Buffalo First!'s is hosting its annual Love Your Mom and Pop campaign vendor marketplace on Saturday, May 18th, 10am-4pm at Tri-Main Center. The Tri-main Building is a landmark Buffalo mixed-use building, home to over 70 locally owned businesses and organizations

The event will feature local food and drink, an artisan and entrepreneur vendor market with 20 vendors perfect for Father’s Day shopping, presentation of our social media contest winners, live local music, local food and drink, kids crafts, and an opportunity for our members and business owners to network and build relationships. The event is free and open to the public.

Vendors:

This is your last opportunity to visit the popular Winter Market at Horsefeathers, located at 346 Connecticut St. on Buffalo’s West Side, before it gives way to several permanent food vendors that will continue to serve the neighborhood. 

Permanent vendors currently in place include Martin Cooks, The Pasta Peddler and Blackbird Sweets. The first floor and basement will eventually host several additional food-related businesses and will also offer a community kitchen. The upper floors of the 115-year-old building will feature brand new apartments.

Shoes are a womens best friend and as the spring kicks into high gear here is a list of some of the top shoes trends for S/S 2013.

• exotic skin sandal (snakeskin is among the top trend)
• laser cut leathers,
• bold hits of color,
• graphic pattern
• major hardware
• black shoes
• classic kicks
• Lucite heels
• streamlined white
• lace-ups
• smoking slippers,
• embellished flats
• western
• color blockin
• cutaway boots/gladiator sandal
• pointed pumps
• knee high boots
• kitten heels
• clogs
• transparent shoes
• tribal
• shoes as art (statement shoe)
• fairytale
• pencil heels
• metal cap
• neon
• flower power
• shoes that wrap the ankle
• Perspex heel 
• metallics