A peaceful serenity combated an otherwise bustling and chaotic neighborhood. Snow was falling with big flakes, the kind that was perfect for little children running around, heads up, and mouth open, catching them with their tongues. Anthony (“Antek” to his grandfather) strolled closely by his grandfather’s hip. Together, they strolled through Old Polonia, one of many selective neighborhoods throughout the city with a predominately polish population. Both were on their way to the Broadway Market to pick up supplies and groceries for an Easter celebration like none other Antek and his little brother of four had ever experienced. As they reached the innards of the Market, the smell of polish sausage, fresh chicken, fish, and sauerkraut overwhelmed the nostrils of little Antek.
As Antek and Grandpa Joe reached home, both were greeted by Grandma, Mom, Dad, Brian. Since Easter was tomorrow, no one really had the patience to do much cooking on account of what was to be done the next day. The consensus among the adults were to order a pizza and buffalo style chicken wings to the thorough enjoyment of Antek and Brian.
On the way to pick up the food, Antek and Brian, sitting in his booster seat, sat in the back seat admiring the passing sites on French Road including a Jubilee Super Market (which Grandpa Joe and Grandma went to all the time but was shunned to the strong, holiday tradition of going to the Broadway Market), the exact K-Mart that little Antek and Brian got all their toys, and a Mighty Taco which recently opened up. The shining, bright lights excited Antek, while the serenity of a car right put Brian right to sleep.
The smell of the pizzeria made Antek’s mouth water. With Grandpa Joe in the car with a slumbering Brian, Antek admired the pictures of Gilbert Perrault, Jim Kelly, Joe Ferguson, Danny Gare, and aerial shots of Pilot Field and Rich Stadium. Standing on his tip-toes with his hands on the counter with only from his eyes up exposed, Antek wondered what it was like to be in the hustle and bustle of the pizzeria.
As Antek laid with Brian in Grandpa Joe’s bed, while the adults hid the Easter Eggs, he was excited to think about what the Easter Bunny brought for him. He wondered if the Easter Bunny know Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. How did the Easter Bunny get from house to house? As the young ones drifted off to sleep, the elders sat quietly in the living room watching Irv Wienstien deliver the news, and Tom Jolls give the weather on WKBW, dreading the certain seven o’ clock wake up call they would get from little Antek and Brian.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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