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Hey Rob – go suck a fuck.
Re: Verdi. Here is a photo of Verdi’s statue at Verdi Square, about 73rd and Amsterdam. scroll down to it.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M097/highlights/12899
Benson,
It’s part of my daughter’s science class at Kingsboro! They are doing some kind of physics experiment with bowling balls. I guess they will bowl too since the class will run from 9 to 12. My daughter told me that a lot of the boys aren’t going because they have track meets or other sports stuff tomorrow. Most of the kids in her class are from Brooklyn Tech.
Last week the class was at New Utrecht High School and there was a yummy looking ravioli place across New Utrecht Ave. But usually the class is at Kingsboro. They are having a 2-day field trip to Albany at the beginning of March. I didn’t want to disillusion my daughter by telling her all about Albany. But no complaints here; it’s a great class, and FREE!
9 is kind of early and I don’t know if the fancy food places will be open that early. My plan is to stop on the way home in Sunset Park at a Chinese supermarket. I found the one on 86th St. but the ones in Sunset Park are better! My daughter will leave with friends and go window shopping on Smith St. or Court St. or 7th Ave. or maybe Soho.
No bowling among the Hasids on Shabbos for sure! My daughter went to elementary and middle school in Chinatown and the Lower East Side and I crossed the Williamsburg Bridge about a zillion times, and down Lee Ave., Satmar main drag, many, many times. We didn’t even notice it anymore but giving people rides, going down Lee Ave. on a Saturday night after sunset was quite the thrill to a Chinese or white or black kid.
Many moons ago I lived in Dyker Heights. That whole area is so different now–much more diverse for sure.
RF;
One more thing. If you like Italian food supplies, go to Coluccio’s while you are down there. It’s not far from Maple Lanes at all. It is on 60th Street, somewhere around 14th Ave (ask anyone, they will know where it is). All Italians (and I mean Italians, not Italian-Americans) will tell you that they are the best source of imported Italian supplies. It’s on an ugly strip, and is nothing to look at, but it’s the food that counts.
Rf;
Another trip to Bensonland, and Maple Lanes of all places????
When I was a kid, Maple Lanes was THE place to bowl (not sure about now). I remember that some pro bowler came out of there, but I forgot his name.
Since you will be going on a Saturday, you won’t get the full Maple Lanes effect. What I mean is that it is smack in the middle of Borough park, so alot of hasidic teenagers usually bowl there.
Enjoy.
Donatella, you feeling better? Need groceries or anything? I have to take my daughter to Maple Lanes in Bensonhurst at 9 a.m. tomorrow, going food shopping on the way home, could drop something off on my way back if you need it.
rob you are a knucklehead ps I cant see what I am typing….glasses downstairs…
Benson, Verdi lost his first family, kids and wife to some illness, so he knew tradgedy. He then had a woman in his life, who he didn’t marry, Guiseppina a dancer with whom he had a daughter. They gave the daughter up for adoption and he knew she lived nearby but never knew who she was. Verdi’s most tender operas have the theme of father/daughter relationships. The thing that makes Rigoletto human (he is a nasty little troll) is his love for his daughter. There are some great arias. A famous one is Le donne e mobile….Women are flighty……
Have fun!!!!
Benson, just plan on a really expensive nap. That’s what I did through many, many children’s movies over the years!