The following words or phrases are about August:
AUGUST
“August already? September is practically next week. Time to pick out a Halloween costume”
“August is just gold wind”
“August is like the Sunday of summer”
“Every summer has a story”
“Every summer has its own story (but mine is a novel)”
“It’s unsticking your thighs from plastic chairs season”
“Less Monday, more summer”
“Less Mondays, more summer”
“Live every day like it’s a summer Friday”
“Live every day like it’s summer Friday”
“Live every Friday like it’s a summer Friday”
“One more week until I let a professional football team determine my mood for the next four months”
“One week until I let a college football team determine my mood for the next 4 months”
“Summer means about three months of no school shootings”
“Summer nights and ballpark lights”
“Summer nights and bonfire lights”
“Summer should get a speeding ticket”
“The August place to be” (Saratoga Race Course)
“The only man worth chasing this summer is the ice cream man”
“There are three good reasons to be a teacher: June, July and August”
“Two seasons—winter and August”
August Mecca (Saratoga nickname)
AUGUST 14
V-J Day Kiss (August 14, 1945)
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.
Recent entries:
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“Instead of conspiracy theorist, I prefer to be called a connect the dots specialist” (3/20)
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“Let’s reduce drunk driving by taking cars away from sober drivers” (3/20)
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“When the Berlin Wall fell, which side did the people run to?” (3/20)
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“You are being conditioned to give up your rights every time there’s a crisis” (3/20)
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“When there’s no baseball, I stare out the window and wait for spring” (3/20)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
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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