August 22, 2016
The only constant is change, as they say. You can’t stop the clock from ticking, unfortunately! Here are 10 Tips for Enjoying the Last Two Week of Summer: Plan 2 day trips, one for each week. Unless of course your big summer vacay is at the end of the season, in which case, live it up! A little change…
August 15, 2016
Happy Monday! So, I’ve been meaning to do a post about one of my favorite Utica places, as well as share my first cold brew coffee experience. This whole cold brew thing is really in right now, and when you taste it, you can see why! What I like about the idea of brewing my own cold brew at home…
June 15, 2016
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime! Ah, summer. I’m a teacher, and was fortunate to land a job right after I graduated from college. This means I’ve never worked in the summer, other than for a part time job during college. This is one of the perks of my career, can’t complain one bit about that. (The complaints will go in…
March 28, 2016
Time for another review by theshortesttallman! One of the neat parts of living in the Northeast is its long history. Utica has been an established city for a few hundred years now. Many consider its heyday to be the mid-twentieth century, which was its peak in city population. It has evolved a lot over the last 50 years, which has…
March 4, 2016
I personally believe that the Utica, NY area is a perfect place to raise a family. Our community is large enough, and the city of Utica is large enough, to support a variety of entertainment, retail, and restaurants. Just recently in the paper (note that we’re just big enough for a decently sized, daily, small-city paper), the cover story…
Well, back to the grind tomorrow. I’ve been enjoying my time as a sahm mom over break, but I guess since I did get it all the time, it helps me appreciate it when I do! Anyway, just wanted to share a couple of things we did over break that I highly recommend! Rockin’ Jump One of the most popular…
Last night, I had the honor of being invited to the “Friends and Family” sneak peek of the brand new Ocean Blue Restaurant atop the newly renovated Landmarc building in downtown Utica. TheShortestTallman was on assignment! The sampling menu had a… sampling… of the full dinner menu advertised on the website. At our table, we tried 3 appetizers: meat and…
August 30, 2015
One of my favorite local treasures is Root Glen, located within the beautiful Hamilton College campus. I didn’t discover it until I was an adult, even though I grew up here. We haven’t gone so much in the last several years since we’ve seemed to always had a kid that was a new walker, but we went last weekend in…
August 28, 2015
The Great New York State Fair! Gotta love it. Me and the girls took an abbreviated visit today, just about 4 1/2 hours of the fair. Lots to love about the fair- for one, it’s only an hour away. The drive is nice, we don’t always finds ourselves on 690 driving straight through the middle of the city of Syracuse,…