Sunday, August 27, 2006

3 albums ,,,





i know "revolver" was mine and "more of the monkees" was phil's....herb alpert's rick's...bought for us i believe on the same saturday by daddy...and then listened to in the front room.....

Saturday, August 26, 2006

710 Lexington Avenue


This is the place. Hedges in front aren't tall enough, and the bushes and trees around the house are gone. We also didn't have the benefit of the handrail in the middle of the front steps, but otherwise pretty close to what it was like for all those years.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

the biff....



still owned and operated by ralph on w.lee st. ...name now beef burger....
distance from 710 lexington...a long bomb from unitas to berry....
or a double by mantle to right center in old yankee stadium.... depending on what part of the biff's property you were on...

baseball...

the walk to curry (now part of uncg) across the tracks behind biff burger and playing rollerbat...i still remember seeing my first floaters from playing so hard in the heat and asking daddy and my brother phil what they were!....

Monday, August 21, 2006

Mr. Quarterback


the greatest of all time...

baseball...


trying to be this guy in the gibbs machine shop parking lot at the corner of union and lexington avenues....

Sunday, August 20, 2006

reason......


this old logo of the real colts is the reason for all the backyard heroics at 710 lexington.....johnny u and the gang!