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Thursday, November 27, 2003
 
Hi,

I wish all of you the BEST THANKSGIVING DAY ever.

I've come to realize that I have been blessed with so many good things, they can't be numbered. Among the top ones are my wife, my family, my faith, USA, and my memories. They're all not perfect but I'm so very thankful for them all.

Today's posting is to a story I put up a year ago. Just for the fun of it. Click on the link and enjoy.

A Thanksgiving To Remember

These are all part of my Nostalgia, Memories and Thoughts of Brooklyn . While the story is not Brooklyn it is Brooklyn that set me up for it.

Have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving. I wish you only he best.

TTFN,

Ken2@BrooklynMemories.com

My Brooklyn - Frank Polizzi
Friday, November 14, 2003
 

Hi,

Earlier this week I got an email from Frank Polizzi commenting on my "Ruminances & Smiles #1" and sharing his Nostalgia, Memories and Thoughts of Brooklyn. They hit home and I thought I'd share them with you.


My Brooklyn

by Frank Polizzi


After reading your Ruminances & Smiles #1, I quickly found myself reminiscing about my nineteen years of growing up in Brooklyn.

I've been a resident of Mississippi for the past thirty years so you can imagine the contrast in life styles. Those thirty years certainly allow me to view N.Y. and my Brooklyn from another perspective.

While there are many differences, the similarities with Brooklyn are uncanny. Mississippian's view N.Y. as a violent, unfriendly melting pot where everyone is rude, bustling about with little time for others, while they consider themselves polite and friendly. I see my Brooklyn of the 1960's as a wonderful place of friends and family. Read on and see what I'm talking about.

Somewhere around the third grade I remember a Dairy Queen opening around the corner from our home. On hot summer nights, after gathering on the front stoop for the exchange of neighborhood news with the neighbors, my parents would give us fifty cents a piece, and me and my brothers, George and Andrew, and sister, Linda, would  walk down the street and circle the block to Flatbush Avenue to get the DQ treats. The walk, while short in distance, took time as we stopped every so often to  say hello to the different families enjoying the night air and the friendships that were Brooklyn.

Our short trip was like a journey around the globe. The Prado's always asked how my Mom was doing, and the Giles' usually asked if we'd like a glass of lemonade, and the Quackinbush's dog, was all bark and no bite. As we passed the apartment that the Zimmerman's lived in, my brothers would call up to the second floor and get Kenny to join us.  

While our neighborhood only encompassed one city block it was like family.

Over the past thirty years, having lived in two neighborhoods in Meridian, Mississippi, neither afforded the luxury of sidewalks and the only summer night time interaction is at the mall or Wal-Mart.  It's true that southern folks will smile and say hello to total strangers and if you should be introduced to a stranger they will almost always say, "Ya'll come and see us sometime." but that's usually the extent of it. If I'd taken everyone up on that offer I could have saved a bunch of cash by not purchasing a house and just move in with invitee after invitee. 

A true friend in Mississippi is probably no different from a true friend anywhere else. I guess the only difference is the people themselves. In my Brooklyn, friends always acknowledged friends yet some stayed to themselves as they scurried through their day passing thousands of strangers on the streets, buses, subways, etc. A difference is that southerners don't necessarily reserve  smiles and greetings for just friends and relatives. They are more open to strangers. 

I find the need for entertainment of Mississippian's no different than that of Brooklynites with some difference in the venue. Few operas are performed here unless you include the Grand Ole Opre. While rodeos are plentiful the only one I truly remember was in N.Y. at the Madison Square Garden. Just like in N.Y. if your out to spend a dollar to be entertained, there is someone who will do what it takes to get that dollar. Southern etiquette doesn't apply here, I guess greed is universal.

I had the good fortune of having a chance to spend a day in Brooklyn and Manhattan a few years ago. As I drove through the old neighborhood near Brooklyn College I could almost hear my friends yelling "ring-o-levio, one two three" and I would have given anything to see some of my old pals sitting around the handball court at the school yard waiting to play the winner. (Where are you Kevin O'Brien, Billy Cavenaugh, Lee Home, Lumpy Lumbardo, Roddy Christensen, MiMi Coyel, and Neil and Donald Giles?)

As I read your piece I came to the realization that I had to share just a few of my memories and in doing so I realized, while Mississippi is my home now, a small piece of my heart will always be in Brooklyn.

Thanks For The Memories,
Frank Polizzi


Thank YOU Frank for taking the time and effort to share your Brooklyn.

I must admit my experiences in central Texas are pretty much the same but I'm not too sure of the sincerity of the "Ya'll come and see us sometime." here. Yes, they say it but...


TTFN,






Ken2@BrooklynMemories.com


Tuesday, November 04, 2003
 

Hi,

Got some good feedback about the piece titled "Ruminances & Smiles #1". While all the input is welcomed, I particularly want to thank Maryanne T. for her email detailing Coney Island and all the exciting stuff there. The Cyclone, Bobsled, Wonder-Wheel, midway, Steeplechase (in detail), Half-Moon Hotel, etc. Her description of the smells when you got off the subway at Stillwell Avenue brought back vivid Nostalgia, Memories and Thoughts of Brooklyn. Thanks Maryanne.


TTFN,




Ken2@BrooklynMemories.com

 

 

 



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