With all the digging in the garden dirt my dear wife Karen and I have been doing of late, we figured a Saturday night trip to the Syracuse neighborhood of Tipperary Hill would do us well. Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub was throwing its kickoff edition for its weekly outdoor block party. Yes, thank you, said…
Join the improv writing feature that Don Charisma is hosting, Chris Malone urged me back in January, you’ll like it. I did, and I did. Assigned a topic merely called “The swimming gorilla,” I wrote a piece about not really knowing how to swim, this whole entire life of mine. Soon after, from kindly blogger…
Five months worth of available dancing, drinking and eating in downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square kicked off yesterday afternoon. The spring gray broke for a stretch, my dear wife Karen and I took off our jackets, the good friends were chatty, and my very favorite Syracuse band was on the stage. I enjoyed the Crawfish Festival.…
A small business conference was my dear wife Karen’s assignment Thursday afternoon for the Syracuse Media Group, the company that was born from the big daily. As I was sharpening comments right here, Karen called. She suggested I drive downtown to the Oncenter and take a walk through the aisles. There were plenty of folks…
Artist Abisay Puentes says he changed the concept several times as the deadline approached for the opening of his exhibit “Mist.” On opening night last week in the newly refurbished La Casita in Syracuse, N.Y., community members slowly walked past his final result. It was an interesting display. Part mural, part gallery. The native of…
The poster for Miranda Sings literally stopped me dead. I had to gawk. I had to circle. I had to snap the picture outside the Funny Bone comedy club in Syracuse’s mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA. Nobody said standup comics have to be among the most gorgeous among us, right, Roseanne? But,…
The happy times will roll down Syracuse’s Salina Street this afternoon. The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a really big deal. For hours and hours, bands will march, floats will be pulled, vintage cars will roll slowly so dignitaries can wave from inside, fire companies will show off their shiniest truck. Dance schools will…
Oh, so pleasant was my walk with Ellie B, aka Dogamous Pyle, through our Syracuse city neighborhood this morning. No hat. No gloves. Winter jacket zipper pulled down to three-quarters. After a winter of steady 20s, teens, and polar-vortex really-now temperatures, a break into the 40s with a shining sun is very welcome my man…
The big double date to The Cheesecake Factory comes tonight. Pretty quick plans for me dear wife Karen and I do join my wonderful daughter Elisabeth and her cool boyfriend George, considering that the Syracuse, N.Y. installment of the famous chain opened its doors just this Monday. All four of us have been looking forward…
Kaitlyn Jackson has made it through the notorious group night on “American Idol.” The only way I know this is because the 15-year-old country music singer from Norwich posted the news on her Facebook open fan page. She told the world that the Shotgun Angels — the name the trio of singers gave themselves for…
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