Tag: Sayville
January 2021 WHEW! What a year!! 2020 proved to challenge, tax, and fray at all of us. It will take a good amount of patience, time, and kindness toward each other as we recover. I spent most of December addressing family needs and preparing… Continue Reading “Stories Served News and Nosh”
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New Year’s Eve traditions evolved over my lifetime. Although a festive holiday, giving hope for the upcoming year, the celebrations have changed. No one family member or close friend has owned it. Quite frankly, the month leading up to January 1st is a marathon… Continue Reading “New Year’s Eves Remembered”
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Back in the day, my hometown, Sayville, Long Island, was in the midst of a growth spurt with neighborhood developments and new schools to accommodate the bursting baby boomer generation. Children were everywhere. Organized playdates and managed time were not yet invented. Kids played… Continue Reading “Playing With Invisible Men”
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My family moved from a cozy cottage in Amityville, Long Island to a brand new spacious colonial in Sayville—20 miles further east on the island that felt rural to my Brooklyn-born parents and their families still rooted in the homeland. My parents had bought… Continue Reading “Windows and Wildlife”
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You don’t see it too often anymore. Once it was all the rage and a must-have in every living room. It was advertised as practical and clean—every housewife’s dream. Many homes I knew in my youth had plastic covers on sofas, coordinating chairs, and… Continue Reading “An Ode to Plastic Covered Furniture”
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Weddings Good Morning, Everyone. If we were having coffee together, I would tell you, WHEW, what a whirlwind these last two weeks had been. The quick news includes loving Tuesday nights crewing on the all-girl Nellie Bly, school ending, and that our Herreshoff catboat… Continue Reading “Weddings at #Weekend Coffee Share-June 23, 2018”
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Going to Fritzsche’s meant picking up rolls for sandwiches, cake for an occasion, and a cookie for the road. It was THE bakery in Sayville and, during my childhood, the only real bakery for miles around. Fritzsche’s was located on Main Street, Sayville. The… Continue Reading “Fritzsche’s Bakery”
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