Set for lunch on the pavement

THE NORTH BEACH: THEN AND NOW

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December 11th 2009
THE NORTH BEACH: THEN AND NOW Breakfast on the eleventh December is of fruit, smoked salmon, and bagels; no sausages, no cream cheese, no hot chocolate, doubling down on my religious bets this Friday morning. Afterward, we drop a dollar fifty, total, for two seniors, into a cash box at the front of another cross town bus; and ride it along Stockton up to Columbus, where it tri-sects with Green ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more