ron and andy texted last week and asked if we would like to visit our old neighborhood in dyker heights to see the christmas lights.
we had a very fun time . . admiring the houses and also hysterically laughing at how excessive some of them were.
we stopped in front of our old apartment building on 78th street by 14th avenue . . andy and i chatted about how inexpensive our rent was . . which was reflected in the number of cockroaches we lived with!
greg and ron posing at the entrance . .
continuing on . . !
(discussing if the family at one house were charging for their hot cocoa or handing it out for free . . )
(this video features the candy cane striped tree and the raining icicles tree . . )
(the one with the pretty lights)
(hysterical laughter in this video, along with the panda bear themed house) . .
(the one with rudolph)
(the candy castle . . )
driving by the building ron grew up in until he was six and his family moved to florida, to the same town as greg. this is 86th street and 12th avenue. the hair stylist used to be the "tickle toe inn" and my aunt rose and uncle rudy had the apartment above (they owned the building). i have such fond memories of climbing the stairs to their railroad apartment and walking down a long hallway to the kitchen from which wafted the most enticing aromas. our families had many fun times together.
we stopped at bridgeview diner for dinner - a place we often went to when living in the neighborhood (greg and i have made frequent stops here on our way to and from jfk airport).
i seem to order matzoh ball soup a lot!
the verrazzano is in the distance . .
it was a very fun night!
