Summer gets cooler

Cookout ready. When my dear wife Karen and I were brainstorming for the just-right Christmas gifts for George Three last holiday season, we (she) hit upon a beverage cooler for the family cookouts in he and terrific daughter Elisabeth’s backyard they cherish so much. He loved it when it was opened on the holiday. On…

Another game

Take us out to the ball game. A double header on a sunny weekend when KP is up from Atlanta? Perfect when he joins Elisabeth, George Three and I take in some baseball. It makes it even better that the promotion in the second game led to the home team going back to the former…

Our first trip to the Lilac Festival delighted all

Enchanting city park. Yes, said my dear wife Karen and I, please allow us in your new car, Elisabeth, to join George Three and Sue for a family Mother’s Day drive one city west for the Lilac Festival. Rochester has it going on with this event. Highland Park is a true gem. Original color. White,…

George’s new gift feeds us all

Backyard chef and my hero George Three. Everybody’s invited over after our Mother’s Day drive to test out George Three’s new pizza oven, declared terrific daughter Elisabeth. Roaring flame. His mom Sue gifted it for Christmas, we discovered as we all visited the Lilac Festival in neighboring Rochester for a lovely Mother’s Day excursion with…

Second deck can be fun

Oh, the patio! When terrific daughter Elisabeth asked if dear wife Karen and I wanted to take in the union picnic for a Syracuse Mets game at NBT Bank Stadium with she and George Three, we were all in. It’s a hit. The tickets said 1st base patio. That cool location on the second level…

Great seats down low

See it all. George Two and I decided we’d take in a Syracuse Mets weekday day game, just us two old guys. I bought ahead at the box office and snagged really close seats. Big sky. Behind the dugout with a blue sky kept us happy, yes it did.

A great find down the road a piece

They can move the product, too. I’d been looking forward to my dear wife Karen’s company clambake since she came home from the eye center and invited me as her plus-one for an evening of food and fun following a work day. The festivities would be at Heritage Hill, a Brewery and Event Center in…

Family time in the sun

Gotcha! Sometimes I get stealthy with my iPhone camera. I think terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three saw me before I clicked at the Food Truck Battle, though. A lovely time at the table we all had.

Big little college town

It was a splendid Saturday for my dear wife Karen and I to walk around State College, Pa. The Penn State football game against Indiana would not start until 7:45 p.m. We set out on our journey well before noon. The college portion of town is way, way bigger than the Syracuse hill portion of…

A Champ of a visit to Happy Valley

Hello, dear wife, Karen, I declared at the end of my 4-hour-plus drive into the big state of Pennsylvania. A few months back, she decided to take a different path in her sterile technician career. A traveler’s path. Every few month’s hunk of time, my dear wife will be working in a different place. Learning…