Happy St. Patrick’s Day, but I won’t parade around this year

Today’s the day to celebrate all things Irish. And green. They got together for the annual St. Patrick’s Parade in downtown Syracuse last Saturday. My dear wife Karen and I did not attend this year. Too cold. Our local ABC affiliate, WSYR-9, broadcast three hours of the parade, as per custom. They started at noon…

Flag girls on South Salina Street

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Yeah, we have

Today’s the official one in the books. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Take out your best green clothes? It started here in Syracuse with our annual downtown parade. Thousands lined the curbs of Clinton Square and South Salina Street to catch the spectacle. My dear wife Karen and I have always thought, in fact, that the…

Going green just because she can

Sometimes you’ve got to search long and hard to find somebody you think is fully intoxicated by the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day without being fully … well, without being drunk. Yesterday in Syracuse, all I had to do was drive to the neighborhood Rite Aide drug store. My mission was to buy a bottle…