Brooklyn Back When - Open Thread

Old Goat in FL wrote: Hello all of "Youse".
Was in Brooklyn last week and had to get back with the lingo.
We stayed at the LeBleu. It is quite expensive but very nice. The bathrooms that people worried about are not quite as revealing as was described. There is a curtain that goes all the way around the glass enclosed shower. The toilet area has a smoked glass sliding door so you are not displaying your excretions or private body parts to the whole room as had been suggested. The only non-enclosed area is the bathroom sink which is pedestal type with a modern basin that sits on top. Coming from a quiet senior place in Florida we found the 4th ave street noise a little much. The restaurant (The Vue) has superb food and of course in true NY fashion is pretty costly. The service in the restaurant and the Hotel was extra special with very polite and helpful service. We got to walk the old neighborhood, saw the houses and Church we grew up in and spent a lot of time with Carol's 94 year old Mother on 13th Street.She has lived in the same house since she was 3 years old. That was the main purpose of the trip. We found the streets to be clean, and construction going on all over the place. From 4 & 5 story apartment & condo buildings to skyscraper condo's. Hard to recognize 4th ave with the huge buildings. All in all it was a treat to beat my feet back in good old Park Slope. By the way, in the room in LeBleu they have books on the history of Brooklyn and walking tours of Brooklyn. Old Goat

I KNEW U WOULD LIKE THE RESTAURANT. I LIKED IT BUT AGREE VERY EXPENSIVE. YES, THE PEOPLE WERE SO NICE THAT WORKED FOR THE HOTEL AND THE RESTAURANT. FOURTH AVENUE IS STILL FOURTH AVENUE (LOUD AND BUSY WITH CARS) MANHATTAN PRICES BUT STILL BROOKLYN. I AM GLAD U GOT TO GET TO SEE THE OLD PLACES. NICE TO HEAR FROM U AGAIN. WE LOVE U OLD GOAT TERRY ANGELO SHERMAN

HI WARREN..GLAD YOU HAD A WONDERFUL TIME IN BROOKLYN...
I KNOW ABOUT THOSE BOOKS..I READ ONE CALLED OLD BROOKLYN. & I SKIMMED THRU THE ONE OF 'BAY RIDGE' AT THE LIBARARY WHEN I WAS THERE..GREAT BOOKS & PIX...

REGARDS TO YOUR WIFE..IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU ON HERE .
VISIT SOON!!!

Thanks guys for remembering Edith.

Terry....May 1st was her anniversary like Patsy said....but time does go fast!!!

OK. LEAVING WORK NOW.. DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE ON TONITE..COMPUTER HOPEFULLY WILL BE FIXED TOMORROW,...

IF NOT, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT & I WILL C U GUYS IN THE MORNING...:)

NITE PATSY I WILL MISS U

THIS IS WHO I HAVE SO FAR IF ANYONE IS MISSING EMAIL ME [email hidden]
CUT OFF IS AUGUST 31 TEE SHIRTS ARE BEING ORDERED MONDAY

Here's what I have to date.
LAST FIRST MAIDEN



AGOGLIA DONNA MANCINO
AGOGLIA ROCCO
ALIOTA TOMMY
ANGELA'S SISTER
ANNUNZIATA MARIE
ANNUNZIATA NICK (JUNIOR)
ASCIONE VICTORIA (VICKIE)

BAMBARA GEORGE
BANJANY JUDY AND BOBBY GIORDANO
BENC SUZIE
BJORKMAN PATRICIA
BRADLEY EDDIE
BRUNO CLAIRE

CALCIANO JOANIE RED
CANNA MARIA FRONDA
CANNA WILLIAM
CANFIELD DEBBIE
CANTWELL JIM
CAPUTO LINDA PASCONE
CASTALDO JOYCE
CASTELLANO MARY C. STRIANO
CATALANO JUDY OCCHIOGROSSO
CATANLANO RICHIE
CHRISTINE JOANNE
CIAPETTA JOE
CIAPETTA JOAN
CIVITANO CHRISTINE
CORRADINO ANGELO
COSTELLO CATHY
COTTONE JACK
COTTONE JOE
COTTONE MARIE
CRESCI DENISE
CRISPINO MARIE ENEA

D'AMICO ELEANOR
D’AMICO PAUL
D’AQUILA MARYANN AND BERNARD LA FROSCIA
DELNEGRO MILDRED ROMANO
DESENA JEANETTE LA GRECA
DIEZ AL (ELLIOTT)
DIEZ JASON
DINORIO KATHY CANFIELD
DRAJPUCH ARLENE ERBEN
DRITTO KAREN

ELARDO EDWARD

FIORITO LORI JEAN ANGELO
FITZSIMMONS PAT FOX
FITZSIMMONS ROBERT
FOCCILLO ANGELA
FONTANA DANNY
FOX LAURA
FOX TERRY
FOX TIM
FOX WILLIAM
FRANGIPANI JOHN
FRANGIPANI VALERIE SANTILLO
FRUSTACI, JOE
FRUSTACI JOHN
FUCCI MARYANN

GALLUCIO TERRY
GAZZILLO ROSEANN PISCIOTTI
GERDONEY RICHIE AND JOANNE TANZILLO
GIGLIO ELLEN PIZZINI
GIGLIO PAUL
GIL BARBARA
GREER SANTINA ENEA
GREER JIM
GUIDO (GUEST) NO NAME
GUIDO JOSEPH
GUZZO FESTINA
GUZZO JOHN

HAGARTY GEORGETTE MAGNAVITA
HICKEY MARGARET DRITTO
HORAN JANET
HORAN MARILYN

KANE JOE
KANE RONNIE JACKSON
KIRK PATSY MIELE

LA GRECA ALAN
LA GRECA FRAN
LA GREC A JERRY
LA GRECA PHYLLIS APPROBATO
LATINA CYNTHIA
LATINA SAL
LELI LILLIAN CIRESI
LELI PAT
LO FROSCIA LOUIS
LOMBARDI JOHN
LOMBARDI MARY ANN MORABITO
LONGO RICHIE
LOVAGLIO CAROL AND PETE DIEZ

MARATEA BARBARA
MARIELLI ANTHONY (ANIMAL)
MARIELLI CAMILLE
MARINO KEN
MARINO RUTH SALPIETRO
MARSELLA ROSIE
MARSELLA RALPH
MARSELLA JOEY
MARSELLA ELISA
MATULA MARYJANE
MATULA RITA
MC CARTHY DEBBIE BONAVITA
MEI ANTHONY
MEI JOEY
MONTIJO CONSTANCE DRITTO
MORABITO V. JOHN
MORABITO CINDY
MONTIJO CONSTANCE DRITTO
MORRO ANTHONY

OCCHIOGROSSO BOBBY

PALMERI JOANN MAGNAVITA
PAPACENA CAROL CASTALDO
PASCONE AMY
PASCONE DENISE
PASSARETTI AL
PASSARETTI FRAN MADORMA
PASSERETTI GINA
POLIDORO TERRI CIRESI=0 A
PRICE JACK
PUGLISI MARIE LAGRECA

RADOMSKI ALAN
RADOMSKI CAMILLE
RICHES GINA PUGLISI
RIZZO ANTHONY
RIZZO JOAN RADOMSKI
RIZZO ROSALIND CASTALDO
ROMANO MARGE

SARACINO FRANCESCA BRUNO
SCHEMERHORN BARBARA ARCIELLO
S HERMAN TERRY ANGELO
SMITH LORRAINE ERBEN
SNIEGOCKI TOMMY
SORRENTINO DOLORES
STROKER JOAN
STROKER MARK
SUARATO RALPH
SUARATO ROSA

TAIKINA IRENE MATULA
TANZILLO KEN AND DONNA REITZ
TARTARO MARGIE WILLIAMS
TRABOLSE MARIA CASTALDO
TROCCHIO ANTHONY
TROCCHIO MARYELLEN
TROCCHIO MARYANN
TROCCHIO RALPH
TROCCHIO BRANDEE ROSE
TROCCHIO LOUIS
TROCCHIO SARAH

UMBRIA ANN ELLEN
UMBRIA ANTHONY

VENTO ELLA CORROI
VENTO FRANK
VENTRIGLIA PAT AND MARIE
VENTRIGLIA JOHN
VENTRIGLIA ANNA
VENTRIGLIA BOBBY & KATHY
VINCENT MARIA AND DONALD

WERTS LORETTA FAULKNER
WILLIAMS BUDDY

YORK HELEN

terry its not that bad drinking a gallon of cool-aid. you wont GAG GAG GAG!!!!!
you just PUKE PUKE PUKE, that all.......lol lol ,,,,,,BIG CHICKEN YOU!!!!!!!

TERRY

THE DRINK IS FLAVORED WITH CRISTAL LIGHT ITS NOT BAD I HAD IT IN THE HOSP.

Jeanette LaGreca wrote: terry its not that bad drinking a gallon of cool-aid. you wont GAG GAG GAG!!!!!
you just PUKE PUKE PUKE, that all.......lol lol ,,,,,,BIG CHICKEN YOU!!!!!!!

OMG I DONT THINK I REALLY CAN DRINK THAT DRINK. GAG GAG GAG

ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote: TERRY

THE DRINK IS FLAVORED WITH CRISTAL LIGHT ITS NOT BAD I HAD IT IN THE HOSP.

I MIGHT TRY BUT WHAT IF I VOMIT AND CANT DRINK IT THEY MIGHT NOT DO THE PROCEDURE.

YOUUUUUUUUU CANNNNNNNN DOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITTTTTTTT

ANTHONY UMBRIA wrote:

THANKS UMBRIA

TELL HER ANTHONY IF WE CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!!!!!
FIRST CLASS IS EASY, MINES WAS CHERRY FLAVOR. LOL

OK
THANKS AGAIN

AND TERRY NEXT TIME YOU COME IN YOU STAY A WHILE

I NEED TO GO
GOING OUT FOR ICES AT UNCLE LOUIES

SEE YA LATER

TERRY THATS A SURE WAY OF LOSSING POUNDS FAST, AT LEAST 5 TO 6. IN 1 DAY!!!!!! CANT BEAT THAT!!!!!!!

THATS THE ONLY GOOD THING U LOSE WEIGHT

TERRY, TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DRINKING! TAKE YOUR MIND OFF IT. PUT SOME MUSIC ON AND DANCE WHILE YOU'RE DRINKING, MAYBE THAT WILL HELP.

I'VE BEEN SO BUSY, SOME DAYS I REALIZED I DIDN'T HAVE MY COFFEE, ISN'T THAT CRAZY? MY HUBBY IS HOOKED UP TO A EKG, HIS LEGS AND FEET ARE BRUISED AND SWOLLEN, WE THINK IT MIGHT BE NEW MEDS HE'S ON, NOT SURE.

FESTINA-I WAS WONDERING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION TO YOUR JOB, HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FOR YOU, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB!!! SO EXCITING TO BE WORKING IN THE BIG CITY.

OLD GOAT-THAT'S GREAT YOU GOT TO VISIT B'KLYN AGAIN AND TAKE SOME TOURS, AND SEE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

HI JUDY, PATSY, JEANETTE, SUZIE, ANTHONY, JIM, FRANNY, DEBBIE, JANET, LYN, HELEN, AND EVERYONE ELSE I PROBABLY FORGOT. ENJOY THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

IM COMPLAINING ABOUT DRINKING THAT CRAP AND YOUR POOR HUSBAND IS SUFFERING.

HOPE HE GETS BETTER SOON.

terry give me a call

gee maryann, im sorry i didnt know your hubby was in the hospital,
what ev er his illness is ill keep him in my prayers, for him to recover soon.

does it ever end everytime i pick up the phone turn on tv
something bad is happening...
im getting to where i dont wanna see or hear anything

my aunt called today to tell me her cousin Freddy passed
away last week...

Terry yes Marions brother

TERRY THAT REUNION LIST KEEPS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE THE STREET OFF, SOUNDS LIKE A BLOCK PARTY TO ME. OH ITS GOING TO BE FUN FUN FUN!!!!!!!

now the reunion is something i look forward to

im looking forward to it too,so happy to see old friends, and meet new friends from this blog, i feel like i know everybody allready!!!!!!

SAME HERE JEANETTE
ALTHOUGH I DO KNOW YOUR SISTER MARIE
AND HER 2 KIDS GINA AND JOEY

O AND YOUR NIECE FRAN

well we will all be there, i might know you too, did you hang out with gina or joey??

Better than a Flu Shot!

Miss Beatrice, The church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married.

She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.

One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room.

She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea.


As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a cute glass bowl sitting on top of it.

The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom!

When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat

The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist.

' Miss Beatrice ', he said, 'I wonder if you would tell me about this?' pointing to the bowl.

'Oh, yes,' she replied, 'Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know I haven't had the flu All winter.'