In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 6 we focus on some of the women making our community one of leaders, entrepreneurs, creative minds, and strong personalities in a way that only Bay Ridge can be.

Highlights:

• Erica Stavrou of Owl’s Head Yoga on growing up In South Brooklyn and becoming a Yogi

• Emily Pagano on loving retail, owning Mixx Boutique, and the New Year’s Refresh

• Michelle Perricone on being a foodie, ad sales, and owning Anthony’s Butcher & Deli

• A January 1978 brutal cold front

• Catherine O’Rourke of Cellary on falling in love with, and becoming educated about wine

• New Year jokes from Freddie Friday

• Reminiscences of Lock Yard with Council Member Kayla Santosuosso

• Jan Rideout on Growing up in Canarsie, the 1980 Transit Strike, and Leaving Bay Ridge

• Watching Saturday Night Fever at the Alpine in 1978

• Looking Ahead with a Bay Ridge blizzard

The reading material used in today’s episode included articles from:

• A Dangerous Woman: New York's First Lady Liberty — By Victor H. Cooper

As well as articles from:

• The Chicago Tribune

• The New York Daily News

• The New Yorker

• The New York Times

• The Staten Island Advance

• Variety

Interested in learning more about Bay Ridge and hey seeing me in person too!? I’m leading two separate history-based walking tours this month. They’re Murder, Mayhem, Money, and History in Old Bay Ridge. One covers the northern side of the neighborhood on January 18th, and one covers the south side on January 25th. I’m also co-launching a new tour around the past, present and future of Gowanus. More deets to follow in a couple of weeks. For tickets and more info to my walking tours, please go to Linktr.ee/TheWallBreakers. You can also find ticket links through @thewallbreakers on Instagram or the tours and events tab at TheWallBreakers.com.

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In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 5, we celebrate the holidays in Bay Ridge.

Highlights:

• Karen Tadross on Running Bay Ridge Cares

• Reina Anderson on Running Henry Harde’s and Winter Offerings

• December 28th, 1944 in Bay Ridge

• Jan Rideout on Retiring in Bay Ridge

• Freddie Friday says Happy Holidays and highlighting the Itty Bitty Kitty Bay Ridge Rescue

• A Christmas Dream for Bay Ridge by Frank Griffin in 1961

• Holiday Thoughts from James Scully

• Looking Ahead to the New Year

The reading material used in today’s episode included articles from:

• The Bay Ridge Home Reporter

• The Brooklyn Eagle

• The New York Daily News

• The New York Times

• PastDaily.com

Interested in tickets and more info to my upcoming Christmas in Old Bay Ridge walking tours? Please go to https://linktr.ee/thewallbreakers

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In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 4, we take stock and usher in a season of cheer with tree lightings, Christmas carols, overeating, and caring about our fellow citizens.

Highlights:

• James Vavas and the Merchants of Third Avenue Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration

• Michelle Perricone and Anthony’s Butcher & Deli Holiday Traditions

• December 19th, 1944 at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church with WW2 News

• Louis Coluccio and A.L.C. Italian Grocery

• Karen Tadross on Producing Musical Theater and Launching Bay Ridge Cares

• Christmastime on Senator Street with Aimee Pagano Colin

• Henry Harde’s 92nd Anniversary and Holiday Festivities with Reina Anderson

• December 20th, 1944 at the Bay Ridge Telephone Building with Bastogne Updates

• Holiday Jokes from Freddie Friday and highlighting the Itty Bitty Kitty Bay Ridge Rescue

• Upcoming Transportation Tasks with Transportation Alternative’s Rose Uscianowski

• Holiday Memories with Catherine O’Rourke from Cellary

• Holiday Reflections and an Upcoming Owl’s Head Yoga Beginner’s Workshop with Erica Stavrou

• December 21st, 1944 with Bing Crosby at the Leif Erickson Tavern

• Looking ahead to Christmas with Toys for Tots and Nicole Russell

The reading material used in today’s episode included:

• Network Radio Ratings, 1932-53 — by Jim Ramsburg

As well as articles from:

• The Brooklyn Eagle

• Nationalww2museum.org

• The New York Daily News

• The New York Times

• StPatrickBayRidge.Org

• warontherocks.com

Interested in tickets and more info to my upcoming Christmas in Old Bay Ridge walking tours? Please go to https://linktr.ee/thewallbreakers

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