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Waiting for Chicken Wings

Its another Saturday in the city and Grandma sent me to to supermarket to get among other things, a tray of chicken breasts or chicken wings. The first place I went was to the poultry section and no breasts or wings. So I did my other shopping for 10 minutes and then returned [...]

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Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium

Gram had turned into Papal Commentator during Pope Benedict XVI visit to the US. She was glued to the TV, giving me updates. The funny thing is that this lady isn’t Catholic. What was really enduring was when we were watching the last part of the Mass at Yankee Stadium, she wanted me to take [...]

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Chivalry is not dead at the DMV

Yes, we know it has been a while since we posted. With the holidays and a turbulent January, we are finally starting to gain our footing again. Anyway, on with the post.
We went to the DMV to renew Gram’s non-drivers ID. All I had say was “senior non-driver ID renewal” as I was helping her [...]

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TV Going Digital-The cable battle is underway

If you don’t know, TV in the US is slated to go Digital by 2009. This is causing a rift between Gram and me.
Grandma does not want to get cable.She rather get a TV converter. She says that she would go back to what she started with, the radio. Even if it means [...]

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Giving cooking lessons at the fish market

Grandma said that the first word that I’ve ever written was “fish”. This is ironic since I can’t stand the smell of the fish market. Anyway, Grandma managed to give someone a cooking lesson while picking up some whole fish at the market. She said that a lady asked her what she was [...]

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