Christine Smyczynski ____Writer
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    • 2006 Articles >
      • Celebrating Black History Month
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    • 2007 Articles >
      • Nature In Winter
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      • Country Barn Quilt Trail
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    • 2008 Articles >
      • Chautauqua Wine Trail
      • Mayville Ice Castle
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      • Niagara Wine Trail
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    • 2009 articles >
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      • Holiday Hollow
      • Shopping in New York City
      • Holiday Shopping Corning
      • Buffalo has Wright
    • 2010 Articles >
      • Snowshoeing
      • Toronto
      • Elmira
      • Buffalo Religious Arts
      • Ten must see getaways
      • Chautauqua and Erie
      • Welland Murals
      • The Tonawandas
      • Ten Hidden Places
      • Wing Festival
      • Presque Isle
      • Marblehead Lighthouse
      • Lewisburg, PA
      • Victorian Christmas
    • 2011 Articles >
      • Chocolate Trail
      • Fun With Grandkids
      • George Eastman House
      • National Historic Landmarks
      • Thing for Wings
      • Olcott Beach
      • Little League Museum
      • Rock City
      • Glassblowing
      • Lawn Fetes
      • Chautauqua Bicentennial
      • Shaw Festival
      • Chautauqua County 2
      • Olcott Carousel
      • 10 Hidden Gems
      • Chautauqua
      • Olcott Beach 2
      • Roycroft
      • Hot Dog Spots
      • Westfield
      • Canandaigua
      • Enjoy Presque Isle
      • His and Her trips
      • Belhurst Castle
      • Shop in Lewiston
      • Cuba Cheese Museum
      • Pumpkinville 2
      • Snowshoe 2
      • Spooky Treats
      • Walkable Shopping
      • Norman Rockwell Museum
      • Fatima Shrine Fest of Lights
      • Christmas Lights
      • Albright Knox Art Gallery
    • 2012 Articles >
      • Darwin Martin House
      • Maple Weekend
      • Divine Mercy Shrine
      • Ports of Call on Erie Canal
      • Gateway to Rochester
      • Cape Cod
      • Cobblestone Trail Landmarks
      • 8 Great Fall Road Trips
      • Little Known Places In WNY
      • Buy at local craft shows
    • 2013 Articles >
      • Made in America Store
      • Vidler's 5 & 10
      • Great Lakes Seaway Trail
      • Gardens in region
      • WNY Festivals then and now
      • Erie PA waterfront
      • Grape Discovery Center
      • Salt Sanctuary
      • Holiday Hollow
      • Hull House
      • Buffalo Religious Arts (FY)
      • Mall Madness
      • One Day Holiday Getaways
    • 2014 Articles >
      • NYC by train (FY)
      • Cabin fever
      • NOTL Getaway
      • Elmira
      • Summer Sands
      • Cruising along the canal
      • Canandaigua Getaway
      • Canalside Villages
      • Williamsville
      • Ridgeway Ontario
      • Leroy Quilt Trail
      • Maple Weekend (Longweekends)
      • Salt Sanctuary (Longweekends)
      • Grove City Shopping
      • Lewiston Day Trip
      • Indoor waterparks
    • 2015 Articles >
      • Indoor gardens
      • Aviation Museums
      • Rochester Museums
      • Finger Lakes Boating Museum
      • 1000 Islands
      • Corning
      • Port Credit Ontario
    • 2016 Articles >
      • Owego
      • Walkway over the Hudson
      • Newburgh
      • Woodstock
      • Uncle Sam Troy NY
      • Natural Stone Bridge and Cave
      • Fly Creek Cider Mill
    • 2017 Articles >
      • Lake Placid
      • Aurora
      • Wayne County Murals
      • Historic sites in Hudson Valley
      • Shawngunk scenic byway
      • Lake George
      • Adirondack Towns

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Christine A. Smyczynski is a native western New Yorker with a longtime interest in regional history and local attractions.  In addition to being the author of several travel guides about western New York and New York State, she is the author of hundreds of articles about the region. She writes regularly for Forever Young Magazine and contributes to Western New York Family Magazine and several other publications. She has written numerous travel articles for the Buffalo News.

She has also written for the National Catholic Register, Rochester Magazine, Buffalo  Spree, and a number of other local and regional publications.  Mrs. Smyczynski lives outside of Buffalo, NY with her  husband. They have four adult children.

Her latest books , Backroads and Byways of Upstate New York, came out in September 2017 and Explorer's Guide Buffalo & Niagara Falls in May 2018. She is also the author of Western New York Explorer's Guide (2005,2008). The second edition of Backroads and Byways of Upstate New York will be available July 8, 2025


Please take a look around my website to read some of my travel articles that have been published over the years. 
I have also started a blog on this website, see the above header bar for the link to that page. 

Follow this link to my previous blog http://www.explorewesternnewyork.blogspot.com

Check out this great video about Buffalo put together in August 2019 by Cushman Wakefield
http://video.cushmanwakefield.com/watch/8DLDceWWEYJCxRPagFZqhT?custom_id&fbclid=IwAR1iMGr_1c6zbGzgnEsghJwfUlxvpzqsgLDwWWlYrUyTyhgfKUt53Q6N-KI

 


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