Syracuse

stereax · January 19, 2026, 05:47:06 PM

Did y'all know they opened an Ikea at the Syracuse mall?

And they have a Burger King. Man I haven't had Burger King in ages.

Headed straight for the mall after the game. (Dinosaur BBQ place, I will visit another time!) Got about an hour to burn now before going home.

I need friends with cars that are down for my harebrained schemes to get more hockey in... could absolutely make a day out of a mall trip and a 7 pm puck drop game...

(Speaking of, the Crunch won in the shootout! Devon Levi still sucks at hockey!)

stereax · January 19, 2026, 06:47:18 PM

so guess who missed the bus that was RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER FUCKING NOSE

stereax · January 19, 2026, 07:18:34 PM

Okay, your liveblogging update: I'm getting on a Greyhound from Syracuse to Binghamton and then an Ourbus from Bingo to Ithaca.

Question for the group: do I pay $21 and get the 10 PM bus from Bingo to get to Ithaca by 11.10, or do I save $11, pay $10, and take the midnight bus from Bingo and get to Ithaca at 1.10 AM?

I have class at 9 AM tomorrow.

stereax · January 19, 2026, 08:52:02 PM

welcome to wonderful Binghamton, New York, where the bus terminal has people just lyin on the floor.

I took the 10 pm bus and thank god I did I do NOT want to be here a minute longer than I have to

stereax · January 19, 2026, 10:49:30 PM

Made a new friend (traumabonding in the Binghamton bus terminal with a bus delayed 50 minutes) <3

En route to Ithaca now!

I need friends with cars LOL.

stereax · January 20, 2026, 12:18:10 AM

For those of you following along to my needless bullshit in this thread, thank you <3

Just got home. Safe. In one piece. Holy crap. I need to lie down for a week.

Jeff Hopkins '82 · January 20, 2026, 09:35:38 AM

Quote from: stereax on January 20, 2026, 12:18:10 AMFor those of you following along to my needless bullshit in this thread, thank you <3

Just got home. Safe. In one piece. Holy crap. I need to lie down for a week.

And probably take a shower after hanging out in the Binghamton bus station.

Welcome home.

stereax · January 20, 2026, 09:37:24 AM

Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on January 20, 2026, 09:35:38 AM
Quote from: stereax on January 20, 2026, 12:18:10 AMFor those of you following along to my needless bullshit in this thread, thank you <3

Just got home. Safe. In one piece. Holy crap. I need to lie down for a week.

And probably take a shower after hanging out in the Binghamton bus station.

Welcome home.

Hah, I was planning to wash my hair once I got back (at a reasonable hour, as I originally intended), but I passed out the minute I got home. Need to take a nice, LONG shower tonight, though, after the women's game. Maybe with some bleach.

Weder · January 20, 2026, 10:00:38 AM

At least you weren't on this bus: https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fmusicologyduck.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mct2lipzqc2p&viewtype=tree

stereax · January 20, 2026, 01:32:25 PM

Quote from: Weder on January 20, 2026, 10:00:38 AMAt least you weren't on this bus: https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fmusicologyduck.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3mct2lipzqc2p&viewtype=tree

I take everything back. Jesus christ

David Harding · January 20, 2026, 05:55:07 PM

Glad you made it home safely.

stereax · January 20, 2026, 06:02:39 PM

Quote from: David Harding on January 20, 2026, 05:55:07 PMGlad you made it home safely.

Thanks ahaha. Sorry for liveblogging the experience, but it did help me keep my wits about me :')

jtwcornell91 · January 22, 2026, 03:13:53 PM

Quote from: stereax on January 19, 2026, 05:47:06 PMDid y'all know they opened an Ikea at the Syracuse mall?

Wow, I did not know that! They had talked about opening one up in the Rochester area a few years back, but nothing came of it. Before this, the closest one was in Canada!

stereax · January 22, 2026, 03:49:40 PM

Quote from: jtwcornell91 on January 22, 2026, 03:13:53 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 19, 2026, 05:47:06 PMDid y'all know they opened an Ikea at the Syracuse mall?

Wow, I did not know that! They had talked about opening one up in the Rochester area a few years back, but nothing came of it. Before this, the closest one was in Canada!

I only took pictures of the important things... but yep! There's an Ikea in the Syracuse mall now. Which is super useful, both for people trying to get dorm furniture and just in general.

Might be a good way to get people to head out to Syracuse... spend the day at the ginormous mall and Ikea and all, and then catch the Crunch later in the evening... Sorry. I'm getting way too far ahead of myself.

Can you tell I like hockey? 😅

(And if you're wondering, yes I do already have the iconic shark - I got him back when I was in Geneva!

)

marty · January 23, 2026, 04:55:58 AM

Quote from: stereax on January 22, 2026, 03:49:40 PM
Quote from: jtwcornell91 on January 22, 2026, 03:13:53 PM
Quote from: stereax on January 19, 2026, 05:47:06 PMDid y'all know they opened an Ikea at the Syracuse mall?

Wow, I did not know that! They had talked about opening one up in the Rochester area a few years back, but nothing came of it. Before this, the closest one was in Canada!

I only took pictures of the important things... but yep! There's an Ikea in the Syracuse mall now. Which is super useful, both for people trying to get dorm furniture and just in general.

Might be a good way to get people to head out to Syracuse... spend the day at the ginormous mall and Ikea and all, and then catch the Crunch later in the evening... Sorry. I'm getting way too far ahead of myself.

Can you tell I like hockey? 😅

(And if you're wondering, yes I do already have the iconic shark - I got him back when I was in Geneva! )

Did you walk through the whole maze or take a shortcut to the cashiers?