Bud wrote this column after his experince living through 9/11 in NYC. It is being reprieved in honor of the 10th anniversary: New York, NY — The ghosts of New York’s Third Avenue will stay with me.It was Black Tuesday, 12 days ago, and the ghosts were easily identified: those survivors able to walk away from the shambles of the World Trade Center – ashen apparitions, … [Read more...] about OUT OF THE ASHES, SURVIVORS’ GHOSTLY WALK
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WOMAN NEEDS A FIX: NEW MEX STYLE
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Woman needs a fix. Has to feed her habit. The habit is called eating — specifically NewMex. Once a year the craving for victuals of a Southwestern nature, injections of fiery red and green chili, overcomes my friend, Aurelio, and she takes off for the so-called “Land of Enchantment” (as the state’s license plates proclaim). There she grew up among … [Read more...] about WOMAN NEEDS A FIX: NEW MEX STYLE
A MAN WHO REACHED THE HEIGHTS; DAVID BREASHEARS TELLS DRAMATIC TALES ABOUT MOUNT EVEREST
Boston, MA — “Come sky with me!” could well be the lyric of David Breashears, who climbs higher than some airplanes fly. If Breashears were a social climber, his picture would be on the cover of People and Vanity Fair. But the only thing I’d climb with him, maybe, is an escalator, or to the top row of the Museum of Science’s theater the next time I see his superbly chilling … [Read more...] about A MAN WHO REACHED THE HEIGHTS; DAVID BREASHEARS TELLS DRAMATIC TALES ABOUT MOUNT EVEREST
IN SANTA FE, MIXING FIRE AND LIGHT; FROM TORRID NEW MEXICAN FEASTS TO SPLENDID ART GALLERIES, THE CITY ENTICES
SANTA FE – She’s got to have it. Hot! Hot! Hot! My friend, Aurelio, can’t help herself. She lusts for hot, hotter, hottest chili peppers, a habit she picked up as a child and cannot shake. Not that she’d want to, as long as she can sneak into Mudville (a.k.a. Santa Fe) for an annual weeklong fix. Addiction amid the adobes. Even though she’s lived in Boston a couple of … [Read more...] about IN SANTA FE, MIXING FIRE AND LIGHT; FROM TORRID NEW MEXICAN FEASTS TO SPLENDID ART GALLERIES, THE CITY ENTICES
LARGER THAN LIFE; EVEN THE PC SQUAD CAN’T DIMINISH THE FDR MEMORIAL
WASHINGTON, DC – My mother voted for him; my father voted against him. She had the household edge, a 4-0 record in presidential picks where Franklin Delano Roosevelt was involved. Neither smoked, but both have probably asked FDR, in passing – out there in eternity: “What happened to your cigarette? Did the antismoking folks put the fix in with the sculptor?” Anybody … [Read more...] about LARGER THAN LIFE; EVEN THE PC SQUAD CAN’T DIMINISH THE FDR MEMORIAL