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
Tag: Queens
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
Lonely Lisa
When I was a kid in St. Gabriel’s there was a really lonely girl named Lisa in our class. We… Read more Lonely Lisa
Connecticut Of Yore
When I was a youngster in Queens There was a nice picnic Yearly in Sherwood Island. Crowded and eccentric. … Read more Connecticut Of Yore
Up the Hill
When I was a kid in Queens Until just before my early teens There was a road called Up the… Read more Up the Hill
80 Years Ago Today: The 1939 New York World’s Fair Opens — (Travalanche)
This post is adapted from a talk I gave at the Queens Theatre on April 28, 2019. The present post… Read more 80 Years Ago Today: The 1939 New York World’s Fair Opens — (Travalanche)
