So much of our childhood disappears over time. The friends we made in our young years have shaped our future… but those friendships have become bittersweet memories as time goes by. And today, we lost another one. Rest in peace, Jim Fisk. Fisk was the host of WRGB’s “Breadtime Stories,” a 15-minute children’s program that…
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Memories of L-Ken’s…
L-Ken’s has been shuttered for years. The serving area is strewn with graffiti tags; the parking lot is starting to buckle. But I wanted to capture the memories of the iconic neon sign that drew people into the family eatery. I wanted to recall the picnic tables that people sat at as they noshed on…
Read MoreWhen “A Christmas Story” First Played in Albany
The Times Union blogging meet-up tonight – a viewing of “A Christmas Story,” with a post-movie get-together across the street at the Albany Brown Derby – should be a lot of fun. I’ve seen the list of bloggers and readers who will attend the event, and I think it will be a great time. Now…
Read MoreCongratulations to former Albany Patroons player Marc Brown
So last night, Marc Brown’s #4 was raised to the rafters of the Times Union Center, joining fellow Siena basketball players Kenny Hasbrouck and Billy Harrell as the only Saints / Indians to have their basketball jersey numbers retired. It was a fantastic moment and a tribute to the years of “Showbiz.” But here’s a…
Read MoreKeeping a 40-year-old promise
“I want to buy that picture.” That unsolicited statement was an unexpected beam of hope in what was one of my dreariest, most miserable days this summer. One of my blog readers actually wanted to purchase my diamond-framed picture of Nipper’s Polar Panorama – the one that I exhibited at the “you didn’t win anything,…
Read MoreA long, long time ago, in a cinema far, far away…
Well, actually it was last Friday night, so we can’t really say “long, long time ago.” I was playing Trivial Pursuit: Star Wars Edition. It was me versus a couple of RPI kids (essentially two on one, or as I like to call it, a “trivia fair fight.”). Some fair fight. They beat me six…
Read MoreMoving the Mockingbird Marathon to Stuyvesant Plaza
I got the message from the “Mockingbird Marathon: To Kill a Saturday” organizers the other day, that the event will be relocated from Townsend Park Bakery to the Stuyvesant Plaza Book House this coming Saturday. Okay, now there’s parking available, which is good. There’s been a lot of great things involving the Mockingbird Marathon, at…
Read MoreStorytown – er, the Great Escape – in Kodachrome
Last year, I wrote a well-received blog post about old photographs from the legendary Lake George amusement park, Storytown U.S.A. Today that park is the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom, and is part of the Six Flags collection of amusement parks. The reason I wrote the article was because I acquired a vintage View-Master reel…
Read More“You know how to use the Heritage Park PA microphone?”
So I’m cleaning up some old storage boxes in my home office, when I came across another long-forgotten part of my life. It was some old statistician papers from the 1997 Empire State Games. It’s the summer of 1997. When the Empire State Games came to the Capital Region that summer, I wanted to volunteer…
Read MoreWhen “To Kill a Mockingbird” played in Albany
As I look forward to participating in “Mockingbird Marathon: To Kill a Saturday,” the public reading / fundraiser of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” on November 6, 2010, I think back to when the 1962 Academy Award-winning film of the same name played in Albany. And so, on a chilly Saturday morning, I had…
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