The fur will fly on Saturday, December 7, when the Syracuse Crunch host the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at the War Memorial Arena. The fur, of course, belong to the thousands of teddy bears and toys that will fly on to the War Memorial ice. The Syracuse Crunch and Stanley Steemer of Syracuse are hosting their 9’th annual Tired Teddy Bear Toss, where the fans are invited to throw new and gently used stuffed animals and teddy bears on to the ice when the Crunch score their first goal. All manner of stuffed toys are welcome, from beanie babies to Elmos, …
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Mario’s in Lake George Village
It was a Friday night, June 1992. My friend Rob and I were just down from the top of Prospect Mountain where we had seen the fireworks and laser light show, the highlight of the Americade motorcycle rally. It was about 45 degrees, raining and we were soaked, cold, nearly drowned rats, disheveled and shivering. Rob rode us up to the back door of the restaurant – I hadn’t caught the name of it, but it looked warm, and that’s all I cared about. Hobbling in wearing a rain suit that was every bit as wet inside as out, I …
Americana Vineyards
A few years ago, my lovely wife and I had the pleasure of doing the Halloween Party at Americana. We sat and chatted with a number of people, enjoyed coffee in the attached Crystal Lake Café, showed off our costumes and admired everyone else’s. In all, a delightful time. But for some reason, I never got to fully taste and appreciate their wines. That major oversight has now been corrected. Why did I take so long? Why am I asking you? …never mind. The staff are uniformly enthusiastic about working at Americana. Our server J.D. introduced each sample with not …
The New York Renaissance Faire
This is not reality – this is FANTASY, one of the greatest places for geeks and semi normal people to gather, be entertained, fed and have a generally great time. The New York Renaissance Fair is celebrating its 40’th year of knights and wenches, comedy and drama, royalty and beggars and more. Although it’s a more than a day trip from Central New York where we live, it’s well worth the weekend. It took about 4 hours to make it to our hotel in Suffern. Restaurants are everywhere. Janet had said she wanted Red Lobster and we found one about …
Begin at the Beginning
Where to start? Close to home? Overseas? At a good local bistro? Perhaps at one of the Finger Lake’s many cideries. I have lived here all my life, and never knew that so very many brands of hard cider are made within a few miles of here. I think that the best way to start is with the icon of the Finger Lakes, the 215’ Taughannock Falls and the gorge the river has carved since its beginnings near the end of the Ice Age. You can visit the falls from the base, drive to the overlook or take one of …