Sam's Upstate Blog – Page 2 – Thoughts and Reflections from Upstate New York

Rt 2 Corridor (Congress and Ferry)

I submitted the below comment to the public comment section for the Rt. 2 Corridor project. Capital Streets has a good deal […]

We had our first really autumnal day here in upstate New York. It’s been around 50 and rainy all day, and the […]

Apparently, today is the penultimate day of Negroni Week. I have to confess that I didn’t enjoy it the first time I […]

This one is my own invention, inspired by the need to use a decade-old white elephant gift. A family holiday gift swap […]

This was written a few years ago and seems to be even more relevant today. It’s worth a thoughtful read (~10 mins). […]

This is a good read by Philip Bump, a seasoned journalist, on the consolidation of power in media, and why he doesn’t […]

I do a fair amount of reading of articles, relying heavily on mastodon and BlueSky for topical news and discussion, and on […]

Our suburban neighborhood has been attracting hawks (and a bald eagle) for five or six years now. I do wonder if my […]

This may have been the first cocktail I learned to make. I started mixing cocktails about four years ago, at a friend’s […]

To celebrate National Tequila Day, I made a new (to me) margarita variant. The basil in my wife’s garden is thriving, so […]