Commentary And it’s not pretty I’ve been writing Around the Block on and off since 2012. A lot has happened, good and bad, in those 10 years. That good and bad has meant writing this blog has been kind of like riding a roller coaster; lots of ups and downs. As you all know, theContinue reading “‘Around the Block’ looks back”
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“The Pfizers win the vaccine!The Pfizers win the vaccine!”*
News with a Twist “The shot heard ’round the world!” *New Pfizer Results: Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe and 95% Effective – New York Times, November 18, 2020 Hello again, everybody. Tony Fauci** up here broadcasting from the TV booth high above the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Stadium. Along with me, my specialContinue reading ““The Pfizers win the vaccine!The Pfizers win the vaccine!”*”
Can Coney Island Survive This?
Lauren Vespoli’s NY Times article, “Can Coney Island Survive This?” reminds me of my own relationship with Coney Island; a relationship I first wrote about in 2012.
Why? Because Coney Island, is the magical place where my grandparents lived for many years and I lived the first year of my life.
Lauren Vespoli’s NY Times article, “Can Coney Island Survive This?” reminds me of my own relationship with Coney Island; a relationship I first wrote about in 2012.
Why? Because Coney Island is the magical place where my grandparents lived for many years and where I lived for the first year of my life. Frequent visits to my grandparents gave me the opportunity to get to know the mid–‘50’s Coney Island.
J.C. Penney declared bankruptcy today – Why I care
J.C. Penney’s bankruptcy declaration had a special meaning for me. Not because I was a loyal customer but because of the special relationship my family, and specifically my father, had with the company.
This sad day for Penney shoppers, moved me to share a bit of that history.
Press Agents I Have Known by Groucho Marx
Flashback
For all you Groucho Marx fans out there, a wonderful piece of New Yorker history from 1929.
2016 Flashback: Sanders’ campaign use of Simon & Garfunkel song widely praised
Flashback News with a Twist
I thought I’d re-post an Around the Block column from 2016 about the Democratic presidential campaign and Paul Simon’s song, “America.”
TODAY discovers the internet
Flashback Edition
Way back in 1994, 25 years ago, then Today Show anchors Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were flummoxed by “internet.”
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