Flag girls on South Salina Street

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Yeah, we have

Today’s the official one in the books. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Take out your best green clothes? It started here in Syracuse with our annual downtown parade. Thousands lined the curbs of Clinton Square and South Salina Street to catch the spectacle. My dear wife Karen and I have always thought, in fact, that the…

What I like about Syracuse, fresh on Zillow

A couple of months ago, a guy from Zillow by the name of Nick Elam asked me if I’d like to have some of his Zillow.com copy that’s appropriate for my Syracuse readership to run on my blog. Well … thanks for thinking of me, Nick, but … I think I’ll be writing my own…

Syracuse underground parking.

Photo 101: Where are you, pop of color?

Cheri sent out instructions about color this first day of week three in Photo 101. She wanted us to find images that popped. She wanted us to study the angles. She wanted us to consider the lighting. I drove downtown from the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, running other errands but…

When bad people do good in the movies

In “Run All Night,” I found myself rooting for the guy played by Liam Neeson. When, in the back story set in front of us, his character was every bit a bad a guy as the man played by co-lead Ed Harris. You can read my review of “Run All Night” as my weekly Movie…

Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood

OK, you’re still the boss

Did this past week of 40-degree (F) temperatures raise my spirits and optimism here in Syracuse, N.Y.? Yes, indeed. Did I enjoy the magnitude of snow melt we’d experienced after 50 straight days of sub-freezing weather and snow that topped 100 inches? Sure thing. Did I think we’d escaped winter’s icy fingers? No, I’ve lived…

From the top of Merchant Commons, Warren and Fayette streets.

Photo 101: Weekend reflection of light

My dear wife Karen and I drove to downtown Syracuse for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday afternoon. My primary mission was to capture the mood with my iPhone 6 and my noodle, for my weekly community blog for Syracuse Public Media site waer.org. You’ll be able to see my column there, as well…

Eleven strikes in a row for Tom Stagnitta.

A pretty exciting almost for Tom ends at 288

Big excitement bubbled for our CiCi’s Pizza team in the Thursday Night Men’s League at Bowling Green Lanes in North Syracuse, N.Y. When last I reported on our fortunes in this second half of the season, we’d started the night in fourth place, but had won just two of seven points that week, and I’d…

Photo 101: My mystery leads me to …

Lesson 10 in Photo 101 had Michelle sending us to find a Mystery. She used lighting as her teaching cue, illustrating how different angles bring hues and shadows to our frames. I had a trip planned to a big place in Syracuse, and decided to share two views of one of the landmark’s most prominent…