There aint shyt to do to be honest unless you like hunting fishing or hiking. If you have a bike or sportscar there are some dope ass roads to drive.
The big ass mall is the palisades in Nanuet NY.
That's nowhere near Syracuse or Watertown lol.
To the OP, you missed Taste of Syracuse

. The Polish fest is this weekend I think. Mostly a cac gathering but some good food vendors should be there.
Like someone said there are a lot of bars and some good restaurants downtown. Armory and Clinton Square. Rosemand Gifford Zoo if you're into that. The MoST (Museum of Science and Technology), haven't been there in a while but it's pretty cool.
Chayse Lounge and Transistions are the main spots Black people go to on the weekend I guess. Chayse can be real chill or real...not chill lol. Depends on what nights you go. Then there's Awful Al's. Actually a cool spot but that's a white spot although you will find some of us scattered every once in a while.
The Carousel (Destiny USA) is cool but I've only been twice since they expanded. Just too hectic for me.
I mean it's a small city so there isn't a bunch of amazing shyt happening but you can keep yourself entertained for a couple days.
Can't tell you anything about Watertown