Discount Nordstrom store, whoa!

A new store recently popped up on our radar at Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA, so last Saturday my dear wife Karen and I stopped our stroll to drop in and take a look. Nordstrom Rack promised big deals on great brands. So said the sign out front. Hover over either…

Doggie daydreams at 5

Caught in a pensive mood, Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is gazing upon the side yard in our Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. So I wonder about our beloved rescue mutt as she approaches her fifth year with us … what is she thinking about as she looks out on the…

Row, row, row, no boat

On a Saturday afternoon visit to Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA, my dear wife Karen and I shot a glance down past the rail as we walked on level two toward nowhere in particular. There was quite a hub-bub down on the floor of what mall organizers have dubbed The Canyon.…

It’s hard to get past De Niro’s big stink in Dirty Grandpa

This sort of sleaze-in-comedy-clothing you expect from Zac Efron, having slinked down Eeew Lane just two years ago with Neighbors. (Sorority house sequel with Seth Rogen coming soon, trailer in theaters now, beware!) But sitting through each of the sex-crazy 102 minutes of Dirty Grandpa in a pretty-packed late Friday afternoon showing in the Regal…

They’re mycicles

When the snow builds up to a certain point on the rooftops of Syracuse and the sun does its thing during the winter days as January winds its way toward February and then night falls … It’s icicle season. They can get big and nasty and dangerous. They can do serious damage to your roof…

Majestic moon shot

Straight from a work shift at the store, I drove to Destiny USA to catch a late afternoon movie for this week’s review. Dirty Grandpa. DeNiro and Efron. Catch my views here Monday morning. After that solo viewing, I pulled into the driveway of the Little Bitty in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood tired…

Come snow, do you take the highway or side streets?

As the Lake Effect snow fell steadily during a work shift this week, my boss and I talked about our winter driving habits around Syracuse, N.Y. There were no customers at the front end registers at the moment. I told her how I had taken the New York State Thruway entrance nearby the Little Bitty…

Ice Cube, Kevin Hart do more than Ride Along in 2

Ice Cube and Kevin Hart bring out the best in each other, for sure this time. And that makes Ride Along 2 better than its predecessor, which was a pretty good buddy movie in the first place. We find Hart’s Ben Barber and Cube’s James Peyton a week away from officially becoming brothers-in-law in this…

One family member loves the snow

I’ve fully chronicled my wish that the snow stay away from the our Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. The reasons are many. Snow removal of course is high on my list, right up there with my aversion to driving in it, on it, through it. This week’s storm came through the…