Tag Archives: Nanny

Hewlett’s Landing

Posted on July 29, 2014 by judisunshine

Inside, there is yellow squash. There are Freihofer’s cookies, better than Entenmann’s and always on top of the refrigerator. Even when Nanny and Pop-Pop weren’t there, they were there. Nanny tried so hard to act as the homemaker, even though … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Miscellaneous, Vacations, Women | Tagged Hewlett's Landing, Lake George, Nanny, Pop-Pop, squash, weeping willow | 2 Comments

Unpacking

Posted on June 30, 2014 by judisunshine

I still haven’t unpacked from my trip to New York and my grandmother’s funeral, which was three weeks ago. The night I got back, it was late and I was exhausted and very emotional. I did take a few things … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Friends, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged Austrian kids on banners, capes, Colorado, crying, floods, garages, grandmothers, growing old is not for sissies, home, JFK airport, Merrick New York, messiness, Nanny, Santa Claus soap, Stowe Vermont, suitcases | 4 Comments

Let Me Take You On an Escapade

Posted on June 11, 2014 by judisunshine

The last gift I remember getting from both my Nanny and Pop-Pop Posch was a golden vest from Escapade in the Baldwin Shopping Center on Grand Avenue. Usually Nanny would be in charge of the gifts, and always skewed younger. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women | Tagged apartments, Baldwin New York, Baldwin Shopping Center, bedrooms, blonde, dancing, Escapade, Escapade clothing store, Friendly's, greeting cards, Heaven, Into the Woods, Nanny, Pop-Pop, Pop-Pop Posch, Port Jefferson, riding the bus, saying goodbye to houses, storage spaces, vests in the 80s and 90s | 1 Comment

To Nanny, On Her 91st Birthday

Posted on June 13, 2013 by judisunshine

Arrive. DING-donggggg. Shuffle shuffle inside. Tentative door open that got less tentative once she saw who it was. Echoey voices in the hallway leading up to the kitchen, where we’d say our hellos and have The Punch – filled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged banker's lamps, basements, Body Buddies cereal, bomb shelters, Chip, Christina Applegate, coffee, Cujo, dining rooms, doorbells, growing old is not for sissies, Kelly Bundy, Married with Children, Meadowbrook Parkway, Merrick, meteorologists, Nanny, New York, offices, pink roses, Pop-Pop, punch bowls, sherbet, shunning pork, staticky televisions, stuffed mushrooms, yellowed paper | 2 Comments

	Debbie Gibson’… on Junior Low :'(
	Michael Fortunato on Shadows & Sunlight
	judisunshine on And I Don’t Even Like Th…
	judisunshine on I Am Hannah Baker (With Less G…
	Bryan on I Am Hannah Baker (With Less G…

Tag Archives: Nanny

Hewlett’s Landing

Unpacking

Let Me Take You On an Escapade

To Nanny, On Her 91st Birthday

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Meta