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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Dragon Boat Dinners, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Dragon Boat Dinners
“Harder.”
Boom.
“Deeper.”
Boom.
“Gimme more.”
Boom…boom…boom.
Kay Yee is the best drummer any dragon boat team has ever had. Her job is to keep the paddlers working at […]
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Sparrows and Baguettes, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Sparrows and Baguettes
“Breadcrumbs. They told us what they like to eat and its breadcrumbs, especially the ones from day-old baguettes. We used to give them thistle seed and they weren’t too enth […]
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, It’s Still Art, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 7 months, 4 weeks ago
It’s Still Art
Dan is an artist. He works in different media types, but I think of him primarily as a sculptor. His pieces vary in size, and he needs help with their on-site assembly when they’re very large. I […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Terranova, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Village of Terranova
We hired a car and driver to take us to the village where my grandmother Nicolina’s family had lived and where she was born. Simone, our driver, showed up at our hotel in a new black M […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, New Yok City Diners, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 1 year ago
New York City Diners
There are some places that want to be perceived as diners and others that are intrinsically and naturally diners. The latter, which are usually family run, can be recognized by […] -
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Play, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 1 year, 1 month ago
Play
Excerpts from my recently published personal essay, “The Pit,” in the Outrider Press PLAY anthology.
. . . Carlo slipped about halfway across and fell off the beam. He landed face down on a pile of […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Last Night at the Plaza, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 1 year, 5 months ago
Last Night at the Plaza
I’m a native Manhattanite and sorry that I’d only been to the old Oak Bar in the Plaza Hotel a handful of times. I’m pretty sure that I first heard of it in Hitchcock’s North by […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Specified Anatomical Areas, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 1 year, 10 months ago
RUDY GIULIANI wanted to clean up Times Square. Some thought this was because it needed cleaning, others because Disney said,
“If you clean it, we will come.”
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Wordsmithing, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 1 year, 11 months ago
Wordsmithing
According to the Global Language Monitor, the English language has over a million words. The million mark was hit in June 2009. With so many words and so many choices, why do some people use the […]
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, The Ham Sandwich, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 2 months ago
The Ham Sandwich
Rushing home to get on my computer for a one pm meeting, I still had time to stop at the deli and get something to go. I’d mute my mic while I ate and no one would ever know the difference. G […]
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, An Italian-American’s Thanksgiving, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 4 months ago
AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN’S THANKSGIVING
I grew up wanting a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving. I wanted friends and relatives to come and visit our house with its pumpkins on the porch and autumn leaves on the lawn a […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Autumn on the Lower East Side, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 5 months ago
Autumn on the Lower East Side
My essay, Autumn on the Lower East Side, published in Artascent.
There are many street trees on the Lower East Side of Manhattan today, but when I was growing up there in […]
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, The Neighborhood, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 5 months ago
The Neighborhood
My personal essay The Neighborhood was recently published in BEING HOME, an anthology of essays about the “spirt of place.”
” . . . As I walked to my car, I passed a store selling ele […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, A Sunday Afternoon, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 6 months ago
A Sunday Afternoon
As usual on a Sunday, my mother sent me to mass. Instead of going to Saint Patrick’s I found my best friend Joe in Dom’s candy store having an egg cream and pretzel for a late bre […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Talking About the Movies, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 8 months ago
Talking About the Movies
They speak about hardware, software, LANs, WANs and USBs. These are the usual topics of conversation whenever I join my wife, Bridget at a business dinner. She’s in information t […] -
Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Patty’s Wife, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 2 years, 9 months ago
Patty’s Wife
My short personal essay Patty’s Wife was recently published in GROWING UP, (I love that cover photo) an anthology of stories and poems about, what else, growing up.
Patty’s Wife
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Robert Iulo wrote a new post, Home, on the site Robert Iulo's Blog 3 years ago
Everybody ought to have a Lower East Side in their life. – Irving Berlin
Robert Iulo has a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from New York University. After retiring from a career with the City of N […]