We knew when we purchased the potted blue spruce in December and proclaimed it our side porch Christmas tree that we wanted to put the baby in the ground after the ornaments were packed away and spring thaw arrived here in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Here’s the pre-Christmas post where I shared the…
Why would an alt-country band from Montreal be a favorite over the border, way down yonder in Syracuse, N.Y.? Further, why would this four-piece golden outfit love to play in Syracuse so much? Those questions were answered emphatically Sunday night in Shifty’s, the neighborhood bar that opens its corner stage to live music five nights…
I consider myself told off. And I’m not too thrilled about it. Earlier this week, I wrote about the bad dinner experience for four of us at The Cheesecake Factory at the Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA. It generated a fair amount of commenting here on WordPress and on my Facebook…
Our front yard Robinson flowering crabapple survived its first winter in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. The snow, the cold, the wind, the snow, the snow, the cold … our little beauty is entering its second growing season with us in good health. I see the buds to prove it. Lots of bus, from…
I have been worrying about my backyard neighbor’s two enormous pines long enough and hard enough to post two stories about my state of fret. The last time we visited my world of fears, many of you kind friends suggested that I get up off the recliner and do something about it. I called the…
Two weeks ago my dear wife Karen and I hopped on a limo-bus hybrid for a group tour of five Cayuga Lake wineries and vineyards. I chronicled the adventure in words and photos here. I promised a couple more pictures. There you go. I also promised that I’d reveal which wines I liked best when…
Sometimes the meal is just right. After all that dissing I had to do about our awful first dinner at the Syracuse Cheesecake Factory last weekend, it’s only right that I point out how good dinner was last night at Spinning Wheel in North Syracuse. The occasion was our yearly bowling banquet, where all 60…
What a beautiful day to play golf in Syracuse, N.Y., you might say to yourself after looking at the photo I snapped with my iPhone 4 looking out over the 10th fairway at Foxfire Golf Club this afternoon. Yes, the sky was a shocking blue. Yes, the grass was a vibrant green. But the wind…
The Syracuse New Times unveiled its new page design style earlier this month. And editor Larry Dietrich decided he wanted me to take a different approach for my Thursday film blog to help punch up the page dedicated to the big screen. Goodbye weekend movie advances. Hello me commenting about things I find odd and…
Damn, I miss these guys. A month back, I laid out the timeline through my life of nicknames, and Aggo, Twenty and Shaudy all made major appearances. How could they not? I’ve known Mike Agostino since we both were in the eighth grade. And that would have been in 1970. He and I only went…
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