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The Santa Lucia Festival
The Santa Lucia Festival was founded 100 years ago by Grazia Bonafede Caniglia, of Carlentini, Sicily, to instill faith in her community and deepen t…
1 year ago
The day the music died: the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa.
On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson, died in a plane crash near C…
1 year ago
The French Ontarian.
This French Ontarian remarked how he never saw U.S. residents on this remote stretch of Canadian highway. I was the first! So, I made him famous.
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1 year ago
Swimming in Lake Superior
A trip to Canada would not be complete without a dip in mighty Lake Superior.
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1 year, 1 month ago
The Agnico Eagle gold mine in Malartic
I came across the monstrosity after getting a private tour of the Agnico Eagle Goldex facility in Val-D’or. Photos of the Goldex mine are found belo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Crotty's in a pickle.
The Rosario captures The Crotty ranting on the absence of pickup pickleball in Gotham. Inexcusable.
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1 year, 1 month ago
Throwback Saturday: Crotty bids farewell to 71 Irving Place for pimping it out on AirBnb.
Here is the story, infused with Hegelian dialectic and “beautiful” singing by Crotty. Connie Connors did the packing. Production by the esteemed Mi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Kingsley Plantation: cultivating the strange paradox of slavery.
Zephaniah Kingsley was a slaver. He bought and sold slaves. His unique selling proposition was that he upgraded his offerings—teaching them English…
1 year, 2 months ago
Cuban rappers on the Jacksonville pier.
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1 year, 2 months ago
Crotty at Mar-a-Lago.
The estate that came to be known as “Mar-a-Lago,” sea to lake, was constructed for the socialite and business executive Marjorie Merriweather Post be…
1 year, 2 months ago