding at NOCO Sea Lion Cove
• 11:30 a.m. River otter enrichment at Otter Creek
• 12 p.m. Wallaby enrichment in the TOPS EcoStation
• 1:30 p.m. Hellbender keeper talk in the reptile house
• 2 p.m. Rainforest enrichment in M&T Bank Rainforest Falls
• 2:30 p.m. Tiger enrichment at the tiger exhibit

For more information about the Zooper Saturday event, call (716) 995-6133 or visit www.buffalozoo.org