Shea Stadium Remembered

The Last Play at Shea is a documentary film featuring performances by Billy Joel, among others. This film gives the history of Shea Stadium in New York City and charts the life and career of Long Island native Billy Joel. Interspersed with interviews from baseball players and musicians who have played at Shea is live concert footage of the 'last play' by Joel. Other performers in this final concert include Garth Brooks, Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney and John Mayer. It's a nostalgic look at the 60s through current times with great historic concert footage of such well known bands as the Beatles, The Who and The Police. It is a pleasure to watch. Highly recommended! SG

An Edible History

97 Orchard, by Jane Ziegelman, is a fascinating book! It is the story of five immigrant families who lived in one New York tenement building. I especially enjoyed reading about the women of different nationalities and how they coped with carrying water up flights of stairs for cooking and bathing, carrying babies up those same flights of stairs, and then shopping for groceries and carrying those up the same stairs. Then, to top off their days, these German, Irish, Italian and Jewish women cooked the food for their families. Some of my ancestors were German so I was interested in the recipes the Germans relied on each day.