Walkin' In Brooklyn

This was my third interview. This one was with Katie Vasquez for Currents TV, which is the channel of the Archidiocese of Brooklyn and Queens. We walked down Snyder Ave, which was the next one I was going to do anyway. It took us past Holy Cross Cemetery, but there were no churches along the way, so we made a detour to pass one. It was a long walk, and I forgot to get a selfie with the reporter. Coincidentally, when I texted her, she mentioned that she thought of it, but when I didn't suggest it, she thought that I didn't want one (maybe because of Covid or whatever). Oh, well. Next time ... if there is a next time. The segment didn't air until mid-December, and I didn't find out about it until January. The morning started with a ride out into Brownsville. It looks like someone had a celebration on the train before I got on. I was running late, and the reporter was on time. It didn't occur to me just how far Snyder Ave was from the Saratoga Ave train s...

My interview with Rob Flaks probably paved the way for Hannah Kliger of CBS 2 (NYC) contacting me. I forget how she phrased it, but she was interested in any unusual monuments or sights that I've come across in my travels. For once, I'm happy I've been blogging and taking pictures. I've seen some great sites/sights, but many are common knowledge and visited by thousands. I thought about war memorials I've passed, mostly from the First World War, and then I remembered the monument erected by the Lithuanians of Greater New York, with stuck out when I first passed it a couple of years ago because Lithuanians is not one of the major ethnic groups you think of when you think of migrations to Brooklyn or to New York City as a whole. I mentioned it, and she liked the idea (and later said that her Russian background didn't play a part in it, but I might've steered her that way anyway). So we picked a date for a walk that worked into her schedule. I even agree...