I realize that the following statement will put a bunch of people out and get certain types up in arms, but stick with me on this notion: “Nice” is overrated, and to me, quite often equals mediocre. Think about it, “Thanks Charlie, I had a nice time tonight.” Coming from his date, this is not […]
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I grew up in East Boston in a three-decker dumbbell tenement building. My grandparents lived on the first floor and we lived on the third floor. We spent a lot of time on the first floor with my grandparents and ate dinner there practically every night. My grandmother was a seamstress and worked piecework in […]
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I grew up in the city of Boston, in an East Boston Italian neighborhood, on Frankfort Street. On one corner stood a bar called The Airways, which was later named Cardinal’s Nest. On the other corner lived a convent of nuns affiliated with the Mount Carmel Church, where I served as an altar boy. The […]
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