Yep! All my general neck of the woods, that.

brrrrrrrr..is right but so rich in history,too.

Good overview of the general regions I grew up in.

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And, I got a kick out of you being sent upstate by a judge. Bet that cold weather snapped you back into being good, eh?

I remember being in NYC one day and hearing a local,cool kid telling another kid all about upstate New York and how they actually have forests and trees up there! It's a whole different world from the 'real deal' in the city.

There's even have a place called "The Enchanted Forest" in the Adirondacks.

I know you have to be tough as nails to be New York City lifer and survivor, lilmacg!

I lived on Washington Avenue and Dekalb in Brooklyn for awhile during my first marriage.

Had many jazz and rock musician friends, as well as commercial and professional artists.

Loved that, while it lasted.

;-)

~LAM