DAVY JONES DIES … and We Lose Another

Yes, we’ve lost another great performer. Well some would beg to differ with me using the phrase great performer for Davy Jones. All except his millions of fans who grew up and loved him in their own ways. I was a young boy of the 60s and loved the Monkees. Mickey was my favorite, but I liked Davy as well and all the boys in there funny hi-jinx. The Monkees was my favorite show which I waited patiently for every Saturday morning for a few years of my youth.

   Davy Jones died yesterday, aged 66 of heart attack. Makes me a little sad, such a big part of my childhood. Many girls around my age were madly in love with Davy the good looking lead singer of the band. Yes we are all adults now of middle age and of course you will get a little melancholy thinking back to youth, when you were a child and the things you loved and loved to do. And watching the Monkees was one of those things we loved. Yes most of the girls had crushed on Davy, some on Mickey and maybe a few on Peter or Michael, but without a doubt for the millions of young girls, most were madly In-Love with Davy Jones, the cutest Monkee, no doubt. maybe some guys wanted to be like Davy but probably more like Mickey or Mike.

       Anyway, we’ve lost poor Davy and no doubt millions of women aged 45 to 65 are having their own little morning today and the next few. They’ve lost Davy and just a little bit more of there childhood and girlish crushes have disappeared. Life is that way. Davy, we’re sorry to see you go old pal, may you Rest in Peace, up there with Whitney, Amy, Jimi, Jim and Jim. God Bless You Davy, your memory will live on.

and maybe a few on Peter or Michael, but without a doubt for the millions of young girls, most were madly In-Love with Davy Jones, the cutest Monkee, no doubt. maybe some guys wanted to be like Davy but probably more like Mickey or Mike.

       Anyway, we’ve lost poor Davy and no doubt millions of women aged 45 to 65 are having their own little morning today and the next few. They’ve lost Davy and just a little bit more of there childhood and girlish crushes have disappeared. Life is that way. Davy, we’re sorry to see you go old pal, may you Rest in Peace, up there with Whitney, Amy, Jimi, Jim and Jim. God Bless You Davy, your memory will live on.

 

 

DAVY JONES Dies of a Heart Attack at Age 66 .... and We Lose Another

 

ANOTHER PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY "Here in Status Symbol Life"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

REMEMBERING PAN AM and TRAVELING THE WORLD

Just remembering Pan Am. Oh how I loved that airline, the whole notion of traveling and Jet-Setting around the World in a Pan Am Clipper. A TWA Jet would be acceptable as well, but nothing could beat Pan Am, King of The World Airways for many years. Growing up and going to see movies at the Rivoli Theater in Rutherford New Jersey almost every Saturday, we watched movies and dreamed. Many a movie in the 60’s started out with its opening scene of either a TWA or Pan Am jet-liner landing at in airport of one of the most renowned city destinations of the World: Paris, Rome, London, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo. You would invariably see either a TWA or Pan Am jet landing, it’s tires screeching as the wheels hit the runway, then immediately the next scene would cut to either, traffic around The Coliseum in Rome, The Arch d’ Triumph in Paris, or cars at Piccadilly Circus  London, then they cut to the first scene with characters after the jet landings and main city attractions to identify which ever city the movie was first set in.

I especially loved all James Bond movies as I aspired myself to be like Bond, complete with Beautiful Women, fast sports cars, and Jet-Setting around the world, Champagne, Caviar, the whole nine yards. And I grew to love Pan Am.

I dreamed of traveling the World; Paris, Rome, Venice, Hong Kong, I eventually did three times over. And of course you know my first trip abroad just had to be aboard a Pan Am 747 to Rome, Italy. I was in heaven on that flight, a Boeing 747, Champagne, Stewardesses, flying over the Atlantic, destination Rome. And don’t you know the second day I was in Rome after eating my first Tremenzzini, Spaghetti Carbonara, Cod di Vaccinara (Roman Braised Oxtails), and Bucatini Amatriciana and seeing thousands of Vespa Scooters zip around the Eternal City, I just had to rent one. I went to a shop on the Via Cavour, rented my Vespa and headed straight toward The Coliseum 3 blocks away. I got there and circle this Ancient Roman Arena 5 times before going off to explore Roma, “Just like in the Movies.” I was in 7th Heaven. All this; a Pan Am 747, Rome, a Vespa and my youth.

 

 

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

WORLD'S MOST ICONIC SCOOTER

"I CAN TRAVEL THE WORLD"

AMY WINEHOUSE …and the CURSE of 27

DRUGS? The 27 CURSE?

A very Sad Day in the World of Music. Saturday July 23, 2011.. Amy Winehouse Passed away in London.
Amy struggled with Substance Addiction of Drugs and Alcohol. It’s very Sad that Amy was unable to overcome these Tragic Problems and has now passed on.
Already Newspapers, Magazines, The Media is grabbing on to what is known in the Rock World as
“The Curse of 27” referring to other Famous Rock-Stars who have Died at the Age of 27; Janis Joplin,
Jimi Hendrix, Curt Cobane, and Jim Morrison.
It’s a great Loss to the World of Music, especially when you consider that Amy was one of the “FEW GREAT MUSICAL ARTIST” in a GENERATION of SHITTY MUSIC. They Barely make any Good Music these Days, and Amy Winehouse was one of the Few, with Great Sonfs like; VALERIE, LOVE is A LOSING GAME, and a Great rendition of a Caroll King’Shirelles Masterpiece “WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW.”
Amy, were are so Sorry that you were Unable to Overcome Your Demons. God Bless You and May You Rest in Peace….. You Will Be Missed by MILLIONS

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by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

LA TAVOLA ..ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORK’S ADVENTURES of The TABLE

LA TAVOLA  by Daniel Bellino Zwicke,  available August 2011 on AMAZON.com

Ever wonder what it would be like to have a book that could be described as A Year in Provence meets New York Italian America? Well that sort of explains La Tavola. A book about Italian-American Friends and Family in New York and the metropolitan area surrounding it. Where tables are filled with
Chianti, Antipasto, Pasta, Sausage, and Meatballs instead of Coq au Vin and Bouf Bourguignon, and the lush rural Sun-Soaked landscape of Provence in The South of France is replaced with Italian-American New Yorker’s in Brooklyn, Jersey, Manhattan, and Da Bronx, home to Dion and The Belmonts, Al Pacino, and Jake LaMotta.
The characters in La Tavola replace the French of A Year in Provence with Italian-Americans, Italian and Italian-American Food replace the French and French Food while Trattoria and Pork Stores are in place of the French by Butcher and Bistros. La Tavola is filled with many wonderful stories of life among the Italians of New York, with many antidotes and info on; who has the Best Sausages or Cannoli, which are the best Italian Restaurants, Caffes, and Italian Pastires. Including 30 Wonderful Recipes from Daniel and his Family. Enjoy!

AUGUST 2011 at AMAZON.comLA TAVOLA

Five of NEW YORK’S TOP BURGERS

Want a Great Burger in New York??? Well Here You Go!!!!!

Five Our FAVORITE BURGER STOPS in NEW YORK

1) Shake Shack gets my vote for New Yorks “BEST BURGER”  It is the

Quintessential American Burger, not too Fancy, no unnecessary

elements, cooked on a Flat-Top Grill the way any Great Burger should be, just about

the right size5-6 oz., Excellent Quality Meat, and Cook properly to Tasty

Perfection! PS…the Price is right!! Not $26 or even $15 or $16! Yumm,

the BEST!!!

2) LUGER BURGER…… Excelleent Burger in a Great local. one of the

Best-Price-Per Value, which you have to factor in to any Great  Burgers

rating, “$26 is just WRONG (Black Label Burger at Minetta) any Burger

that cost more than $ Luger Burger is a steal at just $9.95, get some of

the Tasty Luger Bacon to go with it, and maybe some Creamed Spinach

and your set. Luger Burger at Lunch is one of NY’s Best kept food

secrets. Try it some time!

3) Bills Bar and Burger. Plain and simple, Great Burger at a dam good

price  with just the right ambiance for a Burger and Beer. Talkin about

the Original in the Meatpacking Dist. here. Haven’t been to the new one

in Rockefeller Center.

4) “Minetta Burger” not the “Black Lable Burger which is OVERPRICED

and does not taste anywhere near as Good as The Minetta Burger

which at $16 is just right. It is a Tasty Prime Burger served with a big

mound of Fries that all of “Keith McNally’s” Bistros are Famous for,

they’re the best in Town. And the ambiance at Minetta Tavern is

awesome. It just can’t be beat. So if you go to Minetta Tavern for a

Burger, get the Best and Tatstiest one they make, make sure you

order the “Minetta Burger” it greattttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                           Photo: D B Zwicke

5)  BISTRO BURGER at the Corner Bistro. This Burger probably won’t

make it into a lot of people Top 10 anymore, but before Burgers were

a huge Fad and Cool, before there were Blogs and 100,0000s of

people rating Burgers, The “Bistro Burger” at the “Corner Bistro” in

New Yorks Greenwich Village Was New Yorks “Top Burger” for some

30 Years! Yes! Year after Year, decade after decade the Burgers at

the Corner Bistro was rated the BEST by the only peopel who really

rated or reviewed Burgers for a long time; New York Magazine, the

NY Times, Cue Magazine, The NY Post, Village Voice, and the

Daily News. Yes, i have been disappointed by the Burger a few times

in the past few years, not always the best, but often times it is

Pretty Dam Good and for the fact that its only $6.50 for a Cheeseburger

and you can get a $3 beer too but, combined with the feel of one of

New yorks last remaining Old-School Bars and for its Nostalgic,

historical value, and 30 Year Reign as NY’s Top Burger, you just gotta

include the Corner Bistro amongst your BestBburger Joints in NYC.

.. Daniel Bellino Zwicke ….

Jeff Bridges … The BIG LEBOWSKI

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The STARVING ARTIST COOKBOOK by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

EVERYTHING a STARVING ARTIST or ANYBODY NEEDS to SAVE AND SURVIVE The RECESSION COOKING QUICK and EASY MEALS, TAUGHT to YOU in SIMPLE STEP-BY-STEP METHODS…..”So Easy Even a Child Could DO” Almost Anyway? This Book is Filled with RECIPES for The MOST TASTY DISHES IMAGINABLE! They are QUICK and EASY to MAKE, and JUST as GOOD, They’re CHEAP and WILL HELP ANYONE WHO HAS The BOOK and The METHODS in IT to SAVE Literally “THOUSANDS of DOLLARS” a YEAR…Year-After-Year !!!        Maybe as Much as a Half Million Dollars over The Long Run…. “Seriously”

 “I Just LOVE This BOOK”    The STARVING ARTIST COOKBOOK

The Starving ARTIST COOKBOOK Should be On EVERYONE'S Bookshelf "Starving Artist or Not"

Reviewed by Fred Willard

http://www.amazon.com/The-STARVING-ARTIST-COOKBOOK-ebook/dp/B0054YFR50/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_4

LEVIS? The CADILLAC of JEANS ! “Why Buy any other?”

“]Why do people wear inferior overpriced Jeans when they can buy the “Best” top of the line, Cadillac of Jeans, LEVIS for less?

Answer: They are followers who do not have their own style, nor minds of their own. Followers who are easily brainwashed by companies who know how stupid and foolish many are. Make a product that cost just a few dollars, package it and market that product to the weak minded followers and you can make 10, 20, 50, 100 times what the product cost you to make.
“Easy Pickins” The only reason that millions of moronic followers bought so many dumb ass Von Dutch hats, T-Shirts and what not, why people buy the mundane ugly overpriced Northface jackets and coats and why people will buy inferior overpriced jeans that cost $100, $200, $300 and more when they can get “Thee Only,” BEST, Coolest Jeans ever, LEVIS for just Forty Bucks. Yes fust $40 for The Worlds Best Jeans. The people who buy….
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke “To Be Continued”

WIENERGATE vs BUTTAFUOCO LONG ISLAND LOLITA and BOBBITT’S PENIS

BeJesus! How long is this story gonna go on? It’s not that exciting. It’s not entertaining, not anything. Well, entertaining, I guess it is a bit. Kind of Funny. But can’t we get something better to beat up with a stick. Maybe another
“Joey Buttafuoco” Long Island Lolita kind of thing. If you don’t remember or are too young to know, Joey Buttafuoco, a forty something owner of a Auto Body Shop in Long Island had an affair with the “Underage” Lolita “Amy Fisher who fell hard for Joey and wanted him for herself, so what does the underage Lolita do but get a Gun and go to the Buttafuoco residence.
Amy ring the doorbell and Joey’s wife Mary Jo Buttafuoco opens the door whereby Amy lets poor Mary Jo have it. Amy shoots Mary Jo in the head in an attempt to Murder her.
Poor Mary Jo does not die, but sustains some serious permanent damage to her face and speech pattern.
Wow! What a story. “You can’t make this Shit up folks.”
I can go on and on about that one folks, but I won’t. Just wanted to jog your memory, or bring it to light for anyone who’s never heard it. If you want to know more, just Google “Buttafuoco” for some fine entertainment.
Let me jog your memory for another one. A story that has Wienergate beat by a Mile. “No pun intended folks.” Wiener, “Beat,” get it? Ha ha!
Think back to the case of one Missing Penis! What? Yes, missing Penis! John Wayne Bobbitt’s missing Penis to be exact. On the night of June 23, 1993, one Lorena Bobbitt
“Cut Off” her husbands Penis. Yes folks, that’s right, Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt’s “Penis” after he came home Drunk and tried to rape him. Wow!
Lorena proceeded to take the severed penis and go for a ride, whereby she stopped the car at one point and threw John’s Penis into a field.
Luckily for John after apprehending Lorena and integrating her to where her Husband’s Penis was, she told them. The police went to the field, found the Penis in question and rushed it to the hospital, whereby some gifted surgeon sewed “It” back on to John. “And all lived Unhappily Ever After.”
Now those are some fantastic stories, you’ve got to admit. Wienergate just can’t compete. In time, people will forget, but as for John Wayne and Lorena Bobbitt, “The Severed Penis,” Joey Buttafuoco and The “Long Island Lolita,” Amy Fisher, how can we forget those?

 

WIENER Has GOT To GO !!!

 

 

 

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WIENERGATE vs BOBBITT’S PENIS vs JOEY BUTTAFUOCO and The LONG ISLAND LOLITA