Buffalo Honeys: A Moving Experience
This is one of several Buffalo Honey stories from the latest issue of Buffalo Rising Magazine--stories of women who have moved to Buffalo to be with their significant other.
Sionen and Roy Laciura have been together for thirteen years. Born in London, Sionen's family relocated to Sydney, Australia when she was a young child. In the early 1990's, Roy was Down Under working in the film industry. Sionen met Roy while selling lights to him and eventaully followed him back to the states. Sionen's first visit was during a glorious June of sunny skies and flowers in bloom. Roy warned her that Buffalo was not always so rosy. Her second visit was during a December full of holiday cheer, windows looking into Victorian homes decorated for Christmas. The snow was light and fluffy. Roy again warned her that not all winters were this pleasant. Still, Sionen persisted. "I essentially foisted myself upon him," she said. After a six-month stay Sionen lost her visa and was required to leave the country for a year. She tried to remain in the country by explaining she was visiting Roy, but was informed by an INS agent that "no one visits Buffalo for six months. You were living here." Out Sionen went. They handily solved her visa problem by getting married. When Sionen finally did move to Buffalo it was during a howling blizzard in late winter. She has adjusted well to the winters and enjoys visits with other friends and family who have moved to the states. Sionen and Roy offer custom designed furniture and lighting solutions at their store, Lightmakers in Allentown.
Stay tuned for an upcoming issue of BRM featuring 'Buffalo Hunks.'
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