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Benny Tudino’s 45th Anniversary
Since 1994, on more Sundays than not, I’ve found myself at Benny Tudino’s. For the first nine years or so, it was with my buddy Joe, and we’d split a medium sausage pie. These days I get a slice. (They’re big.) It was a pleasure to write this article for the Hoboken Reporter, timed to […]
Hablo Español. Un Poco.
I don’t mind too much when it rains on Saturdays. At least I get to enjoy a running joke with the counter guys at Piccolo’s. Though the cast of characters has changed over the years, they’re always from Mexico. And this has allowed me yet another opportunity to practice my rudimentary Spanish. From 7th through […]
Curse You, Patrick Moberg
I was intrigued by the tale of Patrick Moberg. He was the wonderboy who created a website a few months back to find the “girl of his dreams” who he’d spotted on the New York subway. And, by gum, he found her! The Internet was all a-buzz—as it is wont to do—and the happy couple […]
The Last Sandwich
“I’ve got bad news for you,” said the guy behind the counter. “We’re out of sun-dried tomatoes.” And after a quick pause: “Wait, never mind, you don’t get sun-dried tomatoes. Of course I get it wrong on the last time.” The last time? His sentence didn’t make sense to me, but I didn’t give it […]
Laundry Day
Just finished my laundry. I’ve been on an every-other-week system for years, and it works pretty nicely. For the past 7 years I’ve lived on the 4th floor of a building with a washer and dryer on the 1st floor. Before that I frequented a Laundromat (Merriam-Webster capitalizes it, not me) named “Suds N Sweat.” […]
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