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After some cajoling and trickeration (not sure if that’s a real word, but I hear it all the time on sports shows) from my friend Steve Borek on Twitter, I finally broke down and went to see this musical he’d been talking about called Urinetown. It was being put on by the Baldwinsville Theatre Guild, […]

Pizza is one of those things where people have different opinions on just what makes it great. I’m the same way. Sometimes the sauce is a big deal; many times it’s how well the pizza is cooked and what the cheese looks like. For my wife, it’s the vegetables and how much salt is in […]

How often do you go to a local library? I have to admit I don’t go as often as I used to. I do end up at the Liverpool Public Library at least once a month because of my writer’s group, but other than that, I stop in occasionally when I’m in the mood for […]

Well, who could turn down something like this. Margaret McCormick (@mmccormickny), former food editor of the Syracuse Post Standard, sends me a direct message through Twitter and asks if I’d like to participate in a cookie tasting contest on the 24th at the Doubletree Hotel off Carrier Circle. Who am I to turn down the […]

It took me years to get into Stella’s Diner, which is just off Hiawatha Blvd near Carousel Mall. It’s not that I didn’t want to go. It’s that I’m the type of person that sometimes has to be convinced that it’s worth waiting a long time to get into a place. What finally did it […]