The shortcut to Laurino, we thought (La scorciatoia a Laurino, abbiamo pensato).

A Cangelosi wedding circa 1935. My mother Martha Rose is the beautiful bridesmaid in the upper right corner. She didn't marry a Sicilian. Therefore the reason for this story.

To get to Brooklyn Borough Hall, from the United Nations, it is best to take the Brooklyn Bridge.

Sailing the Inner New York Bay today.

I came across this "Sham Construction" company truck across from my house in Park Slope, Brooklyn and wondered whether it was the start of a "truth in advertising" movement that might be adopted by political campaign strategists. Aye, there's the rub.

The 11th United States Congressional District is currently represented by Michael Grimm (R). It covers all of Staten Island and some southern Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, and Gravesend. He is being challenged for the position by Domenic Recchia (D).

Last year I was invited to march with friends who are members of the Brooklyn's Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. We started here at the family mass at St. Saviours R.C. Church.

What more can one say about frozen pizza dough and Pizzagate?

Waiting to see Mayor Bill De Blasio at Gracie Mansion.

Park Slope Bill De Blasio Get Out the Vote Campaign Headquarters

"Dizzy's A Finer Diner" in Bill De Blasio Country (Park Slope, Brooklyn) where I conducted my thoroughly unreliable voter survey that showed that few patrons can remember the last five Democratic mayoral candidates.