Mad Mama and the Boboszh Take NY

Mary and Gracie go to visit the places of Mary's early life in NYC.

Gracie has always been very interested in our family history. Our visits to Plymouth MA and Vermont taught her a lot about her paternal ancestors over the last 400 years. A visit to Ireland to visit my family opened up a whole new set of maternal ancestor lore, but knowledge from our Irish relatives pretty much ends in the 1920s, when my grandparents emigrated to America.

Gracie mentioned last year that she wants to have the American side of my story in my own words, since once I'm gone there will be no one left to tell them. She's 20, and I'm 62, so she thinks I'll be dropping dead any minute now. And who knows-- I might be. So we took this trip to show her and tell her everything I remember about growing up in NYC. It was a truly awesome childhood in many ways, and opened doors for me that wouldn't have been possible anywhere else. She's soaking up the info by my words, recording a lot of it on her mp3, and taking pictures of all my touchstone places. It's very flattering that she's so interested in my life, which seems kind of boring to me, but I suppose everyone's life seems that way to themselves. When I really look at what I've done, where I've been, and whom I've met... well, I've been very lucky, and have had some amazing experiences, so maybe it's not such a snooze-fest after all.

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Trip Length: 2 weeks
Blog Entries: 14
Photos: 132
Words: 9659

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
April 14th 2012	Astoria	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens
April 15th 2012	Day 2: Mad Mama's early life	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens
April 16th 2012	Mad Mama's early Manhattan life	North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
April 17th 2012	Nuns, Waves, and Dolmades	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens
April 18th 2012	Two lions, a dog, and flying monkeys	North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
April 19th 2012	Cool and groovy	North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
April 20th 2012	The Met, John Lennon, and the Laundromat	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens
April 22nd 2012	Hip Whips and Lobster Rolls	North America » United States » New Hampshire » Durham
April 23rd 2012	Thrift Shopping and Irish Freedom songs	North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
April 24th 2012	Mad Mama Remembers	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens
April 25th 2012	Sculpture, Maine-iac Cousins, and JFK	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens
April 26th 2012	The Immigrant Song	North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan
April 27th 2012	Villaggio's, Calverton, and White Castle	North America » United States » New York » Riverhead
April 28th 2012	So Long Farewell Auf Weidersehen Good-bye	North America » United States » New York » New York » Queens