There were some great bands, including "Enter the Haggis".
As wonderful as the music (and the free-flowing Guiness) were, my attention soon wandered to the beautiful architecture of Clinton Square. 
We have now lived in the Syracuse area for 10 months, and we realized that we don't really know the city at all. This is partly due to Kevin's crazy travel schedule, but also partly due to that feeling of, "Eh, there's always tomorrow." When we lived in Chicago, we definitely did go out and do things, but we were usually spurred on by out of town guests who wanted to see the sights. There was so much more to see and do that we never got around to--our loft was directly across from Oprah's Harpo Studios (we could watch the celebrities' limos pull up to the building) but I chose to watch her show on TV instead of bothering to get tickets. I always thought "Someday" and then we moved and I have been kicking myself ever since! When we moved to Norway, we knew it was going to be for a limited time, so we really did take advantage of living there. By the time we moved back, several Norwegians told us that we had seen and done more in Norway than they ever had. But now we've fallen back into that rut of thinking we have all the time in the world to get out and explore our new city. Kevin and I vowed on Saturday, "No more! We're going to hang out on Tipp Hill, in Armory Square, by College Hill! And once we get to know Syracuse, we're going to expand our horizons and check out the Thousand Islands and Lake Ontario, and heck, maybe we'll even venture into Canada!" We have definitely made progress--Kevin already has a favorite building in Syracuse, the very cool art deco NiMo building:
3 comments:
Hi Em,
Sunday I was at the Veg Fest at Thornden Park in Syracuse. Ve-ry cool old stately park from 1700's origin right off SU campus. They had some bands who performed on ampitheatre stage area. Everything was built using big old stonework. It's another place you'll want to visit in Syracuse. It'd be an excellent place to take the dogs walking.
Congrats to Kevin on his new job!
Hey Emily, Syracuse looks interesting. The gothic buildings are incredible, as is the art deco one. I'm looking forward to visiting sometime soon! :-)
"Enter the Haggis." Great name for a band! But, hey, what was a Scottish band doing at an Irish fest? ;-)
Robin, I can't believe I missed Veg Fest! I need to read the paper more! I will definitely have to check out Thornden Park.
Michele, good question, perhaps a shared love of Guiness, Scotch and whiskey brings the Irish and Scots together?
Emily
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