Tag Archives: 1959

Lafayette High School – 1959 – from the archive / 2015

Posted on October 11, 2022 by toritto

So yesterday I had my semi-annual appointment with my cardiologist.  He is one of three physicians I keep on payroll (one for my diabetes, one for my eyes and one for my heart) in case I need them.  I have … Continue reading →

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The Mommy Wars – from the Archive – 2014

Posted on May 22, 2022 by toritto

Nothing has changed since 2014.  If anything, it’s getting worse. A young Mitt Romney (front and center) at Bain Capital – the “money shot” Some 63 years ago (yikes!) in 1959 I got my first job on Wall Street. I … Continue reading →

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Billy and Me – New Year’s Eve – 1959

Posted on December 28, 2015 by toritto

New Year’s Eve, 1959. It was a mild winter evening in Brooklyn that year. A good night to be in Times Square…not that we were there. We locals always thought Times Square was for tourists. Billy and me were walking the Coney Island boardwalk. Next year – 1960 … Continue reading →

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Lafayette High School – 1959

Posted on August 12, 2015 by toritto

So yesterday I had my semi-annual appointment with my cardiologist.  He is one of three physicians I keep on payroll (one for my diabetes, one for my eyes and one for my heart) in case I need them.  I have … Continue reading →

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Reunion

Posted on August 1, 2015 by toritto

I saw her at the ’84 reunion a little older, a little grayer, the first fine lines on her porcelain face;   inhabiting the body of a stranger while here in the yearbook we are all preserved; the teen beauty … Continue reading →

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Oh Joy! Only 80 Plus Weeks!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by toritto

Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! It’s only 80 plus weeks until the 2016 Presidential election and it’s started already! Over the weekend we heard from the matriarch of one of America’s two royal families announcing that it was her turn to … Continue reading →

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Being Eliza Doolittle

Posted on November 17, 2014 by toritto

Toritto, channeling Buddy Holly, soon to be Eliza Doolittle with a cup O’joe – 1959   Toritto graduated from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn in June 1959. Lafayette was one of the crown jewels of NYC public education at the … Continue reading →

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An Old Man’s View of the Mommy Wars

Posted on May 10, 2014 by toritto

Mitt Romney at Bain Capital – the “money shot” Some 55 years ago  (yikes!) I got my first job on Wall Street. I was still a teen and would go to college later. I noticed something right away. There were … Continue reading →

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