“I was sad, then I saw food” is a one-line food saying that has been printed on many images. “I was sad, but then I saw food. Now I feel better” was posted on Twitter on July 31, 2012. “I was sad, but then I saw food and now I am happy” was posted on Twitter on December 24, 2012.
“I was sad. Then I saw food” was posted on Twitter several times on August 16, 2013.
Twitter
Marissa.
@marissatheginge
I was sad, but then I saw food. Now I feel better.
9:54 PM - 31 Jul 2012
Twitter
Done
@AllTayLow
I was sad, but then I saw food and now I am happy 😊
9:45 AM - 24 Dec 2012
Twitter
Rona Mustafa
@Rona251
I was sad. Then I saw food.
10:24 AM - 16 Aug 2013
Twitter
Elmedina A.
@ElmedinaAjdini
I was sad. Then I saw food.
10:42 AM - 16 Aug 2013
Facebook
We .
March 28, 2016 ·
I was sad then i saw food. 🍩🍕🍔🍟
Twitter
FoodLust
@foodlustlive
I was sad, then i saw #food - Story of our lives!
#FoodLove #FoodLust #NomNom
6:13 AM - 17 Sep 2016
Twitter
MihoEliteWarriorsOFC
@MihoWarriors
I was sad, then I saw food.
#MIHOatASEANFoodFestival
8:08 PM - 12 May 2017
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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