Navy blue coats with sailor collars … I got one every spring from the time I was 3 until I reached 12. After the holidays, the coat was used only for “dressy” wear. I wore it until my wrist bones — plus one inch above — showed from the sleeves and the hemline was […] Read more…

I just read that Batman, my favorite superhero, is making a comeback in a film co-starring his arch rival Superman. I can’t wait to see the Caped Crusader again.   The old bat and I go back a long way together. We met when I was a little kid growing up in a Brooklyn apartment […] Read more…

When was the last time you used the word “tacky”? Depending on your age, the answer could be “Never.” Even I, a person of advanced years, have dropped tacky from my vocabulary in favor of such modern equivalents as tasteless, cheesy and just plain crappy.  The realization came about recently while cleaning out my cedar […] Read more…