“The Atlantic Ocean was really somethin’ in those days. Yes, you should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days.” ―Burt Lancaster as Lou, an aging ex-underworld figure sitting at a beachfront bar in Atlantic City. After forty years, I rendezvous in a restaurant with a … [Read more...]
Lofty Days: Ode to a Childhood Friend
April 14, 2013 By 1 Comment
When I met him in 1946, Tommy Alden was a chubby third-grader with merry eyes, curly black hair, and a jovial intensity. He lived in a white house with green shutters on a poplar-shaded street in old Palo Alto. We grew up together a few blocks apart, waiting at the same bus stops for the same … [Read more...]
