Flower City Blues follows the exploits of 23 year old, Fonzal Raab, the owner of the Great Rainbow head shop. Fonzal meets Don Valentine, owner of the Sandman Lounge. They have almost nothing in common. Fonzal smokes pot and Don drinks Scotch. Fonzal wears bellbottoms and Don wears leisure suits. They quickly became fast friends . . . and chaos ensues.
Fonzal engages in the kind of bad behavior you might expect of a dude in the freewheeling early 70's: He smokes pot, enjoys casual sex, and builds and sells Blue Boxes. A Blue Box is an illegal telephone device that lets the user avoid the phone company's long distance billing system. His misadventures involve Mobsters, Dopers, Rockers, and corrupt cops. All the while trying to remain relevant to his very young daughter and his elderly father spiraling through dementia.

The story is sometime gritty and edgy, sometimes tender and revealing but never is there a shortage of belly laughs, and odd characters.

Fonzal's adventures include a botched drug deal, after-hours mafia joints, an LSD trip,and exotic dancers. He cons a crooked cop, sells Blue Boxes to the criminal underworld and a domestic terrorist. He dodges a real bullet and parties with a famous Rock star. The story is littered with references to the music and television shows of the times and the hippie and wise-guy dialogue that liven the narrative. The story is some kind of cross between Good Fellas, Easy Rider, and Fritz The Cat. Just a guy looking for love in all the wrong places.