Since I spent some of the happiest time of my life in Queens, I couldn’t help posting this.
Tag: Queens
St. Gabriel’s
On Ninety Seventh Street and Astoria Boulevard In East Elmhurst, Queens, I passed St. Gabriel’s, Where once we youngsters Were… Read more St. Gabriel’s
St. Gabriel’s Glee Club
Click the Frog It’s 1970 and I’m in St. Gabriel’s glee club. Tonight we have a big concert and as… Read more St. Gabriel’s Glee Club
Show Tunes
Brother Edmond and Brother James wanted the St. Gabriel’s glee club to be the greatest thing that had every happened… Read more Show Tunes
Make Age Great Again
My sixtieth birthday has recently come and gone. I long ago crossed over the irrevocable borderline between ‘Young Man’ and… Read more Make Age Great Again
Change Stinks
I was reading ‘The Ambassadors’, daydreaming about this day in 1971, five days before my twelfth birthday. I’d just moved… Read more Change Stinks
Annual Ritual
On July 3, 1976, my cousin Larry married Rose in Queens. Each year my father’s relatives get together on Independence… Read more Annual Ritual
Italian And Spanish
When I was a kid in Queens, I lived in a neighborhood where so many of the families I knew… Read more Italian And Spanish
Nostalgia During An Ordinary Chore
“When I was a kid in Queens, I used to live within walking distance of La Guardia Airport,” Mark told… Read more Nostalgia During An Ordinary Chore
Such A Sad Girl
Theresa Is the saddest girl In our school. Here she weeps. Night and day, a broken heart At St. Gabriel’s.… Read more Such A Sad Girl
