Feeling like a winner up on the Syracuse University hill

The day was bright, blue and full potential this mid-September Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. The hometown Syracuse Orange football squad was 2-0 as fans climbed the hill to the Carrier Dome to ready for the contest against Atlantic Coast Conference rival Florida State. The fact that the Orange has not fared well against the Seminoles…

These Crazy Rich Asians provide a joyful ride

Crazy Rich Asians serves up a generous helping of the good, the bad and the ugly. And the beautiful. Oh, how this two hours directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay be Peter Chiarelli and Adele Liz based on the novel from Kevin Kwan gorgeous. The cast is led by Constance Wu and Henry…

Pretty fall colors on the walk with Ellie B

With the temperatures dropping pleasantly for the new season, I threw the leash on Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and took her on a lap around the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Our cherished rescue mutt and I took in some nice flowering sights at a neighbor’s. The contrast…

Construction on the SU hill, no kidding

Walking to and from the first Syracuse University home college football game, I noticed a big building project. It’s very close to Crouse Hospital, so my dear wife Karen said she’d noticed it in the months she worked there during this past winter. Me, I’d seen not a sign of it last football season. Yet…

Taking the seaweed from Onondaga Lake

Taking our work break walk from the library recently, we noticed some mining going on in Onondaga Lake. A truck in the Marina announced that the vegetation piling up in the bed was 100 percent natural. I spotted the boat doing the work right in the marina waters. Interesting, I thought. Looks a lot like…

See you next year, pool water

The pool company workers stopped by just after Labor Day. On went a new security cover. This baby will last a couple of decades, says the material in the brochure. Knock on wood. More than enough for us. Now it can be colder for the season, yes. This sure beats how we had to close…

Hooray for another walk up the Syracuse University hill

My dear wife Karen and I were more than ready for our first walk up the big hill for another college football season. We kept up with our traditions, starting with pulling into the same lot on West Genesee Street at the bottom of University Avenue. Quickly we noted that our friend who collects the…

Dang, I did see Burt Reynolds in Syracuse

So I meet my old friend Tom Honan this morning for a quick chat so he can fill me in on some cool things he’s doing with his Live Space Entertainment company – Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters benefit for the Food Bank of Central New York on Sept 21 at the Palace Theatre!…