(Monterey Bay Aquarium membership courtesy of Gwen Monteith and Robert Klei)
Charles F. Rose
(left to right) Maggie, Leslie Wong, Charles F. Rose
Intense, relaxed conversation at Wentworth Springs, July 2001.
Do the Right Thing
I was watching Do the Right Thing and it reminded me of the time Kenny and I went out to Buzz-a-Rama in Brooklyn. Buzz-a-Rama is a slot car track that opened around 1965.
It’s more in the neighborhood of Kensington, I think, not the movie’s Bed-Stuy. We had been making our grand tour of local slot car tracks in New Jersey, Westchester and Long Island sometime in the latter part of the 20th century.
Slot car racing was something I’d done as a kid in the 1960’s. I also participated in the brief New York City revival at Manhattan Raceway, as a member of the Rasta-Pasta-Noodle team. The pop culture status of the revival (I know, some people never stopped) was made apparent when Robin Leach and a film crew came to the track.
After Kenny and I left Buzz-a-Rama, we proceeded to the next course of our pastime, getting something to eat. We went to the local pizzeria. I told Kenny that he should ask why they didn’t have any pictures of African-American celebrities on the wall.
Talk to Chuck
Chris and I walked from where we were staying, The Royal Pacific Motor Inn down to the Embarcadero and back up California St.
At Charles Schwab’s, I saw this sign and thought it was a sign.
Oakland
The Roses
The day before my birthday we Chris and I went to Oakland to visit Babe and Betty. Babe got off the sofa for a while and sat in his wheel chair and looked not happy.
Back in the kitchen, I took these pictures of the Baxley’s and Madsen’s so I could show it them someday.
