The Drug Store The Bronx 1938 It never was “The Drug Store”; it was “Adoff’s”. If someone in the family was down with a cough from a chest cold, Ma would say, “So you’ll go to Adoff and you’ll get me ah mustehd plesster.” She placed the mustard powder in a bowl then added hot water to… Continue reading The Drug Store
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Stickball, The Rational Pastime
Stickball, The Rational Pastime In the Bronx, The National Pastime evolved into The Rational Pastime – Stickball. The year was 1946. No sneaking onto the subway, no three quarters-of-an-hour walk to the Yankee Stadium, no charge of .55 cents for a seat in the bleachers, no coming home with a medium-rare sunburn. Stickball was the… Continue reading Stickball, The Rational Pastime