Stories Served Served Around The Table
Around The Table
My best lobster story was during my first pregnancy. I was the first one pregnant in my friend circle. No one knew what to expect from a pregnant friend, so I got to make up a few demands—err cravings. At that time, two of my good friends were scuba diving regularly around the old shipwrecks… Continue reading L Is For Lobster
Do you remember the Meat Boycott of 1973? It was primarily organized by women’s groups protesting the rising cost of food. Meat, in particular, had skyrocketed along with oil and gasoline prices. In the metropolitan New York and suburban Long Island areas there were a number of rallies and protests. The boycott was scheduled for a… Continue reading K is For Kidneys
To be accurate, Jell-O is a brand name for the sugar and food dyed gelatin in a box. Jell-O was offered when I was sick and accompanied tea with honey. Consequently, the food association was not positive. Even sugar-free, zero calories, free food Jell-O is avoided when on a strict diet. ******* It was another… Continue reading J Is For Jell-O
When I was a brand new mom, I enjoyed bringing my one baby girl, Sara, to Walbaums for a morning of grocery shopping. I'd tucked infant Sara into a front knapsack carrier and easily push a shopping cart up and down the familiar aisles. When she grew out of the carrier, I lined the shopping cart with… Continue reading I Is for Italian Bread
I was a Burger King girl. It was my first minimum wage, pay taxes, contributed to Social Security job. At the time the “Have It Your Way” campaigned feigned that the burgers were custom grilled. The special orders dictated how the hamburger was dressed— hold the pickles, hold the lettuce… It wasn’t supposed to upset… Continue reading H Is For Hamburger
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