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03/31/20 01:48 PM #864    

 

Russell Flammia

Hi Marilyn,

           thanks for the email.  It's good to hear from you and I hope  everyone is well.  This virus is like a bad nightmare that just won't go away. I stopped by Sidney's Sunday to pick up a take out order of soup and sandwiches & a small group got take out from Sidney and proceeded to tailgate and at a safe distance in the parkinig lot. 

   Sidney has his own brand of peanuts which are excellent.  I think Planter's Peanuts was sold to a foreign firm and just don't taste like they used to. By the way, Sidney has chocolate covered peanuts as well as salted and unsalted peanuts.  Give Sidney a call 804-387-4367 and he'll be glad to ship them to you.  

        Be safe and stay healthy Marilyn!

        


03/31/20 03:42 PM #865    

 

Mike Floyd

Living in Urbanna I’m too far from Padow's for delivery and with the Governor's "Stay at Home Order", I can't drive to Richmond to pick up a to-go order.  I know this is a tough time for restaurants and I want to help my friend Sidney out.  I email him to see if he has Gift Cards and he does.  All I had to do was call and give him the amount, my credit card information and my mailing address and the gift card is on the way.  I will use it for future meals when this COVID-19 is done.  Now that something I’m looking forward to.  Y’all stay safe.


03/31/20 04:23 PM #866    

 

Melvin Katz

Classmates: I too am concerned regarding sustaining Sidney's business. Since Russell and Mike have commented, let me also state that Padow's has a web site and you will find a number of items that can be sold and shipped by Sidney, I did order a few items and had them sent to our son and his family in Florida as well as something sent to our daughter and her family in Arlington. Let's do what we can to help our friend and classmate as we endure these very difficult times.


04/01/20 01:43 PM #867    

 

Robert Wilson

If Sidney googles  ' U S Treasury The Cares Act' he can get good information on how to apply for Small Business Loans that are Fully Forgiven if used for salaries, including Sidney's salary. Up to 25 per cent can be used for mortgage/rent and utilities and still be forgiven. He must apply through a bank that does SBA loans. This is my understanding at least. The U S Treasury web site is very informative and written in easy to understand terms unlike what we have been accustomed to in the past.


04/01/20 03:07 PM #868    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

 

Thanks, Russell! But I'm Lactose Intolerant, and Chocolate is included!

I'm not sure if Sidney's Baskets can be shipped 3,000 miles from Richmond! But I like Mike's idea of a Gift Certificate, so I'll check that out with My Spouse!

I think I have a Psychic Friend here in Yuma!  My Daughter's good friend, who lives on the other side of her street, decided to make some Corned Beef and Cabbage for her family & ours. (She's the Doctor's Wife, so    that should be healthy!) So "my wish" is now in my refrigerator for today's lunch!

My Daughter & Granddaughter came to visit me yesterday, by sitting outside on my patio while I watched      from the screen door!

My Granddaughter did a few hand stands on the grass and asked: "Do you have a snack?" So I gave her a Popsicle.

They refused to stay for dinner, because the Quarantine here started at 5 p.m.

So I made them some "Turkey Burgers" & sent them home in a cake pan with tinfoil on top!

I haven't seen her since she came home to help me with the video for my class!  "We" earned an "A" on it!

I hope you all were able to see HER Video about "Our Farmworkers," which is posted on my Profile Page on this website!

My 7th class is over, and I am taking a break until Fall, because I was pretty burned out from 8 assignments per week. I dropped my course on "American Art," because my Professor wrote that she was "leaving out the Civil War and Afro-American Art!"

Only in Arizona would somebody say something like that! - One of my favorite Artists was Romare Bearden and I also admire the work of Faith Reingold.  We are essentially living in 1900 here, and the only reference to "Afro-American Art" was in my last course, referring to the handmade fashions in Ghana & Nigeria, and folks like Nick Cave in New York and Yinka Shonibare in England & Africa.  The rest of my course covered "Global Textiles & Fashion" in China, India, Japan, Indonesia, Hawaii, Alaska;  England, France, Holland, Uzbekistan; Mexico, Peru, and Guatemala. I wrote my Term Paper on the "Huipiles of Guatemala"--absolutely fascinating!  There is a young woman with Down Syndrome, age 22, who has woven her own "Huipiles" in Guatemala since age 15 & she has been invited to show her work in fashion shows in England, France, Italy, Mexico, and New York.  She is a HUGE success!  Her name is Isabella Springmuhl and she is leading the way in Women's Fashions; she was the focus of my Video & Term Paper. I combined my photos of the Guatemalan  Fabric Marketplace  from our Caribbean Cruise a few years ago and a few photos of her fashions from the Internet. My Computer Crashed when I tried to upload the 3-minute Video on an email to Joel. (It just barely allowed me to take the Exam the week after that!) So I'm wondering if it would do the same thing if I tried to send it to Mike for this Website. My Daughter helped me upload the paper, my Bibliography, and 5 "Collages" to the ASU Website. This Digital Era is SO Complex!

My next course in the Fall is about "The Museum."  If we are still quarantined in June,  I'll think about Summer School. If it weren't for "Online Learning," my life would be very BORING!  4-5 more courses until I earn the degree I wanted to pursue when I was 18 years old!

 


04/02/20 09:06 AM #869    

 

Russell Flammia

  My golly Marilyn,  I admire your work in getting the degree that you wanted when you were 18.  I would have been burned out a long time ago.  I assume that was Sammie doing the hand stands.  Jackie and I  were so impressed with her when we all had dinner together last summer.  I know they appreciated the food that you fixed for them.

  Could you send the video to my school email, rflammia@rvaschools.net.  Hang in there, this too shall pass.

PS Sidney ships across the US.

Give him a call for details 804-387-4367 


04/02/20 03:30 PM #870    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

Russell, I can't email my video!  I tried to send it to Joel, and it got stuck in there for several weeks, and the pages kept sliding back and forth!  I just barely made it through the Final Exam after  my computer crashed      3-4 times over, and only because that is on a different website from the one where we made the video!

I might try to put it on a flash drive and mail it, if that is possible!  I can send you my photos  of Guatemala,      but the ones of the young lady who makes the beautiful huipiles are online, so I don't know if I should use their copyrighted material!  Check out www.Isabella Springmuhl.com  & there are many photos and videos of her & her family, plus the fashions she has made!  One video is in Spanish; can you understand it?  -I can send you my still shots of Guatemala, but there's no sound!

My Granddaughter said I should put my Video on U-Tube, but again, some of the photos are the intellectual property of her photographer.  I don't want to get into any legal trouble if I put it on U-Tube, because she is already on there!

PS - My granddaughter is a funny girl!  When she was 12 years old, she said:  "I don't want a job like everybody else has!  I don't want to be a teacher or a secretary or whatever! I want to be Famous!" She has been "on stage" as a performer she was 3 years old - Ballet, Tap, Cheerleading, etc. & she loves to be in front of a camera! She's a real "ham!" So, writing her own script and filming it comes naturally to her, but performing in it is what she really loves!  

I function better "behind the camera!"  I found out long ago in Illinois and Arizona that I can push my agenda much more effectively if I "keep a low profile." Politics can sometimes be "messy," so I put my face on "the back burner" & limit my presentations to writing & small group work.


04/03/20 07:05 PM #871    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

Melvin, you are a true poet!

I enjoyed reading your very  kind words!

PS - Can you tell us anything about the

Glaxo-Smith-Kline Vaccine of 2014?

A friend in England said it was being

    "held back."

Do you know WHY?


04/12/20 12:21 PM #872    

 

Russell Flammia

Hi folks, I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy and staying home except for trips to the grocery store and to doctors.  To help me pass through this difficult period i've been listing to 94.9 The Surf on my phone and computer. They're in Myrtle Beach and play Oldies (our music) and Beach Music. On Sunday afternoons from 1-4 a DJ, Charlie Brown, plays some really good tunes.  Check it out, it's good for the soul.

         .


04/12/20 03:18 PM #873    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

 

Thanks, Russell !  We have no Oldies music in Yuma, Arizona!  They took away our "Oldies" Radio Station many years ago, which is odd, because there are lots of people our age who are Winter Visitors & many Senior Citizens who live here year 'round!  That is the "Yuma Logic!" - They want us to shop in their stores, but they don't want us to have our Music!  During the Winter Months (October to March), we can pay $25 for a ticket to visit our Retro Main Street Theatre, and see "imitators" of our favorite singers like Buddy Holly, Simon & Garfunkel, The Blues Brothers, Diana Ross, and even the Glen Miller Band from a group out of Tucson called "Lonely Street Productions!"  These singers and actors have "all the moves" of the Stars down pat, and their voices are pretty close to "the real thing!"  When I went to see their presentation of "The Blues Brothers,"  each of the two singers came down from the stage and danced in the aisles with one of the Senior Women!  These concerts are always "Sold Out!"  And for great Jazz, there is a local band that plays outside at the Shopping Mall to large crowds who come there to visit the Restaurants during the evening. Some of the Band Members & Singers are relatives, so it is "all in the family!"  And two Native American Casinos that are located in little towns South and North of Yuma host "Big Name Country Singers" or "Pop Singers" several times per year.  We saw Julio Iglesias, Crystal Gayle, Air Supply, & most recently, Boyz 2 Men. In Phoenix, we  saw Herb Alpert and his Wife, &  later Judy Collins at the Musical Instrument Museum.  I'm sad that, due to the Virus, we can't see any Music Concerts this year, but the Country Singers put on a nice TV presentation with their wives & Shania Twain's horse  last week, so that was nice!

There is a great "Oldies Station" at 94.5 in Phoenix called KOOL!  I wish the Radio Waves stretched down here!  On the other side of town, in my former Yuma home, I could hear the Radio Station from Los Angeles very late at night. And if we want a good dose of "Music by the Beach Boys," all we need to do is to "hit the road to California." We can hear the music on the highway as we come down from the mountains at the little town of El Cajon, long before we reach San Diego!

I still have my old 45 Records and 33-1/3 Albums from around 1958 - 1988 - Cab Calloway & the McGuire Sisters through Michael Jackson. We've moved 10 times since then, but "they can't take that away from me!"

We had our Passover Seder at my Older Daughter's House, sitting 6 ft. apart at the table and enjoying her homemade Chicken Soup, my Granddaughter's homemade Matzo Balls, my Carrot & Apple Tzimmes, and Roast Beef by our "Jewish friend."

Happy Easter, Everybody!  The Easter Party is cancelled, due to the Virus, but the Spirit is still there!

 

 

 

 

 


05/21/20 04:14 AM #874    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

I hope everybody in our class is staying healthy & safe!

Thanks, EVERYBODY,  for all the GREAT Birthday Wishes!

 My Older Daughter, Rachael, bought a wonderful selection of Cold Cuts, Potato Salad,  Cole Slaw, & Egg Bow Salad for Saturday night. (Sorry, Sidney!  Wish it was yours! She had to drive 3 hours to Phoenix  to buy the Corned Beef & some Pastrami! Nobody sells that here!)

She made Homemade Chicken Salad on Sunday & we finished the rest of the Veggie Salads!) 

My younger Daughter, Amy, bought me a magnificent Arrangement of 6 different  kinds of colorful Flowers!

My Granddaughter Sammy & her Cousin drew original Birthday Cards with Portraits of themselves & me & Cartoon Animals!

My Middle Sister sent me another book of Native American Handcrafts (this  one focuses on Baskets,Sculpture, Ceramics, and Dolls), & my Older Sister sent me a tiny Marble Box with Inlaid Shells which she bought when she toured the Taj Mahal with "The Doctor's Wives," a few years ago! 

(Add these to my little "Home Museum of Cultural Gems!")

Joel & Rachael bought me two bridge chairs, so I can FINALLY seat more than 2 people at my pull-out table in my very tiny Family Room! (There's no Dining Room here, or space  for a table in my kitchen!  Condos are shrinking in size these days!)

And the "Pieces de Resistance" were  "Apple & Cherry Strudel!". YUMMY!!!

(It was a Very Good Weekend!)

Thanks, ALL!

 

 

 


08/23/20 05:24 PM #875    

 

Robert Wilson

In response to the post about Tantilla Garden, one of our classmates Jim Barrow (deceased) brought in well known rock & roll artists and groups for dances at the Tantilla. These dances were promoted by Jim and a couple of others as "Blast I", "Blast II", etc. I think there at least 4 of these dances. Here is a list of rock & roll acts that could have performed at these dances. 1. Joey Dee and the Starliters (Shout) 2. Coasters (Yakety Yak) 3. The Temptations (My Girl) 4. Isley Bros. (Up on the Roof)  5.Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (Stay) 6. The Drifters (This Magic Moment) (Please Stay)  7. Marvelettes (Please Mr Postman) - I readily admit that my memory is not that great. Some of these groups may not have performed for these "Blast" dances. I am very certain that The Drifters did although I believe there was more than one group going around the country claiming to be The Drifters.

 

 

 


08/24/20 10:14 AM #876    

 

Larry Hamilton

I played with a couple of R&B groups at Tantilla.Big stage,good acoustics.Use to bowl downstairs when I was a kid.


08/24/20 02:17 PM #877    

 

Cecile Reynolds (Myers)

Great memories of Tantilla!  Larry Hamilton, I remember your group.  Was Clarence in the group?  And Robert?


08/25/20 01:07 PM #878    

Steve Hopson

Larry and Cile, don't think our group, the Squires, played at what we called Tarantula Gardens, but I did see Bo Diddley there, with his amp cranked up to ultra high. Love that guy! Larry and I bowled many a game downstairs. It was a duck pin facility but had a couple of ten pin lanes that we used to sharpen our skills with the big balls. Cile, there is a picture of the Squires on this site at Memory Lane. Besides Larry and me, the others were Clarence, Robert, John Boatright and Julian McCarthy. Andy Lewis joined us later. Larry and Cile, great to hear from you and hope you are well!!

08/25/20 01:09 PM #879    

Bruce Weinstein

Tantilla Gardens - a true Blast from the Past! Duck pins downstairs during the day then girls, dancing, and alcoholic beverages upstairs at night. Very, very lucky not to have gotten into more trouble than I actually did at Tantilla.  


08/26/20 08:30 AM #880    

 

Russell Flammia

FYI Gerry Schneider & Steve Scheldhal were the promoters of one of Bo Didley's performances at Tantilla. He had just released a song that hit number 1 on the charts.  It was a sell out event and Gerry & Steve made enough money that night to pay for their college tuition for one year!


08/26/20 02:04 PM #881    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

I am trying to figure out where I was during high school, when I never heard about dances at this  ballroom!              I absolutely LOVED Rock 'n' Roll Music & Dancing!  What I would have done if I knew about all the "Big Name Entertainers" coming to Richmond.......!!!!

On what nights were those dances held?  Friday or Saturday?

I guess I have been trying to make up for lost time ever since then!

I am always among  the first to drag Joel out on the dance floor when we go to Weddings, etc. 


08/27/20 12:52 PM #882    

 

Margaret Murdoch (Page)

I had not thought about the Tantilla ballroom for years until it was mentioned here! As soon as I read about it here, the memories came rushing back! I don't know how I could have forgotten about all those fabulous times with friends and all that fabulous music! Such fun and such good memories, thanks for the reminder!


08/29/20 10:42 AM #883    

 

Russell Flammia

Hi folks,

             besides Tantilla there was also the Wigwam located on Rt. 1  The good news it's STILL THERE.  It has been moved to the back of the property to make way for a shopping center, but the building is still there. The wigwam has beenn removed, but the log building still exists. What good memories I have of dancing there.


08/31/20 01:52 PM #884    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

I remember that name, Russell!  Wasn't there also a "Cotillion Club" in Richmond?

We Jewish kids had Bar & Bat Mitzvah Parties in Junior High School & Sororities & Fraternities in High School, but I never knew about the Other Dance Clubs in Richmond!  It seems like chapter in my life just went blank!

 


08/31/20 03:47 PM #885    

 

Russell Flammia

Hi Marilyn,  I'm sure you had fun just the same.  Give my best to Joel!


09/11/20 01:44 PM #886    

 

Russell Flammia

Thank you Mike for posting the 9/11 reminder. It's hard to believe, but millions of Americans weren't born when the 9/11 attacks occurred.  If we forget history, it is more likely to repeat itself.


09/11/20 05:40 PM #887    

 

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

Well said by "The History Teacher," Russell !  

Let us never forget 9/11 and "All the Brave Men and

Women who were there when it happened: The Victims,

the Firefighters, the Helpers, etc."

We hope incidents like that never happen again!

 

 

 


09/12/20 08:44 PM #888    

 

Allan Forman

Unfortunately Russell we do remember history and we still repeat it anyway. War after war after war. Humans seem to delude themselves about what the outcome will be. 


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