Nighttime is the bright time for Clinton Square holiday lights

I considered myself fortunate that my work meeting in downtown Syracuse kept me until sunset. That meant that my carefully planned parking near Clinton Square allowed me to take photos of the festive holiday scene with my iPhone 8 after nightfall. Taking in this location has become a tradition. I may no longer visit every…

Syracuse looks fine from up high

My job at the library last week took a few carloads of us to downtown Syracuse and the very top floor of a big building on Warren Street. Before the presentation began, we pressed our faces to the window to soak up the view from floor 15. Having worked downtown for many decades during my…

Looks cool to me

At the corner of Clinton Square stands a new joint. New to me, anyway. It’s been awhile since I’ve closely looked around the great spot in downtown Syracuse. Polish Fest gave us that opportunity. And a new storefront welcomed folks for cones, sundaes and more. Hover over a gallery photo for a description. Click on…

Now we can picture where George works

We took an added stroll from our visit to Polish Fest to take a good, long look at the new place where George Three has started to work. It’s just up Erie Boulevard West from Clinton Square. My terrific daughter Elisabeth’s sensational significant has been explaining to me that his great new job is in…

The Polish Fest tradition continues to make us happy

We won’t miss Polish Fest at downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square. Hover over a gallery photo for a description. Click on an image for an enlarged slide show. We start with our lunch. Our go-to place has become the tent from Utica’s finest Polish Community Home. Of course, after eating, we walk to take in the…

New construction, old ???

My great friend Michelle and I looked at the renovation going on across the street from this year’s Martinfest, and we wondered. What had been in that building before the supermarket and boutique coffee shop on the bottom floor and newly restored apartments to come upstairs? Even though we’d worked for decades at the big…

A sort-of-warm year for Martinfest

I had to attend Martinfest solo this year. Bah! My dear wife Karen had her Saturday shift at the library and couldn’t make it to the annual better-than-Winterfest Bash in the downtown Syracuse parking lot thrown by our great friend Michelle and many other Martin siblings and cousins. I took the early shift, leaving to…