The Mansion on Delaware Avenue is close by, also located on Buffalo’s premier street. One of the City’s finest hotels, you’ll find it at 414 Delaware Avenue (716-886-3300, www.mansionondelaware.com). Built in 1867 and restored in 2001, The Mansion offers easy access – and complimentary transportation to and from downtown restaurants, EXertainment and nightlife. For old-world elegance, charm and deluxe 24-hour amenities – classical rooms at The Mansion are a bargain at $169.00 per night.

#4 – Since opening in 1926, Shea’s Performing Arts Center (646 Main Street, 716-852-5000, www.sheas.org) has been the premier arts facility of the Buffalo Theater District. Attracting some 300,000 patrons annually – many single women among them – Shea’s offers an EXlectic mix of EXertainment. Located in the heart of downtown, EX’ers will marvel at Shea’s Grand Lobby and ornately EXquisite staircase and interior décor. Stage productions vary in price and one-hour building tours are available at 10 A.M. and 1 P.M. on T, Th, & Sat.

#5 – For EX’er visiting Buffaflo, especially during the months of June-September, an EXtraordinary experience awaits at Buffalo’s famed Forest Lawn’s “Sunday in the Cemetery.” For $10.00, EX-er’s can join a bus tour of one of America’s most historic and EXceptionally scenic 269-acre city cemetery with three lakes, a stream and 14 miles of roadway. Modeled after Pere-Lachais in Paris, the world’s most famous cemetery, Forest Lawn achieves the perfect balance of art and nature. A naturalist’s paradise, singles and families can be found throughout much of the year enjoying nature walks, feeding ducks, watching birds, taking walking tours and celebrating life.

A world-class arboretum, boasting 200 species among its 10,000 trees, Forest Lawn (1411 Delaware Avenue, 716-885-1600, www.forest-lawn.com) is a place of history, peace, beauty and the final resting place of such famous persons as Native American hero Red Jacket and President Millard Fillmore. In fact, EX’ers aboard the “Sunday in the Cemetery” motor coach get to “meet” some of Forest Lawn’s most distinguished permanent “residents,” portrayed by actors in period costumes.

Barbara Woodworth is a freelance journalist with over 1,000 published articles appearing in more than 50 publications. She specializes in business, healthcare, diversity, career and travel-related topics.

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