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This week I went shopping for a new car and boy let me tell you it was exhausting and enlightening. There are so many different cars to choose from, not only which brand but the options each level comes with. 

Italian-Americans eat a lot of food on Thanksgiving, but not as much as we used to when I was growing up.  There were at least five courses…starting with an appetizer, pasta dish, turkey and all the sides, fruits and nuts,

The children of today have it easy and also they have it hard.  That is to say, they have all this new technology that they use at school and at home which helps them educationally as well as creatively. They

In today’s world you can purchase a costume complete and with no creativity for Halloween in Party City, department stores and online, i.e. Oriental Trading or HalloweenCostumes.com.  The prices for these costumes are outrageous.  An infant costume can start at

Growing up in East Harlem you could find a great pizzeria practically on every block.  For that matter, you could find a great Italian bakery on every block too!  There was Patsy’s, Louie’s and Ernie’s, Andy’s, Coppola’s, just to name

I have to admit I was pretty stumped on what to write about this week.  So I decided since I’m always recording videos of food, why not write about it.  As soon as I started, everything came flooding back to

Rock and Roll started  in the 1950’s and I remember all of the songs started then and in the early 1960’s.  It was so different from the music of today.  There were so many wonderful songs created by artists that

Growing up in East Harlem there were always hangouts where young people would congregate.  Not only were there candy stores, luncheonettes like Mangini’s, The Sugar Bowl and Char-ko-lette , the local neighborhood Jefferson Park, but we also had the Harlem

I didn’t want to go another week without writing. We’re in Mexico for our yearly vacation. Lost another dear friend last week.  Making as many memories as possible while I’m here on this earth. Life is too short. Family is

There were no computers, cellphones or video games growing up in the 50’s.  Sure we had swings and slides in our public parks and for us in East Harlem it was Jefferson Park, but the real playgrounds were the streets