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Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

While my celebrating won't include a parade, I will do my best to honor my family heritage with a good meal, a drink and likely a song or two.

First Stop New York

Reading about the restaurant's recent revival, I was the one who was both amused and proud of my young self on a long-ago night at Le Veau d'Or in New York.

identity, placeNancy EganSeptember 14, 2024New York City, Egan Family, Le Veau d'Or, Texaco, Chrysler Building, France, French, Bronx, Archbishop Thomas Donnelley, Port Authority, Grand Central Terminal, P.J. Clark's, Longchamps, Perfect Rob Roy, Edmund F. Egan Comments

Hemingway, the Photographer, and the Cheesemonger

As I puzzled over the wide selection at Murray’s Cheese, the cheesemonger asked what I was reading. I said Hemingway's The Dangerous Summer. "Ah, a mahon," he recommended

culture, placeNancy EganNovember 19, 2022Ernest Hemingway, Tony Triolo, Murray's Cheese, New York City, Spain, bullfighting, mano a mano, Sports Illustrated, sports photography, Guy Clark, Hemingway's Whiskey, The Dangerous Summer Comments

Everyday Guadalupe

Although I may be a fallen away Catholic, I am a practicing Guadalupana. She is my go-to intercessor whenever there is a request for prayers or when I need a little personal grace.

identity, culture, placeNancy EganDecember 12, 2020Guadalupe, nichos, roses, New York City, MexicoComment