Category Archives: Immigrants
Life Lessons- cont…
The Sister Who Laughed the Hardest. Older, single women have always to be on guard and savvy so as not to be taken in by scams. People who should know better have fallen prey and into the scammers clutches. Younger Sister [YS] was upstairs in the house, when she heard the land line telephone ring. …
The Bird is Back
Well, since the communique that the other bird was morte, I have to believe this bird is a new one. Wrapped up in plastic against the wind and the possible rain, there it hangs in the same cage, tweeting above the tomatoes and garlic scapes.
1st Stop Over the Bridge
Fascinating that at the first subway stop over a bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn, there are shops where the signage has no English is to be seen. If you don’t read Hebrew, then you don’t know what they are selling.
The Deal
Everyone surely agrees: if you don’t mind that there are only 3300 products from which to choose, and you don’t mind the no-frills display, there is no better place for grocery shopping than Trader Joes. Here in the City it is just as good as where you live. But look at these prices… 2 hothouse …
Chinese New Year
Monday was New Year’s Day for the Chinese Community in the City and today, Tuesday there was quiet in Chinatown. Many of the stalls were not open but there were lots of articles in red and gold being touted. I asked a person or two what they had done to make New Year’s Day special. …
It All Looks the Same
It’s a lovely upscale nail salon staffed by women from China. There are no younger women, the technicians are all of a certain age. They have given themselves Western sounding names… Grace, Marie, Mary, Susie, and a Jully. Each woman wears a name tag and the letters on the tags are in a square font. …