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At the end of the line was a Train concert
I thought my days of standing in line to buy concert tickets were decades in my rear view mirror. Then the announcement that Train was coming to the New York State Fair Grandstand this August flashed...
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The biggest gathering in our city is worth a long look
When I worked for the big daily in the 1990s, I came home pretty dusty every night during a 12-day stretch that started in August and ended on Labor Day. Part of my beat covering music and...
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I did pick the best seats for Train
Back when I got up early to make sure I was one of the first people in line on the first day tickets to see Train in concert at the New York State Fair Grandstand went on sale, I must admit I did a bit...
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Don’t you hate when people say there’s nothing to do?
Over at my weekly community blog for Syracuse Public Media site waer.org, I decided to voice a bit of dismay at the folks who like to say there’s nothing to do. This was a good week for me to take my...
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A warm State Fair story, and cool pictures
My great friend Theresa told me a New York State Fair story that made me very happy during my Saturday morning vanity appointment. Between hair scissoring and beard clipping, she shared of how daughter...
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Keeping the music alive in Syracuse
Talk about a tough job. Larry Luttinger is executive director of Central New York Jazz. That’s an arts foundation in Syracuse that’s tied to public and private money. Government spending on the arts...
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Bubbling over at the New York State Fair
It’s State Fair time in Syracuse, and the topic came up last week when I spent Sunday morning playing golf and eating breakfast with my daughter Elisabeth and Georges Three and Two. I told her my dear...
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A Fair day? Let’s call it excellent, from goats to Swons
Somebody up near the top at the New York State Fair has a sense of humor. This I could tell as my dear wife Karen and I walked from out most excellent parking spot in the Pink Lot on early Sunday...
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We open a new package, and Miranda Lambert’s inside
They finally built it. A brand, spanking new music amphitheater that Syracusans can call their own opened last night across the highway from the New York State Fair. No more having to drive 90 miles...
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The Steve Miller Band, from the wayback
The plan sounded solid, cemented even further from the on-site texts telling of too much heat and less folks than expected. No, wonderful daughter Elisabeth, Georges Three and Two and Sue would not be...
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It’s time for the new Great New York State Fair
Things will be different when the New York State Fair opens the gates today. Starting with the gates. From the close last Labor Day, the sprawling fairgrounds in Geddes received a facelift to the tune...
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The young and the formerly Beach Boys at the New York State Fair
The New York State Fair is always a place for all ages, even when they open the gates for free for those over 60 on one of their senior days. That was the case Monday when my dear wife Karen and I took...
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From Dinosaur to goats, there’s plenty for State Fair roamers to gawk at
Meet at the Regional Market parking lot for the bus to the State Fair, my dear wife Karen and I agreed before we left for work. And then when I pulled past the final Syracuse Chiefs baseball game of...
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Hail, hail, Mr. Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry died last week, and I of course bowed my head to a major man of my musical past. Before my time, certainly, this guy who rightfully took his place as one of the first inductees when they...
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Great suggestion for Mother’s Day from my smart daughter. Food trucks and...
The text came in midweek, and I thought it was a good idea for a Mother’s Day Sunday in the greater Syracuse area. And my dear wife Karen agreed. The Food Truck Festival at noon with Elisabeth and her...
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Before I forget, we did go to the New York State Fair
A few weeks ago, my dear wife Karen and I got done with our things on a Friday late afternoon and went to the New York State Fair. We took the Centro bus shuttle from Destiny USA and were stuck in...
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We’ll take 20 feet, please
I can’t tell you how many iPad/iPhone charging cords we’ve gone through. Yes, my dear wife Karen and I may have left one or two at the various places we’ve visited in the past years. But mostly they...
View ArticleA smooth first day for us at the New York State Fair
The very first day of the New York State Fair was calling out to my dear wife Karen and I this year. We’d never yet picked the extra Wednesday the fair folks had tacked on the traditional 12-day run...
View ArticleOne way or another, we wanted to see Blondie
My dear wife Karen and I spent enough hours sitting on the benches waiting for bands to start at Chevy Court, back in the years I reviewed music for the big daily. So nowadays we walk around the New...
View ArticlePentatonix proves to be very, very popular
When I bought our $20 lawn tickets to see Pentatonix at the Lakeview Amphitheater a few months ago, I figured we’d use our annual trick of trading up to pavilion seats the night of the show. So my dear...
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