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Julie’s Diner on Route 11 in North Syracuse is my favorite breakfast place. I know I wrote about Stella’s Diner back in February, and I do like Stella’s, but for my money Julie’s is the place to go. I’ve been going to Julie’s for a very long time. When I first started going it was […]

I met Farah at the opening party ceremony for Syracuse Woman Magazine and was immediately impressed with her and the magazine. I read the whole thing while I sat eating a little something and was glad to be able to talk to her at that time. I’ve run into her one other time at another […]

I’ve never liked cemeteries; I don’t think most people do. It’s the fear of our own mortality that puts us off, I believe. It’s the knowledge that as we walk on that ground that there are those who used to be among us living and breathing as we are now, and that’s no longer happening. […]

I read with interest this debate about parents in the Liverpool School District being upset because the school system wants to move sixth graders to the middle school and ninth graders to the high school instead of being in the annex. Those against it seem to think that the best interests of their children aren’t […]

I’ve lived in the Syracuse area for 36 years, and I have to say that the Armory Square area hasn’t always been, well, nice. As a matter of fact, for decades it was pretty barren, although I’ve always wondered if it was more than what it was by the time I saw it. I used […]