Cold night, warm lights in Syracuse

Oh, cold, cold Syracuse winter. Sometimes I must drive through the deep freeze. I pilot my car with freezing hands, despite the leather gloves. The heater churns to bring some small level of comfort inside the vehicle. This week I found myself stopping my car at the curb because a certain sight had the potential…

If I were a rich man …

You can’t get to the bagels without passing the huge flat screens. I think these folks know what they’re doing, the way they plot your entry way to the goods at BJ’s Wholesale Club. My dear wife Karen and I stopped at the need-membership-to-shop store yesterday afternoon. Their gas is about 20 cents cheaper a…

It’s time to play a guessing game

Let’s have a little fun this Sunday morning. I will call it: Guess what this is? On my mall-walks this winter, a new corner establishment has caught my eye every time. The name of the joint is Revolutions. Here are three good looks at the business located in the Syracuse, N.Y., mega entertainment, dining and…

If they can crawl, they can enjoy the mall

A weekday morning walk through the fairly empty corridors of Syracuse’s mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA on Tuesday revealed one bustling hallway. Strollers were parked around the outside of the square. Some parents kneeled on a carpet in the center; others talked to each other while standing on alert in the outer…

When snow is kind of sickening

Hey, wanna see a dirty picture? No, not that type of dirty picture. I try to run a family-friendly blog here. Those of you who think snow is the be-all and end-all might be wondering how those of us who live in what I shall call so accurately the snowbelt can get sick of that…