Gingerbread houses sweeten Turning Stone

My dear wife Karen and I arrived a bit early for my Beddian Birthday dinner celebration with the kids Sunday at the big buffet restaurant at Turning Stone Resort and Casino some 25 miles up the New York State Thruway from Syracuse. It seems I told Karen that set 4:30 as our meeting time but…

All puffed up for the holidays

One week ’til Christmas. Are you over the moon yet? Now just because I wasn’t out there stringing lights and putting out lawn ornaments at the adored Little Bitty of my dear wife Karen and I in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood doesn’t mean that I’m not into the spirit of individuality at this…

It looks like all-skate to me

The famous 30 Rock isn’t the only downtown outdoor center that’s got it going on. I thought I might find a deserted core Saturday in the heart of Syracuse, N.Y., when I had my dear wife Karen stop the car off on our way to a holiday party so I could see if there was…

Snow in the Syracuse backyard? Ellie B digs it

As I’ve written about the snow piling up around our Little Bitty the past few days here in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, somebody asked me in a comment about the reaction of Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. Well, Diana, I do believe you will be able to see for yourself. Not one of…

The saga of snow and Syracuse city living Part II

So you know what happens when you get to the bottom of your driveway in the Syracuse city neighorhood of Eastwood all cleared from the night’s worth of snow, including the big pile deposited by the snow plow at the bottom, right? Inevitably? I still had my shovel in hand and was attacking the middle…

Take it to the (snow) bank

The plow came through our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood last night. I call that good news and bad news. Yes, we live at the foot of a rather sharp grade for an urban setting — remember my Syracuse half-marathon photos of runners careening down past our house the past two winters? — so that…

All they are saying, is give peace a chance

I felt at home at the Plowshares Craftsfair & Peace Festival Saturday, soaking up the vibe and taking pictures with my iPhone 6. I wrote about the 44th edition of the fundraising event from my weekly community blog for Syracuse Public Media site waer.org. There are plenty of my photographs to go along with it…

More than a dusting, less than a Nor’easter

The snow the weather folks had been talking about for days — Nor’easter was their fright word I shared with in yesterday’s post direct from my wait in the car dealer’s service waiting room — finally showed up at our house in the Syracuse city nieghborhood of Syracuse after 10 last night. My verdict this…

Waiting for the Nor’easter and my Chevy Cruze

The oil change and tire rotation has been on my radar for a few weeks now. My car dealership is faithful with its email reminders of such matters. So too is the monthly bulletin I get from OnStar, the high-tech service I continue to pay for because the radio commercial succeeded to convince me how…

2 Syracuse bloggers in the Brooklyn Pickle shout out to California

Malone and I do lunch every couple of months or so. We Syracuse bloggers have to stick together, I figure. Besides, I’ve come to more and more admire the way the mind of this guy works, this fellow who writes The Infinite Abyss(es) here on WordPress as well as The Inevitable Coffee Ring on Tuesdays…