Old Picture Album

[whippoorwill]

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Spray painted something in the yard the other day and when I picked the newspaper back up, I opened it to see this! How did I miss it?? I know how actually; I didn't read the paper that day!



Glad I found it though!

[seawolf17]

"Houstan"?!? Come on, editors.



(That's a cool photo, though!)

[kcmets]

Once upon a time there was an outfieldear

Two Shoe Rusty was his name we hear

He had slow wheels but he sure had fun

He used different kindsa sneakers to make his train run

[MFS62]

Waitaminnit!

You had a newspaper THAT old?

And didn't look at it to see why you had kept it that long before you used it?



This leads to so many other questions.



Later

[Edgy MD]

Houstan sounds a derisive nickname for the Space City neighborhoods where the central Asian immigrants live.

[vtmet7]

speaking of Houstan...anyone other than me here watch the animated "Apollo 10 and a half"? Watched it with my family... considering it was historical fiction, they had a good amount of real historical information in it...I was entertained like I was a kid again

[Willets Point]

That's on my watchlist.

[whippoorwill]

=MFS62 post_id=93608 time=1653571281 user_id=60]
Waitaminnit!

You had a newspaper THAT old?

And didn't look at it to see why you had kept it that long before you used it?



This leads to so many other questions.



Later

[whippoorwill]

Today I was looking through some of my moms stuff.



I found a letter from an insurance person, to my dad, answering him as to Rusty's current whereabouts.

She told dad that Rusty had just opened a restaurant in New York City.



I wonder why dad asked her that? 🤔

[kcmets]

What year was the letter? He had two restaurants, the original up in the 70's?

Later on he had a 'fancier' one on Fifth Avenue. First time we went there it was

pretty good and the second time not so much so.

[batmagadanleadoff]

The original was on the NE corner of 3rd and 73d on the UES, since occupied by EJ's Luncheonette, which is still there.



https://ejsluncheonette.com/our-story/https://ejsluncheonette.com/our-story/

[kcmets]

Right, I think I was only to the original once. I took my Mom in the 80's

I guess and it was the one and only time she was ever in a cab. She didn't

believe in springing for a cab when one could walk or take the subway.



My recollection is the place was kinda gloomy and not well lit. Not many

people for a weekend lunch date. We had ribs, they were nothing special.

We walked back to GCT, a second cab ride would have traumatized her.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I woulda been traumatized by the 30 block walk to GCT.



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I've got matchbooks, ashtrays, plates, and (I think) even a menu from Rusty's.

[kcmets]

Matchbook strikes a memory, I smoked like a chimney back then.

[whippoorwill]

=kcmets post_id=115079 time=1671465788 user_id=53]
What year was the letter? He had two restaurants, the original up in the 70's?

Later on he had a 'fancier' one on Fifth Avenue. First time we went there it was

pretty good and the second time not so much so.

[kcmets]

=whippoorwill post_id=115103 time=1671480218 user_id=79]Actually it's dated March 9, 2007

Which is just a few months before dad died.



KC do you remember when we met Rusty? It seems like it was a year or so before that. I wonder if that is what prompted dad to ask.

But why would he ask his insurance agent???

[whippoorwill]

I have pictures too 🙂 and in dad's office there's still a picture of me and Rusty. Gosh it seems like yesterday.



It's cool that you've met Rusty several times!