Virtually time for the Masters

Kingpin and I stepped up to the first tee at Augusta National last night. The fairway on the screen was green as can be in the golfing booth in OptiGolf. For our second virtual golf session between real rounds here in Syracuse, N.Y., my best friend and I decided to choose the computer rendering of…

Miranda Sings promotes a beautiful comedy hook

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 great Cheesecake Factory caper ends with just desserts

We’d both hopped onto the online menu for The Cheesecake Factory, my dear wife Karen and I, preparing for the Saturday night double date with my darling daughter Elisabeth and her kind, smart boyfriend George. The living room of our happy house in Syracuse, N.Y., resounded with the unmistakeable sound of my stomach growling. Shrimp.…

Cheesecake Factory, here we come (one perhaps in leather)

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…

Smile when you say that

I know that white teeth are in. All it takes is a look at TV in those spaces between show or sport. There are little pieces of something or other that you can stick on your teeth to make them whiter, I take it from the commercials. There’s a rinse that will make your smile…

Get your Seahawks, Syracuse, Sox, Yanks, Mets stuff now

I know good marketing when I see it. My Favorite Sports Store had a quick thinker out front on Monday morning. The T-shirt, jersey, collectable and more emporium in the Syracuse, N.Y., mega shopping, entertainment and dining complex Destiny USA had a full table of boxes out front. To the left sat Seattle Seahawks stuff,…

Read my Lipsy: Women’s fashion store comes to Syracuse from London

Call me skeptical. I walk past a store in Syracuse, N.Y., with a sign that calls out to the world “Lipsy London,” and I wonder if indeed this store has any official connection on that side of the ocean. I wouldn’t know offhand because the posh-looking fashion in the windows — black dresses and red…

The Cheesecake Factory will open in Syracuse with a Big Bang for us

A cheer erupted within The Cheesecake Factory-to be at the mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA in Syracuse, N.Y. This I know because my face was pressed up against the window, like the proverbial kid and the candy store. (Grown me, though, made sure not to leave any tell-tale nose prints.) We’ve been…

How to shoot a truly high score at Pebble Beach without leaving Syracuse, N.Y.

I loosened up the old golf swing this week. The temperature was at zero when I pulled out of my driveway for the trip to the Syracuse, N.Y., mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA. I had wisely, I thought, moved my clubs from the back porch into the house some 10 hours earlier…

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…