Posted in New Year, tagged Container Diaries, Happy New Year, Resolution on December 31, 2008 | 16 Comments »
WOW! Another year has come and gone!
With this being the last entry of the year I wanted to take this time to say thanks and wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Without you, the reader, Container Diaries would be ‘suspended operations‘. The number of readers each day has grown and grown. I enjoy all the comments, [...]
Posted in Blog on December 31, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Did you ever have one of those nights where you can’t sleep? Sure, we all do.
I’m not talking about when you are still out at the bar or working the third shift.
I’m talkin’ straight up insomnia baby!
You know that, ‘I can’t fall asleep’ feeling. You’re lying in bed staring up at the ceiling. Remember they [...]
Posted in Basketball, Corky, Holy Name, Schoolyard, tagged Basketball, Church, Cold, Frozen, Magic Johnson, Outside, Rain, Schoolyard, Shovel Snow, Snow, Sports, Sunday morning, Wild Irish Rose on December 30, 2008 | 11 Comments »
I was talking to a retired basketball coach today and one of the many topics we discussed was that the schoolyards/parks are always empty; especially in the winter time. In the summer, there’s no one in them for weeks.
I told him how we used to be in the school yard all the time; regardless of [...]
Posted in Music, New York Times, Walkman, i-Pod, tagged Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Air Force, AM, FM, George Carlin, Girlfriend, High School Drop-out, i-Pod, Music, New York Times, People Pleaser, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Stand, Walkman on December 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This evening I was reading an amazing piece on the late George Carlin in Sunday’s edition of the New York Times magazine section written by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. A couple of items jumped out at me.
Very early in his career he got himself suspended for using the word ‘ass,’ then cursed again and got fired; [...]
Posted in Candy, Daddy, tagged Candy, Chocolate, Daddy, Forest Gump, TV on December 28, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Fear not, you will not read anything from the movie, ‘Forest Gump’. I do understand he had a line in the film about life being like a box of…
No, this is about a box of chocolate candy we have in our kitchen.
The other night, I saw it sitting alone and opened it in front of [...]
Posted in Blog on December 27, 2008 | 16 Comments »
If you a regular reader of Container Diaries, you know every now and then I will throw out a few names of people from back in the day.
We can all agree that the neighborhood produced many, many outstanding people.
Tonight I was thinking of the following three…
Tommie Smith: You remember the original ‘Rocky Balboa’? [...]
Posted in 8th avenue, Christmas, Holy Family Home, tagged 8th avenue, Christmas, Holy Family Home on December 24, 2008 | 21 Comments »
I wanted to take this time to wish all the readers/posters of Container Diaries a very Merry Christmas! How about this photo of the Holy Family Home! Thanks to a special reader for sending.
Makes ya feel like ya hanging out on 8th avenue once again!
Merry Christmas!
-SF
Hoops135@hotmail.com
Posted in Christmas, Father Shine, Holy Name Church, Midnight Mass, tagged Christmas, Holy Name, Midnight Mass, Santa Claus on December 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Do you recall as a kid, the day/night before Christmas?
I think every parent’s anxiety level rose a few notches! (’cause as a parent of a nine year-old, mine does).
Did you get most of the gifts on your child’s list?
You sure you have all your shopping done for others?
As a kid, you made out your toy [...]
Posted in Bus, Car Service, Subway, tagged Brooklyn Bridge, Bus, Car, Car Service, Cold, Cowboys and Indians, Eastern Car Service, Gloves, Handball, Michigan, Phone Number, Snow, Token, Train on December 22, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Is Eastern Car Service still around on 15th Street and 5th Avenue?
Does anyone still take a Car Service? If you did take it back in the day, do you recall calling Eastern and the guy who took your call on the other end? They were great – had the best rates around!
Does anyone still own [...]
Posted in 9th avenue, Drivers License, Red Hook, tagged Basketball, Bishop Ford, BQE, Bus, Car, Drivers License, Driving School, Lower East Side, New York City, Pilates, Red Hook, Road Test, Staten Island, Taxi, Van, Written Test on December 21, 2008 | 17 Comments »
I can recall the day I obtained my drivers license. I was 25 years old.
This afternoon I was waiting at a red light and I usually never turn to look who is by my side in the next lane but for some reason I turned my head to the left and I saw a kid [...]
