Celebrating at Jimmy’s joint

It didn’t take my smart daughter Elisabeth long to pick the place for her post-graduation lunch celebration. Jimmy Buffett’s Margarittaville was the restaurant to follow the Saturday morning ceremony at Onondaga Community College. One, said Elisabeth, the Destiny USA location probably would not be overrun with graduates and family from the campus on the other…

OCC gets graduation ceremony right

Hail to the graduates of Onondaga Community College. Our graduate Elisabeth, in particular. But to all of them, really. The bustling college that serves the county that houses the city of Syracuse did it up right. Families and friends arrived with the graduates to file into the big SRC Arena on a gray and getting-chilly…

Congratulations to a hard-working George III

George Venditti III put on the cap and gown in Oneonta and went up there with a whole bunch of other young people to mark the occasion of receiving that coveted academic degree. As a bunch of proud parents sat around a table at the Retreat in Liverpool, N.Y., during a celebration dinner, my marvelous…