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Everyday Hero's By Michael Rupolo Sr
My story focuses on three things GRATITUDE FAITH AWARENESS…. First, I’ll start with Gratitude, this past Tuesday, I went into...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Feb 26, 20246 min read


January 1969 Super Bowl Sunday in Brooklyn By Kevin Leddy
January 12th, 1969 was just another Sunday in my beloved Brooklyn. Or so I thought. We all got up at 7 AM and got dressed for Mass. Mary...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Feb 11, 20245 min read


Memories of Old Brooklyn, By Jim Pantaleno
By Jim Pantaleno Because of what the world has become today, parents tend to be very protective of their kids. They would shudder if they...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Jan 30, 20243 min read


Serendipity At Work, By Frank Cornacchiulo
My story starts when my wife Frances and I were looking to buy a home in Brooklyn. Before we were married and during our engagement, we...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Jan 1, 20244 min read


The Power of Positive Thinking By Frank Cornacchiulo
Several years after meeting Zev Braun in Chicago he had settled into his new movie making career in Hollywood, California. He came to NYC...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Dec 27, 20234 min read


Studio 54 By: Chris Lambert
Growing up in New York (born & raised in the other Brooklyn, Staten Island), we (New Yorkers’) always felt we were above the “Star...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Dec 7, 20233 min read


Life Saving Cargo By Louis Rodriguez
I served in the Patrol Division, Investigative Units, Community Relations and ultimately promoted to Detective in the Homicide Squad. I...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Nov 3, 20232 min read


The Johnny All Weather Drive-In
The Johnny All- Weather Drive-In By: Salvatore Centonze This is one of my preccious memories of my "Good Old Days"". Here it was, 1965...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 28, 20232 min read


It Wasn't Me. Craig Sawicki
It Wasn’t Me. By Craig Sawicki Since I was very young I always had a love for practical jokes. I had two older sisters. Identical twins...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 23, 20235 min read


Farewell to My 1956 Thunderbird
On June 24, 2023, I said goodbye to one of the loves of my life. In her heyday, she was beautiful: classic lines, beautiful shiny black...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 18, 20232 min read


Chicago Playboy Club. By Frank Cornacchiulo
Chicago Playboy Club. Hugh Hefner & Zev Braun By Frank Cornacchiulo Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926, the first child of Glenn...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 17, 20234 min read


Ali N Me. By Craig Sawicki
Ai N Me. By Craig Sawicki To set the stage Zev Braun, the son of one of the founders of my employer (W Braun Company) was a movie and...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 14, 20233 min read


A Plain View By Maria Cutignola
Maria Cutignola of East Northport celebrates the joys of the stoop and of ‘A Plain View’ Published in Newsday October 1, 2023 Can I have...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 9, 20233 min read


Water Colored Memories By: Scott Munson
Water Colored Memories By Scott Munson Their day at Watch Hill was wonderful. James Miller, his wife Cathy, and their daughter Hillary...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Oct 7, 20238 min read


Stage Door School of Dance. By Diane Giattino
Diane married in the Bronx in 1966. actor/singer James Giattino, and dancer/choreographer Diane Graviano met while sharing the stage in a...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Sep 4, 20232 min read


The Fun of the Pun By Bob Esp
Did you hear about the telephone operator who got fired from her job? Yea, she had a lot of “hang-ups.”
Frank Cornacchiulo
Sep 4, 20234 min read


My Teenage Years in Carroll Gardens by John Corrao
This is my Story about Growing up In Brooklyn from age 12 1950 to age 19, 1957. my first friend was Peter who lived next door to me.
Frank Cornacchiulo
Aug 9, 20237 min read


Never Nothing to do in Brooklyn By: Kevin Leddy
Never "Nothing To Do" Growing Up In Brooklyn My Mom would say..."If you think you are going to sit around the house on a beautiful day...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Jul 25, 20233 min read


Class of 63 Train Ride, By, John Albin
Class of 63 Train Ride By: John Albin In 1963 we did not have a senior trip as such. But we did come up with a novel idea Instead. We...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Jun 22, 20232 min read


Brooklyn Pork Store by: Frank Cornacchiulo
Brooklyn Pork store, after a century of serving up Italian staples, third generation owners of the Carroll Gardens Court Street location,...
Frank Cornacchiulo
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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