Monthly Archives: September 2012

Heaven or Hell?

September 23, 2012 – 12:21 pm

Two old men are living in Miami Beach. Their hotel is undergoing renovations. The entire neighborhood has been transformed by young people. Izzy and Moishe sit on the terrace of the Breezemore Hotel and watch the parade of revelers. They are feeling their age and Izzy says, “You know Moishe, we’ve had a good life, […]

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Last Chances For the Island

September 23, 2012 – 12:02 pm

Governors Island lies offshore of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Indians called it Paggank’, for the Dutch it was Noten Eylant or Nut Island. According to Wikipedia the island’s current name dated back to British colonial times when the colonial assembly reserved the island for the exclusive use of New York’s royal governors. The island served […]

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THE POLITESSE OF PALM BEACH COPS by Peter Nolan Smith

September 22, 2012 – 1:16 pm

Back in the summer of 2008 I was taking care of a Palm Beach mansion. It was deep off-season and hurricane season was coming on fast. One evening I went over to my friend’s house close to the center on town. After dinner Lisa killed me at scrabble. She scored 33 points for xi, which […]

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All-Seeing Eye of the NYPD

September 21, 2012 – 10:42 am

As a child the nuns at Our Lady of the Foothills told us that God was all-seeing. Our every moves was surveilled by Our Father in heaven and the sisters seemed to be blessed with the same power. They had eyes in the back on their head and could catch us passing notes or misbehaving, […]

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National Cheeseburger Day

September 18, 2012 – 8:43 pm

New York has great cheeseburgers, but my favorite was from McBell’s Bar on Sixth Street across from the West 4th Street basketball cage. Tommie Dimaestri was the waiter and served me free food whenever his boss wasn’t looking too hard. I think Tommie was sweet on me. Anyway McBell’s cheeseburger’s ground sirloin was served on […]

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