I met Frances Dupre at Wal-Mart last week and she said, “Nina, I enjoy your column ‘Recollections’ in The Daily Review so very much!” She told me that her husband always tells her not to forget the Friday Review so they can read my column. She said that it was so different from other writers; …
Every time I smell peanuts parching reminds me of the times when Jerome Pizzo used to parch peanuts that people used to buy for 5 cents a full bag to go to the movies. The smell of dry goods reminds me when my mother used to take me to Morgan City to Henry Loeb’s Store. …
Remember Roy Dow? He was my neighbor who lived next to the theatre. One day I asked him to pull up an old rug in the aisle of the theatre and I told him I would pay him $5 for doing this job. He said: “Mr. Nina, I work by the hour – $1 per …
One day a long time ago, probably in the ’20s, my father returned from a trip to Italy. After several weeks had gone by, we received a trunk that my father had sent. It was filled with all sorts of Italian goodies. The trunk was so heavy that it took at least four big, husky …
Things That Irk * Waiting in line at a supermarket behind a lady who is waiting for the amount of her bill. Then she pulls out a blank check, asks the clerk the date. Why couldn’t she have the check made out except for the amount of what she bought? * A dog walker who …
Memorial Day: Monday, May 25, 1998. What a fitting day for the dedication of the Aubrey Lasseigne Walking Trail Memorial in Berwick. It was a lovely morning. A little breeze stirred the air as the sunlight shone intermittently though the trees and played among the flags that adorned the walkway. A crowd assembled quickly; Aubrey’s …
I had a dream that Don Verrett invited me to a steak dinner at Lester’s at the casino. He said he would pay for everything. Do you believe in dreams? **** The other day my wife met an old friend of ours and also a former resident of Berwick by the name of Maxine Boyne …
I will never forget the storm, “Debra!” Tarville Davis called me to help him round up two of Vick Guarisco’s hogs that got loose at Riverside Packing Co. We found one of the hogs in a muddy, sloppy pen so Tarville tried to lasso him. They wrestled in the mud for about 15 minutes until …
Remember when “talking pictures” first came out? We called them Vitaphone Pictures. I’ll never forget the night Russell DePrima came to the movies. In the movie, there was one scene showing a man who was putting a sweet smelling shaving lotion on his face. Well, I knew where that part of the film was going …
Were you ever in line at a supermarket with one or two articles and the cashier waiting on a customer in front of you has one item that doesn’t have a price? Then she calls the desk and the line is busy; after 10 minutes, the desk answers; so they call a worker to go …