Dear Devoiry, There’s only three weeks left to the zman and we’re rushing to finish daf daled amud alef. I’m glad you decided to go to your parents’ bungalow till the end of the zman, because what else would you…
Tag: catskills
Woodbourne: Fond memories of chassidic hitchhikers and frummy rebels
Over the years I have written a lot about the Catskills phenomina, this is the first post I ever wrote on the subject and it was originally posted on June 25, 2006. I am grinding up a steady hill under…
Shabbos Nachamu in Woodbourne
The last real shabbos nachamu I spent roaming between Woodbourne and Kiamesha Lanes was years ago, I must have been about 22 or 23, and the kids at risk yeshiva rebel revolution was at its tail end. Not that there…
How to get free food at kosher restaurants
Dougies is probably the best place in the Catskills to get free food, knowing everyone that works there including the owner is probably a good thing too, but what I am talking about is leftover food. Thanks to the well…
Interesting story about rude NY hocker types
The names and locations have been changed to protect the job of a certain individual: We were eating in a restaurant this summer that my brother worked at. 3 very large campers and their counselors came in to the place…
Defending the Charedim
So this past week between jobs I took my old summer job of inspecting camps for the State of NY back for a week or so. It was fun because as always it provides a rare seen glimpse and up…