Onondaga Like sits quite close to the city of Syracuse

One of my favorite sights when I walk on the shores of Onondaga Lake is to look to the east and spot the Syracuse skyline. When Elisabeth and George invited me along to Onondaga Lake Park for their August edition of Pokemon Community Day, we ended up at the best spot for me to admire…

Everybody rocked but the Orange

The five-buck ticket was worth it. My fantastic daughter Elisabeth, her sensational significant George Three and I had a fine time for the season finale at the Carrier Dome Saturday afternoon. We started with a visit to the quad, watching a bit of the Pride of the Orange marching band and scoring some free chocolate…

The Orange started off looking sharp in the gray

The Syracuse Orange went with a different look for Saturday’s game in the Carrier Dome. Not the blue jerseys. Not the orange jerseys. For this important game against Wake Forest, the hometown squad put on the grays. My dear wife Karen and I thought they looked kind of sharp warming up for the game so…

Syracuse rocks the Dome old-school with the Clemson win

The radio talk show guys were wondering what Syracuse’s 27-24 upset over Clemson on the night of Friday the 13th compared to in the Orange’s Carrier Dome history. They were young post-game hosts, a former player from this decade and a radio station guy not far removed from his SU graduation. So their frame of…

Bigger hopes for Orange catch up with me

I always look forward to that first dash out of the tunnel for the Syracuse Orange football players. The first kneel in the corner is pretty cool, too. This being the second season under Coach Dino Babers, I had some hopes that last year’s two-win season would be solidly in the rear view. Indeed, that…

Finding fun on the SU hill

Walking up the hill toward the Carrier Dome for any Syracuse University sporting event, Crouse College always stands out. The Castle, it could be called. Taking that walk for a game last month, my dear wife Karen and I spotted some kids stamping the big hill around the building as their own. They were on…

Really, Let’s Go Orange

As far as I’m concerned, the Syracuse Orange did one thing extremely right for the last home game seven days ago now in the Carrier Dome against the Florida State Seminoles. They wore their orange jerseys. Better than the blue. Way better than the gray. Just saying. Good luck in Pittsburgh in the last game…

A Funky Thanksgiving to all

I can’t give you a personally shot video of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade today because, well, here I am with my dear wife Karen in A Bitty Better in the Galeville neighborhood of Liverpool getting ready to celebrate the holiday, and the big hoo-ha is down there in Manhattan. But I did think ahead…