[dp0622]

Why don’t I just @#$#ing move where you are and you can move here since you know A MILLION places it looks like :) that I have NEVER heard of!!

I worked in Manhattan. But I’m a Staten Island WOP :)

I know staten island :)

I am glad you had such great experiences at what looks like some wonderful places :)

I DID and DO like eating at Sheepshead Bay.

And in Bay Ridge sometimes.

But mostly a Staten Island boy at heart, even at 51.

The rest of the men in the family got out of here as soon as they could!

Now they all think they’re #$#$ing WASPS lol.

Surprised they don’t drink their Anisette with a pinky finger in the air :)

[DoodleBob]

Weren't we talking about chess at some point?

Staten Island is to New York City what the Vatican was to Italy during WWII. I haven't spent much time there but it's a decent area. All the nice places in Manhattan, in some ways, can't compete with a breakfast sandwich from a corner deli in Staten Island.

Also...my employer paid for all those steak dinners...I'd have to sell an organ to cover the tab if I did it myself.

As for Anisette, this is my preference:

...and my favorite Midtown Greek restaurant (thought...again..a NJ diner would suffice most of the time).

[Sir_Ed]

I used to love eating in Bay Ridge, before it changed to all Chinese or Arab.

Gino’s was great, La Sorrentina made great pies, Fiacco’s sold the best meats.

The bagels and pastries were so ggod, also...Bagel Boy, Bagelicious, Aunt Butchy’s, Steve’s Bagels, Villa Batte.

Ah well, those were the days!

See ya’,

Ed