Hockey time

Today we watched the Syracuse University women's ice hockey team play Mercyhurst College at Tennity Ice Pavilion. It was our first Syracuse University athletics event as a family and we had a great time rooting for the Orange, despite their 4-3 loss. Mercyhurst was clearly the more experienced team and displayed their superior stick skills throughout the game, but we were thrilled and proud that the Orange only lost by one goal.





As we left the arena after the game, Aidan was thrilled when the head ref handed him a puck that was used in the game!

Heaven in a bakery box

Soon after moving to Syracuse, James was told about a bakery that sells the most wonderful bread, pastries and baklava. After only one visit, he was also extolling their virtues and once I tasted their wares during our October visit, I knew that he was not exaggerating.

I am madly in love with Geddes Bakery. Where to begin? They bake the most marvelous, crusty, chewy Italian bread that you can imagine. Their baklava is everything baklava should be: dense, moist and totally decadent. The almond horns are to die for and the canoli is fabulous. They make many other items but I have not tried them all. Yet.

This morning the cutest little old lady waited on me, patiently answered my questions, called me "hon", politely ignored my drooling, and wrapped everything up in a bakery box tied with string. What's not to love?

My only complaint about Geddes Bakery is that it is located in North Syracuse and not in my village. Then again, if Geddes were an easy walk instead of a 20 minute drive, I might go there too often...