The Johnny All Weather Drive-In
The Johnny All- Weather Drive-In By: Salvatore Centonze This is one of my preccious memories of my "Good Old Days"". Here it was, 1965...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 23, 20235 min read
It Wasn't Me. Craig Sawicki
It Wasn’t Me. By Craig Sawicki Since I was very young I always had a love for practical jokes. I had two older sisters. Identical twins...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 18, 20232 min read
Farewell to My 1956 Thunderbird By Ginny Waterman
On June 24, 2023, I said goodbye to one of the loves of my life. In her heyday, she was beautiful: classic lines, beautiful shiny black...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 17, 20234 min read
Chicago Playboy Club. By Frank Cornacchiulo
Chicago Playboy Club. Hugh Hefner & Zev Braun By Frank Cornacchiulo Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926, the first child of Glenn...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 14, 20233 min read
Ali N Me. By Craig Sawicki
Ai N Me. By Craig Sawicki To set the stage Zev Braun, the son of one of the founders of my employer (W Braun Company) was a movie and...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 9, 20233 min read
A Plain View By Maria Cutignola
Maria Cutignola of East Northport celebrates the joys of the stoop and of ‘A Plain View’ Published in Newsday October 1, 2023 Can I have...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 7, 20238 min read
Water Colored Memories By: Scott Munson
Water Colored Memories By Scott Munson Their day at Watch Hill was wonderful. James Miller, his wife Cathy, and their daughter Hillary...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Sep 4, 20232 min read
Stage Door School of Dance. By Diane Giattino
Diane married in the Bronx in 1966. actor/singer James Giattino, and dancer/choreographer Diane Graviano met while sharing the stage in a...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Sep 4, 20234 min read
The Fun of the Pun By Bob Esp
Did you hear about the telephone operator who got fired from her job? Yea, she had a lot of “hang-ups.”
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Aug 9, 20237 min read
My Teenage Years in Carroll Gardens by John Corrao
This is my Story about Growing up In Brooklyn from age 12 1950 to age 19, 1957. my first friend was Peter who lived next door to me.
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Jul 25, 20233 min read
Never Nothing to do in Brooklyn By: Kevin Leddy
Never "Nothing To Do" Growing Up In Brooklyn My Mom would say..."If you think you are going to sit around the house on a beautiful day...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Class of 63 Train Ride, By, John Albin
Class of 63 Train Ride By: John Albin In 1963 we did not have a senior trip as such. But we did come up with a novel idea Instead. We...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Apr 13, 20232 min read
Brooklyn Pork Store by: Frank Cornacchiulo
Brooklyn Pork store, after a century of serving up Italian staples, third generation owners of the Carroll Gardens Court Street location,...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Apr 7, 20235 min read
A Lifetime Partership By: Scott Munson
Mike was in the bow of the open Steigercraft as John slowly guided it south on the Patchogue River. It was almost noon, nearly five hours...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Apr 2, 20232 min read
Pinball Games By: Joshua Guskin
Pinball Games By: Joshua Guskin As luck would have it, a new Pinball establishment will open soon in Patchogue, N.Y. located at 48 West...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Finding Family Heritage By: Arthur Weissbach
Finding Family Heritage By: Arthur Weissbach It was 1990 when we had an amazing day. Eloise and I were touring Switzerland. We had...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Nov 20, 20222 min read
Driver's Test, By: Jeffery Sklar
Driver’s Test, By: Jeffery Sklar It was the summer of 1964, and I could not wait to get my driver's license. this way, I could pick up...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Nov 8, 20224 min read
Carefree Childhood By: Diane Lupo
Carefree Childhood By: Diane Lupo Hi Frankie, as luck would have it, I can't begin to tell you how much I loved your book....
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 29, 20223 min read
Danger in Italy by: Frank Cornacchiulo
Danger in Italy by: Frank Cornacchiulo One Sunday morning I received a call from my CEO Morris Braun, he said “Hi Frank sorry to call you...
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Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 29, 20222 min read
My Ferry Tales By, Rock Richard
My Ferry Tales By: Rock Richard I was 19 years old in 1965 and had no clue what direction my life would take. The options were taken from...
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