Posted on 05/29/2018 6:56:50 AM PDT by Hojczyk
I understand that during the riots after MLK murder, the Italian neighborhoods in Cleveland were well armed and well protected.
A long weekend in Chicago that was no more deadly than Santa Fe High School was in ten minutes.
Anyway, we usually truck around seeing all the sights from downtown to upper westside until we're completely pooped out. The last day we decided we were pretty tired, so we decided to "only" walk down to City hall, Chinatown and little Italy (we were saying in Soho).
There's a small, backroom pizza place I like off Broome. I've been a few times by myself on previous trips (while my wife was browsing around Soho). This time I took her there and we posted up in the rear. Since she's originally from the region and we travel a bit, we always like to play the game of "where are others from".
Because of Yelp, you will get intrepid travelers checking out even obscure places. Typically Euros, you can spot them a mile away even before they speak. OTOH, there are both US tourists as well as locals.
So, we're eating our lunch surrounded by Euros, when this large group comes in. The dad knows the owner, so they get a big table just over from us. I whisper to my wife "Jersey?" and she takes a long look and say "Staten Island". Sure enough: good looking wife, big hair, daughters with big hair, grown son with gf, also with big hair. By the look, classic blue collar Trump supporters - dad probably commutes to work on the ferry.
As we were leaving, I was chatting with the barker out front, and I mentioned how much I like the place. He said the locals from Queens, Jersey and *Staten Island* all know about it and have been coming for years. Classic joint.
Usually only the first 15-20 comments are any good and then the chillun' start calling each other names and trying to see who can "outcool" the others. By the time you hit the third "load more comment bar" it has turned into chit storm and you're better off if it wont open.
Where are the Korean Shop Owners when you need them?
Rahm disarmed them
I believe it was George Will.
Lolol....
Chicago just needs some more bammy community organizing....
We know who this is.
There is no Whitey anywhere around to blame, so no coverage. But calling the cops for loiterers in a restaurant, now that’s the unforgiveable sin for which there is no forgiveness!
American Mogadishu
Maybe he was just happy to see her.
That’s Staten Island :)
Once they move to New Jersey thought from Staten Island, they usually suddenly think they’re WASPs :)
Not those who have lived in NJ all their lives.
Those that move from Staten Island to southern NJ.
It’s like all of a sudden they’re ashamed to be Italian.
Pretty soon they’ll be changing their last names and naming their kids “the 2nd” and “the 3rd” :)
Nothing against WASPs!! I love em and they get our best presidents elected.
It’s just be who you are.
It’s easier :)
MAN, you play for keeps!! :)
There’s actually some good lines throughout the song.
It’s like he knows he wasted his life but can’t break free of that STUPID gangsta mindset.
I could have made a bundle on the docks when I was 18. I SHOULD HAVE!! :)
But there would have been a price to pay when the favor was called in, so I went to college instead.
Did I make the right move? I dont know.
But going to college was better than possibly dying or getting hurt or going to jail though, cause you NEVER know what that favor is going to be.
There’s ALWAYS a choice.
Well, since CCW is virtually impossible in Chicago....yes.
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