Nov 272013
 

This week, many of us will be heading into the kitchen to prepare a meal for our families and friends. I myself am no great chef, but every year around Thanksgiving I’m reminded of the time I worked for one.  The following excerpt is from my book Never Quote The Weather to A Sea Lion… (available […]

Dec 192011
 

My mother loved a parade!  She specifically loved the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which has been a NYC institution since 1924. In 1946, one month after my fourth birthday, my mother put a nickel in the subway turnstile, I walked under it and we traveled from our home in Brooklyn to Manhattan to see the […]