4th of July Excitement

Today marked yet another year of US History (as if anyone in the entire world didn’t realize that).  I myself spent the 4th a day early with fireworks, dinner and a large crowd in Brewerton, New York.  There were at least a couple thousand people crowding the restaurants, streets and bridges and it was no less than an organized mess.  It was a truly beautiful place to celebrate our great country.  I watched fireworks on the shores of a lake and enjoyed, what else, some fish.  The service at the Waterfront Tavern was exceptional and the day couldn’t have gone better. I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th and lets hope this will mark the begginning of some good times in the USA.

Also, I have updated my website! Click here to check it out. Any feedback is appreciated.

Destiny U.S.A.

I planned to broadcast from Carousel Center in downtown Syracuse today but due to multiple issues, including the crash of Justin.tv under  the strain of 50,000 viewers, I was unable to do so. At that point  I decided to blog about Destiny USA, the future of Carousel Center.  

Destiny, as we know it, is massive ‘green’ facility that will have a major impact on of Syracuse. Construction will expand Carousel to over 4.5 million feet and include the creation of a 1,300 room hotel, an aquarium and indoor water park, a re-creation of the Erie Canal, a stadium and performing arts center, three golf courses, a 100 acre glass enclosed indoor park, and a 20 acre artificial lake.  It will take till at least 2012 just to build the hotel and it could be decades until we see the finish line, if there is to be one at all. This project has been under way since April 2000 and we still have only seen the first stages of the ‘magnificent’ hotel. Citizens are torn between whether this is really a project worth waiting for but in my opinion it is worth blogging about. I will continue to blog as Destiny progresses and we see noticeable changes in Carousel.