Rob's family

In 1964, the Vietnam war was increasing and I was likely to be drafted following graduation so I opted to serve as an officer and signed up for Navy Officer candidate school with a 10/64 report date. I worked for the Associated Press in NYC as a reporter that summer, the year of New York World’s Fair where I covered numerous events and interviewed celebrities, politicians and state beauty queens. Read More

Dad: The 7 Colemans were at a cottage on lake Wabesea Wisconsin enjoying Sunday dinner which included mashed potatoes. 5 year old Mary playing w her mashed potatoes threw some on her father......do that again he roared.....and she did right in his glasses --- Mary I remember mother and Grandma ran in the kitchen and killed them selves laughing!

1.  Christmas packages from Milwaukee included Usingers sausages and fruit cakes from aunt olive. 2.  German stollen made by Gertrude, mother loved this every year. 3.  “Mountains bars”, candy sent by uncle art.  Chocolate mountains with white centers. 4. Trip to see Macy’s thanksgiving parade.  Mary took Cathy and carol.  We went to the automat for hot chocolate.  Automats were NYC restaurants where food was in little glass compartments.  These were coin operated.  Really fun. 5. We girls would make snowmen when Long Island got some snow.  The boys, Tom and Mike would have to assemble them cause they were big. 6.  After playing in snow, mittens, gloves and socks were placed on base heaters to dry out. 7.  Percy faiths, “hallelujah chorus “, was the most played Christmas record for all of our Christmas’s. 8.  Every Christmas Eve, we went to midnight mass.  Mothers sang in the choir.  Always a latin high mass, very nice.  They had practiced for months. 9.  Christmas “coty” catalog, rec

My mother had bought a lovely new couch.  One day when we were all out Sean tore up one of the pillows on the side you sit on. When we got home from school we found the damage before my mother got home from work.  Luckily the pillows could be turned over.   When we were all sitting a round the table for dinner we were all very quiet  Then my mother said "alright whats going on". So we had to show her the pillow and she said that's it we are getting rid of that dog.   Mike had the honers of taking him to the dog pound.  All the girls cried to my father to plead to get the dog back and of course said he agreed. Mother was not very happy about that - but we we were delighted.  --- My father's birthday was in April.   One year he received a pair of white walking shorts. We had a wash line out in the back yard to dry the laundry.  My father's shorts were hanging on the line and Sean decided it would be fun to jump and chew them and they were all ragg

We did not live at 236 Nassau very long.   I remember a stray cat got in  the  garage and had her kittens on a jacket of my father's jacket that had a soft lining.  We brought the cats inside because it was getting cold out. I remember our next store neighbors were Italian and the father love to sing opera and listen to the opera it on his radio in the yard. I remember that it was the first time I saw a "Praying Mantis" and I was amazed at the thing. There are many stories at 219.   Christmas.   We always went to Mid-Night mass and my mother sang in the choir. We had a pretty good choir and I loved  the music.  One time I tried to sing with mother in the choir and she told me only to 'mouth' the words because I did not have a very good voice.   When we got home from mass we had Eggnog and touch of brandy.Christmas Morning was announced by putting the Christmas tree lights on and the playing of Percy Faith's Hallelujah full blast on the Hi Fi.  Its a

Hi rob! Sorry I never got to this, perhaps it’s not too late.  I have no memories of any of the moves, I was 2 or 3 when we moved to NY.  I   Remember getting “ mountain bars” candy bars from uncle art and Aunt Mary.  Aunt Olives famous fruit cakes for the holidays and of course singer elves bringing the Milwaukee summer sausage for Christmas.  Everyone has heard of the dinner my mother prepared when cousin “titanium Chuck” was visiting my, carol and I had our high school boyfriends as guests, when mother came out carrying a tray with gigantic lobsters and Mary exclaimed “ wow look at the giant testicles”!!!! Carol and I almost died!!      A favorite surprise 16th birthday gift I received from my parents was a really cool pink “princess “ phone”.  Do you have the one about carol praying for a parakeet and one showed up  at the window screen, then she prayed for a dog and Sandy was found  me Estella next door, my father then exclaimed” don’t let her pray for a horse!!    One Thanksg