From Flushing to Flatbush: My Daily Odyssey
No, my name is not Ulysses, but I did go on a daily odyssey while living in Flushing, Queens, NYC and attending school at Brooklyn College on Flatbush Avenue, yes.…
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July 26, 2024
Cavorting on the Subway
The Subway is, by far, the cheapest and most effective way to navigate the streets of New York City. It can also be the place for high adventure, embarrassment, and…
July 11, 2024
My First Major Sports Memory
That’s easy. October, 1947. I was 8 years old. Everybody was home from the Big War. The baby boom was just starting. “Give 'em Hell” Harry S Truman was our…
June 17, 2024
Adventures in Sherwood Forest
It's flashback time again: Summer, 1952, in Flushing, Queens, NYC. Welcome to a world where 7th graders still had imaginations and could have fun outdoors. You know, before well-meaning adults…
June 14, 2024
Unforgettable Family
When I came into this world in 1939, my mom and dad were living in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC. My dad was manager of the Georgetown Sears Roebuck…
May 16, 2024
Columbus Day Parade- NYC
One of my fondest memories of Queens College Air Force ROTC was our participation in the Columbus Day Parade on October 12, 1957. Lord knows if that tradition still exists,…
May 1, 2024
Senior Prom (Not)
When my dad died in 1943, my mom didn’t want to stay in our apartment on Utopia Parkway, where he passed. Problem is, there’s a housing shortage and a war…
April 28, 2024
Johnny Ride the Pony
Johnny Ride The Pony
Here we are. Back in Flushing, Queens, NYC. It’s 1951, the year of the “shot heard round the world”. Bobby Thompson’s home run off Dodger, Ralph Branca, that won the…
April 27, 2024
Flashback – Goin to the Pitcha Show
Good early, early morning family and friends. Let’s try a little brain exercise. This is as close as I’ll get to strenuous exercise. Sorry, Physical Therapists. We’re now in Flushing,…
April 16, 2024
What the Hell Is an Egg Cream?
About 70 years ago, in a galaxy far away called Flushing in Queens, NYC, there was Jack’s Station Sweet Shop, an ice cream, candy, newspaper, cigarette store and luncheonette. I…
April 14, 2024