Here are some of my impressions of our Philadelphia trip. This is a work in progress. Upon arriving in Philly on Amtrak, the gorgeous station made for a dramatic welcome to the city. The warmly-colored marble extended far upward in an enormous art deco style main room with long, vertical line motifs. I reflected upon [...]
Read more →Note – if you don’t care about crossword puzzles, skip to the next article! I was pleasantly surprised to see that several Syracusans participated in the annual NY Times Crossword solving contest, which has gained considerable visibility from the fun movie about it, Wordplay. Not having any friends in the area who are similarly addicted [...]
Read more →School can be a peculiar place. Though lack of work reliably produces failure, having intelligence is no guarantee of satisfaction or success. Obviously there are multitudes of other factors that interfere with academic success, such as extremely bad family backgrounds, terrible neighborhoods, and dozens of other problems which I won’t tackle here. In retrospect, I, [...]
Read more →On a Friday night this September, we had yet another terrific meal at Eva’s, a Polish restaurant in the Solvay area in Syracuse, NY. While eating a superlative dessert, it dawned on me that this is one of the best places to eat anywhere in Syracuse. I realized that it’s one of those rare restaurants [...]
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