Wednesday, January 2, 2008
MY PLAYGROUND
Spanish Camp was my playground and the bungalow was always home base. The bungalow was a place to rewind, recharge and fuel up. Ours was crowded too, 3 generations under one roof but as a child, 10 people living together for 2 months was normal and just fine. Once breakfast was done, usually a sunny side up egg cooked in bacon fat, bacon or chorizos and sweet platanos, I would run out to find my friend Dooley, we did everything together in camp. Sometimes with my cousin Douglas by our side. Sometimes with Karen Derusso or Chuchi Garay. We would spend, what felt like hours, on Chuchi's hammock. I always felt very private and cozy in her yard. Karen was always the fastest runner but I always made sure to give her a run for the money. It was all so peaceful, free and just so much fun.
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Being Irene's sister, I share some of her memories, but, for me, breakfast was not one of them. I have never been a breakfast-person. Though I do remember our toaster...the kind with collapsible sides, rather than the pop-up type. Toasting bread smelled very special when made in Spanish Camp!
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Spanish New Yorkers vacationing at Villa Alonso, a small resort near Walkill, NY, circa 1936.
Collection of the Staten Island Museum.
WHEN: Friday, January 18th at 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: 75 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island, New York 10301
WHAT: A talk about the Spanish neighborhoods of New York City in the early twentieth century, in the context of the history of Spanish emigration to the United States, by Dr. James D. Fernández, founding Director (1997-2007) of the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center and Professor of Spanish Literature at NYU. The talk will include videoclips from Fernández's oral history project on Spanish New Yorkers.
Fernández is the co-editor, with Peter N. Carroll, of the book: "Facing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War" (NYU Press, Museum of the City of New York, 2007). He is also the co-director, with Katie Halper, of the oral history DVD "New Yorkers Remember the Spanish Civil War." Both the book and the DVD will be available for purchase. Fernández is the grandson of Spaniards --asturianos-- who emigrated to Brooklyn around 1920.
"Enclaves Españoles en los Estados Unidos: Nueva York, circa 1936"
Una charla sobre los barrios españoles de Nueva York de la primera mitad del siglo XX, en el contexto de la historia de las emigraciones españolas a EEUU, a cargo del Dr. James D. Fernández, Director Fundador (1997-2007) del Centro Rey Juan Carlos I de España, y Profesor de Literatura Española en New york University. La charla incluirá la proyección de cápsulas del proyecto de historia oral realizado por Fernández sobre los neoyorquinos españoles.
Fernández es co-editor (con Peter N. Carroll) del libro "Facing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War" (NYU Press, Museum of the City of New York, 2007). Es también el codirector (con Katie Halper) del DVD de historia oral: "Los neoyorquinos recuerdan la Guerra
For further information, contact Diane Matyas at 718-483-7107. The program is free.
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