So after Mary and I had been married for a couple of years and she was pregnant with Diane, my friend Dave talked us into trying to scalp tickets to a Heart concert at the Brendan Byrne arena in NJ. Now Dave and I had gone to quite a few shows before that, and scalped … Continue reading “Have a Heart”
Category: New Jersey
Banco Tolano
One night we had the regular crowd in attendance for our semi-regular poker night and the game quickly shifted from 7 card stud variations to a twist on an old “favorite.” Guts, as I mentioned before, is a three-card poker game. Everybody antes, cards are dealt, and you decide if you want to go for … Continue reading “Banco Tolano”
Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though
I mentioned in our trips to Northville and New Paltz how trip planning isn’t really our thing. As a group. My own family trips are a different story. When we moved from New York to Florida, we drove down in my Honda Civic. Not roomy, but how much room did an infant and a six … Continue reading “Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though”
Trip Planning Is Not Our Thing
Hanging out with Mary and her sister Rose and her cousin John and the rest of the crowd, we often did stuff with little to no planning. (After all, we planned for the Northville trip and look where that took us?) So, one day someone suggested we go camping at the state park in New … Continue reading “Trip Planning Is Not Our Thing”
Guts Indeed
When I was working at Prentice Hall, we had a core group of poker players that would converge once a month or so at Webber’s house. It was a great location for poker night – a few blocks from the office, and down the street from a pizzeria and an ATM. Plus, he lived in … Continue reading “Guts Indeed”