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SYRACUSE
UNIVERSITY BOATHOUSE
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Another neat feature I stumbled onto was the Syracuse University
boathouse. As mentioned earlier there was a section in the back area of
the show next to a
remarkably peaceful tributary of some kind about 25 yards wide. As I wandered thru the dealers in that back
area I looked out past one of the dealers tents that backed up to the
water. On the other side of the tributary I saw
what looked like a crew team boathouse. All a sudden I realized it was
the Syracuse University boathouse. Being a rowing memorabilia collector
I toured some of the boathouses on Philadelphia's Boathouse row during
my pre-con road trip for the 2007 National. It would have been nice to
tour the Syracuse boathouse and see all their trophies, but I didn't
know anyone there and wouldn't have been comfortable cold calling. First
time I've ever come across a boathouse at an antiques show.
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Antiques Exchange |
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I
left the show and made my way to what I understood to be the best antiques
mall in Syracuse, the Syracuse Antiques Exchange...pretty original and
important sounding name. Sort of an interesting 4 or 5 story affair, but
fell pretty much in the category of the show...which wasn't much...of
course all it takes is one find. I asked around about the Madison
Bouckville area and was told it wasn't worth the 35 minute drive. The
Madison Bouckville antique market is renowned but it wasn't open when I
was there. Nevertheless, I figured I had the rest of the day to explore
around before heading to the Rhinebeck Show the following day, so I drove
thru just to see the area. They were right, the stores there weren't much,
but that's OK, I had a good time looking around.
I
did however get one good perk out of the trip. The last store I hit, I
asked where was a good place to eat. I'd been hoping to find a good mom
and pop independently owned restaurant. They told me about the Solsville
Hotel. It was about a couple mile drive out in the middle of no where it
seemed. But I struck gold...it was exactly the kind of place I'd been
hoping to find...just down home cook'n. The special that night was beer
battered fried fish. I got it with garlic mashed potatoes, and the great
soup and salad bar. I think the whole dinner beverage and all came to
like$15.00 or $16.00...One of those places ya just can't beat, great food,
great prices. I was one of their happiest customers.
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DINNER
AT THE HOTEL SOLSVILLE
SOLSVILLE
NEW YORK |
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| Soup and
salad bar |
Friday
special
beer
battered fish
with
garlic mash potatoes |
But
all good things come with a price...I headed for my next hotel in Hyde Park,
next to Rhinebeck..and within a half hour I was falling asleep at the wheel
from a full stomach. I took a turn off the highway and found a fairly safe
looking place to take a nap before driving on. I hardly knew where I was, just
that I was way out in the country. As I got out of my car to get into the back
seat I saw I had pulled along a huge lake. It was very quiet and deserted and
a group of geese were tranquilly paddling out into the lake...It seemed
kind of odd that it was so deserted, but I heard latter there are a lot of
lakes in that area.
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