Tom Faranda's Folly

This was at The Briarcliff Manor – a belated celebratory party for Phil and Allison. Great view down to the Hudson.  

BUT First! – the champagne cocktail we mentioned here What we will be imbibing for our anniversary – tomorrow  was delicious, although we modded it somewhat. A small amount of brown granulated sugar at the bottom of the fluted glass, saturated with orange angostura bitters. Then 3/4 ounce of cognac and about 3 ounces of … Read more

Great! From June – who in fact is a talented artist. "Hmmm – then maybe he should have been jailed for his artwork! 😂"

From my friend JD –  

Wow. One in a million.  

From the Guardian (UK). Access to the Guardian is free. The mother of the four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for almost six weeks in the Amazon jungle clung to life for four days after their plane crashed before telling her children to leave her in the hope of improving their chances of … Read more

Yes she’s funny…  

From "Awaken with JP" very popular youtube channel.  

June 7th, 2014, at the age of 88. Jeanne Faranda had a 50+ year career as a nurse – one of the first to receive a BSN (from the College of Mt. St. Vincent in the Bronx). She had a huge variety of positions in her career –  educator, public health, etc. Her MS was … Read more

I have posted this the last two years. When you have 15 or 20 minutes sit down and read it. A great piece of writing from their November, 1960 issue. Absorbing reading; terrifying and heroic… An account of the “epic human tragedy” that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day … Read more