Spike Lee had that famous line in his Nike commercials with Michael Jordan, ‘Is it the shoes?’ (Look, even if you go outside of Windsor Terrace I still mention two guys from Brooklyn)
Do you recall the sneakers you wore back in the day when you played basketball? (Sorry ladies).
I was listening to a discussion recently [...]
Archive for October, 2007
IS IT THE SHOES?
Posted in John Corrar, Michael Jordan, Spike Lee, Stephon Marbury, tagged Sneakers, Pro-Keds, Converse, Bishop Ford, Adidas, Beta Bullets, Puma on October 30, 2007 | 18 Comments »
8 TRACKS -N- EGG CREAMS
Posted in 8 Track Tapes, Allman Brothers Band, East Village, Egg Creams, Hues Corporation, Ray & Otto, tagged 8 Tracks, Albums, East Village, Egg Creams, Music, Records on October 29, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Don’t you wish right about now you could be sitting at the counter in Ray & Otto’s, watching Marion mix an egg cream? She slides it over to you, you open the straw and sip away. There’s a newsstand in the East Village (St. Mark’s Place & 2nd Ave.) that actually makes a mean [...]
CHEERS?
Posted in Cheers, Farrell's, Holy Name, Texas Hold 'em, tagged Cheers, Farrell's, Holy Name, Poker, Television on October 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The sitcom Cheers is pretty good, there’s no question about that. Over many years it has been very successful. But lets just say someone took a serious look at our neighborhood, examined all the major people and decided to write a script and based it on a few people; Holy Name, Farrell’s, 9th [...]
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
Posted in Bachman's, Cross-Country, Holy Name, Windsor Terrace, tagged Cheese Doodles, Cross-Country, Deli, Prospect Park, RC Cola, Running, Slim Jim, Yoo-Hoo on October 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »
First off, thanks to all the people who have responded on the Blog. My intention when I started this project was to bring people together and discuss the good old days in Windsor Terrace; I think I have accomplished my mission.
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Does anyone recall their days running Cross-Country or Track for Holy Name? [...]
GOOD PEOPLE
Posted in Tony Pinto, tagged Good people, Grammar, Meat Market on October 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Have you ever heard the expression, “they’re good people?” I’m not sure if Miss Monzillo would agree with my grammar on that one but with some of the word usage these days, it makes you wonder what’s correct/acceptable and what’s not.
Hanging out in the schoolyard or on the avenue, it really didn’t matter how we [...]
MAJOR OMISSION
Posted in Candy World, tagged Candy, Farrell's, Whiskey on October 23, 2007 | 24 Comments »
Thanks to a loyal reader and good friend while growing up, it was brought to my attention by this person that I left out a very important business on the avenue.
How could I be so forgetful? (old age, that’s how)
How did I not recall all the memories?
It was one of my favorite hangouts.
When I cut [...]
SUNDAYS
Posted in Church, Michael Mackey, Monsignor Downing, Terrace Bagels, tagged Alter boys, Church, Schoolyard on October 21, 2007 | 12 Comments »
If you are a first time visitor, I wanted to welcome you to ‘Container Diaries’ the Blog dedicated to everyone who grew up in the Windsor Terrace section of Brooklyn, New York. I spent 33 years of my life living in the best neighborhood in the country. Many of my good friends still [...]
HEY LADIES!
Posted in Farrell's, Girls, Prospect Park, Windsor Terrace, tagged 1970's, 1980's, Blogs, Girls, Google, Internet, Windsor Terrace on October 19, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The power of the internet is, well…powerful (duh). No, really. It’s amazing what you can do now expecially with search engines like Google, e-mail, You Tube and of course Blogs. The first few postings of Container Diaries have been male dominated - the fact of the matter is the ladies were just [...]
TEACHER MAN
Posted in Bay Ridge, Brother Thomas, Frank McCourt, Miss Lynch, Miss Monzillo, Xaverian High School, tagged Bay Ridge, Big Mac, New York City, school, Teacher on October 19, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Frank McCourt has written an excellent memoir about his life being a New York City schoolteacher. I highly recommend you read it if you haven’t already. McCourt is a great writer who has many stories about his experience with kids and academia.
Attending Holy Name, I have my memories, both good and bad about the teachers [...]
