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BREAD LOAF SAGA

Posted on June 24, 2018 by xaviertrevino

  I rarely buy bread nowadays, not that I’m gluten-free by any stretch of the imagination; it’s just that at my age I’ve only to look at a piece of bread for it to add an inch or two to … Continue reading →

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SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

Posted on May 8, 2018 by xaviertrevino

I like shopping at Whole Foods. It’s clean; they have a good variety of stuff that’s unheard of at the local Key Food or C-Town. I’ve been shopping there since the first store opened in Union Square in 2001. I … Continue reading →

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BACK TO WORK

Posted on February 27, 2018 by xaviertrevino

    Exactly four years ago this month I was suspended from the job I’d held for seventeen years. It was actually three different jobs, porter, doorman, handyman then doorman again but all at the same place, 144 West 86th … Continue reading →

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CHRISTMAS TREE SAGA

Posted on December 9, 2017 by xaviertrevino

We decided to go for a Charlie brown Christmas tree this year, the current times and our budget being what it is. The past few years we’ve been pretty lucky about price and size, the first tree we had up … Continue reading →

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ELECTION DAY

Posted on November 12, 2017 by xaviertrevino

Last Tuesday morning I reported for work at the school on Amsterdam Avenue I was assigned to for the election. This time I knew what to do and found my table and box and set it up in no time. … Continue reading →

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NO PHOTOS PLEASE

Posted on September 13, 2017 by xaviertrevino

I always wondered where the people sitting behind the tables at the polling stations on Election Day came from. Yesterday I found out for the first time. I saw an ad on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, Translators wanted … Continue reading →

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DUELING GARDENS

Posted on August 5, 2017 by xaviertrevino

DUELING GARDENS As some of you have read before Danusia and I are members of the community garden up the block, the Garden of Hope. There is also the Convent Avenue Garden just up the block at the foot of … Continue reading →

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MY LIFE IN THE MOVIES

Posted on July 16, 2017 by xaviertrevino

  Film Forum is running a series called “Ford to City-Drop Dead. N.Y. in the ‘70s.” It’s 44 films so I won’t name them, I’ll just say I’ve seen most of them, and most of them on the big screen … Continue reading →

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LOOKING FOR MAMA

Posted on April 23, 2017 by xaviertrevino

We did out taxes with our accountant last week, on Tuesday. Our accountant lives in Melville, Long Island. This was the second year we went out to his home to do our taxes. Before he had an office in Richmond … Continue reading →

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CALL THE WATER DEPARTMENT

Posted on March 8, 2017 by xaviertrevino

Actually I called 311, to report a leak. That was Saturday, after spotting a leak in the street on my way to do the laundry very early in the morning. I like to get there early so I don’t have … Continue reading →

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